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Winfield House Winfield House is a mansion in Regent's Park, London, England, commissioned in 1936 by American heiress Barbara Hutton. The grounds are ; the second-largest private garden in the British capital after that of Buckingham Palace. Since 1955 it has been the official residence of the United States Ambassador. The house is Grade II listed as an "exceptional ambassador's residence and as a notable Neo-Georgian town house containing numerous features of note." It is located near Quinlan Terry's Regent's Park villas. The first house on the site was Hertford Villa, the largest of the eight homes originally built in
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Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live from the London Palladium Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live from the London Palladium is a DVD by the Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released under Geffen Records in December 2007. The film consists of live recordings from his sold-out February 25, 2007 tribute concert at the London Palladium to the legendary American actress and singer Judy Garland. The DVD complements the release of Wainwright's Grammy Award-nominated double album, "Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall", which contains the same songs from Garland's well-known 1961 album, "Judy at Carnegie Hall". The DVD
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in Europe: February 18, 2007 at the London Palladium in London, February 20 at L'Olympia in Paris, and February 25 once again at the London Palladium. The final performance was on September 23, 2007 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California. Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live from the London Palladium Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live from the London Palladium is a DVD by the Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released under Geffen Records in December 2007. The film consists of live recordings from his sold-out February 25, 2007 tribute concert at the London Palladium
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live to see the outcome of the English Civil War, dying at Oxford where he was buried on 7 December 1643, in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, England. Peter was buried in the south aisle of the Cathedral, where a splendid monument was erected to his memory. Sir Peter married Jane Meredith (died 1660) daughter of Sir William Meredith, on 17 Apr 1627 in Hanworth Church, Middlesex, England. Right Honorable Sir Peter Wyche and Lady Jane had the following children: Peter Wyche (ambassador) Sir Peter Wyche (1593? – 1643) was a London merchant and English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from
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producer, BBC London Live, Real Radio, American College Radio, Jazz FM in London and Classic Gold. He co-presented a radio talk show with psychic Becky Walsh on Friday nights on LBC 97.3 FM radio and had his own show on LBC 97.3 on Saturday afternoons. As a music journalist, he writes a music column for London magazines, including the music review section of "Angel" magazine. Hawkins is married to meteorologist Clare Nasir, and is an ambassador for The Prince's Trust. In November 2009, Chris and Clare had their first child, a baby girl, Sienna. His lifelong phobia of fruit and
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no change in immigration policy. Taft was opposed to the traditional practice of rewarding wealthy supporters with key ambassadorial posts, preferring that diplomats not live in a lavish lifestyle and selecting men who, as Taft put it, would recognize an American when they saw one. High on his list for dismissal was the ambassador to France, Henry White, whom Taft knew and disliked from his visits to Europe. White's ousting caused other career State Department employees to fear that their jobs might be lost to politics. Taft also wanted to replace the Roosevelt-appointed ambassador in London, Whitelaw Reid, but Reid,
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traditional practice of rewarding wealthy supporters with key ambassadorial posts, preferring that diplomats not live in a lavish lifestyle and selecting men who, as Taft put it, would recognize an American when they saw one. High on his list for dismissal was the ambassador to France, Henry White, whom Taft knew and disliked from his visits to Europe. White's ousting caused other career State Department employees to fear that their jobs might be lost to politics. Taft also wanted to replace the Roosevelt-appointed ambassador in London, Whitelaw Reid, but Reid, owner of the "New-York Tribune", had backed Taft during the
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the University of Siena, where he studied and researched the financial fragility of economic systems. He is a member of the London Advisory Board, set up by the Italian Embassy in London. The Board advises the Ambassador for the briefings prepared ahead of the visits of Italian authorities and political leaders in the UK. Brunello Rosa is part of the scientific council of Limes, the Italian Review of Geopolitics. Brunello Rosa is married and father of a daughter. They live in London and he is a naturalized British citizen. <poem> 12 January 2018 - "Alternative Structural Reforms in Italy to
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that since 1945 had been administered by the American, British and French armies. In 1952 Oskar Schlitter resumed his diplomatic career, with a posting to Madrid where for a year he served as deputy to the West German ambassador, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria. During this period Prince Adalbert took a three-month leave of absence and Schlitter found himself, as Chargé d'affaires, working as West German ambassador to Madrid in all but title. After this he was switched to London, where the West German embassy was accommodated in the same premises as the German embassy where he had served under Joachim
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on successive days at the Royal Albert Hall in London, in May 2015. According to Lee Yun-keol (as reported by "Wen Wei Po"), chairman of the North Korea Strategy Information Service Center, Kim Jong-chul personally led the arrest of his uncle Jang Song-thaek. Some analysts believe that this signals an expanded role for Kim Jong-chul in the North Korean regime. Kim Jong-chul does not involve himself in politics, leading a quiet life in Pyongyang where he plays guitar in a band, according to Thae Yong-ho, North Korea's former deputy ambassador in London who defected to the South. Kim Jong-chul Kim
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ballroom at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles." During the long static shot, the ABC camera captured live the panic and bewilderment in the New York studio. The ABC reporters at the Ambassador crowded into the kitchen where Kennedy had been shot and the immediate aftermath was captured only by audio recording and cameras that had no live transmission capability. ABC was able to show scant live footage from the kitchen after Kennedy had been transported, but all of ABC's coverage from the Ambassador was in black and white. One of the ABC reporters at the Ambassador was Bob Clark,
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in the UK. When their albums were remastered for CD in 1990 (and again in 2001), "Live in London" was paired with their 1964 live release "Beach Boys Concert". All tracks written by Brian Wilson/Mike Love, unless otherwise noted. Live in London (The Beach Boys album) Live in London is a live album by American rock band the Beach Boys released by EMI in the UK in May 1970. When released in the US on November 15, 1976, the album was renamed Beach Boys '69 via Capitol Records. 1968 was a difficult year for The Beach Boys at home, where
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until November 2009 when the majority were sold to Ambassador Theatre Group, including the Sunderland Empire Theatre, Palace Theatre, Manchester, Grimsby Auditorium, Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham, Lyceum Theatre, London, Edinburgh Playhouse, Liverpool Empire, New Theatre Oxford and Bristol Hippodrome, including London's West End venues: Apollo Victoria Theatre and Lyceum Theatre. In addition, the Dominion Theatre, London was managed by Live Nation until October 2009 when it was bought outright by the majority owner Nederlander Dominion Ltd. Live Nation UK Live Nation UK is the United Kingdom subsidiary of Live Nation, formerly the entertainment division of Clear Channel, a major US
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guitarist with Roxy Music was born in London to a Colombian mother and English father. Colombian American journalist, Sonia Uribe studied in and now lives in London. José Fernández Madrid was a former ambassador to the UK for Colombia who lived in the UK for a number of years where he subsequently died. Another notable expatriate in the UK of Colombian origin is Australian actor Adam Garcia who has found fame in many US and British films. Also Colombian born Carolina Herrera holds a surgical post in London, where she resides although she is more famed for her music. In
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time American ambassador to London, Mr Pinckney. One of his biographers points out that whilst some of these accounts may be based on truth, they cannot be substantiated and may have been romantized to some extent. After obtaining his freedom, Molineaux was reported to have moved to New York, where he was said to have been involved in "several battles" and had claimed the title "Champion of America". He subsequently emigrated to England where he expected to be able to earn money as a prize fighter. Molineaux found his way to London in 1809 where he made contact with Bill
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in Greater London. The whole area is smart and expensive, and by creating 'Railway Cuttings, East Cheam' Galton and Simpson created an address for a snob who wanted to live in a 'posh' area, but could only afford the 'cheap end' (which in reality does not exist). In those days recordings of the radio shows were not commercially available, so the audience had to rely entirely on memory for details of who lived where or who did what in the show. Commissioning of series in the UK were then closer to the American practice with extensive runs not unknown, but
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least – to seriously promote this view of the situation. ..." A Matter of Time" could be seen as setting a suitable coda to a very extensive genre, which exercised a considerable influence over popular imagination over decades. As such, it does possess some original and unique features. A renegade American setting up a global Communist dictatorship centered on Prague is an idea whose like was never conceived of before. ... One may, if one wishes, regard the world where we actually live today as resulting from Detective Sergeant Cash catching up with his prodigal son in London and preventing
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live in London, where the family resided during the coup, as Zeid was the Iraqi ambassador there. Raad himself succeeded his father as all such at the latter's death in 1970 in exile in France. He was educated in Alexandria, Egypt, and at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1960, promoted to MA in 1963. After receiving his Cambridge degree, Raad was appointed as Chamberlain of the Royal Court of Jordan, in Amman, and afterwards worked there in civil administration and charitable organizations. He was an aide and a close confidant of his cousins kings Hussein and Abdullah
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Tatoul Markarian Tatoul Markarian (; born April 1964) was appointed Armenian Ambassador to the United States on March 19, 2005 by President Robert Kocharian. He holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He also represents the Republic of Armenia in the Organization of American States, where Armenia has a status of observer. Markarian was born on April 16, 1964, in Kapan, Armenia. He holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University, and a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He graduated from the
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party's participation in the "Front Populaire". As a result, the French Premier Léon Blum effectively exiled Bonnet in January 1937 by appointing him Ambassador to the United States, even though Bonnet did not speak English. Upon hearing of Bonnet's appointment, the American Ambassador to France, William Christian Bullitt, Jr. wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt about Bonnet: I don't think you'll like him. He is extremely intelligent and competent on economic and financial matters, but he's not a man of character. You may remember that he led the French delegation to the London economic conference where he led the attacks
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was recognized by the Flemish government with a grant of 1.5 million Francs and the title Cultural Ambassador of Flanders (a title previously awarded to DAAU and dEUS). In 2009 Stef Kamil Carlens participated with Lexus Concert, a 'hybrid' concert where Stef does a crossover concert at Klara festival with a musician from a totally different style and background. The winner of Lexus concert wins a private try out concert on board a new Lexus RX 450h. Studio albums: Live albums: Soundtracks: Compilations: Zita Swoon Zita Swoon is a Belgian indie rock group. They entered the music scene of Antwerp
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Live in London (The Beach Boys album) Live in London is a live album by American rock band the Beach Boys released by EMI in the UK in May 1970. When released in the US on November 15, 1976, the album was renamed Beach Boys '69 via Capitol Records. 1968 was a difficult year for The Beach Boys at home, where their reputation had soured considerably, yet their European success was still strong as evidenced by these confident performances recorded while the group were making their "20/20" album. After the surprise success of the "Endless Summer" and "Spirit of America"
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Findley Burns Jr. Findley Burns Jr. (May 4, 1917 in Baltimore, MD – October 14, 2003 in Southern Pines, NC) was an American Foreign Service officer, Vice Consul, and Ambassador. Graduate of Princeton University (1939), Burns attended Harvard from 1950–51 and was a student at the National War College in Washington from 1961-62. He was a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. Burns entered the Foreign Service in 1941. Some of his early assignments were in Madrid, Brussels, Warsaw, Martinique, and Vienna. He later served as ambassador to Jordan from 1966 to 1968 (where he was
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December 1982, an Israeli operations officer was quoted as described "tertur": "In addition to this business where you work to discover the provocateurs, you "tertur" the population. Population "tertur" does not mean that you punish those who did something, but you simply round up everyone, just like that." On 3 June 1982, Abu Nidal's militant group gravely wounded Israel's ambassador in London, Shlomo Argov, in an assassination attempt. In response, the Israeli Air Force bombed Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. The Palestinian militants shelled Israel's northern settlements in retaliation and resulted in the Israeli government's 4 June order to begin
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traveled Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and The United States performing in colleges, high schools, especially churches, universities and music festivals. At the end of 2010 he recorded his second album "Rony Padilla Live in London" where hundreds of people gathered on a live concert at the "Rock Tower" in Islington, London. Rony became the first Latin American musician to record a live CD/DVD in the United Kingdom. In June 2012 Rony became the first Latin American singer to perform at the "Big Church Day Out", the biggest one-day Christian event in the United Kingdom. In June 23, 2012 Padilla performed
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on 18 October 1961. This meant that he had to take the Chiltern Hundreds on 1 June, so that he could resign from the House. Ormsby-Gore knew Kennedy well from his time in London, where his father Joseph P. Kennedy had served as American Ambassador. Like Macmillan, Ormsby-Gore was distantly related to Kennedy, but had a closer relationship than did Macmillan with the President-elect and his brother Robert. Six months after Kennedy took office Ormsby-Gore was in Washington, D.C. Referred to under the Kennedy administration as "our kind of Ambassador", he supplied Kennedy with a stream of advice and Cuban
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"Het Vaderland". Kennedy’s television and radio broadcasts include a recital for the BBC in London, performances of the Beethoven Second Piano Concerto with the Jackson (Mississippi) Symphony for WNET (1976), and the Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto with the Chautauqua Festival Orchestra recorded live for broadcast on National Public Radio (1981). During her first European tour, she was invited by United States Ambassador to France Joe Rodgers to appear in recital at the American Embassy in Paris. She has appeared as guest soloist in the opening night concert for the Jeunesse Musicalisches Festival at Vienna’s Musikverein, and as piano soloist with
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serving until 1874. From 1857, he kept a private diary which was subsequently published; the diary is of interest mainly because it documents how the US Civil War was seen in the UK. Buchanan was elected President and George M. Dallas became Ambassador in London, where Moran stayed. From the end of 1858, Moran was co-owner of the London-based "Spectator" magazine, which he used to promote Buchanan's views against a generally hostile, anti-slavery British press. His co-owner was John McHenry, an American businessman who was also based in London, and they arranged the purchase through a nominee, Thornton Leigh Hunt,
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Blumenthal, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Dave Brubeck, Gloria Steinem, United States ambassador Robert Ford and others. Where We Live "Where We Live" is the award-winning flagship news and talk program for WNPR (Connecticut Public Radio). The program is hosted by Lucy Nalpathanchil. "Where We Live" was originally created by John Dankosky in 2006. The show format includes live listener participation through phone and social media as well as long form interviews. It has been honored three times nationally as "Best Call-in Show" by PRNDI (Public Radio News Directors Inc.) "Where We Live" has included numerous local and national guests such as
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allowed him to play to live audiences several times— once for the South Korean ambassador in Washington, DC, then again at the KORUS festival the same year. At the KORUS festival, Lim played improvised, altered versions of the Korean national anthem and the American national anthem. The third time he played was in 2008, the November 22, at the YouTube Live festival where he performed with Joe Satriani, he played first a mix of Canon Rock and Joe's "Surfing With the Alien" and then "Canon Rock". In October 2009, he was a featured performer at the fall ICANN meeting's welcoming
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he was the ambassador who had the longest residence in the house. Next came Joseph Kennedy, father of the future President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. During the Second World War, the ambassador was John Winant, although he did not live in the house, which remained vacant throughout the war. Winant resigned in 1946 and the following year was succeeded by Lewis Douglas, who lived in the house until 1950. The next ambassador was Walter Gifford who served until 1953 when he was succeeded by Winthrop Aldrich. By 1955 a large block of flats had been built next
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be a republic. Zeid and his family continued to live in London, where the family resided during the coup, as Zeid was the Iraqi ambassador there. Prince Zeid died in Paris on October 18, 1970, and was buried in the Royal Mausoleum at Raghdan Palace, Amman, Jordan. His son prince Ra'ad bin Zeid succeeded him as head of the Royal House of Iraq. In November 1933, Zeid married Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid in Athens, Greece. Together they had one son: Prince Zeid bin Hussein Prince Zeid bin Hussein, GCVO, GBE (; February 28, 1898 – October 18, 1970) was an Iraqi
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record a charity single called "Consequences" for the charity Crisis. The idea for the song came from Danny and his girlfriend, Pearl Lowe, who is an ambassador for the Crisis charity. Their idea was to record a song in the same way that a person would play the game Consequences. A live event took place at the Roundhouse in London on 2 March 2008. On 7 March 2008, Goffey accompanied politician Boris Johnson in a bid to try to save the post office near where he had grown up in Forest Hill, at Stanton St. John, Oxfordshire. Goffey commented; "I
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his R.A.F. file, he attended the Royal College of Art in London the following year, where he studied until 1924. However, this cannot be proven, because the Royal College of Art in London does not have any records of Raeburn. In 1921, he was elected "Associate Member" of the Royal Cambrian Academy, of which he became a full member in 1930. Raeburn left Edinburgh sometime between 1928 and 1929 and went to live and work in London, only to return to Scotland after the War. Several references state the following addresses for Raeburn : However, these addresses are a mixture
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interactions with CNN producer Robert Wiener were dramatized in the HBO film "Live From Baghdad", where his character was listed as Naji Al-Hadithi. CNN became famous after delivering live audio and video footage from within a Baghdad hotel even as the American military was bombing the city. In 1998, Sabri was appointed Iraq's ambassador to Austria. In 2001, he was named Foreign Minister of Iraq. His education, almost flawless English, and comfort in diplomatic circles continued to make him one of Iraq's most recognized faces in the West. He is a Sunni Muslim. In the lead-up to the 2003 invasion,
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Walker. The high cost of the project, originally estimated at $1 billion, also sparked controversy. Today he lives in Douglaston with his wife, Melanie Arad Fitzpatrick, and his children, Nathaniel, Ariel and Daniella. Michael Arad Michael Arad is an Israeli-American architect who is best known for being the designer of the World Trade Center Memorial. He won the competition to design the memorial in 2004. Arad, an Israeli citizen, was born in 1969 in London. London was where his father, Moshe Arad, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States and Mexico, was on a diplomatic mission. Arad lived in
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of the firm until 1945, but after 1927 he devoted much of his time to international affairs. In 1928, Rublee became an adviser to Ambassador Dwight Morrow in his mission to Mexico. Rublee served on the U.S. delegation to the London Naval Conference in 1930, where he worked to promote U.S. cooperation with the Versailles treaty security system, and he was involved in several Latin American diplomatic missions during the 1930s. His public work climaxed in 1938 when Franklin Roosevelt requested Rublee become director of the London-based Intergovernmental Committee on Political Refugees Coming from Germany, which attempted to arrange for
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Michael Arad Michael Arad is an Israeli-American architect who is best known for being the designer of the World Trade Center Memorial. He won the competition to design the memorial in 2004. Arad, an Israeli citizen, was born in 1969 in London. London was where his father, Moshe Arad, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States and Mexico, was on a diplomatic mission. Arad lived in Jerusalem for nine years. He did his military service in a Golani Brigade commando unit. Arad received a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College, and a master's degree from Georgia Institute of Technology's College
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Moscow under William C. Bullitt, the first American ambassador to the Soviet Union. There he was promoted to cipher clerk. By 1939, he was suspected of engaging in espionage for the Soviet Union, but lacking any solid evidence, the Diplomatic Service decided to transfer him to the embassy in London, where he began working on October 5, 1939. As soon as Kent arrived in London, he was seen in the company of Ludwig Matthias, a suspected German agent who was being tailed by detectives of Scotland Yard's Special Branch. He was observed being a frequent guest of the Russian Tea
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and Paloma Faith designed their own window display for the London Oxford Street branch in May 2010, and additionally appeared as "live mannequins" for the display. In November, Diamandis was featured on the website for the British edition of "Vogue", where she contributed to the "Today I'm Wearing" column that month. In February 2011, she became a brand ambassador for Max Factor, who called her "colourful personality" a perfect fit for the brand. In 2013, she launched a fashion brand named 11 Diamonds and designed a line of T-shirts for it, but has had little involvement with it since. According
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set designers, backing vocalists and dancers to create the "Director's Tape", which was used in Norway for camera movements. Frank Strachan was hired to handle Dubovie's styling. On 15 April Dubovie was due to visit the Norwegian Embassy in London where he was to meet the Ambassador and Norway's 2010 act Didrik Solli-Tangen. Dubovie would be travelling around Europe to promote the UK's 2010 song. On the 22 April 2010 a Swedish radio station played a studio version of the song, however the BBC have stated on their Eurovision website, that the live final version would debut in a Preview
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flee the country in June 1940. In October he reached London, where he worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs-in-exile. Norway had been occupied by Germany. In October 1941 in London he married captain's daughter Elsa Tidemand Andersen. After the war he worked in Norway and as embassy secretary in Moscow and London, before being hired as an assistant secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1950. He was then an embassy councillor in London from 1953 to 1955, deputy under-secretary of state in Norway from 1955 to 1959, Norway's ambassador to Canada from 1959 to 1961, and ambassador
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the conflict of interests their relationship had on the ambassador's profession. The ex-ambassador also discusses the military's intelligence and their reliance upon information gathered through torture. He states his concern in a letter sent to London, which reads, “we are selling our souls for dross.” The ex-ambassador specifically states later that the evidence gathered under torture is incorrect and is morally wrong for London to support the American position by working with and using the American information. The play goes into a flashback of the ex-ambassador's earlier years when he discusses with Linda, Matthew, and Michael about London's information sharing,
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Shkodër (1897—1904). In the period from 1905 to 1909 he continued his diplomatic career in Athens, Greece, and after 1909 in London, where he advised the ambassador of Austria-Hungary during the London Conference, which was intended to arbitrate between the combatants in the First Balkan War. In 1912 Ippen prepared an ethnographic map of the Albanian-populated areas of Ottoman Empire, which was submitted by the Austro-Hungarian ambassador during the London Conference as a basis for the border negotiations. After the London treaty has been signed the ambassadors of six Great Powers decided, in July 1913, to constitute a new state,
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United States Consul General at the Embassy of the United States, London from 1914 to 1924. He was the United States Ambassador to Greece from 1926 to 1932; United States Ambassador to Estonia from 1931 to 1933; United States Ambassador to Latvia from 1931 to 1933; United States Ambassador to Lithuania, 1931 to 1933; United States Ambassador to Turkey from 1933 to 1936. He died in Belfast, Maine on July 1, 1960. He was buried in Massillon City Cemetery in Massillon, Ohio. Robert Peet Skinner Robert Peet Skinner (February 24, 1866 – July 1, 1960) was an American diplomat, editor,
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he does not want to break diplomatic ties with the U.S. but said the actions of the ambassador were "very serious", claiming he met with provincial leaders and instigated the unrest. Before his departure the American ambassador warned Bolivia that it would face "serious consequences" and had "not correctly evaluated" the retaliation from Washington. Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez ordered the U.S. ambassador in Caracas Patrick Duddy to also leave saying it was in part out of solidarity with Bolivia. Chávez also said he was recalling Venezuela's ambassador to the U.S. until a new government takes office. Chávez accused the United
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Embassy in London, when David K.E. Bruce was the American Ambassador there. Many of the leading British political figures of the period, including Ted Heath and Roy Jenkins, had been Kaiser's friends when he studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Balliol College, Oxford, from 1936 to 1939. While he was Minister, he entertained Groucho Marx, Robert F. Kennedy, and Richard Nixon, among many other famous cultural and political figures. He lived at Wychwood House, his official American residence on Cottesmore Gardens in Kensington. Finally, during the administration of Jimmy Carter, Philip Kaiser served as ambassador to Hungary. While ambassador to
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May 2017, the singer released live recordings of the shows in Manchester and London. The following setlist was obtained from the April 4, 2016 concert held in Milan, Italy; at the Gran Teatro Linear4 Ciak. It does not represent all concerts throughout the tour. Ultimate Collection Tour The Ultimate Collection Tour (also known as Ultimate Collection Live) is the fourth headlining tour and first greatest hits tour by American recording artist, Anastacia. The tour supports her second greatest hits complication, "Ultimate Collection" The tour began April 2016 and player 100 shows in Europe. After her stint on "Strictly Come Dancing",
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as one of the main accusers of Aristides de Sousa Mendes. He later became Portuguese ambassador in Brazil (1945–47), ambassador in Washington (1947–50), Ambassador to the Court of St. James, London (1953–58) and again in Washington (1961–63). When Teotónio Pereira was named the Portuguese ambassador to Washington, there were protests from members of the Portuguese-American community, who considered him to be an "extreme nationalist.". As Portugal’s plenipotentiary in Washington he co-signed with President Truman, on 24 August 1949, the document implementing the North Atlantic Treaty. He was board member of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. While ambassador in Washington, in 1963,
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Kennedy sailed to France—taking his convertible—and spent ten weeks driving through Europe with Billings. In June 1938, Kennedy sailed overseas with his father and older brother to work at the American embassy in London, where his father was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. In 1939, Kennedy toured Europe, the Soviet Union, the Balkans, and the Middle East in preparation for his Harvard senior honors thesis. He then went to Czechoslovakia and Germany before returning to London on September 1, 1939, the day that Germany invaded Poland to mark the beginning of World War
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place to live, resulting in what is called "inner city chic" (London and Palen, 1984). The opposing side of this argument is that dominant, or recurring, American values determine where people decide to live, not the changing values previously cited. This means that people choose to live in a gentrified area to restore it, not to alter it, because restoration is a "new way to realize old values" (London and Palen, 1984). The third theoretical explanation of gentrification is political-economic and is divided into two approaches: traditional and Marxist. The traditional approach argues that economic and political factors have led
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Skogfjorden Skogfjorden is a Norwegian language village and campsite affiliated with the Concordia Language Villages. It is located at the Concordia site at Turtle River Lake near Bemidji, Minnesota. Skogfjorden is a village for language immersion where American villagers come to live and experience Norwegian language and culture. The staff of Skogfjorden make this promise to the villagers and to one another. It is the foundation of the entire program. I am responsible and accountable for establishing and maintaining our vibrant Skogfjorden community, where: The Ambassador of Norway, Knut Vollebæk, visited the village in 2003. His Majesty King Harald V
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the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, he went as ambassador to Paris. In 1973 he was appointed ambassador in London, where he remained en post until 1976 and then lived in London for the rest of his life. Robert Rothschild Baron Robert Rothschild (16 December 1911, in Brussels – 3 December 1998, in London) was a Belgian diplomat. He helped to draft the Treaty of Rome of 1957, the foundation of the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1958. His father, a businessman of German-Jewish descent, descended from Moses Amschel Bauer, of Frankfurt am Main, whose son Mayer Amschel Rothschild,
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along with making him governor of Damascus and Aleppo. Mustafa Reşid was first sent to Paris in 1834 with the task of regaining Algeria from the recent French occupation. Although he ultimately failed, he would remain in Paris as a permanent ambassador until being transferred to London in 1836. Reşid transferred to the Ottoman Embassy in London where he created strong ties with the British Government, especially the London Diplomat Ponsonby who his Mentor, Pertew Pasha, had strong ties with as well. However, his major achievement during his stint as ambassador was gaining the support of the British Government for
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James Williams (ambassador) James Williams (1796–1869) was an American Minister Resident (Ambassador) to the Ottoman Empire, appointed on January 14, 1858 by President James Buchanan. James Williams remained in this function until the outbreak of the American Civil War, terminating his functions on May 25, 1861. A native of Tennessee, he remained in Europe supporting the Confederacy by selling Confederate bonds, as well as writing numerous articles and books in favor of the South alongside Henry Hotze in London. Accused of treason for joining the Confederate cause as a US Government employee, he remained in Europe and died in Austria
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the CD, the CD does not actually have track breaks. Live at the Odeon Hammersmith London Live at the Odeon Hammersmith London is the title of a 1991 comedy album release and a videotaped performance by Billy Connolly. It was recorded and filmed during several of Connolly's performances at the Odeon Hammersmith theatre in London, England, in June 1991 and released in the fall of that year. The album was released by Virgin Records and produced by Stuart Epps. Connolly combines observations of current political situations with remembrances of his own childhood during the performance. In the introduction to the
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Petchey Foundation runs a number of partnership programmes including the Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge, Step Into Dance, Panathlon, the London Schools Table Tennis Championships and the Anthony Nolan Register and Be a Lifesaver programme. The foundation was also the central funding body of the Petchey Academy and the Petchey Centre for Entrepreneurship. The Foundation also has a branch in Albufeira, Portugal, which does similar work to its British counterpart. Petchey was nominated as a "Scouting In London Ambassador" for the Scout Association Region for Greater London at an Adult Appreciation ceremony in 2008. As of May 2017, he is
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Peter John Sullivan Peter John Sullivan (March 15, 1821 – March 2, 1883) was an Irish-American soldier and lawyer, who became United States Ambassador to Colombia. Peter John Sullivan was born March 15, 1821 in Cork, Ireland. Sullivan's parents brought him to Philadelphia when he was two years old, and he received his education at the University of Pennsylvania. He served in the Mexican-American War, and received the brevet of major for meritorious services. After retiring to civil life he became one of the official stenographers of the U.S. Senate, and in 1848 went to live in Cincinnati, Ohio where
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Samuel L. Kaplan Samuel Louis Kaplan (born 1936) was United States Ambassador to Morocco. He was appointed ambassador in 2009 by President Barack Obama, replacing the previous ambassador Thomas T. Riley. He is one of only a few American Jews to represent the United States in a Muslim nation. Before entering the diplomatic service, Ambassador Kaplan was a well-known business and community leader in Minneapolis, where he headed a law firm that he founded in 1978. Ambassador Kaplan attended the University of Minnesota where he earned both an undergraduate and a law degree, graduating magna cum laude, and where he
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in 1932, where Wellington Koo had been appointed Chinese Ambassador to France, a post he kept until 1940. Following the fall of France to Germany during the Second World War, Koo served as Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom in London until 1946. Koo represented the Republic of China in 1945 as one of the founding members of the United Nations. All through this time, Madame Wellington Koo was a celebrated society hostess in Paris and London. The great inheritance from Hui-lan's father ensured that the couple could afford to entertain the "beau monde" of Paris and London on a
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world?"; 1.164.5: "Where does the sun hide in the night?", "Where do gods live?"; 1.164.6: "What, where is the unborn support for the born universe?"; .20 (a hymn that is widely cited in the Upanishads as the parable of the Body and the Soul): "Two birds with fair wings, inseparable companions; Have found refuge in the same sheltering tree. One incessantly eats from the fig tree; the other, not eating, just looks on.". The first published translation of any portion of the Rigveda in any European language was into Latin, by Friedrich August Rosen ("Rigvedae specimen", London 1830). Predating Müller's
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has been the Ambassador for Tourism for Sri Lanka. In the same year, Koch wrote and performed an official song for The Sri Lankan cricketer and world record holder and world champion Muttiah Muralitharan. In 2008, Koch wrote a song about climate change for a United Nations WTO presentation in London. The song was also presented by Geoffrey Lipman Chairman of ICTP at the 'Live the Deal Climate Change' conference in Copenhagen to all the World's leaders. Alston Koch is the Goodwill Ambassador for the campaign, and the song has been promoted globally by ICTP in their campaign for green
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14, 1794 when he died, although his death has also been quoted as 1796. He was an Embassy Officer and Ambassador to Russia from 1759 to 1763, Ambassador to Portugal from around 1765 to 1778 and Ambassador to London in 1778. The following year he was forced to leave the position because of disputes with the British over issues concerning the American War of Independence. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1789. He had been living in the Kingdom of Naples, under King Charles VII of Naples (later also king
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the film was "hypnotic". "Time Out London"'s film reviewer considered the film to be "all very elegant, teasing and occasionally haunting, but it does wear a little thin at times." J. Hoberman wrote in his 2012 book "Film After Film: (Or, What Became of 21st Century Cinema?)" that O'Neill "spectrally populated the abandoned Ambassador Hotel" with his film. Doug Harvey of "LA Weekly" called the film "his most accomplished hybrid to date, superimposing intricately choreographed actors going through vague but archetypal film noir routines on top of gorgeous full-color time-lapse footage of the entropy-shredded Ambassador Hotel". Stephen Holden of "The
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the Special Committee for Migration Issues, and the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) where he focused on matters related to innovation, competitiveness, and supporting micro, small and medium sized enterprises as engines for economic growth and development. As Chair of the OAS Permanent Council, he used this platform to focus attention on climate change and introduced several institutional initiatives to increase awareness of the impact of this phenomenon, especially on the smaller and more vulnerable states. Ambassador Mendez previously held diplomatic posts at the High Commission for Belize in London, United Kingdom where he served as Counsellor and at
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Ambassador for London Technology. Wolfe was the only artist ambassador, joining UK CEO's of Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Martha Lane Fox and Eileen Burbidge. The-Dots named Wolfe a 'Creative Leaders for 2017' alongside the Southbank Centre's Artistic Director, Design Museum's CEO and British Film Institute's CEO. New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth chose Wolfe as its youngest Patron joining Twiggy, Timothy West, Sheila Hancock and Prunella Scales. Wolfe performed the first live music concert in their Minghella Studio. Wolfe's style has been described by The Huffington Post as "low fi and honest" indie rock with a "strong percussive sound and bluesy overtone"
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Poker umbrella. Neil played a number of events cashing in five, his biggest score coming in the $40,000 No Limit Hold'em freezeout where he finished 20th for $71,858. In 2014 Neil Channing became the official ambassador for Sky Poker. Appearing on Sky Poker TV to give live hand analysis, as well as writing blogs and strategy articles for the UK poker site. Neil also frequents the Sky Poker cash games, both live and on the virtual felt under the alias 'NCHANNING.' In his first few months as the newly appointed ambassador, Channing scored his highest ever finish on Sky Poker,
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the process of verifying the first Colombian saint. The secretary of the ambassador arranges for Margarito to live as the roommate of Antonio, a fellow Colombian and opera singer who is pursuing a career as a soloist tenor. Margarito moves with Antonio, but rejects the help of the embassy as he does not want to politicize his daughter's sainthood process. Alone, sober and dignified, Margarito takes his daughter's case in front of the Vatican ecclesiastic authorities armed with a letter of recommendation and a large lunch box type suitcase in which he carries his daughter everywhere. Margarito does not have
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North-East London such as Barnet, Enfield, Edmonton, Wood Green, Palmers Green, Islington, Stoke Newington, Haringey, Hackney, and Tottenham. In South London, they live in Elephant and Castle, Lewisham, Southwark and Peckham. Smaller settlements include the city of Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea. The spatially concentrated community is due to the Turkish community preferring to live with Turkish neighbours which has now created notable Turkish enclaves in particular areas of London. Between 280,000 and 400,000 Turkish Cypriots are believed to be living in London. There is also an estimated 600-700 Western Thrace Turks living in London although this does not include
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ambassador to India from 1995 to 2000 and then as ambassador to China and Mongolia. Yehoyada Haim Yehoyada Haim (; born 1941 in Iraq) is a retired Israeli diplomat and former ambassador to India and China, and non-resident ambassador to Mongolia. He studied in the United States at Georgetown University, where he received a doctorate in Middle East and Asian studies in 1975. In 1983 he published the book "Abandonment of Illusions: Zionist political attitudes toward Palestinian Arab nationalism, 1936-1939," which was based on his dissertation. During his career as a diplomat, Haim has served in London as a political
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Malcolm London Malcolm London is a young African American poet, educator, "artivist" and musician from Chicago. He is one of three artists on the Billboard documentary piece, “Saving Chicago: Inside Hip-Hops Movement to Make Chicago a Better Place”. Malcolm London grew up in a neighborhood called Austin, where he attended Lincoln Park High School. London has worked with actor Matt Damon, appeared on several TED Talks with John Legend and Bill Gates, and he has hosted events and performed with with friend and fellow YCA alum Chance the Rapper and rapper Lupe Fiasco. London also does community service for Chicago
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also modeled for lingerie brand, Adore Me. After 13 years of modeling Lawrence completed her catwalk debut at New York Fashion Week for Chromat in 2016, and walked in L'Oréal's first fashion show at Paris Fashion week in October 2017. American Eagle Outfitters choose Lawrence along with five other millennials for their Fall 2017 jean campaign ""The New American Jean"", which makes use of unretouched images. In 2018 Lawrence was announced as a brand ambassador for Marina Rinaldi's Persona collection campaign. Lawrence is a National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) brand ambassador and creator of the NEDA Inspires Award. Lawrence does
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"Six O' Clock Live", presented by Frank Bough. After LWT News ended in December 1992, Anna joined the newly formed London News Network subsidiary of Carlton and LWT as a presenter of London Tonight. Anna also presented various regional programmes from the company including "Summer Dream Ticket" and "Caring at Christmas". She stayed with LNN until the company was disbanded on Sunday 29 February 2004, after which, ITN took over production of the London news service. Anna Maria presented the last LNN-produced bulletin. Anna now specialises in corporate & charity work and is an ambassador for The Prince's Trust. She
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for the American Ambassador to Britain. In 1999, she opened the first farmers' market in Islington, London, UK, in the process setting up London Farmers' Markets, a company that now runs 18 farmers' markets in London. The New Yorker reported that the London farmers referred to her as "The American". In 2003, she returned to the United States as the director of the New York Greenmarket program; she was dismissed after six months, on December 23, 2003, following resistance from farmers to proposed changes. Ms. Planck‘s London Farmers‘ Markets sell, among other things, “organic & outdoor reared meat, game in
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major donor to the Republican Party, in 1889 McCormick was appointed as Second Secretary of the American Legation in London, where he served from 1889 to 1892, under Minister Robert Todd Lincoln. That led to his appointment as official representative for the Chicago 1893 Exhibition. His diplomatic career took off when President William McKinley appointed him as minister to Austria-Hungary on March 7, 1901. McCormick presented his credentials on April 29, 1901, and was promoted to be the first American ambassador to Austria-Hungary on May 27, 1902. He was appointed to St. Petersburg in September 1902, and served as United
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these occasions it was issued under the title "The Legendary Chaos Tape". Castle Music restored the original title upon a further reissue in 2004 and added three more tracks taken from London performances in November 1980; "Cary Grant's Wedding", "Totally Wired" and "The NWRA". The sleeve does not identify the exact venues where these tracks were recorded. This edition was also released on vinyl by Italian label Earmark in 2005. Edwin Pouncey, reviewing the album for "Sounds", gave it four stars, commenting that "the recording quality is good, with Mark's voice predominantly up front, providing some excellent moments, notably 'New
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mixed-status couple. She regularly inspires, motivates and encourages people living with HIV to live a healthy lifestyle. Her interview articles have been published in various sites. Dhawale's responsibility as The Stigma Project Ambassador enables her to create and spread awareness, art, provocation and education in wide scale. In her documentary video about Life After HIV, for Through Positive Eyes, she speaks in brief about her journey. The project was co-directed by London-based South African photographer and AIDS activist Gideon Mendel Indian Goodwill ambassador of The Stigma Project since 2012 which provides insight into HIV stigma within countries/communities and it enables
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United States; and in Oslo, Norway. In 2000 Hughes was appointed HM Ambassador to Venezuela, where he served until 2003. He was then appointed HM Ambassador to Argentina in 2004, and in 2005 as concurrent non-resident HM Ambassador to Paraguay. Hughes was appointed CBE in the 2017 New Year Honours. John Hughes (British diplomat) Dr Edgar John Hughes (born 27 July 1947) is a British retired diplomat, the former British Ambassador to Argentina. Born in South Wales, Hughes was educated at Lewis School, Pengam, and the London School of Economics. He went on to receive his master's degree from Lehigh
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John McCarthy (Australian diplomat) John Philip McCarthy , (born 1942) is a former Australian diplomat. Born in Washington, D.C., McCarthy was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge where he received a Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws degree. He is a barrister-at-law and practised in London from 1965 to 1966. He worked with the New York City Law Firm of Shearman & Sterling from 1966 to 1967 and joined the Department of External Affairs in 1968. McCarthy has served as Australia's Ambassador to Vietnam (1981–83), Ambassador to Mexico (1985–87), Ambassador to Thailand (1992–94), Ambassador to the United States from
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the Milton Industrial and Economic Corporation. In 2006, King founded King Capital LLC, an equity investment and real estate company. In 2007, King was elected to represent Wisconsin on the Republican National Committee, and he served until 2017. In July 2017, President Donald Trump nominated King to be the next United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic. This nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 5, 2017. King and his wife, Karen, live in Janesville, Wisconsin. They have three children. Steve King (ambassador) Stephen B. King (born July 4, 1941) is an American businessman and political activist serving
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in October 2006 that Jews in Germany feel increasingly unsafe, stating that they "are not able to live a normal Jewish life" and that heavy security surrounds most synagogues or Jewish community centers. Yosef Havlin, Rabbi at the Chabad Lubavitch in Frankfurt, does not agree with the Israeli Ambassador and states in an interview with "Der Spiegel" in September 2007 that the German public does not support far-right groups; instead, he has personally experienced the support of Germans, and as a Jew and rabbi he "feels welcome in his (hometown) Frankfurt, he is not afraid, the city is not a
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Private Bates 1969 "Land Raiders" – as Loomis 1967 "Bang, Bang Kid" – as Leech 1966 "Battle of the Bulge" – actor 1965 "Crack in the World" – as Indian Ambassador 1964 "The Thin Red Line" – actor "Piano Lesson" (1995) – actor "Bride in Black" (1991) – actor Benjamin Tatar Benjamin "Ben" Tatar (January 23, 1930 – November 29, 2012) was an American film, television, theater, and voice actor who was Jackie Gleason's aide and had lived with Ava Gardner. Where the lines between professional and personal life blur, Tatar was also a former live-in personal assistant and companion
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Live at the Whole Foods Market at Arabella Station Live at the Whole Foods Market at Arabella Station is a live recording by the American rock and roll band Supersuckers. Released in 2007, it was recorded in New Orleans, LA. It is a benefit album for the New Orleans Musicians Clinic. Currently this is released only as a digital download only. Note: The track listing at the web site does not correctly list what actually gets downloaded. This track listing accurately reflects what you actually get in the Digital Download. From the liner notes: "Where are we playing?" "Whole Foods?
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begins and ends at 11:00 a.m. However, there is a 12-hour time jump within the final episode. "Live Another Day" takes place four years after the events of season 8. James Heller, now President, is negotiating a treaty in London, where a hacker collective preaching freedom of information has enlisted the help of Chloe O'Brian. Jack Bauer, who has been tracking the activities of Chloe's group while living in exile, resurfaces when he hears of an imminent attempt on Heller's life. There are two main acts in "Live Another Day": While anti-drone protesters gather outside the American embassy where James
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Honorary Consul at the United States Consulate in Bologna, about leaving Italy to go to England. Gardini wrote a letter of introduction to the Ambassador of Italy in London, Annibale Ferrero, explaining who Marconi was and about his extraordinary discoveries. In his response, Ambassador Ferrero advised them not to reveal Marconi's results until after a patent was obtained. He also encouraged Marconi to come to England where he believed it would be easier to find the necessary funds to convert his experiments into practical use. Finding little interest or appreciation for his work in Italy, Marconi travelled to London in
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Päivi Luostarinen Päivi Luostarinen (born. 13 January 1955) is a Finnish diplomat. She has been employed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs since 1981 and has served as Finnish Ambassador at the Finnish Embassy in London from 1 September 2015. Luostarinen has completed a law degree at the University of Helsinki in 1980 and completed a Diplomatic Course in Foreign Affairs in 1981. Luostarinen moved to London from the post of Ambassador of Finland to Berlin, where she was from 2011. Prior to that, she served as Head of Department for the European Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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was Gaye's last official live release until a July 1980 show at the Montreux Jazz Festival was released as a CD in 2003 though live bootleg copies of Marvin's 1979 Japan tour and 1983 North American tour have been released in small labels over the years. Original 1977 US vinyl LP double album. 1999 compact disc reissue. Live at the London Palladium Live at the London Palladium is a live double album by soul musician Marvin Gaye, released March 15, 1977, on Tamla Records. Recording sessions took place live at several concerts at the London Palladium in London, England, in
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Adnan Nawaz Adnan Nawaz () is a British news anchor who is currently working for the TRT World. Born in Pakistan in 1968, Nawaz graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc (Econ) International Relations, and then completed an MA in Latin American Politics at the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London. Nawaz began work at the BBC in the early 1990s, as a broadcast assistant in the Latin American section of the BBC World Service. A Sony Award winning producer with BBC Radio, where he spent five years producing live programmes and making documentaries for
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open-mindedness towards impressionism, Durand-Ruel once said, "The American public does not laugh. It buys!" “Without America,” he said, “I would have been lost, ruined, after having bought so many Monets and Renoirs. The two exhibitions there in 1886 saved me. The American public bought moderately . . . but thanks to that public, Monet and Renoir were enabled to live and after that the French public followed suit.” Durand-Ruel had an intense rivalry with Parisian art dealer Georges Petit (1856–1920). Durand-Ruel was the subject of a major temporary exhibition titled "Inventing Impressionism" held at the National Gallery in London in
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Rolling Stones hit "Angie", and Shakira's 2010 World Cup theme "Waka Waka". Ana has contributed to a variety of charitable causes, including lending her name to the Liga Portuguesa contra o Cancro (LPCC) in 2009, as an ambassador for raising awareness for cervical cancer. She is also the current ambassador to the Lisbon Oceanarium. In 2010, the Make A Wish Foundation worked with Ana to fulfil the wishes of a young teenage fan suffering from cystic fibrosis, by inviting her and her family to spend 5 days in London, where she accompanied Ana to studio, the London Eye, and attended
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in Istanbul, Turkey, May 23 and 24, 2016. Ambassador Jawad also participated at the London Conference on Afghanistan on December 4, 2014, in London, United Kingdom, where the conference provided a platform for the government of Afghanistan to set out its vision for reform and for the international community to demonstrate enduring solidarity and support for Afghanistan. Read More Afghanistan: Realities of War and Rebuilding Said Tayeb Jawad Said Tayeb Jawad (, born 1958) is the current Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He previously served as the Senior Political and Foreign Policy
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the Chinese studies program at Yale University, where he learned Chinese more than forty years before becoming Ambassador to China. He was posted in Washington D.C. during the 1960s, where he enrolled in African studies courses at Howard University and received a doctorate in political science from Georgetown University. Zev Sufott joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1950, beginning a diplomatic career that lasted more than forty years. He was posted to the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C., where he served as First Secretary and Counselor, and London as Consul General. He then served as the Israel Ambassador
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the United States. A mysterious change seems to come over Americans when they go to a foreign land. They isolate themselves socially. They live pretentiously. They are loud and ostentatious." The American Ambassador "Lucky" Lou Sears confines himself to his comfortable diplomatic compound in the capital. The Soviet ambassador speaks the local language and understands the local culture. He informs his Moscow superiors that Sears "keeps his people tied up with meetings, social events, and greeting and briefing the scores of senators, congressmen, generals, admirals, under secretaries of state and defense, and so on, who come pouring through here to
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at the 2013 Wireless Festival, including footage of the large crowd and him on stage (although no performances of songs were included) This set list is representative of the first show in London. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. Additional notes Magna Carter World Tour The Magna Carter World Tour was a concert tour by American rapper Jay Z. It was promoted by his twelfth studio album "Magna Carta Holy Grail" (2013). Following his headlining performance at the 2013 Wireless Festival, Jay Z and promoters Live Nation announced a European and North American headlining
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White Bennett of Charleston, South Carolina, Anne B. Bennett of Lexington, Massachusetts, Ellen Bennett Godsall of London, and Victoria R. Bennett of Seattle, Washington. John Campbell White (diplomat) John Campbell White (March 17, 1884 – June 11, 1967) was a prominent U.S. diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Haiti (1941–1944) and Peru (1944–1945). White was born at the American Legation in London on March 17, 1884. He was the son of Henry White (1850–1927) and Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherford (1853–1916). His father was a diplomat during the 1890s and 1900s who served as United States Ambassador to France and
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of President Truman, with rank of Ambassador to confer with Prime Minister Churchill and Special Advisor of President Harry Truman and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, with rank of Ambassador at the Potsdam Conference. His papers from this period deposited in the Library of Congress were long classified documents. Davies was divorced by his wife Marjorie in 1955. She sold her yacht, the "Sea Cloud", to Trujillo. Davies continued to live at his Washington, D.C. home "Tregaron" (named after the village in Wales where his father was born) until his death from cerebral hemorrhage on May 9, 1958. Ambassador
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Saints Will Conquer Saints Will Conquer is the first live album by American heavy metal band Armored Saint recorded during the "Raising Fear" tour. It was recorded on October 9, 1987 at the Agora Ballroom in Cleveland and released in 1988 on Metal Blade Records. This short live set does not represent the first era of the band well, missing songs like fan favorite "March of the Saint" and their radio hit "Isolation". The album features a previously unreleased studio version of "No Reason to Live" from their first demo from 1983. All tracks written by Armored Saint, except where
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becoming U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas, where Keating had spent considerable time. When Keating's run-in with the SEC resurfaced in press reports, however, he was dropped from consideration. This dismayed Keating, who subsequently said, "To keep people like me out of positions like that because of yellow journalism, I don't know what good it does." By the early 1980s, American Continental's profits were in the millions and it had become the biggest single-family home builder in Phoenix and Denver. At its peak it would have $6 billion in assets, a large number of subsidiaries, 2,500 employees, and a headquarters complex
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Christian militias in the effort to fight ISIL both militarily & politically by de-legitimising the militant groups sectarian philosophy. In September 2014, Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. "does not have any intention" of cooperating with Iran. Nevertheless, later that month, Kerry met with Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York City where the two discussed ISIL. The US in December 2014 continued to deny cooperation with Iran with American Ambassador to Iraq Stuart E. Jones saying: "Let's face it, Iran is an important neighbour to Iraq. There has to be cooperation between Iran and Iraq.
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of the Battle of Malta poker tournament and an Amazon eSports ambassador and live tournament series host In 2009, Ho competed on the CBS Emmy Award winning television show The Amazing Race 15 with best friend and fellow poker pro Tiffany Michelle. She has also been seen on the third season of American Idol (where she made it to "Hollywood Week"), as a panelist on Anderson Cooper 360, and for two consecutive seasons as a featured player on the World Poker Tour's "Ones to Watch" (in 2011 and 2012). Maria Ho has received invitations to play in various types of
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Maryland merchant George Peabody sailed to London on a mission to defer a United States banking crisis when states had begun skipping interest payments on bonds marketed in London. Peabody eventually enjoyed a huge success as a merchant banker in London and as a self-appointed American ambassador of the mercantile industry. He developed a form of wholesale banking known as merchant banks and became a leading dealer of American state bonds in London. It was through family and business connections that William S. Wetmore began a lifelong friendship with the prominent financier Peabody. In 1837, William went to England and
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