| War as a Spectator Sport
It started Dec. 16, 1944, as a German offensive in Belgium's Ardennes forest and lasted until Jan. 25, 1945. More than a million troops fought in the battle, including about 600,000 Germans, 500,000 Americans and 55,000 British. This was the snowbound fight so famously depicted in 2001 in the Emmy Award-winning miniseries "Band of Brothers." The term "bulge" refers to the salient that the Germans initially put into the Allies' line. The Gap, which has been hosting the event for more than 20 years, has a connection to the Battle of the Bulge because the 28th Division, now part of the Pennsylvania National Guard, was one of the units that took part in the battle. "The 28th Division took the brunt during the first few days of the Battle of the Bulge," Shaw said. "They were right in the center of it.
A Tale Of Three Cities
It has made them open to trade, with all the transformative capacity that trade has to shake up established orders and make the exotic familiar. Their history as ports has made Nylonkong open to the world in other ways, too. New York, of course, has long been thought of as a city of immigrants of the Irish and the Italians, the Dominicans in Washington Heights, and the scores of other ethnicities that make up Gotham's mosaic. But increasingly, so is London. In 2006, according to the London Labour Force Survey, 31% of the city's residents had been born outside Britain; that compared with 34% of New Yorkers who hailed from outside the U.S. that year. Hong Kong, which barely existed 150 years ago, has always been a haven for migrants fleeing trouble in China. Even in these prosperous times for the mainland, it still has pull.
Cher Presents 'Love Sees No Color' Premiere at Los Angeles Fundraiser ...
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Cher, the Oscar(R), Emmy(R) and Grammy(R) Award-winning singer, songwriter, actor, author and humanitarian, and the Cher Charitable Foundation will hold the inaugural west coast benefit of the Foundation on Wednesday, November 28, at 2000 Constellation Avenue, outdoors in the plaza area, between Avenue of the Stars and Century Park East in Century City. The event will include a V.I.P. reception from 6:00-7:00 pm, followed by an elegant dinner and the premiere of the short film "Love Sees No Color." "Love Sees No Color" is an ambitious 12-minute film starring songwriter, recording artist and international peace activist Nassiri. The music in the film is sung by thousands of children in 15 languages in 18 countries, and was filmed by 18 of the world's most talented directors and producers.
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