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i may have failed

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I may have failed

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i may have failed

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Jacob's Ladder

entropy867 — Mon, 11 May 2009 07:29:39 MDT

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I may have failed but I tried

The World May Have Failed You But I Won't

releena_norman — Sat, 9 May 2009 22:00:58 MDT

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krenchava — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:22:27 MDT

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i love you start

Yoda Thread Fail

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i always swore to you id never fall apart

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you always thought i was strongeri may have failed but ive loved you from the start

in my life i may have failed and hurt myself but one thing that enable me to run the race of life once again when i have you at the end line inspiring me to move on

rhea_14 — Sat, 9 May 2009 23:06:53 MDT

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DSPS_Rock — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:50:09 MDT

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Dylan posted the original so I was tempted I tried to make it sharp but may have failed somewhat Ahh well I think Swart did a better job here Pope Too much overdoing here mate Swart

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saizdat911 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:05:44 MDT

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Lt Col Karen U Kwiatkowski PhD US Air Force ret Former PoliticalMilitary Affairs Officer in the Office of the Secretary of Defense Also served on the staff of the Director of the National Security Agency 20year Air Force career Member adjunct faculty Political Science Department James Madison University Instructor University of Maryland University College and American Public University System Author of African Crisis Response Initiative Past Present and Future 2000 and Expeditionary Air Operations in Africa Challenges and Solutions 2001 Contributor to 911 and American Empire Intellectuals Speak Out 82306 Account of Lt Col Karen Kwiatkowski Pentagon employee and eyewitness to the events at the Pentagon on 911 I believe the Commission failed to deeply examine the topic at hand failed to apply scientific rigor to its assessment of events leading up to and including 911 failed to produce a believable and unbiased summary of what happened failed to fully examine why it happened and even failed to include a set of unanswered questions for future research It is as a scientist that I have the most trouble with the official government conspiracy theory mainly because it does not satisfy the rules of probability or physics The collapses of the World Trade Center buildings clearly violate the laws of probability and physics There was a dearth of visible debris on the relatively unmarked Pentagon lawn where I stood only minutes after the impact Beyond this strange absence of airliner debris there was no sign of the kind of damage to the Pentagon structure one would expect from the impact of a large airliner This visible evidence or lack thereof may also have been apparent to the secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld who in an unfortunate slip of the tongue referred to the aircraft that slammed into the Pentagon as a missile

dnaReport

Charlie-da-Brown — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:41:20 MDT

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I love this human being He is who he is due to being raised by me I just wish he could have known I chose to raise him But I was not allowed the opportunity So now for he and I NO one in the world knows how we feel for having been duped and lied to for 20 years So we have a bond of understanding that is greater than blood After years of trailing his sister in school thinking he was dumb when she excelled and he failed what a relief for him to learn he was genetically different NOT STUPID a whole different person with different parents Of course he won't keep up the same as his sister May I add Sister with Nagel dna is damn smart Guess morals are not the only thing lacking in the Ernst clan

fall for you

thonz19 — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:25:56 MDT

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The best thing about tonight's that we're not fighting It couldn't be that we have been this way before I know you don't think that I am trying I know you're wearing thin down to the core But hold your breath Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you over again Don't make me change my mind I won't live to see another day I swear it's true Because a girl like you is impossible to find You're impossible to find This is not what I intended I always swore to you that I would never fall apart You always thought that I was stronger I may have failed But I have loved you from the start Oh But hold your breath Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you over again Don't make me change my mind I won't live to see another day I swear it's true Because a girl like you is impossible to find It's impossible So breathe in so deep Breathe me in I'm yours to keep And hold onto your words 'Cause talk is cheap And remember me tonight When you're asleep Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you over again Don't make me change my mind I won't live to see another day I swear it's true Because a girl like you is impossible to find Tonight will be the night that I will fall for you over again Don't make me change my mind I won't live to see another day I swear it's true Because a girl like you is impossible to find You're impossible to find

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oasis_06 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:56:33 MDT

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The best thing about tonight's that we're not fightingCould it be that we have been this way beforeI know you don't think that I am tryingI know you're wearing thin down to the coreBut hold your breatheBecause tonight will be the nightThat I will fall for youOver againDon't make me change my mindOr I won't live to see another dayI swear it's trueBecause a girl like you is impossible to findYou're impossible to findThis is not what I intendedI always swore to you I'd never fall apartYou always thought that I was strongerI may have failed but I have loved you from the startOh But hold your breatheBecause tonight will be the nightThat I will fall for youOver againDon't make me change my mindOr I won't live to see another dayI swear it's trueBecause a girl like you is impossible to findIt's impossibleSo breathe in so deepBreathe me inI'm yours to keepAnd hold on to your wordsCause talk is cheapAnd remember me tonightWhen you're asleepBecause tonight will be the nightThat I will fall for youOver againDon't make me change my mindOr I won't live to see another dayI swear it's trueBecause a girl like you is impossible to findTonight will be the nightThat I will fall for youOver againDon't make me change my mindOr I won't live to see another dayI swear it's trueBecause a girl like you is impossible to findYou're impossible to find

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MML_host — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:40:03 MDT

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Shutters glossy red eyes looked over the snowy landscape She saw the people scattering around as the wind gnawed at their pale faces with a red nose in the middle Kiku was standing at her side Shutters head was brown that ran off into a creamy white with golden bracelets and dark brown horns She fiddled with her golden and orange tips after fixing her see through light blue sleeves Racco also stood near her He had a dark whitegrey pelt with a black raccoon like face belly and a black tail with the same whitegrey color on its tip Kiku was white too with bits of black grey and brown on her Her ears were longer than most but her eyes flashed a beautiful golden yellow Shutters goal in life was to create a Murrah from DNA extracted from dead animals humans and other Murrah She would often send Racco out to collect the animals and Kiku out to get the humans She while waiting for them to return would freeze extra DNA and fiddle with failed experiments The failed would squeak faintly or stir in their sleep Shutter felt bad for these They would make wonderful and cute pets if they only would wake so she could document them But they only slightly opened their eyes when she would feed them some warm milk or rock them in her arms Shutter was careful with the failed She treated them like they were her children and cared for them They hardly looked like Murrah though they had horns and fur like her self Shutter thought she would show her failed to Kiku and Racco She hoped for the best that they would except and care for the failed with her but dreaded the worst that they would shun and try to kill the failed she would have to find out one day though This very day is where we start out little tail of Shutter Racco Kiku and the failed Now what shall I name you failed Shutter paced and looked over the squeaking failed Well from now on you are not to be called failed so often I shall name your breed the Kifrons and shall call your breed by such name from now on Her eyes looked over the Kifrons One caught her eye He was a pale blue with black hair and body tips When she gently picked him up he slightly opened his eyes to reveal bright green orb like eyes sighed and then opened his mouth slightly waiting for his food Shutter did as he wanted and fed him some warm milk from a baby bottle I shall name youYukio Her eyes were soft as Yukio squirmed in her arms and fell asleep You shall be the first Kifron to exit this lab Shutter opened the door to the living room Kiku Shutter come here for a second please She called as she shifted Yukio so he sat on her arm with his paws on her shoulder What is it She said rubbing her eyes What in the world do you have She shouted bringing Racco to her side She was staring at Yukio who whimpered in his mothers grasp This is Yukio Happy Hero Chrysanthemum do not yell youre scaring him Shutter scolded Kiku with her English name Ok do you have any more Kiku asked hushing the barking Racco If you do you have to show me them She insisted Yes I have more Four more to be exact two girls one boy and the newest one that is not old enough to tell Hold Yukio while I go get them Shutter handed over the pup and went to get two more Next she came out with one greyblue female that had beautiful red colored markings named Chou butterfly and one with the exact opposite markings and colors named Chouko butterfly child She next brought out the small unknown gendered baby named Kin which means Golden And last but not least she brought out Takashi praiseworthy These are all of them Shutter commented as Kiku and Racco swooned over the Kifrons This reader is a lie Shutter had three more Kifrons in her lab Three quite evil ones the only ones to fully awaken who named themselves Adam Mankind Eve Life and Eden paradise These three took the looks of humanoids Not grown or small but they had the young face of innocents Adam was a male He was the kind of evil that brought out the bad side of human nature so as to make people become withdrawn untrustworthy or even suicidal Eve was the evil that would promise the life of a loved one She would prove healing powers by bringing back bugs or birds Eden the kind of evil that would create a paradise for the human and promise this dream world if he or she carries out a series of tasks each more horrible than the last She kept these three Kifrons in quarantine away from everyone except the other bad Kifrons so they could not contaminate the minds of others These three were dangerous They took the looks of small five year old humans dressed in hospital gowns and bracelets She examined these three regularly Each day they would have a fit because she wouldnt pick them up Sure they looked five and could do the things five year olds could do like walk and spell but they were only 2 months old So they craved the care of a mother Being picked up binkies bottles blankets and stuffed animals Shutter yearned to care for them like children to be able to cuddle and swoon over them But she knew this may never happen with the progress they were making Kiku looked at Yukio crawling on the floor after a rather frightened Racco She giggled Get back over here you silly boy She said picking him up Gwahhff He cooed examining her with his green orb eyes He sneezed and then pulled at Kikus ear When Yukio let go he silently looked over the room fiddling with his fingers Fwaghh He cried as Shutter opened the door to come into the living room Fwaghh Fwaghh He cried pawing for his mother Kiku stop making that awkward noise this instant Shutter said When she had come out of her room she had been greeted by a series of odd sounding cries Kiku saw and heard Shutter walking in Why its not me She said rather taken back by the harsh tone Its Yukio Hes a little cranky that I picked him up when he was chasing Racco but I think hes happy to see you She said handing Yukio over to Shutter Swaaaaa Yukio squealed with joy when he was in Shutters arms once more He pawed at her with mouth open for food Yukio Shutter cried Youre awakeWhen did he wake up Shutter looked at Kiku with a stern face that told her that she needed to know that instant Tell me I need to knowUhm well just a tiny bit after you went into you lab I dont know about 630 pm She stuttered looking down I didnt know it was so important Im sorry II didnt know you would be sosoupset at meIm sorry Kiku cried and run into her room slamming the doorOh my what have I done She gently put Yukio on the couch and covered him in a baby blanket

jenga fail

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Liagra Obama

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Dwayne Douglas johnson

mohit_tiwari — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:03:41 MDT

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Date of Birth2 May 1972 Hayward California USA Birth NameDwayne Douglas Johnson NicknameThe People's Champion The Brahma Bull The Great One The Rock Height6' 3 192 m Mini BiographyDwayne Douglas Johnson was born in Hayward California on May 2nd 1972 to Rocky Johnson and Ata Johnson While growing up Dwayne traveled around a lot with his parents and watched his father perform in the ring During his high school years Dwayne began playing football and he soon received a full scholarship from the University of Miami where he had tremendous success as a football player In 1995 Dwayne suffered a back injury which cost him a place in the NFL He then signed a 3 year deal with the Canadian League but left after a year to pursue a career in wrestling He made his wrestling debut in the USWA under the name Flex Kavanah where he won the tag team championship with Brett Sawyer In 1996 Dwayne joined the WWE and became Rocky Maivia where he joined a group known as The Nation of Domination and turned heel Rocky eventually took over leadership of the Nation and began taking the persona of The Rock After the Nation split The Rock joined another elite group of wrestlers known as the Corporation and began a memorable feud with Steve Austin Soon the Rock was kicked out of the Corporation He turned face and became known as The Peoples Champion In 2000 the Rock took time off from WWE to film his appearance in The Mummy Returns 2001 He returned in 2001 during the WCWECW invasion where he joined a team of WWE wrestlers at The Scorpion King 2002 a prequel to The Mummy Returns 2001 He is currently married to Dany Johnson Garcia and they have a daughter named Simone Alexandra born in 2001IMDb Mini Biography By Zak Hamza mjzakyahoocouk ritual vsritualvsritualcom SpouseDany Johnson 3 May 1997 2007 divorced 1 child Trade MarkWrestling finisher The People's ElbowAs his wrestling character The Rock often referred to himself in the third personRemoving elbow pad before delivering the People's ElbowTrademark move Spine on the Pine modified SpinebusterTrademark move Three open handed punches followed by a hand spitting motion followed by a fourth punch which typically levelled the opponentTrademark move Flowing DDTTrademark move Floatover DDTTrademark move SharpshooterTrademark move Samoan DropTrademark move Charging Double Leg SpinebusterFinishing move Rock BottomTriviaFirst ever 7 time WWE World ChampionIn real life is good friends with the Dudley Boyz and his onscreen enemy Shane McMahonWas the first person to ever kick out of the Stone Cold Stunner while fighting Stone Cold Steve Austin Steve Austin at Wrestlemania XVHis favorite eyebrow trademark not including his own is Groucho Marx'sFormer World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champion with Mankind Mick Foley in The Rock 'n Sock ConnectionWas a member of Miami's NCAA national championship football team in 1991 Later in his career he played as Warren Sapp's backup at defensive tackleReceived guidance and training from Bret Hart aka The Hitman when he first came to the WWFGrandson of Peter Fanene MaiviaDaughter with his wife Dany Johnson Simone Alexandra Johnson was born in Davie Florida 14 August 2001A member of the elite group of wrestlers such as Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair to hold the WWF and WCW world titles on several different occasionsNamed one of E's top 20 entertainers of 2001He once appeared on Martha Stewart Living 1991 to cook one of his favorite family recipesAttended Freedom High School Bethlehem PAHas a wax figure likeness of himself at Madame Tussaud's museumWife Dany Johnson was 22 when they metDecided to attend the University of Miami because they didn't openly express interest in himAfter years of dating Dany Johnson he did not meet her parents until shortly before their weddingMarried Dany Johnson the day after his 25th birthdayHis 55million paycheck for The Scorpion King 2002 earned him a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records as his salary was the highest for any actor receiving top billing for the first timeNo athlete who ever hosted Saturday Night Live 1975 has ever repeated for a second time until The Rock did so in 2002 Technically he was promoting a film for his second sting The Scorpion King 2002 but his college football CFL and pro wrestling background makes him the show's first twotime athletehostHe owns the rights to name The Rock including logos phrases etc The rights to the name The Rock were previously owned by WWE Inc which is the main reason why Vince McMahon has received executive producer credits in some of the Rock's filmsOnce while putting on a show for WWF road agent Pat Patterson sold his opponent's moves so well his thengirlfriend Dany Johnson thought he was actually hurtGrowing up considered what his father did wrestling he once tried amateur wrestling and found he didn't like itIn a 2000 episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live 1975 proved his acting and singing abilities by performing in various skits throughout the showHe was offered a promotional deal with Dunkin' Donuts which would have seen the company name a donut after him Thinking it would make him appear bigheaded he graciously turned the offer downHis last match in the WWE before leaving to film The Rundown 2003 was against Bill Goldberg at the 2003 Backlash PayPerViewWWF Royal Rumble 2000 V winnerFormer WCW World Heavyweight Champion during the wCwECW Alliance storylineAccidentally smashed the taillight of a Porsche while filming the movie Walking Tall 2004Is of AfricanCanadian and Samoan descentWas a team mate of Doug Flutie with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League CFLIn his first semester at the University of Miami earned a 7 grade point average He was majoring in criminologyHis wedding anniversary falls on the same day as Stu Hart's birthday Stu's son Bret Hart would often give him tips on how to improve in his matchesPlayed his own father in an episode of That '70s Show 1998Tonga Fifita the wrestler known as Haku was Best Man at Dwayne and Dany Johnson's weddingIn The Rundown 2003 he tells one of the rebels that Muhammad Ali would win a match against Mike Tyson To intimidate his opponents his father Rocky Johnson would often perform the Ali shuffle during his wrestling matchesWhile filming The Scorpion King 2002 accidentally hit Michael Clarke Duncan during a fight sequence Duncan leaned in too far for a hit and his chin connected with The Rock's elbowThough not under contract with the WWE the Rock makes every attempt to be on their RAW television show whenever the WWE are in either Los Angeles or his hometown of MiamiIs the third youngest superstar to hold the IC Championship Jeff Hardy is the youngest at 23 and Randy Orton is the second youngest also at 23 only a few months older than HardyHe weighed 290 pounds during his college football career but reduced his weight to about 265 pounds late in his wrestling career He has lost an addition 30 pounds recently for his part in Southland Tales 2006 some of which he since regainedDwayne is a skilled light tackle salt water fishermanNotable Title Wins Include USWA Tag Team Titles wBret Sawyer WWF Intercontinental Title WWFWWE Heavyweight Title 7 WWF Tag Team Titles wMick Foley WWF Royal Rumble Winner WWE Tag Team Titles wChris Jericho WCW Heavyweight TitleSon of Ata Johnson and Rocky JohnsonRanked 61 on VH1's 100 Hottest HottiesWWE named their Thursday night show after one of The Rock's catchphrases Layeth the Smack Down Smackdown in case you were wonderingOfficially proclaimed himself The Rock during a promo where he attacked Ron Simmons Faarooq in a WWF Raw Is War 1997 telecastSparred with and gave guidance to current Smackdown superstar Orlando JordanHe originally chose Flex Kavana as his stage name because he didn't want to seem like he was trading off his family's legacy Rocky Johnson his father and High Chief Peter Fanene Maivia his grandfather Ironically WWE officials came up with Rocky Maivia after they felt Flex Kavana wasn't exactly a great nameWhen Rocky Maivia was first considering going by the name The Rock for short he resisted because he felt it would be stealing the former nickname of WWE HallofFamer Don Muraco He was talked into it by Vince RussoIs good friends with actor Michael Clarke DuncanHis cousin Tanoai Reed is his stunt double for many of his moviesDuring a visit to Samoa in July 2004 he was anointed by Head of State Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II with the chiefly title of 'Seiuli Son of Malietoa'Was listed as a potential nominee on both the 2003 and 2005 Razzie Award nominating ballots He was suggested in the Worst Actor category on the 2003 ballot for his role in the film The Scorpion King 2002 And he was suggested again two years later in the Worst Actor category of the 2005 Razzie nominating ballot for his performance in the film Walking Tall 2004 He failed to receive either nomination The following year though he finally got a Worst Actor Razzie Nomination for his role in the film Doom 2005Attended the Republican National Convention in 2004Cousin of Solofa Fatu Jr Rikishi and Rodney Anoai YokozunaAs of 2008 Doom 2005 and Southland Tales 2006 are the two only Rrated films he has starred in All of his other films have received PG13 at the mostWhile filming Be Cool 2005 he was Punk'd 2003 by Ashton Kutcher's crew They set his trailer on fire which didn't seem to faze him It was only after Vince one of the Punk'd 2003 crew blamed the fire on him that things got really heated and they revealed the gagWas Tim Burton's second choice for the role of Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005Daughter Simone Alexander Johnson born August 14th 2001With his wife donated 2 million to the University of Miami for the new Robert and Judi Prokop Newman Alumni Center's living room to be named The Dany and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Living Room The donation was announced at the Miami premiere of Gridiron Gang 2006Made his WWF television debut at the Survivor Series 1996 VOctober 2006 In an interview with Entertainment Magazine he no longer wants to be known as The Rock Because of his retirement from the wrestling business he now considers himself an actor I no longer am a wrestler I am now pursuing a future as an actor and someday as a director I am not the Rock I am Dwayne JohnsonFormer World Tag Team ChampionNot only was his father Rocky Johnson a wrestler but his grandfather three uncles and six cousins one adopted have been in wrestling tooExbrotherinlaw of Hiram GarciaHas a fear of spidersIn 2006 he donated 2 million for University of Miami to name new Alumni Center living roomHas a stepbrother JaredRemains close friends with WWE Writer Brian GewirtzInducted his father and grandfather Rocky Johnson and Peter Maivia into the WWE Hall of Fame on March 29th 2008Personal QuotesFinallyThe Rockhas come back to whatever city he's in at the timeYou will go one on one with the Great OneWho in the blue hell are youReferring to his 07 grade point average in college It's pretty hard to get a point seven You have to do close to nothingCan you smell what The Rock is cookingThe Rock will take you down Know Your Role Boulevard which is on the corner of Jabroni Drive and check you directly into the Smackdown HotelIt doesn't matter what you thinkI have so much love and respect for the fans I'll never forget where I came from I love the business I grew up in the business And everyone always asks me from Letterman David Letterman to Stone Phillips what I miss about wrestling Hands down I miss the interaction with the fans Outside of the ring I loved it too I mean how hard is it to sign an autograph Don't be an ahole to your fans And there's many in WWE that won't which is bullst But inside the ring just that energy and feeding off that energy is great There's something so special about it And every night I would just have a blueprint of what I would say and rely so much on adlibbing and waiting to see what happens when I get out there and let it materialize organically and see what happens Every night was a different crowd and they gave me so much energy and I'll always love that and always miss that for sure Interview with WWEcom in October 2005SalaryWalking Tall 2004 15000000 The Rundown 2003 12500000 The Scorpion King 2002 5500000 Where Are They NowJuly 2003 Currently filming Walking Tall 2004 in Vancouver Canada June 25th September 10May 2003 Beat Stone Cold Steve Austin at Wrestlemania 19 Leaving for a couple months to shoot more moviesJanuary 2004 Coming back to WWE for a month then leaving in February to shoot Be Cool and be back for WrestlemaniaApril 2004 Leaving WWE again for a while to promote Walking Tall and Shoot Spy Hunter in JuneFebruary 2005 Has let his contract with WWE expire thus is no longer employed by them Has turned his career to filmsMay 2005 Still on the RAW roster Talked with Vince McMahon after WrestleMania 21 and they agreed that The Rock will come back when he has timeMarch 2007 Made a pretaped guest appearance on the March 12 edition of Monday Night Raw to further the Vince McMahonDonald Trump storyline

George Clooney

StephaniecityGal — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:17:37 MDT

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Date of Birth6 May 1961 Lexington Kentucky USABirth NameGeorge Timothy ClooneyNicknameGorgeous GeorgeHeight5' 11 180 mMini BiographyBorn in Lexington Kentucky as son of Nick Clooney a TV newscaster of many years who hosted a talk show at Cincinnati and often invited George into the studios already at the age of 5 Avoiding competition with his father he quit his job as broadcast journalist after a short timeStudied a few years at Northern Kentucky University Failed to join the Cincinnati Reds baseball team He came to acting when his cousin Miguel Ferrer got him a small part in a feature film After that he moved to LA in 1982 and tried a whole year to get a role while he slept in a friend's closet His first movie together with Charlie Sheen stayed unreleased but got him the producers' attention for later contractsIMDb Mini Biography By Tom ZoernerSpouseTalia Balsam 15 December 1989 September 1993 divorcedTrade MarkOften plays scoundrels that are likable and have redeeming qualitiesHis movies often reflect his liberal political beliefsTriviaBest man at the wedding of Richard KindTried out for a position on the Cincinnati Reds baseball teamHe says he will never get married again nor have any children but Michelle Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman both bet 10000 each that he would be a father before he turned 40 They were both wrong and each sent him a check He returned the money betting double or nothing that he won't have kids by age 50Waged war against the paparazzi by boycotting Entertainment Tonight 1981 the sister show of Hard Copy 1989 which had filmed Clooney without his permissionWas voted Sexiest Man Alive by People Magazine 1997Was voted Best Dressed Male Television Star 1997Chosen by People USA magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World 1996Cousin is actor Miguel Ferrer Rafael Ferrer and Debby BooneUncle is the late actor Jos FerrerNephew of singeractress Rosemary Clooney and Betty ClooneyEducation Northern Kentucky UniversityOwned a pet pig named Max given to him by Kelly Preston for eighteen years Max died on December 1 2006Studied acting at The Beverly Hills PlayhouseCoincidentally his first steady TV role was in the medical sitcom ER 1984 that was based in Chicago and costarred Elliott Gould Mary McDonnell and Jason Alexander Ten years later it would take another TV series ER 1994 also based in Chicago to finally launch him into the galaxy of superstardomHe was talkshow host Rosie O'Donnell's very first guest when her TV show debutedCommitted to O Brother Where Art Thou 2000 before even reading a scriptReportedly got into a fistfight with Three Kings 1999 director David O Russell on the set Russell had yelled and derided a few extras out of frustration and Clooney didn't appreciate it Russell has since said I wouldn't make another George Clooney movie if they paid me 20 millionGood friends with actor Mark WahlbergDated Rene Zellweger and Mariella FrostrupHas stated in several interviews that he has suffered from bleeding stomach ulcers and is still on medication for stomach pain to this dayRanked 27 on Premiere's 2002 Power 100 ListFrequently stars in movies that revolve around some type of robbery Out of Sight 1998 From Dusk Till Dawn 1996 Three Kings 1999 O Brother Where Art Thou 2000 Ocean's Eleven 2001 Welcome to Collinwood 2002 Ocean's Twelve 2004 and announced Ocean's Thirteen 2007Was once the soninlaw of Martin Balsam and Joyce Van Patten while he was married to Talia BalsamSecond cousin of Gabi FerrerOne of People Magazine's Top 50 Bachelors 2002Was a pallbearer at the funeral of his late aunt Rosemary ClooneyHe got his start in a movie starring his cousin Miguel Ferrer Later after Clooney had established himself on ER 1994 Ferrer made a guest appearance on the very first show George's aunt Rosemary Clooney made guest appearances on two shows the first month ER 1994 airedRanked 29 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 ListIs the sixth actor to play BatmanNo 3 of 10 Top Sexiest Men in People magazine 2003His voice was dubbed for the singing moments in O Brother Where Art Thou 2000Heads his own film and television production company Maysville PicturesBroke up with girlfriend Krista Allen 2004Shared an apartment with actor Thom Mathews during the early 1980sDated Cline Balitran from 1996 to 1999Was the second man after Richard Gere to make an appearance on the cover of Vogue magazineRanked 16 on VH1's 100 Hottest HottiesRode a bicycle to get to auditions as a struggling actorSon of actor and AMC host Nick Clooney and Nina Warren ClooneyHe loves the show South Park 1997 He got a hold of Trey Parker the creator of the series and asked for a part in an episode He was given the role of Sparky the gay dogIs of IrishAmerican descentAt 43 he was voted sexiest male celebrity in a 'Naughty Forties' poll conducted for UK television station FXShared an LA home with Kelly Preston when both were struggling actorsAuditioned five times for Ridley Scott for the role of JD in Thelma Louise 1991 a role that ultimately went to future friend Brad Pitt and catapulted Pitt to superstardomBorn 248 AM ESTBest friend is Richard KindHe loves beer He does voiceovers for Budweiser TV commercials and allegedly had a beer keg installed in his dressing room during filming of Ocean's Eleven 2001Lived in a friend's closet while struggling as an actor in LA early in his careerIs a Dallas Mavericks fanReceived the first Spirit of Independence Award of the Los Angeles Film Festival and Find Independent FIND June 2005He and his Ocean's Eleven 2001 and Ocean's Twelve 2004 costars Julia Roberts Brad Pitt and Elliott Gould and Bruce Willis who did a cameo in Ocean's Twelve as himself all have gueststarred on the TV show Friends 1994 though not in the same episodesHis relationship with Krista Allen whom he met on the set of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 2002 ended after 2 years March 2004Broke off relationship with Lisa Snowdon after 5 years June 2005Appears on the cover of the first Men's Vogue 2005After an accident on the set of his movie Syriana 2005 he suffered from back pain bad headaches and memory loss After several spine surgeries he fully recovered and is fine now October 2005Sought the role of Jack in Sideways 2004 However the film's director Alexander Payne felt that he was too big a star and turned him down in favor of Thomas Haden ChurchOwns a villa in Laglio at Lake Como Italy where he lives several months of the yearIn winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Syriana 2005 he becomes the second generation of his family to win an Oscar His uncle Jos Ferrer won a Best Actor Oscar for playing in Cyrano de Bergerac 1950Is the first and only actor who played Batman in Batman Robin 1997 to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Syriana 2005Close friends with actor Tommy HinkleyFrequently involves himself in projects involving the Golden Age of television For example he produced and starred in Fail Safe 2000 TV a throwback to the live television plays of the 1950s and 1960s he directed and appeared in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 2002 about Chuck Barris's' career in early game shows and he directed wrote and appeared in Good Night and Good Luck 2005 about Edward R Murrow's battle with Senator Joseph McCarthyRanked 21 on Premiere's 2006 Power 50 list Had ranked 43 in 2005Turned down the role of Sgt John McLoughlin in World Trade Center 2006As of 2006 he is the only regular cast member from ER 1994 to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Syriana 2005Was originally to star in Jack Frost 1998 but chose to do Batman Robin 1997 instead His part went to Michael Keaton who had previously starred as Batman in Batman 1989 and in Batman Returns 1992Played a gangster in seven movies From Dusk Till Dawn 1996 Out of Sight 1998 O Brother Where Art Thou 2000 Ocean's Eleven 2001 Welcome to Collinwood 2002 Ocean's Twelve 2004 and Ocean's Thirteen 2007He and his producing partner Steven Soderbergh have decided to close down their Section Eight production company after six years of working partnership August 2006He and Grant Heslov founded production company Smoke House after his production company Section Eight closed downHe auditioned for the role of Mr BlondeVic Vega in Reservoir Dogs 1992 but was turned downPeople Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive 2006Is frequently cast as a soldier as seen in The Thin Red Line 1998 The Peacemaker 1997 Three Kings 1999 and The Good German 2006Personal stunt doubles are stunt men Brad Martin Troy Hartman and James E MitchellHis famed Roman haircut was actually an accident While filming From Dusk Till Dawn 1996 he wanted to make his character Seth Gecko look really crazy with a chopped off hairstyle But the haircut became popular and turned into a positiveSuffered from Bell's palsy for a time while he was in high schoolIn December 2006 he traveled to China and Egypt to make a personal plea to Chinese and Egyptian officials to use their ties with the Sudanese government to help stop the violence in the Darfur regionLives at Lago di Como in ItalyWas considered for the part of Reed Richards in Fantastic Four 2005His The Peacemaker 1997 costar Nicole Kidman presented him his Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 20062001 Voted Most Eligible Bachelor by People MagazineQuit smoking cigarettes after his aunt Rosemary Clooney died from lung cancer in 2002In September 2006 he addressed the United Nations Security Council urging it to act over DarfurHelped celebrate a plan to rebuild a hospital in hurricanedevastated Louisiana alongside former President George Bush George H W Bush The pair appeared outside the courthouse in Cameron Parish the only surviving building in the town following Hurricane Rita Bush presented local officials with a check for 2 million from the BushClinton Katrina fund The money will help run South Cameron Memorial Hospital once it has been rebuilt Former ER 1994 star Clooney quipped There is good news in all of this which is that when the hospital gets up and running I will not be doing any of the medical procedures 20 December 20062007 Ranked 13 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in HollywoodIn 2007 Forbes Magazine estimated his earnings for the year at 25 millionSupports Senator Barack Obama's bid to win the Democratic nomination for the 2008 presidential electionLeast favorite movies from his filmography include Batman Robin 1997 The Peacemaker 1997 etc 2008Personal favorite movies from his filmography include Out of Sight 1998 Three Kings 1999 O Brother Where Art Thou 2000 Good Night and Good Luck 2005 etc 2008He and his girlfriend Sarah Larson had an accident in 2007 while riding a motorcycle She broke some toes and Clooney broke a ribTurned down two roles which went to Kevin Kline Artemus Gordon in Wild Wild West 1999 and Guy Noir in A Prairie Home Companion 2006Merited a place in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World Artists Entertainers section with a tribute written by Roseanne Issue May 12 2008Broke up with Sarah Larson June 2008His palatial villa overlooking Italy's Lake Como comprises 15 rooms a wine cellar and a master bedroom suite atop three floors In his garage Clooney keeps his collection of Piaggio motorbikes Docked at his pier is a Colombo classic powerboatQuit the WGA in April 2008 after the union turned down his wish to be credited as a cowriter for Leatherheads 2008 He felt that he was let down by the unionPersonal QuotesDiscussing possible casting choices Mel Gibson and Nicolas Cage for Three Kings 1999 before he had signed to the movie Luckily both those guys were tied and gagged in my apartment and that was a problem for the casting departmentI don't like to share my personal life it wouldn't be personal if I shared itI was too busy breaking up Tom and Nicole's marriage quip on the fact he had nothing to do with the breakup of Julia Roberts and Benjamin BrattSpeaking about the 2003 start to the Iraq war You can't beat your enemy anymore through wars instead you create an entire generation of people revengeseeking These days it only matters who's in charge Right now that's us for a while at least Our opponents are going to resort to car bombs and suicide attacks because they have no other way to win I believe Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld thinks this is a war that can be won but there is no such thing anymore We can't beat anyone anymoreIt's not about an opening weekend It's about a career building a set of films you're proud of PeriodNinety percent of films are pretty mediocre but they have a builtin audience and open on 3000 screensConfessions of a Dangerous Mind 2002 bombed But I can take it Most of the films I've done haven't done particularly well I'm surprised I'm continuing to workDirecting is really exciting In the end it's more fun to be the painter than the paintI don't believe in happy endings but I do believe in happy travels because ultimatelyyou die at a very young age or you live long enough to watch your friends die It's a mean thing lifeWe've been trying to push our involvement within the studio system sort of push the things that we've learned from foreign and independent films through the '80s and push those things back into the studio system Like Out of Sight 1998 isn't your standard studio film by any means Three Kings 1999 wasn't the'standard Warner Bros kind of filmdirectors are the captains of the ship and it's your job as the lead actor to make sure that the rest of the cast understand that by doing whatever he saysSee the first thing about actors is you're just trying to get a job and you audition and audition and you finally get them And you still consider yourself an auditioning actor I auditioned for One Fine Day 1996 I wasn't offered that So you're still in that 'Hey I'm just trying to get a job' thing Then you get to the point where if you decide to do it then they'll make the film That's a different kind of responsibility and it usually takes a couple of films to catch up And then you have to actually pay attention to the kind of films that you're makingYou got to think of things at their worst not at their best And Out of Sight 1998 was the first time where I had a say and it was the first good screenplay that I'd read where I just went 'That's it'And even though it didn't do really well box officewisewe sort of tanked againit was a really good film And I realized from that point on that it was strictly screenplay first And then it becomes easier because once you eliminate the idea of doing a vehicle believe me there's nobody who's encouraging us to make these films not agents not we're not getting paid for these things and it's not like we're going to make a mintOn making Ocean's Eleven 2001 It was the easiest shoot ever for any actor and we all knew it when we were doing it We were like it's never going to be better than this He director Steven Soderbergh was in hell because it was a really complicated film to put together We were like we're in Las Vegas we go to work at one in the afternoon and we gotta be done by six at night Six hours of work Steven was editing all nightI'm a hybrid I succeed in both worlds I hope that selling out on Ocean's Eleven 2001 is not such a bad deal The tradeoff is I get to go make something uncommercial that will probably lose moneySteven Soderberg and I have a great relationship inside the studio system We make the kinds of films we want and commercial films at the same time Steven and I have lost a lot of money We are way in the hole But this is not a day job I've got some cash I have a nice house in Italy I do OKIt's true information is harder to get these days When I was growing up there were three networks three news shows delivering the same information You took that information into your home and you formed your own opinions Now we have 130 channels You go to the channel that plays to your belief pattern We start with different sets of facts it's more polarizingI'm not a snob I like entertaining films as well But when you do a film like this or like Three Kings 1999films that get you in a bit of troubleit's fun to open up a debate On Good Night and Good Luck 2005I think if you listen to the piece I certainly did not talk about wanting to kill myself I was talking about the idea of living for years in that kind of pain Please don't use my words out of context Responding to media reports that he had contemplated suicide following surgeryAn acting career usually has about a shelf life of ten years before people get sick of seeing you It's a good thing to have a job to fall back on and I really do enjoy directingI doubt anybody gets taken seriously for very long I'll be on some reality show in about six years going Hey I had a great year in 2006People thought I was Tom and Nicole's bodyguard They'd come up and go Is it okay if I go up and ask for an autograph' It was good I'd charge 'em three bucks a person Yeah you gotta make some money off of thatI'm the flavor of the monthRun for office No I've slept with too many women I've done too many drugs and I've been to too many partiesI know what my limitations are as an actor but my strength is putting myself into a wellwritten part When I get in trouble is when I have to fix it or when I have to carry it on personalityHere is my theory in debunking photographs in magazines You know the paparazzi photographs I want to spend every single night for three months going out with a different famous actress You know Halle Berry one night Salma Hayek the next and then walk on the beach holding hands with Leonardo DiCaprio People would still buy the magazines they'd still buy the pictures but they would always go 'I don't know if these guys are putting us on or not'You never really learn much from hearing yourself talkI don't live at full tilt the way I used to You begin to hate waking up with the kind of hangover you get from going on huge benders with your buddies Also since my neck surgeries I've been forced to take things easier and not beat up my body the way I used to I'm more cautiousThe idea that every time you do a film you're supposed to be tortured confuses me I mean guys who say 'Oh it's really tough my character is really suffering come on For us even in the rotten ones we've had a good time I don't think you have to sufferWe're the ones who talked about AIDS when it was just being whispered And we talked about civil rights when it wasn't really popular This academy this group of people gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the backs of theaters I'm proud to be a part of this academy proud to be part of this community and proud to be out of touchYou can only get so far without discernible talent then you either work or use cheap publicity tricks to keep the public's attention Paris Hilton has no reason to complain if she is on the end of bad publicityAsked what makes a man stylish For me a sense of humor is number one It's certainly what's most attractive It's not the first thing you notice at 21 but it's the first thing you notice now If celebrity is a credit card I'm using my credit My job is to try and find ways of talking about issues that move us forward I don't make policy but I can shine a light on faulty or good policy The Not On Our Watch launch reached more than 9 million people We need to focus global attention on the plight of the 25 million civilians who have fled their homes Rather than talk about who I'm dating let's talk about saving livesOn celebrity activism You don't want to be a spokesperson unless you are absolutely committed to a cause because you can hurt it I've been asked to help represent environmental groups I'm a big proponent of cleaning up the environment I have two electric cars But I also have a big weak spot because I've flown on private jets However I welcome any of these dumb pundits who make celebrities out to be bad guys to a discussion about Darfur Because I've been there and I've met all the players and I guarantee you the pundits haven'tOn who will win the Best Actor Oscar in 2008 If you want my honest opinion I think it's going to be Daniel DayLewis for There Will Be Blood 2007 He sort of irritates all of us because he's so good I'll tell you right now I don't like himIt's 12 years and you could find ten films a year that are masterpieces They don't make those films anymore You couldn't come near making those films On films made between 1964 and 1976Had I not got the Thursday night ten o'clock slot at ER 1994 if they'd put us on Friday night then I wouldn't have a film career That's luck not my own genius though I like to think it wasI'm protected as an actor by a really good screenplay number one and then a really good director number two and then really good actors number three but first and foremost a good screenplay You cannot make a good film out of a bad script You can make a bad film out of a good script easily I've seen that happen before but you can't do it the other way around it always has to be the screenplaySalaryOcean's Thirteen 2007 15000000Syriana 2005 350000Good Night and Good Luck 2005 1Intolerable Cruelty 2003 15000000Ocean's Eleven 2001 20000000The Perfect Storm 2000 8000000O Brother Where Art Thou 2000 1000000Three Kings 1999 5000000Out of Sight 1998 10000000The Peacemaker 1997 3000000Batman Robin 1997 10000000One Fine Day 1996 3000000From Dusk Till Dawn 1996 250000

Swagger Dog

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Nemesis

salsa88 — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:39:23 MDT

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Nemesis was the goddess of divine indignation and retribution who punished excessive pride evil deeds undeserved happiness or good fortune and the absence of moderation She was the personification of the resentment aroused in both gods and mortals by those who committed crimes with impunity or who enjoyed undeserved luckTrue to her name which variously may be translated as 'she who distributes or deals out' 'due enactment' or 'divine vengeance' Nemesis was a feared and revered goddess With a discriminating eye she directed human affairs in such a way as tomaintain equilibrium on earth Happiness and unhappiness were measured out by her with firm care being taken that happiness was not too frequent or too excessive If this happened Nemesis could bring about abrupt and catastrophic losses and sufferingAs one who kept extravagant favors by Tyche Luck Fortune in check Nemesis was regarded as an avenging or punishing divinity Tyche was often irresponsible in handing out Luck and Fortune indiscriminately heaping gifts from her horn of plenty or depriving others of what they hadBut woe be to the individual favored by Tyche who failed to give proper dues to the gods became too full of himself and boasted of his abundant riches or refused to improve the lot of his fellow humans by sharing his luck Indignant Nemesis would step in and snap the fool back to reality in short order humiliating him and causing his downfallAlong with Dike and Themis wise goddesses of Justice Nemesis was one of the assistants of Zeus the king of the Olympian gods who was regarded as the founder of law and order Her home was at Attic Rhamnus site of a magnificent sanctuary dedicated to the feared goddess of divine vengeanceAbout sixty stades from Marathon as you go along the road by the sea to Oropus stands Rhamnus The dwelling houses are on the coast but a little way inland is a sanctuary of Nemesis the most implacable deity to men of violence It is thought that the wrath of this goddess fell also upon the foreigners who landed at Marathon For thinking in their pride that nothing stood in the way of their taking Athens they were bringing a piece of Parian marble to make a trophy convinced that their task was already finishedOf this marble Pheidias made a statue of Nemesis and on the head of the goddess is a crown with deer and small images of Victory In her left hand she holds an apple branch in her right hand a cup on which are wrought Aethiopians As to the Aethiopians I could hazard no guess myself nor could I accept the statement of those who are convinced that the Aethiopians have been carved upon the cup because of the river Ocean For the Aethiopians they say dwell near it and Ocean is the father of NemesisBeautiful Nemesis initially was portrayed without wings but in later descriptions she appeared as a winged goddess In her left hand she held an applebranch rein lash sword or balance Her symbols and attributes were like those of Tyche a wheel and aship's rudderHer parents were said to be either Nyx Night alone without a father or the Titans Oceanus and TethysAlso deadly Nyx bare Nemesis to afflict mortal menHesiod Theogony 223Alexandros the Great was hunting on Mount Pagos near Smyrna and that after the hunt was over he came to a sanctuary of the Nemeseis and found there a spring and a planetree in front of the sanctuary growing over the water While he slept under the planetree it is said that the Nemeses appeared and bade him found a city there and remove into it the Smyranians from the old city So they migrated of their own free willand believe in two Nemeses instead of one saying their mother is Nyx while the Athenians say that the father of the goddess in Rhamnos is Okeanos Pausanias Description of Greece 753Nemesis was also known as Adrasteia which means 'inescapable' or 'Tracing Goddess' You could say that NemesisAdrasteia was the ancient Greeks' consciencefor the goddess of retribution personified moral reverence for the natural order of things and provided a deterrence to wrongful actionShe was also called Rhamnusia or Rhamnusis in honor of her sanctuary in RhamnosNobody wanted to be hounded by Nemesis and even to this day her name means1A source of harm or ruin Uncritical trust is my nemesis2Retributive justice in its execution or outcome To follow the proposed course of actionis to invite nemesis3An opponent that cannot be beaten or overcome4One that inflicts retribution or vengeanceThus you'll often read or hear quotes such asThis is that ancient doctrine of nemesis who keeps watch in the universe and lets no offense go unchastised EmersonA famous example of the retribution of Nemesis is the story of Narcissus This man was the beautiful son of the River Cephissus and the nymph Liriope He was so handsome that all women who beheld him at once fell in love with him The vain Narcissus however only had eyes for himself you could say he suffered from I strain and rebuffed all admirersOne such admirer was the nymph Echo who saw Narcissus and at once fell in love with him But the beautiful youth couldn't be bothered with the smitten one who slowly pined away leaving just the echo of her voiceNemesis saw this and condemned the vain Narcissus to spend the rest of his days admiring his own reflection in the waters of a pool Eventually Narcissus died and was transformed into the flower that bears his nameNemesis is considered by some to be the mother of Helen and the twins called the Dioscuri It's said that Zeus once fell in love with Nemesis she had quite a bit of Aphrodite's beauty and some said she was just as gorgeous and relentlessly pursuedher on land and sea Leery of his intentions Nemesis avoided Zeus by constantly changing forms finally transforming into a goose Not to be outdone Zeus in turn took the form of a swan and from the egg she laid came Helen the ultimate cause of the famous Trojan WarBut some say that Helen was a daughter of Nemesis and Zeus for that she flying from the arms of Zeus changed herself into a goose but Zeus in his turn took the likeness of a swan and so enjoyed her and as the fruit of their loves she laid an egg and a certain shepherd found it in the groves and brought and gave it to Leda and she put it in a chest and kept it and when Helen was hatched in due time Leda brought her up as her owndaughter Harry Thurston Peck in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities 1898 tells us that Nemesis wasA postHomeric personification of the moral indignation felt at all derangements of the natural equilibrium of things whether by extraordinarily good fortune or by the arrogance usually attendant thereon According to Hesiod Theog 223 she is the daughter of Night Nyx and with Aidos the goddess of Modesty left the earth on the advent of the Iron Age A legend makes her to have been by Zeus the mother of Helen and the Dioscuri As goddess of due proportion she hates every transgression of the bounds of moderation and restores the proper and normal order of things As in doing this she punishes wanton boastfulness she is a divinity of chastisement and vengeanceShe enjoyed special honor in the Attic district of Rhamnus where she was believed to be the daughter of Oceanus and is often called the Rhamnusian goddess Her statue there of which fragments were found in 1890 was said to have been executed by Phidias out of a block of Parian marble which the Persians had brought with them in presumptuous confidence to Marathon to erect a trophy of victory there She was also called Adrasteia that name appropriate only to the Phrygian RheaCybel being interpreted as a Greek word with the meaning She whom none can escape She was also worshipped at Rome especially by victorious generals and was represented as a meditative thoughtful maiden with the attributes of proportion and control a measuringrod a bridle and a yoke of punishment a sword and scourge and of swiftness wings a wheel and a chariot drawn by griffins

Napoleon

Lavriccat — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:47:34 MDT

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Napolon Bonaparte born Napoleone di Buonaparte 15 August 1769 5 May 1821 was a general during the French Revolution the ruler of France as First Consul Premier Consul of the French Republic from 11 November 1799 to 18 May 1804 Emperor of the French Empereur des Franais under the name Napolon I Napolon 1er from 18 May 1804 to 6 April 1814 and was briefly restored as Emperor from 20 March to 22 June 1815 He was also King of Italy Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine Over the course of little more than a decade the armies of France under his command fought almost every European power and acquired control of most of continental Europe by conquest or alliance The disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812 marked a turning point Following the Russian campaign and the defeat at Leipzig in October 1813 the Sixth Coalition invaded France forcing Napoleon to abdicate in April 1814 He was exiled to the island of Elba He staged a comeback known as the Hundred Days les Cent Jours but was defeated at Waterloo on 18 June 1815 He spent the remaining six years of his life on the island of St Helena in the Atlantic Ocean under British supervision Although Napoleon himself developed few military innovations apart from the divisional squares employed in Egypt the placement of artillery into batteries and replacing the division with army corps as the standard allarms unit he used the best tactics from a variety of sources as well as the French army modernized and reformed to score several major victories His campaigns are studied at military academies all over the world and he is widely regarded as one of the greatest commanders ever to have lived Aside from his military achievements Napoleon is also remembered for the establishment of the Napoleonic Code Code Napolon He also appointed several members of his family and close friends as monarchs of countries he conquered and as important government figures his brother Lucien was Minister of the Interior of France during the Consulate Although their reigns did not survive his downfall a nephew Napoleon III ruled France later in the nineteenth century Victorious general Through the help of fellow Corsican Saliceti Napoleon was appointed as artillery commander in the French forces besieging Toulon which had risen in revolt against the republican government and was occupied by British troops He formulated a successful plan he placed guns at Point l'Eguillete threatening the British ships in the harbour forcing them to evacuate A successful assault during which Bonaparte was wounded in the thigh led to the recapture of the city and a promotion to brigadiergeneral His actions brought him to the attention of the Committee of Public Safety and he became a close associate of Augustin Robespierre younger brother of the Revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre As a result he was briefly imprisoned in the Chateau d'Antibes on 6 August 1794 following the fall of the elder Robespierre but was released within two weeks Ruler of France Coup d'tat of 18 Brumaire Main article 18 Brumaire Napoleonic Empire 1811 France in dark blue satellite states in light blueWhile in Egypt Bonaparte tried to keep a close eye on European affairs relying largely on newspapers and dispatches that arrived only irregularly On 23 August 1799 he abruptly set sail for France taking advantage of the temporary departure of British ships blockading French coastal ports Although he was later accused of abandoning his troops his departure had been ordered by the Directory which had suffered a series of military defeats to the forces of the Second Coalition and feared an invasion By the time he returned to Paris in October the military situation had improved due to several French victories The Republic was bankrupt however and the corrupt and inefficient Directory was unpopular with the French public more than ever Bonaparte was approached by one of the Directors Sieys seeking his support for a coup to overthrow the constitution The plot included Bonaparte's brother Lucien then serving as speaker of the Council of Five Hundred Roger Ducos another Director and Talleyrand On 9 November 18 Brumaire and the following day troops led by Bonaparte seized control and dispersed the legislative councils leaving a rump to name Bonaparte Sieys and Ducos as provisional Consuls to administer the government Although Sieys expected to dominate the new regime he was outmanoeuvred by Bonaparte who drafted the Constitution of the Year VIII and secured his own election as First Consul This made him the most powerful person in France a power that was increased by the Constitution of the Year X which declared him First Consul for life First Consul Main article French Consulate Bonaparte instituted several lasting reforms including centralized administration of the dpartements higher education a tax system a central bank law codes and road and sewer systems He negotiated the Concordat of 1801 with the Catholic Church seeking to reconcile the mostly Catholic population with his regime His set of civil laws the Napoleonic Code or Civil Code has importance to this day in many countries The Code was prepared by committees of legal experts under the supervision of Jean Jacques Rgis de Cambacrs who held the office Second Consul from 1799 to 1804 Bonaparte however participated actively in the sessions of the Council of State that revised the drafts Other codes were commissioned by Bonaparte to codify criminal and commerce law In 1808 a Code of Criminal Instruction was published which enacted precise rules of judicial procedure Although contemporary standards may consider these procedures as favouring the prosecution when enacted they sought to preserve personal freedoms and to remedy the prosecutorial abuses commonplace in European courts Napolon crossing the Alps by JacquesLouis David Notice the names of Hannibal Charlemagne Karolus Magnus and Bonaparte in the rocks belowIn 1800 Bonaparte returned to Italy which the Austrians had reconquered during his absence in Egypt He and his troops crossed the Alps in spring although he actually rode a mule not the white charger on which David famously depicted him While the campaign began badly the Austrians were eventually routed in June at Marengo leading to an armistice Napoleon's brother Joseph who was leading the peace negotiations in Lunville reported that due to British backing for Austria Austria would not recognize France's newly gained territory As negotiations became more and more fractious Bonaparte gave orders to his general Moreau to strike Austria once more Moreau led France to victory at Hohenlinden As a result the Treaty of Lunville was signed in February 1801 under which the French gains of the Treaty of Campo Formio were reaffirmed and increased Interlude of peace Crowning of Napoleon memorialized by JacquesLouis DavidThe British signed the Treaty of Amiens in March 1802 which set terms for peace including the withdrawal of British troops from several colonial territories recently occcupied The peace between France and Britain was uneasy and shortlived The monarchies of Europe were reluctant to recognize a republic fearing that the ideas of the revolution might be exported to them In Britain the brother of Louis XVI was welcomed as a state guest although officially Britain recognized France as a republic Britain failed to evacuate Malta as promised and protested against France's annexation of Piedmont and Napoleon's Act of Mediation in Switzerland although neither of these areas was covered by the Treaty of Amiens In 1803 Bonaparte faced a major setback when an army he sent to reconquer Haiti and establish a base was destroyed by a combination of yellow fever and fierce resistance led by Toussaint L'Ouverture and JeanJacques Dessalines Recognizing that the French possessions on the mainland of North America would now be indefensible and facing imminent war with Britain he sold them to the United States the Louisiana Purchasefor less than three cents per acre 740km The dispute over Malta ended up with Britain declaring war on France in 1803 to support French royalists Napoleon on his Imperial throne Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres 1806 Emperor of the French Main articles First French Empire Third Coalition and Fourth Coalition In January 1804 Bonaparte's police uncovered an assassination plot against him ostensibly sponsored by the Bourbons In retaliation Bonaparte ordered the arrest of the Duc d'Enghien in a violation of the sovereignty of Baden After a hurried secret trial the Duke was executed on 21 March Bonaparte then used this incident to justify the recreation of a hereditary monarchy in France with himself as Emperor on the theory that a Bourbon restoration would be impossible once the Bonapartist succession was entrenched in the constitution Napoleon crowned himself Emperor on 2 December 1804 at Notre Dame de Paris Claims that he seized the crown out of the hands of Pope Pius VII during the ceremony in order to avoid subjecting himself to the authority of the pontiff are apocryphal in fact the coronation procedure had been agreed upon in advance After the Imperial regalia had been blessed by the Pope Napoleon crowned himself before crowning his wife Josphine as Empress the moment depicted in David's famous painting illustrated above Then at Milan's cathedral on 26 May 1805 Napoleon was crowned King of Italy with the Iron Crown of Lombardy

Kataang Motivational Poster

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i just think this ones sweet as hell

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