Kirk Douglas Enters 95!

Kirk Douglas is the best known for his roles in movies like"Spartacu," "Out of the past"and "Lust for Life" and he is celebrating his 95th birthday On Friday (Dec.9).

Kirk Douglas

 Douglas was born to Russian-Jewish parents (he titled his 1988 autobiography "The Ragman's Son") in Amsterdam, N.Y., in 1916. At Saint Lawrence University he became a champion wreslter, but an interest in acting drew him to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City.He embodies the American Dream because he seized it with the same intensity that animated his characters on-screen. Born in Amsterdam, New York to impoverished immigrant parents, from early days he had a burning desire to perform, and saw acting as his ticket to a better life.

He received a scholarship at the American Academy Of Dramatic Arts, earning food money as a gardener and janitor.In January 1996, he suffered a severe stroke, partially impairing his ability to speak. On December 8, 2006, Douglas appeared on Entertainment Tonight, where the entire staff wished him a happy 90th birthday the night before. His son and daughter-in-law Michael and Catherine Zeta-Jones, were among the many celebrities who attended his birthday celebration. On the show, he discussed the books he has written and the death of his son Eric. Douglas celebrated a second Bar-Mitzvah ceremony in 1999 at the age of eighty-three.

A portrait of Douglas, titled "The Great and the Beautiful," which encapsulated his film career, art collection, philanthropy and rehabilitation from the helicopter crash and the stroke, appeared in Palm Springs Life magazine in 1999. The article said "For years, this energetic performer could be seen jogging several miles to get his morning paper, playing tennis with locals or posing for snapshots and signing autographs for star-struck out-of-towners. He has been a veritable one-man tourist promotion over the past four decades, extolling the virtue of the city he loves to virtually anyone who'll listen".

Douglas blogs regularly on his Myspace account.[38] At 94, he is the oldest celebrity blogger.

Baseball's World Series Game 4

On sunday,Oct,2011, in Arlington, Taxas Helicopters fly over the Texas and U.S. flags before Game 4 of baseball's World Series, between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers

At first Former President George W. Bush throws out the ceremonial  pitch before Game 4 of baseball's World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, in Arlington, Texas.

 

The first inning started by Texas Rangers pitcher Derek Holland of Game 4 of baseball's World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, in Arlington, Texas. 

 

On Sunday,Oct.23,2011, In Arlington St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Edwin Jackson throws during the first inning of Game 4 of baseball's World Series against the Texas Rangers

 Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton hits a RBI double during the first inning of Game 4 of baseball's World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, in Arlington, Texas.

 

St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols reacts after flying out against the Texas Rangers during the fourth inning of 

Game 4 of baseball's World Series Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, in Arlington, Texas.

The ear of Gadhafi's has ended !

Moammar Gadhafi

 Moammar Gadhafi was seen as an international villain, but for Susan Cohen he was a personal enemy, one she read up on daily for more than 20 years.
Gadhafi's death has ended the history of modern Arab Libya.Yet the death of Moammar Gadhafi was a milestone in modern Arab history in many ways more significant than the overthrow of lesser autocrats in Tunisia and Egypt.Gadhafi was the last of the old-style Arab strongmen — the charismatic, nationalist revolutionaries who rose to power in the 1950s and 1960s, promising to liberate the masses from the shackles of European colonialism and the stultifying rule of the Arab elite that the foreigners left behind after World War II.

Gadhafi was the last of a generation of Arab leaders such as Gamal Abdel-Nasser of Egypt, Hafez Assad of Syria and Saddam Hussein of Iraq who emerged from poverty, rising to the pinnacle of power either through the ranks of the military or the disciplined, conspiratorial world of underground political organizations.To some of them, his return implied that Britain was siding more with Gadhafi than with the victims of the bombing. In London on Thursday, British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged assistance to Libya's leaders as they work to form a new government.

"Today is a day to remember all of Gadhafi's victims," he said. "We should also remember the many, many people who died at the hands of this brutal dictator and his regime."Word of Gadhafi's demise was met joyously by members of Southern California's small and scattered Libyan-American community. Most have lives in the U.S. and will not return to Libya, but all have friends or relatives there.

"Every family that I know is happy. We were calling each other at 4:30 this morning ... congratulating each other," Idris Traina, 62, of Torrance, president of the Libyan-American Association of Southern California.