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People - Real Faith
Reflections From a Broken Mirror
by Pat Hood
It was not known when the mirror shattered. It was only known that in a moment of darkness that which was one came crashing down and became many.
Nor was it known how it happened. Whether it was out of carelessness, ignorance or by design, it happened and once done could not be undone.
The first reality was that the Son entered and the Light grew. Where once there was only one reflection suddenly there were many. Not a corner of the universe was without the Light.
As the Father looked on the Son knelt to gather the pieces up. He touched not those pieces that lay face down but collected only those which reflected His image. As He did so the sharp edges tore at His skin. Even as He watched the spots of light move about Him, His own blood covered the broken glass.
He turned to the Father displaying the gathered shards. They formed a perfect shape with no voids between the pieces and yet each still reflected the Light in its own direction. Still there remained certain pieces that had fallen downward and reflected no Light. Only darkness covered the dull surface.
The Son drew close to the Father and, stretching out His arms, made a gift of the broken pieces. Father, see these which I have gathered and bring to You. My blood is on each one. Only those left face down are not covered with my blood. Do you wish, Father, that I bring those pieces as well?
No, My Son. I have no need for those which will not reflect the Light. See how each piece fits together and lacks nothing for the missing ones? See how your blood binds each part? Your touch has brought them together and yet still they reflect the Light, each in a different direction. Your work here is finished.
And that Light, reflected and enhanced by the Image in the glass, was never extinguished.
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These old bags never seem to get trashed. No matter how much you use them.
Good For Them ...Everyone should have old bags!
Not sure what everyone see's in her...I think she is ugly
I know you do puns with the best of them but I think this heading is in the worst of taste. Considering how hollywood treats actresses as they get older I believe your heading just reinforces the sterotype. Try having a little respect for an Academy ward winning actress!
I think it is great to see people with money reuse and recycle. We only have one planet, so we all need to do our part for our childrens sake.
Very distasteful. After all the yelling about actresses being self-absorbed, you show a picture of one of the best actresses ever, who has put her career on hold to raise her family (that's new for hollywood) and who saves our environment by reusing plastic bags. This is an alltime low for Tmz.
Congratulations to TMZ. Finally got to use "Old Bag" in appropriate item.
TMZers must never go to a grocery store these days, so guess it's all new to them. Our grocery store gives a nickel back for every canvas bag (or backpack) used, which saves them several plastic bags typically since the canvas bags are bigger and sturdier. The store sells the bags but also gives them away during promos (got 4 free that way myself). They're much more comfortable to tote around and don't break at the worst of times...
My mother always saved and re-use the non-canvas bags department stores used - they were pretty thick and reasonably durable, and often had thick string handles.
Most of the bags shown in these pics look like those grocery store canvas bags (often green, with a store logo on it). In one shot (someone on a bicycle), looks like the bags are from Trader Joe's (which is a grocery store chain, maybe has other stuff).
You also can get string bags which can be stashed in a pocket or purse/backpack - they've used these in Europe for ages. Very helpful if you're a spontaneous shopper or go daily to pick up a few things (as many people do in European cities).
Oh! I thought that you were referring to Julia R. She IS "an old bag"! LOL!
please, many of us like Julia Roberts.. are you kidding, OLD BAG?
now that would be Pamela Anderson.. way up on the first page!
Julia was wonderful as "Pretty Woman"
Most overrated actress in the history of movie-making.
Julia Roberts, Pamela Anderson are in their early 40's and are old used bags yet Brat Pitt and George Clooney who are even OLDER are considered the sexiest men on earth. Women don't have a very long shelf life in most people's opinions do they?
She couldn't act her way of out an 'environmentally-friendly' bag!
With so many chumps to chew on, lay off the (green) stars. Julia is no talentless pap whore.
She looks like a first class witch to me. Everyone knows she is also a home wrecker. Remember a low vera? I liked her somewhat right up till then. No longer a pretty woman!


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Baseball wins fourth straight with 8-3 victory at Chicago State
By HEATHER KENNEDY
CHICAGO – Three crooked innings lifted the Northern Colorado Baseball team past Chicago State on Saturday evening at Les Miller Field as the Bears won 8-3.
The Bears (11-13, 2-0 Great West) amassed 14 hits in the game, including four by junior first baseman Colby Harrison (Cheyenne, Wyo.) as the team remains undefeated in Great West action.
Senior centerfielder Dylan Banach (Westminster, Colo.), sophomore Jensen Park (Kaneohe, Hawai'i) and sophomore third baseman Joe Love (Danville, Calif.) each added two hits in the win.
Junior right-hander Chris Hammer (Greeley) picked up his second win of the week, throwing the middle four innings. He didn't give up a single hit, walking three and striking out seven. He came in for sophomore Matt Loutzenhiser (Parker, Colo.) started on the hill for the Bears. He pitched three frames, allowing one earned run on four hits, walking one and striking out one.
Sophomore Eian Raeber (Hanford, Calif.) threw the final two innings, allowing one run on two hits with one strikeout.
The Cougars (3-18, 0-2 GWC) and Bears conclude the series on Sunday with a doubleheader beginning at 9 am (Mountain) on the UIC campus.
Chicago State took the early lead with two runs in the bottom of the second, thanks in part to a Bears error.
Banach led off the third by getting plunked in the middle of his back. Sophomore Ryan Yamane (Honolulu, Hawai'i) reached on a weird play where it appeared the umpire shielded the shortstop from seeing a routine ground ball back up the middle and junior Nick Miller (Loveland, Colo.) tied the score with a triple that missed being a home run by about two feet as it rebounded off the top of the wall in right field.
The Bears took the lead in the top of the fourth. Love singled on an extremely high pop fly to the infield that looked like it might be out of play and the wind blew it back into the field. He advanced to second on a wild pitch and took third on a passed ball. Love came around to score on a ground out by Harrison.
Hammer retired the side in order in both the fourth and the sixth innings.
Love hit a Texas-leaguer down the right field line with one out in the sixth and scored when Harrison doubled to left center. Junior Landon Moseley (Lawrence, Kan.) followed with a single to left and moved to third on a throwing error by the pitcher on a pickoff attempt. He scored on a single off the bat of Banach.
Park singled to left field to start the ninth inning and moved to second on a balk. Senior Brooks Schneider (Longmont, Colo.) pinch hit and cleared the centerfield wall for his second homer of the year, this one going approximately 405 feet.
The Cougars added one in the bottom of the ninth on a pinch hit home run by William Munoz for the 8-3 final.


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Guided tours for children and families
This page has been automatically translated from French into English by a translation software. Automatic translations are not as accurate as translations made by professional human translators. Nevertheless these pages can help you understand information published by the City of Brussels.
The Museums of the City offer guided tours for children (5-8 years, 9-12 years) in Dutch and French. The educational game for children is available in English.
These guided tours take place at the Museum of the City - Maison du Roi/Broodhuis and from Tuesday till Sunday on booking. Groups of maximum 25 persons.
Educational game for children
A small notebook gives children a basic information and invites them to answer questions appealing to their sense. Four subjects are approached: the building of the Maison du Roi, the development of the City, the water in Brussels and Manneken-Pis. The notebook exists in 2 versions: for 9-12 year-olds and for 6-8 year-olds.
For the grown-up guides, a notebook supplies the additional information allowing to deepen the subject. A map with route also allows them to organize a stroll in the city center.
Practical information
Museum of the City of Brussels - Maison du Roi
1000 Brussels
Fax : 02 279 43 62
Closing period : on Mondays and 1/1, 1/5, 1/11 and 25/12
More information : Entrance: 4 euro, 3 euro for seniors, students, groups, 2 euro for children and schools, free: under 18 years in the weekend, the first Sunday of the month and for inhabitants of the City of Brussels. Art 27: 1.25 euro. Several reductions possible. Legends in French, Dutch and English.
Disrupted access to the Administrative Centre
On 29 and 30 September and 1 October 2014, the Population and Identity Cards services (2nd floor of the Administrative Centre) will be exceptionally closed due to works.


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Aiden Wright and Canada East Win First Game
Sault Ste. Marie hockey player Aiden Wright is in Langley B.C where the 18 year old defensemen is thrilled to wear team Canada's red & white as a member of Team Canada East competing in the 2011 World Junior A Challenge, November 7th - 13th.
Aiden was born in Wawa, Ontario and moved to Sault Ste. Marie with his family a number of years ago. He played rep hockey in the Soo Minor Hockey Association before graduating on to play with the Soo Thunder Bantam AAA and the Soo North Stars Midget AAA teams.
Aiden is currently in his second season as a member of the Kingston Voyageurs Jr A team.
Aiden's parents Lisa and Paul Wright will be in the stands in Langley to cheer on their son and Team Canada East.
Randy Gazzola (Thorold, Ont./Trenton, OJHL) scored a hat trick – the first by a defenceman in tournament history – as Canada East opened the 2011 World Junior A Challenge with a 5-0 win over the Czech Republic on Monday afternoon.
Gazzola scored once in the first period and twice in the third, all on shots from the point. His first was a seeing-eye shot that eluded Czech netminder Marek Langhamer, followed by a blast from the point on the power play midway through the third period and a wrist shot that bounced off a Czech glove and in just three minutes later.
Tyson Spink (Williamstown, Ont./Cornwall, CCHL) and Justin Danforth (Oshawa, Ont./Cobourg, OJHL) also scored for the Canadians, who got a 16-save shutout performance from Adrian Ignagni (Mississauga, Ont./St. Michael's, OJHL).
Langhamer finished with 27 saves for the Czech Republic, which made its tournament debut.
Canada East will enjoy an off day Tuesday before taking on Russia in Wednesday's early game (4 p.m. PT), while the Czechs will meet the Russians on Tuesday afternoon (4 p.m. PT).


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By Anh HOANG - August 15, 2013 | Tickers: AN, BRK-A, KMX
Tom Gayner, Chief Investment Officer of Markel Corporation, has managed to beat the general market in the long period of time. In the period of 2002-2011, he delivered an annualized return of 6%, beating the S&P 500's annualized gain of only 3%. As of June 2013, his two biggest positions were CarMax (NYSE: KMX) and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A).
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These three companies have been performing exceptionally well over the past several years. Better yet, there have been no signs of a slowdown. However, that does not mean the coast is clear. Risks exist, and these risks should be considered in order to avoid taking a large hit to your portfolio.
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Which Automotive Retailer is a Good Pick Now?
By Anh HOANG - August 1, 2013 | Tickers: AN, GPI, SAH
Since the end of June 2013, Group 1 Automotive (NYSE: GPI) has experienced a significant rise from $60.90 per share to around $73.60 per share, an impressive gain of more than 20%. Interestingly, famous investors like Paul Tudor Jones, Jim Simons and Steven Cohen are holding Group 1 in their portfolios. Let's take a closer look to determine the attractiveness of Group 1 at its current price more »
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By Ayush Singh - July 29, 2013 | Tickers: ABG, AN, KMX
One of the biggest automotive retailers in the U.S., AutoNation (NYSE: AN), released its quarterly earnings earlier this month. The results were mixed as the company reported all-time high earnings but still fell short of the analysts' estimates by the slightest of margins. However, the revenue generated by the company comprehensively beat all the expectations.
If you're wondering what contributed toward this considerably fine growth and whether or more »
U.S. Auto Dealerships Are on the Highway to Recovery
By Doug Lofton - July 25, 2013 | Tickers: AN, KMX, LAD, PAG
There is good news for Foolish investors in the auto industry!
Low interest rates, the strengthening job market, a multi-year high level of consumer confidence, and pent up consumer demand, are fueling a strong recovery of the auto industry as it rebounds from the Great Recession days of 2008-2009.
June car sales totaled 1,402,244 vehicles, up 9% from June 2012. The seasonally adjusted annual rate, or SAAR, of more »
Top Of The Tide But Still Good Enough
By Jacob Wolinsky - July 23, 2013 | Tickers: AN, EWBC, PAG, BPOP
A rising tide in the stock market has taken stocks such as Popular (NASDAQ: BPOP), Penske Automotive (NYSE: PAG), and East West Bancorp (NASDAQ: EWBC) to new levels but there may be more long term upside left in these stocks.
Popular surges after Q2 results
Puerto Rico based regional bank Popular surged after announcing exceptionally strong quarterly results. Despite being a regional bank, Popular Inc has a relatively large footprint more »
Buy This Auto Stock on any Dip
By Jordan Wathen - July 11, 2013 | Tickers: AN, KMX
CarMax (NYSE: KMX) is a used car retailer with a unique business model. It sells cars at a premium, won't negotiate on pricing, has zero new inventory, and if you so desire, it'll even make you a cash quote to buy your car on a moment's notice.
How's that for different?
What makes CarMax different is what makes its business model superior to the competition. CarMax more »
This Auto Retailer Is Riding the Auto Industry Boom
By Nicholas Kitonyi - July 9, 2013 | Tickers: AN, GPI, PAG, SAH
The U.S. automobile industry's recovery from the declines of four years ago promises a massive upside over the next two years. Some analysts even believe that favorable interest rates and affordable labor could sustain the current boom for several years. The industry seems to be turning the tables against Japan, which has been the benchmark over the last few years.
For instance, Honda Motors whose majority of auto more »
Is This Car Dealer Offering a Good Deal?
By Satarupa Bose - July 2, 2013 | Tickers: AN, KMX, PAG
It seems to be a party time for the American auto industry. Many people who couldn't afford to buy a car immediately after the severe 2008 recession are finally replacing their cars with new cars. And buyers who couldn't finance a new car are fulfilling their requirements with less expensive used models.
As a result of this, sales of both new and used cars have increased remarkably over more »
Why You Should Play The Auto Sector A Little More Aggressively
By Matthew Frankel - July 1, 2013 | Tickers: AN, AZO, KMX, F
I recently published an article about CarMax (NYSE: KMX) being a defensive way to play the automotive sector, as a used car business tends to do well during recessionary times as well as good times. Today, I'd like to focus on a slightly more aggressive way to play the sector using AutoNation (NYSE: AN), the largest new auto dealer in the United States. While I still stand by CarMax more »
Driving to a Better Economy
By Marshall Hargrave - June 29, 2013 | Tickers: AN, KMX, GPI
CarMax (NYSE: KMX) was down 5% over the past week despite posting stellar EPS results. Fiscal 1Q revenue was up 19% year-over-year and surpassed consensus EPS by 10%. With a beta of 1.5, the car retailer has been dragged down with the broader market, but it appears the stock is positioned to pop with a rebound in auto buying.
During the last fiscal quarter, CarMax sold some 137,000 more »
3 Car Dealers Set to Ride The Recovery
By Damian Illia - June 27, 2013 | Tickers: AN, LAD, PAG
In a rebounding auto industry, some dealers like Lithia Motors (NYSE: LAD), Penske Automotive (NYSE: PAG) and AutoNation (NYSE: AN) stand out against the competition. Whether its scale, the promise of luxury, or location, each offers a unique opportunity. But the question remains, which is the best of the best?
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Lithia Motors business model is interesting as it specializes in rural markets for which most big auto dealers more »
Shopping For An Auto Dealership
By Eric Novinson - June 22, 2013 | Tickers: AN, KMX, PAG
Auto sales have already risen in 2013, and automakers expect the high demand to continue, reports the Tampa Bay Business Journal. Recent results from auto dealers Penske, (NYSE: PAG) AutoNation, (NYSE: AN) and most recently CarMax (NYSE: KMX) could indicate the satisfaction of pent up auto demand. Cars can be expensive, especially new ones, so it can pay to shop around. The same concept holds for auto dealership stocks. CarMax more »
Should You Profit from the Millennials' Malaise?
By AnnaLisa Kraft - May 22, 2013 | Tickers: AN, CAR, KMX, F, GM
Maybe it all started going south for the Millennials when the ramp up in college costs drove their generation to take on debt. Maybe it was a perfect storm of a recession, tight job market, and tighter credit, not to mention a financial crisis in which universities' endowments lost money big time, but the end result is the same. A generation that can't afford to buy new cars or more »
This Dealership is Outgrowing the Competition
By Ted Cooper - May 20, 2013 | Tickers: AN, KMX, SAH
The slow-but-upward climb of the United States economy has lifted domestic automobile sales along with the auto industry's top line. The recent increase in auto sales is likely due to consumer deleveraging during the Great Recession; with cleaner balance sheets and rising income, consumers can finally afford to buy new cars again.
Although General Motors, Ford, and even Tesla Motors will undoubtedly benefit from the increase in auto sales more »
Will Ricky Sandler's Hot Streak Continue with This Automotive Stock?
By Meena Krishnamsetty - May 6, 2013 | Tickers: ABG, AN, LAD, PAG, SAH
Eminence Capital, managed by Ricky Sandler, is coming off a year of excellent returns; ValueWalk named it as one of the 30 best performing hedge funds out of those it tracks (and many of the funds that performed better were focused on mortgages or real estate). Now, the fund has reported a position of 1.7 million shares in Asbury Automotive (NYSE: ABG), a $1.2 billion market cap auto more »
Another Way to Profit From Higher Car Sales
By Austin Higgins - April 22, 2013 | Tickers: AN, KMX, PAG
As car buying is expected to increase this year, investors can profit from the increased profits of vehicle manufacturers. Another ancillary industry that will see growth in earnings this year is automotive retailers and dealers. Here are just a few to consider.
CarMax (NYSE: KMX)
CarMax is a retailer of used vehicles in the United States. It operates 119 used car retail locations across the country. It also offers financing more »
Another Way to Profit from Higher Car Sales
By Austin Higgins - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: AN, KMX, PAG
As car buying is expected to increase this year, investors can profit from the increased profits of vehicle manufacturers. Another ancillary industry that will see growth in earnings this year is automotive retailers and dealers. Here are just a few to consider.
CarMax Inc. (NYSE: KMX)
CarMax is a retailer of used vehicles in the United States. It operates 119 used car retail locations across the country. It also offers more »
3 Reasons to Buy This Auto Retailer
By Piyush Arora - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: AN, KMX, PAG
Auto sales in the U.S. are approaching their six year highs, and automobile manufacturers are finally breathing a sigh of relief. Thanks to the low interest rate environment and increasing personal disposable income in the economy, auto recovery seems genuine with robust growth prospects for 2013. To play the recovery, investors can invest in automobile or tire manufacturers, but both the industries involve significant operational risks.
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This Car Store Could Ride High
By Marshall Hargrave - April 11, 2013 | Tickers: ABG, AN, KMX
The nation's largest auto retailer has been down over 8% the past month. AutoNation (NYSE: AN) has an impressive brand and market mix that should help push the company perform better than peers on the back of a rebounding economy and auto industry.
What's so impressive about AutoNation?
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|Boris Johnson
|Prior to ringing the opening bell at NASDAQ
on 14 September 2009
|Mayor of London
|Assumed office
4 May 2008
|Richard Barnes
Victoria Borwick
|Preceded by
|Ken Livingstone
|Shadow Minister for Higher Education
|In office
6 December 2005 – 16 July 2007
|David Cameron
|Preceded by
|David Cameron
|Succeeded by
|Adam Afriyie
|Shadow Minister for the Arts
|In office
14 April 2004 – 17 November 2004
|Michael Howard
|Preceded by
|Gerald Howarth
|Succeeded by
|Tony Baldry
|Member of Parliament
for Henley
|In office
9 June 2001 – 4 June 2008
|Preceded by
|Michael Heseltine
|Succeeded by
|John Howell
|Personal details
|Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson
19 June 1964
New York City, United States
|American and British[1]
|Political party
|Allegra Mostyn-Owen
(1987–1993, divorced)
Marina Wheeler (1993–present)
|Stanley Johnson (father)
Rachel Johnson (sister)
Jo Johnson (brother)
Leo Johnson (brother)
|Lara Lettice Johnson
Milo Arthur Johnson
Cassia Peaches Johnson
Theodore Apollo Johnson
|Highbury, London
|Alma mater
|Balliol College, Oxford
|Conservative politician
|Politician, journalist
|Christian (Church of England) [2]
|Official mayoral website
|Boris Johnson
|Prior to ringing the opening bell at NASDAQ
on 14 September 2009
|Mayor of London
|Assumed office
4 May 2008
|Richard Barnes
Victoria Borwick
|Preceded by
|Ken Livingstone
|Shadow Minister for Higher Education
|In office
6 December 2005 – 16 July 2007
|David Cameron
|Preceded by
|David Cameron
|Succeeded by
|Adam Afriyie
|Shadow Minister for the Arts
|In office
14 April 2004 – 17 November 2004
|Michael Howard
|Preceded by
|Gerald Howarth
|Succeeded by
|Tony Baldry
|Member of Parliament
for Henley
|In office
9 June 2001 – 4 June 2008
|Preceded by
|Michael Heseltine
|Succeeded by
|John Howell
|Personal details
|Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson
19 June 1964
New York City, United States
|American and British[1]
|Political party
|Allegra Mostyn-Owen
(1987–1993, divorced)
Marina Wheeler (1993–present)
|Stanley Johnson (father)
Rachel Johnson (sister)
Jo Johnson (brother)
Leo Johnson (brother)
|Lara Lettice Johnson
Milo Arthur Johnson
Cassia Peaches Johnson
Theodore Apollo Johnson
|Highbury, London
|Alma mater
|Balliol College, Oxford
|Conservative politician
|Politician, journalist
|Christian (Church of England) [2]
|Official mayoral website
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is an American-born British Conservative Party politician, who was first elected Mayor of London in 2008. Initially coming to public attention as a journalist, he was previously editor of The Spectator magazine (1999-2005) and the Member of Parliament for Henley from the 2001 general election to 2008.
Johnson was educated at Primrose Hill Primary School, the European School of Brussels, Ashdown House School, Eton College, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read Literae Humaniores.[3] He began his career in journalism with The Times and later moved on to The Daily Telegraph, where he became Assistant Editor. During his period in the House of Commons, Johnson became one of the most conspicuous politicians in the country. He has also written several books.
Under Michael Howard, Johnson served on the Conservative front bench as the Shadow Minister for the Arts (April-November 2004). When David Cameron was elected leader of the Conservative Party in 2005, Johnson was re-appointed to the front bench as Shadow Minister for Higher Education and resigned as Editor of The Spectator.
In September 2007, he was selected as the Conservative candidate for the 2008 London mayoral election. Johnson defeated Labour incumbent Ken Livingstone and was elected Mayor, after which he resigned his seat in parliament. With over a million votes, he received the largest personal mandate of any politician in British history.[4][5] On 4 May 2012, Johnson was re-elected as Mayor, again defeating Livingstone.[6]
Johnson is the eldest of the four children of Stanley Johnson, a former Conservative Member of the European Parliament and employee of the European Commission and World Bank, and the painter Charlotte Johnson Wahl (née Fawcett),[7] the daughter of Sir James Fawcett, a barrister[8] and president of the European Commission of Human Rights.[9] His younger siblings are Rachel Johnson, a writer and journalist; Jo Johnson, Assistant Government Whip and Conservative MP for Orpington; and Leo Johnson, a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers specialising in Sustainability.[10]
Johnson's maternal great-grandparents were palaeographer Elias Avery Lowe and translator H. T. Lowe-Porter.[11] On his father's side, Johnson is a great-grandson of Ali Kemal Bey, a liberal Turkish journalist and the Interior Minister in the government of Damat Ferid Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, who was killed during the Turkish War of Independence.[12] During World War I, Johnson's paternal grandfather and great-aunt were recognised as British subjects and took their grandmother's maiden name of Johnson. In reference to his cosmopolitan ancestry, Johnson has described himself as a "one-man melting pot"—with a combination of Muslims, Jews, and Christians comprising his great-grandparentage.[13] His father's maternal grandmother, Marie Louise de Pfeffel, was a granddaughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg through his relationship with a German actress. Through Prince Paul, Johnson is a descendant of King George II and, through George's great-great-great grandfather James I/VI, a descendant of all of the previous British royal houses. Johnson is an 8th cousin of David Cameron.[14]
Johnson was born in New York City,[15] but his family returned to Britain soon afterward, as his mother had yet to take her Oxford University final exams. Johnson's sister Rachel was born a year later. As a child, Johnson suffered from severe deafness and had to undergo several operations to have grommets inserted in his ears. He was reported to have been rather quiet as a child.[2] He was educated at the European School in Brussels,[16] at Ashdown House School and at Eton College, where he was a King's Scholar. He read Classics at Oxford, as a Brackenbury scholar and was elected President of the Oxford Union at his second attempt. Frank Luntz[17] and Radosław Sikorski[2] have claimed Johnson touted himself as a supporter of the Social Democratic Party, then a dominant faction in the university, as a strategy to win the Union presidency, although Johnson denies that he was more than the SDP's preferred candidate. Along with David Cameron, George Osborne and Radosław Sikorski, he was a member of Oxford's Bullingdon Club, a student dining society known for destroying restaurant dining rooms and paying for the repairs afterwards.[18] He graduated from Balliol College with a 2:1.[19]
In 1987, he married Allegra Mostyn-Owen; the marriage was dissolved in 1993.[20] Later that year, he married Marina Wheeler, a barrister and daughter of journalist and broadcaster Sir Charles Wheeler and his Sikh wife, Dip Singh.[21] The Wheeler and Johnson families have known each other for decades,[2] and Marina Wheeler was at the European School in Brussels at the same time as her future husband. They have two daughters—Lara Lettice (born 1993) and Cassia Peaches (born 1997)—and two sons—Milo Arthur (born 1995) and Theodore Apollo (born 1999).[22] Johnson and his family live in Islington, North London. Johnson's stepmother, Jenny, the second wife of his father Stanley, is the stepdaughter of Teddy Sieff, the former chairman of Marks & Spencer.[23]
Upon graduating from Oxford, he spent only a week as a management consultant at L.E.K. Consulting:
Try as I might, I could not look at an overhead projection of a growth profit matrix, and stay conscious.
He then became a trainee reporter for The Times. Within a year, he was sacked for falsifying a quotation from his godfather, Colin Lucas, later Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.[24] After a short time as a writer for the Wolverhampton Express & Star, he joined The Daily Telegraph (1987) as leader and feature writer and was the paper's European Community correspondent (1989-94). He served as Assistant Editor (1994-99). In 1995, a recording of a telephone conversation was made public revealing a plot by a friend to physically assault a News of the World journalist. Johnson retained his position at The Telegraph as there was no evidence that he intended to provide information that would facilitate the assault of the journalist, even though he promised under pressure to provide this information. His association with The Spectator began as political columnist (1994-95); and, in 1999, he became the Editor, where he stayed until December 2005 upon being appointed Shadow Minister for Higher Education.
He wrote an autobiographical account of his experience of the 2001 election campaign Friends, Voters, Countrymen: Jottings on the Stump. He is also author of three collections of journalism, Johnson's Column, Lend Me Your Ears and Have I Got Views For You. His comic first novel Seventy-Two Virgins was published in 2004,[25] and his next book will be The New British Revolution, though he has put publication on hold until after the London Mayoral election.[26] He was nominated in 2004 for a British Academy Television Award and has attracted several unofficial fan clubs and sites. His official website and blog started in September 2004.
Johnson is a popular historian; and his first documentary series, The Dream of Rome, comparing the Roman Empire and the modern-day European Union, was broadcast in 2006.
After being elected Mayor, he announced that he would be resuming his weekly column for The Daily Telegraph. The Guardian reported that he had agreed to a £250,000 annual salary for doing so. The report added that he will donate £25,000 each towards two scholarships: one for students of Journalism, and the other for the teaching of Classics.[27]
After having been defeated in Clwyd South in the 1997 general election, Johnson was elected MP for Henley, succeeding Michael Heseltine, in the 2001 General Election. He described this election in his 2002 book, Friends, Voters, Countrymen. In 2004 he was appointed to the front bench as Shadow Minister for the Arts in a small reshuffle resulting from the resignation of the Shadow Home Affairs Spokesman, Nick Hawkins. He was also from November 2003 vice-chairman of the Conservative Party, with an emphasis on campaigning.[28]
Johnson was dismissed from these high-profile posts in November 2004 over accusations that he lied to Michael Howard about a four-year extramarital affair with Petronella Wyatt, The Spectator's New York correspondent and former deputy editor. Johnson derided these allegations as "an inverted pyramid of piffle", but Howard sacked Johnson because he believed press reports showed Johnson had lied, rather than for the affair itself.[29]
Of late Boris Johnson has been the subject of numerous rumours as to the future of his political career, and the possibility that Johnson would stand to be the head of the Conservative Party. However recently Grant Shapps has claimed that Boris Johnson lacks many of the skills that are needed as the leader of a political party and Prime Minister.[30]
Johnson explained his political philosophy in 2010, linking it to the One nation conservatism of Disraeli:
He was appointed Shadow Minister for Higher Education on 9 December 2005 by new Conservative Leader David Cameron, and resigned as editor of The Spectator soon afterward. On 2 April 2006 it was alleged in the News of the World that Johnson had had another extramarital affair, this time with Times Higher Education Supplement journalist Anna Fazackerley. The video[32] shows him emerging from her flat and waving to her in a taxi. Subsequently, in a speech at the University of Exeter concerning student finance, he allegedly made comical remarks about his gratitude to the audience for not "raising other issues" during the talk, which may have been a reference to the allegations. A report in The Times[33] stated that Cameron regarded the possible affair as a private matter, and that Johnson would not lose his job over it.
Johnson stood for the February 2006 election of Rector of the University of Edinburgh, after receiving seven times more nominations than needed to stand.[34] His presence as candidate caused an unprecedented turn-out and sparked an "Anyone but Boris" campaign.[35] Protests included having drinks thrown over him at his first of two visits to the student body.[34][36] Johnson eventually polled third of four, with 2,123 votes, behind 3,052 votes for journalist Magnus Linklater and 3,597 for Green Party MSP Mark Ballard.[35] Johnson was quoted as having been pleased to mobilise the student body, but disappointed at the personal campaign against him as an "English top-up fee merchant".[35]
In September 2006, his image was used in 'Boris needs you' and 'I Love Boris' material to promote the Conservative Party's image during Freshers' Week in universities.[37]
After several days of speculation, Johnson announced he was a potential Conservative candidate for the London mayoral election in 2008 on 16 July 2007.[38] Reported as saying[38]
The opportunity is too great, and the prize too wonderful to miss ... the chance to represent London and speak for Londoners
He resigned as Shadow Minister for Higher Education. He was confirmed as the Conservative candidate on 27 September 2007 after gaining 75% of the vote in a public London-wide primary.[39]
The Conservative Party hired Australian election strategist Lynton Crosby to run Johnson's campaign. Aware of Johnson's propensity for committing gaffes, Crosby prevented him from holding interviews with the print and broadcast media in favour of radio talk shows and daytime television which asked "easier" questions.[40][41] Crosby also made Johnson tell fewer jokes and have a simpler haircut to help make him appear more serious.[40] The campaign targeted Conservative-leaning suburbs in outer London to capitalise on a sense of detachment with the Livingstone administration which had focused on inner London areas.[41]
His campaign was launched in Edmonton in March 2008 when David Cameron, introducing Johnson, commented "I don't always agree with him, but I respect the fact that he's absolutely his own man."[42]
His manifesto was published in sections; they were, together with quotes or general content:
2008 manifesto: "Making London's Mayor Accountable"...[43]
I believe Londoners should have a greater say on how their city is run, more information on how decisions are made and details on how City Hall money is spent. Ken Livingstone presides over a budget of more than £10billion and demands £311 per year from the average taxpaying household in London. Yet Londoners have little confidence in the Mayor spending their money with care and prudence.
...it is essential that the Mayor takes a positive lead and ensures the best possible conditions for London businesses – large and small.
2008 manifesto: "Backing London Business"...[44]
2008 manifesto: "Protecting Our Local Environment"...[45]
...I will work to make London a pleasant and safe place to live, by nurturing and protecting the public spaces that bind us all together.
2008 manifesto: "Making London Safer"'...[46]
I will: Provide strong leadership,... Make buses, trains and stations safer,... Tackle knife and gun crimes,... Help the ignored victims of sexual violence,... Demand a police service accountable to you.
He also included a pledge to remove red tape in the Metropolitan Police Service.
2008 manifesto: "Building A Better London"...[47]
I will: Help More Londoners Afford Their Own Home,... Design Developments To Combat Crime,... Protect Green Spaces and Historic Views.
2008 manifesto: "Appreciating Our Seniors"...[48]
Under my Mayoralty I am certain that London will be judged as a civilised place; a city that cares for and acknowledges its older citizens.
2008 manifesto: "Getting Londoners Moving"...[49]
The Mayor's biggest area of responsibility is transport, and I intend to put the commuter first by introducing policies that will first and foremost make journeys faster and more reliable. ... Our challenge... is to make our transport system better to improve our quality of life.
He promised:
Johnson's candidature received opposition from across the political spectrum. Right-wing journalists Simon Heffer and Peregrine Worsthorne described Johnson as not being serious enough to hold the role of Mayor of London,[51] Worsthorne noting that the "harder he tried [to be serious], the more insincere, incoherent, evasive and even puerile he looked and sounded".[52] Ken Livingstone described Johnson as "a joke".[53] Left of centre commentators claimed that Johnson was not suited to be Mayor of such an ethnically diverse city because he had previously made comments which they interpreted as racist,[54] a situation exacerbated when the British National Party urged its supporters to give their second preference votes to Johnson.[55] Johnson denied allegations of racism and stated that he did not want any BNP supporters to vote for him.
Johnson's candidacy was the subject of international interest. Germany's Der Spiegel and America's National Public Radio reported the race, both quoting Johnson as saying "if you vote for the Conservatives, your wife will get bigger breasts, and your chances of driving a BMW M3 will increase",[56][57] without however giving a source for this; the BBC has quoted the same statement by him from his 2004 campaign trail.[58]
Though most pollsters—with the exception of YouGov which accurately forecast the final result—predicted either a close result or narrow win for Livingstone,[59] it was announced on 2 May 2008 Johnson had garnered a total of 1,168,738 first and second preference votes to Livingstone's 1,028,966.[60] Johnson benefited from a large voter turnout in Conservative strongholds, in particular Bexley and Bromley where he amassed a majority of over 80,000 over Livingstone.[61] Following his victory, he praised Livingstone as a "very considerable public servant" and added that he hoped to "discover a way in which the mayoralty can continue to benefit from your transparent love of London".[60] He also announced that, as a result of his victory, he would resign as Member of Parliament for Henley.[62]
Johnson assumed control at City Hall on 4 May 2008. He appointed Richard Barnes as his Deputy Mayor on 6 May 2008, as well as appointing the following to newly devolved offices; Ian Clement as Deputy Mayor for Government Relations, Kit Malthouse as Deputy Mayor for Policing and Ray Lewis as Deputy Mayor for Young People.[63]
The Mayor also appointed Munira Mirza as his cultural adviser and Nick Boles, the founder of Policy Exchange, as Chief of Staff.[64] Sir Simon Milton has become Deputy Mayor for Policy and Planning, as well as Chief of Staff.[63] He appointed Anthony Browne as Policy Director. Kulveer Ranger was appointed to Advisor for Transport and Isabel Dedring to Advisor for the Environment.
Political opponents questioned Johnson's judgment when Ray Lewis resigned on 4 July 2008, shortly after taking up his post, following allegations of financial misconduct during his prior career as a Church of England priest and inappropriate behaviour in respect of a false claim to have been appointed as a magistrate.[65] Hazel Blears, the UK Communities Secretary, said that "People across the country will note that after just two months, the new Tory administration in London is in complete disarray. Londoners need to know what Boris knew and why the situation has changed."[66] Kit Malthouse however, London's Deputy Mayor for Policing, defended Lewis and said that he had "dedicated himself to saving young lives in London", regarding his policies on tackling knife crime, and called the Labour Party "ungracious" and accused them of "dancing on his political grave".[67] Johnson himself said that he was "misled" by Lewis.[68] On 22 June 2009, Ian Clement resigned after breaking rules by paying for personal items using a corporate credit card.
On 7 May 2008, Johnson announced plans to ban the consumption of alcohol on the London transport network, effective from 1 June,[69] a policy described by Jeroen Weimar, Transport for London's director of transport policing and enforcement, as reasonable, saying people should be more considerate on the trains.[70] The ban initially applied on the London Underground, Buses, DLR and Croydon Trams. The London Overground was added later in June 2008. Press releases said that the ban would apply to "stations across the capital", but did not specify whether this included National Rail stations – especially those stations not served by the TfL lines on which alcohol is banned.
On the final evening on which alcohol was to be permitted on London transport, thousands of drinkers descended on the Underground system to mark the event. Six London Underground stations were closed as trouble began, and a number of staff and police were assaulted. Police made 17 arrests as several trains were damaged and withdrawn from service.[70]
The formation of the Forensic Audit Panel was announced on 8 May 2008. The Panel is tasked with monitoring and investigating financial management at the London Development Agency and the Greater London Authority.[71] It is headed by Patience Wheatcroft, former editor of The Sunday Telegraph. Previously the GLA investigated allegations of financial mismanagement itself.
Johnson's announcement was criticised by Labour for the perceived politicisation of this nominally independent panel, who asked if the appointment of these key Johnson allies to the panel – "to dig dirt on Ken Livingstone" – was "an appropriate use of public funds".[72] Wheatcroft is married to a Conservative councillor[73] and three of the four remaining panel members also have close links to the Conservatives: Stephen Greenhalgh (Conservative Leader of Hammersmith and Fulham Council), Patrick Frederick (Chairman of Conservative Business Relations for South East England and Southern London) and Edward Lister (Conservative Leader of Wandsworth Council).
The panel reported in July 2008.[74] Its findings included that it had "identified failings in the LDA's leadership, governance and basic controls which have led to our overall conclusion that the former LDA board was ineffective" and also raised a number of concerns about the value for money achieved on projects that the LDA had funded. However, on the central allegations that the previous administration had misused their powers, the Panel found "their attempts to influence LDA project decisions did not breach any rules or protocols".
Johnson was present at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as London's representative to receive the Olympic flag from Guo Jinlong, the Mayor of Beijing in order to announce formally London as Olympic host city. At the subsequent handover party held at London House in Beijing, he gave a speech in which he declared 'ping pong is coming home'.[75]
In August 2008, Johnson broke from the traditional procedure of those in public office not publicly commenting on other nations' elections when he openly endorsed then-Senator Barack Obama for the presidency of the United States.[76][77] He later wrote an editorial in The Telegraph explaining his decision.[78]
In October 2008, Johnson forced the resignation of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis Ian Blair, hours after taking control of London's police authority. Those in support of this measure claimed that Blair's handling of certain events, such as the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, bonus payments and bias in favour of a piece of Government legislation left his position untenable, but critics have argued that the forced resignation makes the role of the commissioner more political.[79][80]
In June 2009, it was revealed that Mayoral expenditure on taxi fares had risen by 540% under Johnson's administration, from £729 in 2007/08 to £4,698 in 2008/09.[81]
Several expense claims for very short taxi journeys were submitted by the Mayor, many which included charges for taxis to wait several hours for the Mayor to use them with the meter running (for example, a return journey from City Hall to Elephant and Castle – a journey of 3 miles – which cost £99.50).[82]
There are questions about whether some of this expenditure was allowed under GLA rules, which state taxis should be used only when there is no feasible public transport alternative and which ban paying taxis to wait more than 20 minutes.[83]
On 2 November 2009, Johnson intervened in the attempted mugging of a London resident as she was walking home. The victim, documentary film maker and Ken Livingstone supporter Franny Armstrong, was pushed against a car by a "group of young girls", one wielding an iron bar. Johnson, who rides a bicycle to work, was cycling past when he responded to Armstrong's call for help. Johnson "picked up the iron bar, called after the girls and cycled after them." He also reportedly called the girls "oiks". Johnson then returned to Armstrong and walked her home. Armstrong described Johnson as her "knight on a shining bicycle". The Mayor's office, however, declined to comment on the incident.[84][85]
In 2011, Johnson gave evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee, comparing a 19% re-offending rate among those released from the Feltham Young Offenders' Institution to the then national average of around 78%. The chair of the UK Statistics Authority Sir Michael Scholar, who served as private secretary to former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the early 1980s, wrote to the committee's chair Keith Vaz MP to tell him the figures Johnson had quoted to a panel of MPs "do not appear to stand up to scrutiny". When Joanne McCartney, a Labour member of the London Assembly, questioned Johnson's use of the statistic, Johnson replied: "There's this guy Scholar writing me letters who sounds... like some sort of Labour stooge."[86] Johnson later admitted that his officials told him of "caveats" around the data, but pointed out that the revised re-offending rate for the institution of 39% was still substantially lower than the national average.[87]
Johnson has appeared on the British television programme Have I Got News for You four times as a guest presenter and three times as a panelist.[88] The tabloid press, before he became an MP, tagged him as the show's star, even though he had then appeared only twice on a programme that had run for ten years.[89] He has also taken part in the similar Radio 4 programme, The News Quiz.
On his first HIGNFY appearance,[90] in 1998, Johnson was chided by Ian Hislop over his previous association with fraudster Darius Guppy (see below). Johnson later claimed the show was "fixed", though he retracted the comment when invited back a year later. When asked why he had come back, Johnson replied to the delight of the audience that it was "basically for the money."
In 2004, Johnson was nominated for a BAFTA Television Award in the entertainment category for his performance on the show in 2003.[91] Johnson returned to front Have I Got News for You in November 2005. He admitted on the show that he once tried to snort cocaine, but sneezed and failed.[92] He also hosted Have I Got News for You's Christmas special on 15 December 2006, his fourth appearance as host.
On the DVD commentary (recorded before Johnson's appearances as guest host) of The Very Best of Have I Got News for You, Merton and Hislop affectionately refer to Johnson as "a Wodehousian character", and stated that "he gets better every time".
Johnson has appeared on television motoring show Top Gear as a "star in a reasonably priced car" (one of the show's features). He set a time of 1m 56s in the Suzuki Liana, finishing nine places from the bottom before they changed to a different model of car. While nearing the end of his timed lap, he failed to realise that he had accidentally pressed the horn with his arm. After hearing the noise he looked around puzzled and said, "Who hooted at me?"[93] He returned to the show on 7 December 2008, spinning out on every corner during test runs, before setting a lap time of 1m 57.4s in the Chevrolet Lacetti. His potentially "disastrous" time was caused by the "very wet" conditions.
Appearing in 2003, Johnson nominated boiled eggs, Lynda Lee Potter, smoking bans, Richard Clayderman and people who shout things like "you Tory tosser" at him whilst he was cycling as his selections to put into Room 101, with only the last of the five being rejected. He claimed that his refusal to eat eggs from the age of six months was his "first major policy decision".
Johnson presented a BBC television series titled The Dream of Rome, which described how ancient Rome united Europe in a way which the modern European Union has failed to do. A book published by HarperCollins followed the series.[94]
Originally broadcast on ITV1 on 28 April 2007, Johnson was a guest on The Dame Edna Treatment. He rode a bicycle onto the stage and sat alongside Shane Warne, Alan Alda and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
On 20 August 2008, Johnson was the subject of the BBC family history programme Who Do You Think You Are?. He was revealed to be a direct, if illegitimate, descendant of George II of Great Britain through his eight times great grandmother Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, granddaughter of George II and wife of Friedrich I of Württemberg, and thence through their son Prince Paul of Württemberg and Paul's illegitimate daughter, Adelheid von Rothenburg. Adelheid (known as Caroline) married Baron de Pfeffel, from whom Boris takes one of his middle names.[95] By his descent from George II of Great Britain he is also descendant of all the other major European royal houses. His Turkish great grandfather, Ali Kemal Bey, who like Johnson was a politician and journalist, was assassinated in the 1920s, following political conflict in Turkey.[96]
In December 2008, BBC2 aired a two-part documentary written and presented by Johnson, called After Rome, in which he looked at the influence Muslims have had on the world, especially in Europe during the peak of the Islamic Empire (specifically drawn from the Islamic Golden Age).[97] In this he investigated the current crisis of the "clash of civilisations" between Christianity and Islam, searching for reasons why Islam is hated in the West, and vice versa.[97][98]
On 17 July 2009, Johnson filmed a short scene in the British soap opera EastEnders, appearing as himself in a scene with Peggy Mitchell (played by Barbara Windsor).[99] The episode was broadcast on 1 October. Ken Livingstone accused the BBC of political bias for allowing Johnson to appear in the programme.[100]
On the 11 June 2012, Johnson made an international appearance on the American talk show The Daily Show to promote his book Johnson's Life of London.
Johnson's period in the Bullingdon Club alongside David Cameron, and his campaign to become President of the Oxford Union, were examined in the Channel 4 docu-drama, When Boris Met Dave, which was broadcast on 7 October 2009.[101]
Johnson is one of the most recognisable figures in British politics[citation needed] – partly attributable to his trademark unruly hairstyle (one exception to this trademark was during the 2008 Olympics). He is one of few British politicians identifiable by his first name alone. Reportedly, fearing that this familiarity made him more likeable and was helping his chances during the London Mayoral Campaign, Labour MP Tessa Jowell set up a 'swearbox' where any campaign member referring to him as 'Boris' would pay a fine.[102] Jowell herself denied these claims. Johnson has since attracted a variety of irreverent names, including "BoJo" (a portmanteau of his forename and surname).[103]
Johnson has been a frequent target for satirists. The magazine Private Eye pictured him on the front cover of issues 1120 (26 November 2004), 1156 (14 April 2006), and 1214 (11 July 2008). He has featured regularly in its cartoon strip (currently called Dave Snooty and his Pals) as "Boris the Menace" (cf. Dennis the Menace).[104]
He has shown himself to be outspoken on issues which are treated by some as belonging to the realms of political correctness. In Friends, Voters, Countrymen (2001), Johnson wrote that "if gay marriage was OK – and I was uncertain on the issue – then I saw no reason in principle why a union should not be consecrated between three men, as well as two men, or indeed three men and a dog."[105] In recent years Johnson has played down his previous support for the anti-gay law known as Section 28.[106] and has expressed more moderate views on the issue. In 2006 and 2008 he took part in the London Gay Pride celebrations.[107] Once, Johnson has actually shown apparent acceptance of homosexual rights; three weeks before the London mayoral election, 2012, he prevented the London buses from advertising a Christian campaign which aimed to preach that homosexuality could be "cured." The campaign was to advertise the phrase, "Not gay! Ex-gay, post-gay and proud. Get over it!" Johnson told the Guardian newspaper that he regarded London as "one of the most tolerant cities in the world and intolerant of intolerance." He said, "It is clearly offensive to suggest that being gay is an illness that someone recovers from and I am not prepared to have that suggestion driven around London on our buses."[108]
Shortly after the 7 July bombings in 2005, Johnson made the following comments:
To any non-Muslim reader of the Koran, Islamophobia — fear of Islam — seems a natural reaction, and, indeed, exactly what that text is intended to provoke. Judged purely on its scripture – to say nothing of what is preached in the mosques – it is the most viciously sectarian of all religions in its heartlessness towards unbelievers. [...]
The trouble with this disgusting arrogance and condescension [of Theo Van Gogh's killer] is that it is widely supported in Koranic texts, and we look in vain for the enlightened Islamic teachers and preachers who will begin the process of reform. What is going on in these mosques and madrasas? When is someone going to get 18th century on Islam's mediaeval ass?
....We – non-Muslims – cannot solve the problem; we cannot brainwash them (the suicide bombers) out of their fundamentalist beliefs. The Islamicists last week horribly and irrefutably asserted the supreme importance of that faith, overriding all worldly considerations. It will take a huge effort of courage and skill to win round the many thousands of British Muslims who are in a similar state of alienation, and to make them see that their faith must be compatible with British values and with loyalty to Britain. That means disposing of the first taboo, and accepting that the problem is Islam. Islam is the problem.[109]
Three years after the bombing, Johnson told the Guardian newspaper the following:
I urge people, particularly during Ramadan, to find out more about Islam, increase your understanding and learning, even fast for a day with your Muslim neighbour and break your fast at the local mosque. I would be very surprised if you didn't find that you share more in common than you thought.[110]
He has made a number of appearances on television explaining his article on the 7/7 attacks, saying he now believes, after having researched the Qu'ran more in depth, that it is a "religion of peace".[111]
Johnson is known for his love of cycling and regularly cycles to work. He has been the victim of several bike thefts and has expressed his desire to plant "decoy bicycles throughout Islington and send Navy SEALs in through the windows of thieves".[112] He introduced a bicycle sharing system modelled on Velib in London in July 2010.[113] Since becoming Mayor of London he has cut £10m off the budget for new cycle lanes in the capital,[114] however a spokesman said that the overall investment in cycling in London was increased to a record £55m in 2008; up from £36m in the previous year.[114]
Johnson has stated that he is in favor of the progressive drug policy of legalizing medical marijuana.[115] He has also stated that in the past he has "Often smoked cannabis".[116]
Johnson was criticised in 1995, when a recording of a telephone conversation made in 1990 was made public, in which he is heard agreeing under pressure to supply to a former schoolmate, Darius Guppy, the private address and telephone number of the News of the World journalist Stuart Collier. There is no evidence that Johnson actually supplied the requested information, even though he promised under duress that he would. Guppy wished to have Collier beaten up for attempting to smear members of his family.[117][118] Collier was not attacked, but Johnson did not alert the police and the incident only became public knowledge when a transcript of the conversation was published in the Mail on Sunday.[119] Johnson retained his job at the Telegraph but was reprimanded by its editor Max Hastings.[2]
Johnson has been investigated by the police for the 'theft', in 2003, of a cigar case belonging to Tariq Aziz, an associate of Saddam Hussein, which Johnson had found in the rubble of Aziz's house in Baghdad. Aziz is currently in prison in Iraq, having been convicted of ordering the summary execution of 42 merchants. He faces other charges in relation to the brutal suppression of the Shia Muslim uprising after the first 1991 Gulf War. At the time, Johnson wrote an article in the Daily Telegraph, stating he had taken the cigar case and would return it to its owner upon request.[120] Despite this admission in 2003, Johnson received no indication from the police that he was being investigated for theft until 2008, leading supporters of Johnson to express suspicion that the investigation coincided with his candidacy for the position of London Mayor. "This is a monumental waste of time," said Johnson.[121] On 24 June 2008, Johnson was forced to hand the cigar case over to police while they carried out enquiries into whether the Iraq (UN Sanctions) Order 2003 had been breached.[122]
On 16 October 2004, The Spectator carried an unsigned editorial[123] comment criticising a perceived trend to mawkish sentimentality by the public. Using British hostage Kenneth Bigley as an example, the editorial claimed the inhabitants of Bigley's home city of Liverpool were wallowing in a "vicarious victimhood"; that many Liverpudlians had a "deeply unattractive psyche"; and that they refused to accept responsibility for "drunken fans at the back of the crowd who mindlessly tried to fight their way into the ground" during the Hillsborough disaster, a contention at odds with the findings of the Taylor Report. The editorial closed with: "In our maturity as a civilisation, we should accept that we can cut out the cancer of ignorant sentimentality without diminishing, as in this case, our utter disgust at a foul and barbaric act of murder."
Although Johnson had not written the piece (journalist Simon Heffer later said he "had a hand" in it), he accepted responsibility for its publication.[124] The Conservative leader at the time, Michael Howard (a supporter of Liverpool FC), condemned the editorial, saying "I think what was said in The Spectator was nonsense from beginning to end", and sent Johnson on a tour of contrition to the city.[125] There, in numerous interviews and public appearances, Johnson defended the editorial's thesis (that the deaths of figures such as Bigley and Diana, Princess of Wales, were over-sentimentalised); but he apologised for the article's wording and for using Liverpool and Bigley's death as examples, saying "I think the article was too trenchantly expressed but we were trying to make a point about sentimentality". Michael Howard resisted calls to dismiss Johnson over the Bigley affair, but dismissed him the next month over the Wyatt revelations.
In 2004, British newspapers reported that Johnson had had a four-year affair with Petronella Wyatt.[126] The affair, which had been well hinted at in UK newspaper gossip columns, included passionate London taxi cab rides around St John's Wood during which they would ask the cab driver to insert cassette tapes of Wyatt singing Puccini.[127] Although Johnson had promised to leave his wife,[128] after a break-up, they had rekindled their relationship during which Wyatt had become pregnant and then had an abortion; resulting in her mother discovering the affair and reporting it to the press.[126] Johnson was sacked from his shadow cabinet post by Michael Howard, not because of the affair but because he had lied about it.[126]
In a 2006 column, Johnson likened Conservative leadership disputes to "Papua New Guinea-style orgies of cannibalism and chief-killing" and was criticised in Papua New Guinea. The nation's High Commissioner invited him to visit the country and see for himself, while remarking that his comments might mean he was refused a visa.[129] Johnson suggested he would add Papua New Guinea to his global apology itinerary, and said he was sure the people there "lived lives of blameless bourgeois domesticity in common with the rest of us". In his defence, he stated "My remarks were inspired by a Time Life book I have which does indeed show relatively recent photos of Papua New Guinean tribes engaged in warfare, and I'm fairly certain that cannibalism was involved."[130]
In April 2007 Johnson was called upon to resign by the MPs for the city of Portsmouth after claiming in a column for GQ that the city was "one of the most depressed towns in Southern England, a place that is arguably too full of drugs, obesity, underachievement and Labour MPs".[131]
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Two days after Johnson's candidacy for Mayor of London took a six-point-poll lead over Ken Livingstone in a YouGov survey published by The Daily Telegraph,[132] Doreen Lawrence, mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence, said that he would 'destroy London's unity', adding that 'once people read his views, there is no way he is going to get the support of any people in the black community'. She was referring especially to the occasion on which Johnson, as a journalist in 1999, accused the Macpherson Inquiry, which reported on police racism following the Lawrence murder, of 'hysteria', adding that the "recommendation that the law might be changed so as to allow prosecution for racist language or behaviour 'other than in a public place'" was akin to "Ceausescu's Romania".[133]
The Conservative London Assembly candidate for Bexley and Bromley and former Conservative candidate for mayor of Lewisham, James Cleverly, another black Londoner, rejected Lawrence's criticisms.
In a piece in the Evening Standard on 6 August 2007, the journalist Andrew Gilligan responded to the allegations saying how 'outrageous – indeed Orwellian – it is to attack a man as a destroyer of racial harmony, one of the most serious charges you can lay, simply on the basis that he refuses to sign up for every dot and comma of a report of which she approves. While condemning the "grotesque failures" in the Lawrence case which "may well have originated in racism," Boris was far from the only person to oppose that particular Macpherson recommendation. Labour MPs opposed it, too. So did the Government, clearly, because they didn't implement it.'
These remarks were followed by criticism from two black Labour London MPs, Diane Abbott and Dawn Butler, who criticised a column written by Johnson in 2002, saying he had used "most offensive language of the colonial past", showing "that the Tory party is riddled with racial prejudice".[134] In the article in question, written to satirise the Prime Minister's visit to Congo,[135] Johnson mocked "Supertone" (Tony Blair) for his brief visits to world trouble spots, bringing peace to the world while the UK deteriorated; Blair would arrive as "the tribal warriors will all break out in watermelon smiles to see the big white chief", just as "it is said the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies". Although these remarks were intended as a satirical dig at the patronising attitude of Blair and the Queen towards foreigners, the choice of language left Johnson exposed to allegations of racism.[citation needed]
Johnson's campaign team rejected suggestions that their candidate might be prejudiced, insisting that he "loathes racism in all its forms". However, journalist Rod Liddle said that Johnson has used the word "piccaninnies" on another occasion to refer to black Africans.[136] Greater London analyst and director of the Greater London Group at the London School of Economics, Dr. Tony Travers, has written that "There is no way to dress up expressions such as "piccaninnies'" and "watermelon smiles" to take them within a million miles of acceptable."[137]
At an Evening Standard debate on 21 January 2008, Johnson apologised for these remarks, while insisting that, as parodies of the attitudes of others, they were taken out of context:
I do feel very sad that people have been so offended by these words and I'm sorry that I've caused this offence. But if you look at the article as written they really do not bear the construction that you're putting on them. I feel very strongly that this is something which is simply not in my heart. I'm absolutely 100 per cent anti-racist, I despise and loathe racism"[138]
In an interview with Jemima Khan, Johnson claimed the London Irish Awards Dinner was
"£20,000 on a dinner at the Dorchester for Sinn Féin" [139]
Johnson was informed in advance of the arrest of Conservative MP Damian Green and told acting Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson that he did not regard the arrest as 'common sense policing'.[140] A spokesman for Johnson says he told Stephenson he would need to see "convincing evidence that this action was necessary and proportionate," and that it would be better for police to spend their time preventing gun and knife crimes.[141] As chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority Johnson's position means he is not permitted to be involved in operational matters. Additionally Johnson is prohibited by Section 3, Paragraph 2(d) of the London Assembly Code of Conduct from doing anything that compromises the impartiality of a police officer. Andy Hayman, former Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner, commented that Johnson "was informed of the Green arrest in his position as chairman of the police authority but chose to react in the role of prominent Tory politician" and called Johnson's actions "political interference in operational policing."[142]
A formal complaint against Johnson was filed on 6 December by Len Duvall, alleging that Johnson "is guilty of four 'clear and serious' code of conduct breaches by speaking to Green, an arrested suspect in an ongoing criminal investigation, and publicly prejudging the outcome of the police inquiry following a private briefing by senior officers" and that Johnson has brought the office of Mayor "into disrepute".[143] Johnson admitted to telephoning Green after he had been bailed, an action which Duvall, a former Metropolitan Police Authority chairman, described as "absolutely astonishing and inappropriate," while Stephenson said it would be "entirely inappropriate" to prejudge an inquiry. Johnson had stated that he "had a 'hunch'" that Green would not be charged.[144] The formal complaint gave investigators ten days to decide whether to submit Johnson to formal inquiry by the Standards Board for England, where a guilty verdict could have seen him suspended or removed as Mayor of London, or banned from public office for up to five years.[143]
On 7 January 2009, several sources reported that the Greater London Authority and the Metropolitan Police Authority had decided to pursue a formal investigation of Johnson in-house.[145][146][147] The GLA can impose a maximum penalty of three months suspension from office if it finds Johnson guilty.[145]
The GLA announced that Johnson had been found not guilty on all counts on 24 February 2009.[148] However, despite clearing Johnson of any charges, investigator Jonathan Goolden said Johnson had been "extraordinary and unwise" in his actions and should be more careful in the future.[149]
On 16 April 2009, the Crown Prosecution Service announced that it was not going to bring a case against either Damian Green or Galley, the Home Office civil servant who passed data to Mr Green, as there was "insufficient evidence" for either to face charges. This followed the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee criticising Home Office civil servants for prompting the investigation by using "exaggerated" claims about the implications for national security that the leaks held.
On 2 April 2009, Johnson walked out of a House of Commons inquiry midway through giving an answer. He was asked by the Transport Select Committee if he had enquired as to whether there might be problems in the capital due to heavy snowfall. He refused to answer, stood up and left the room. The Greater London Authority transport committee chair Val Shawcross has said that he was not proactive and "entirely out of things".[150] When he moved to leave, the Chair accepted that Johnson had already used the 40 minutes of time he agreed to give the inquiry. Johnson resumed his seat to answer further questions, revealing that he had spoken to Peter (Hendy, head of Transport for London) before 7 am on the morning of the heavy snowfall. He also told the inquiry there had been a "staggering quantity of snow" and that his further intervention "would not have made the slightest difference to the difficulties we encountered".[151]
In a July 2009 interview with Stephen Sackur on the BBC programme HARDtalk, Johnson referred to the £250,000 per annum income he receives from his side job as a columnist for The Daily Telegraph as "chicken feed," suggesting that he wrote the columns "as a way of relaxation ... on a Sunday morning," and that he wrote "very fast" so the columns did not take time away from his duties as Mayor.[152] These comments were widely criticised due to the fact that the UK was at the time in economic recession and £250,000 is roughly 10 times the current average yearly wage for a worker in the UK.[153]
Responding to these comments, and in reaction to an upcoming restructuring exercise in which more than 100 jobs were expected to be eliminated at City Hall, the trade union UNISON, which represents 350 GLA staff, staged a protest featuring a "penned-up chicken man" being pelted with chicken feed by a Johnson lookalike in a pig mask.[154]
In October 2009, it was alleged that Johnson had selected former Evening Standard editor Veronica Wadley as head of the Arts Council For London because of her support for him during his 2008 mayoral campaign.[155] Wadley was described by Liz Forgan, head of the Arts Council, as being "manifestly less qualified than three of her competitors," adding that she had "almost no arts credibility" and that she had been rejected in the first round of interviews by both Forgan and David Durie, being favoured only by Johnson's Cultural Advisor Munira Mirza. Johnson wrote to Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw that he felt Wadley's "fundraising skills and views on music education made her the obvious candidate."[156]
Johnson committed a "minor technical breach of the code of conduct" in failing "to formally disclose his relationship with unpaid City Hall adviser Helen Macintyre",[157] The Guardian reported the standards panel of the Greater London Authority as having found on 15 December 2010. This followed tabloid speculation over the nature of Macyntire's relationship with Johnson,[158] after which London Assembly member John Biggs asked, "While I welcome your decision not to comment on your private life, I would ask you, in the public interest, to outline the process by which Ms Macintyre came to work for the office of the mayor."[159] The mayor's office insisted that Macintyre's appointment was part of a "thorough, transparent process",[160] and the standards panel deemed it an "oversight" not so serious as to require censure.[157]
In an interview to the New Statesman in February 2012 he criticised London's St Patrick's Day gala dinner celebrations. Linking them to Sinn Féin, he branded the event as 'Lefty crap'[161] He subsequently apologised for the remarks.[162]
Johnson is a supporter of many causes, particularly the teaching of Classics in inner city schools, and is a patron of The Iris Project. He has promised to donate £25,000 of his income from his Daily Telegraph column to such activities.[163]
He has also listed his activities in the Register of Interest at City Hall as:
Johnson has also supported Book Aid International amongst other charities.
In 2006, he took part in a charity football match between England and Germany, consisting of celebrities and former players. He came on as a substitute for England in the 85th minute and infamously rugby tackled former German international Maurizio Gaudino, in a vain attempt to win the ball with his head.[164]
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One thing that the Florida Panthers and their fans can take pride in this season is that they never quit. It doesn't always translate to wins, in fact oftentimes it does not. However, the hard work paid off tonight, as Mike Santorelli scored a late game tying power play goal, before winning the game for Florida in the shootout, and the Panthers beat the Lightning 3-2, Saturday night in Tampa Bay.
Santorelli came in on his shootout attempt and faked backhand, before pulling back to his forehand and beating Dan Ellis high over the glove. He was the first shooter, and the only one to score in the session. Panthers goalie Scott Clemmensen stopped all three shooters he faced.
This came after Santorelli tied the game with three minutes left in regulation. Bryan McCabe took a shot from the point, and Santorelli poked home a rebound in the resulting net scramble.
The Lightning broke a 1-1 tie just 14 seconds into the third period on a Sean Bergenheim goal. Adam Hall shot from the right wing boards, which Clemmensen initially stopped, but Bergenheim put home the rebound.
Trailing 1-0 in the second period, David Booth got a power play goal for the Panthers. Dennis Wideman broke his stick on a point shot, but the force was enough to deflect off Booth's shin and passed Ellis.
The first goal of the game went to the Lightning, when Marc-Andre Bergeron blasted home a wicked point shot just 4:45 into the first period. It was Bergeron's second goal since recently joining the Lightning.
The Panthers are back in action on Monday against the New York Islanders.


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Bankruptcy isn't much fun to think about. And, ideally, small businesses can avoid bankruptcy with wise money management strategies. But, sometimes even the best plans don't work out, and you may find yourself considering bankruptcy court for your small business. If your business is buried in debt, bankruptcy is worth considering. Not sure where to start? These bankruptcy tips will get you on the right track.
- Before declaring bankruptcy, consider other bankruptcy alternatives. Financially distressed businesses have options other than bankruptcy. There are two well-known alternatives for these businesses: a liquidation through an assignment for benefit of creditors and an out-of-court workout. An assignment for benefit of creditors is an accepted federal alternative to Chapter 7 bankruptcy. One advantage is that it is usually a little less expensive than Chapter 7. Meanwhile, an out-of-court workout may allow your business to continue operating, thanks to the cooperation of your creditors. This method, of course, depends on the willingness of your creditors and your ability to negotiate with them. Usually, you can prevent your creditors from taking legal action against you with an out-of-court workout; however, dissenting creditors can become an obstacle.
- If bankruptcy is inevitable, start by researching your options. Research is the key; understanding the procedural details will be invaluable. One of the first things you must do is decide whether to file for Chapter 11, Chapter 7 or Chapter 13. Chapter 11 bankruptcy is a good plan if your business has a future. A court-appointed trustee can reorganize the business, and outline a way to deal with creditors. Chapter 7 bankruptcy is best for a business that is suited for complete reorganization. Chapter 13 bankruptcy is only an option if you are a sole proprietor, as it is usually reserved for consumers. In addition to the important decision of which type to consider, you need to learn about the filing process, consequences and so on.
- Hire a good lawyer. No matter how much reading you do on your own, having a lawyer helps. Even if you decide to pursue a bankruptcy alternative, such as an out-of-court workout, an attorney can be a great service. Of course, you can't hire just any lawyer; you need to hire an experienced bankruptcy attorney.
Armed with bankruptcy research and a lawyer, declaring bankruptcy for your business can be a relatively smooth process. Of course, it may not be a joyful experience, but remember that failure can sometimes lead to success. After all, failure can help you rebuild a better plan, and update your strategy.


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Today Square-Enix announced the limited Collector's Edition of Tomb Raider, which is set to be released alongside the game on March 5th, 2013. The Collector's Edition comes packed with replica survival tin from the ship's explosion in premium packaging. It will also include the following items:
Play Arts -KAI- Lara Croft figurine – Lara Croft has been beautifully recreated as an 8-inch Play Arts -KAI- action figure. The figure comes with an alternate set of three hands, bow and arrow, shotgun, handgun, and an ice axe.
Double-sided island map and poster – Discover Key Landmarks from the mysterious island of Yamatai, where Lara Croft and her fellow castaways were marooned after the Endurance shipwreck, in this 15" x 19" poster. On the reverse is a poster-size image of the box art that epitomizes Lara's origin story.
Lithographic print – An exclusive 5" x 7" Lara Croft heavy-stock lithograph print with matte frame designed by Crystal Dynamic's Brian Horton, senior art director, and Brenoch Adams, concept artist.
Experience Shields –Three iron-on badges based on the game's experience icons: "Animal Instincts," the "Climbing Axe" and "Fire Arrow."
TOMB RAIDER Original Soundtrack 'Survivalist Cut'- A collection of 10 tracks with over 60 minutes of music from the game.
Weapons Pack Downloadable Content – includes a variety of weapons to help Lara survive against the island's inhabitants.


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Mocha-Almond-Fudge Ice-cream Sandwiches
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Yield: Makes 5 servings
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- 2 pints mocha-flavored ice cream with chocolate-covered almonds, softened
- 1 (8.5-ounce) package large chewy chocolate cookies
- Spread ice cream evenly on 1 side of 5 large chewy cookies; top with remaining large chewy cookies. Place in plastic or wax paper sandwich bags, and freeze at least 1 hour.
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By distancing herself from other Vietnamese, Hannah suggests that the negative images of Vietnamese perpetuated in the majority culture do not apply to her. She reveals that her perceptions have been shaped by the internalization of derogatory notions of her ethnic group. Asked about these stereotypes, Hannah views coethnics as confirmatory examples. She said
It doesn't bother me because a lot of Vietnamese people I've seen are like that, at least from my high school. That's why I believed it so I didn't want to be a part of it. I didn't want to be associated with that.
As these cases illustrate, the assimilated and biculturals rely on intraethnic othering and the social borders they generate to telegraph their cultural affiliation with the white-dominated mainstream. Border crossing carries the risk of being misidenified and denigrated as a "FOB," or a foreigner, and having one's Americanized status go unrecognized. In fact, the assimilated were more likely than the ethnically traditional to describe the risks of border crossing as shame, embarrassment, and downward social mobility. This mirrors the racial hierarchy of the larger societ, with higher status accorded those who are aligned with whites."
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