In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater") is the highest ranking officer in a municipal government of local town or large urban city.

In many systems the mayor serves as chief executive officer and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor, as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated. of London in his coronation robes. (1821)]]

English-Saxon mayors and counterparts

In England, the mayor is the modern descendant of the feudal lord's bailiff or reeve (see borough). The chief magistrate of London bore the title of portreeve for considerably more than a century after the Norman Conquest. This official was elected by popular choice, a privilege secured from King John. By the beginning of the twelfth century the title of portreeve gave way to that of mayor as the designation of the chief officer of London. The adoption of the title by other boroughs followed at various intervals.

In the 19th century, in the United Kingdom, the Municipal Corporations Act 1882, section 15, regulated the election of mayors. He was to be a fit person elected annually on 9 November by the council of the borough from among the aldermen or councillors or persons qualified to be such. His term of office was one year, but he is eligible for re-election. He may appoint a deputy to act during illness or absence, and such deputy must be either an alderman or councillor. A mayor who was absent from the borough for more than two months becomes disqualified and vacates his office. A mayor was ex officio a justice of the peace for the borough during his year of office and the next year. He received such remuneration as the council thought reasonable. These provisions have now been repealed.

The office of mayor in most modern English boroughs and towns did not in the twentieth century entail any important administrative duties, and was generally regarded as an honour conferred for local distinction, long service on the Council, or for past services. The mayor (who had to be a serving elected councillor) was expected to devote much of his (or her) time to civic, ceremonial, and representational functions, and to preside over meetings for the advancement of the public welfare. His or her administrative duties are to act as returning officer at parliamentary elections, and as chairman of the meetings of the council. However, since reforms introduced in 2000, 12 English boroughs have directly-elected mayors who combine the 'civic' mayor role with that of Leader of the Council and have significantly greater powers than either.

The mayor of a town council is officially known as town mayor (although in popular parlance, the word "town" is often dropped). Women mayors are also known as "Mayor"; the wife of a mayor is known as the "Mayoress".

Mayors are not appointed to District Councils which have not adopted the title of borough. Their place is taken by the Chairman of Council, who undertakes exactly the same functions and is, like a Mayor, the civic head of the district concerned.

Other counterparts

In Germany, Scandinavia and the Netherlands (see below) the chief town magistrate is called, respectively "Bürgermeister/borgmästare/burgemeester" 'Chief of the Bürger viz. burgers/citoyens, i.e., Burgesses, citizens' (see that article G. Bürgermeister, Dutch burgemeester; Swedish borgmästare; Estonian bürgermeister; Danish borgmester; Luxemburgish buergermeeschter; French-speaking parts of Belgium use bourgmestre).

The equivalent in Italy is sindaco (historical titles include podestà), in Greece δήμαρχος 'demarkhos' (the "archon of the deme"), in France Maire, in Argentina intendente, in Bohemia starosta, in Brazil prefeito 'prefect', in Romania primar and in Spain alcalde, a term derived from a Moorish post's Arabic name.

In Canada municipal titles vary from province to province, but the highest official of a First Nation community holds the title of chief. In addition, provinces which have rural municipalities in place of counties refer to their head elected official as reeve, although some such municipalities are now changing the title to mayor as well.

In the early 20th century, and for the most still, the English method of selecting a mayor by the council was copied for the corresponding functionaries in France (except Paris) and the more important cities of Italy. Direct appointment by the central government exists in Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. As a rule, too, the term of office is longer in other countries than in the United Kingdom. In France election is for six years, in The Netherlands for six, in Belgium for an indefinite period. In France the maire, and a number of experienced members termed adjoint au maire 'mayoral adjunct', who assist him as an executive committee, are elected directly by the municipal council from among their own number. Most of the administrative work is left in the hands of the maire and his adjuncts, the full council meeting comparatively seldom. The adjuncts receive no salary.

In Finland, there are two mayors, in Tampere and Pirkkala. Usually in Finland the highest executive official is not democratically elected, but appointed to a public office by the city council, and is called simply kaupunginjohtaja "city manager" or kunnanjohtaja "municipal manager", depending on whether the municipality defines itself as a city. The term pormestari "mayor", from Swedish borgmästare confusingly has referred only to the highest official in the registry office, not the city manager. In addition, pormestari is also an honorary title, which may be given for distinguished service in the post of the city manager. The city manager of Helsinki is called ylipormestari, which translates to "Chief Mayor", for historical reasons. Furthermore, the term "city manager" may be seen translated as "mayor".

This is similar to Portugal, where the highest municipal authority is the presidente da Câmara Municipal, the 'president of the Municipal Chamber', appointed to his office by the city council.

In Poland the chief executive of a town or city is called burmistrz or, in towns with more than 100,000 inhabitants or others which traditionally use the title, prezydent. The equivalent title in a rural commune (gmina) is wójt. These are all directly elected posts.

Mayors by country

====== On Australian councils, the Mayor is generally the member of the Council who acts as ceremonial figurehead at official functions, as well as carrying the authority of Council between meetings. Mayoral decisions made between meetings are subject to Council and may be confirmed or repealed if necessary. Mayors in Australia may be elected either directly through a ballot for the position of Mayor at a local-government election, or alternatively may be elected from within the Council at a meeting in September.

The civic regalia and insignia of local government have basically remained unaltered for centuries. The robes, the mayoral chain and the mace are not intended to glorify the individual, but rather they are a uniform of office and are used to respect and honour the people whom the users serve.

The Mayoral robe is crimson with lapels and sleeves trimmed in ermine. The Mayor may also wear a lace fall (neck piece) and cuffs.

The Deputy-Mayoral robe is crimson with lapels and sleeves trimmed with black velvet and bordered with lapin.

Mayors have the title of 'His/Her Worship' whilst holding the position.

In councils where Councillors are elected representing political parties, the Mayor is normally the leader of the party receiving the most seats on council.

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The mayor is the leader in most Canadian municipalities. However, some Canadian provinces (e.g. Ontario) still use the term reeve for the elected head of a small village, a township or a rural municipality, performing a similar role to the mayor of a town or city. The heads of county governments in Nova Scotia are often called warden, though several counties have started to use the term mayor instead. The town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario is the only municipality in Canada whose elected head holds the traditionally British title of Lord Mayor. Mayors have the title of 'His/Her Worship' while in office.

The chief executives of boroughs (arrondissements) in Quebec are termed mayors (maires/mairesses). A borough mayor simultaneously serves as head of the borough council and as a regular councillor on the main city council.

The scheduling of municipal elections in Canada varies by jurisdiction, as each province and territory has its own laws regarding municipal governance. See also municipal elections in Canada.

The mayor of a municipality in the Dominican Republic is called indistinctly alcalde or síndico. The latter name is preferred as to avoid confusing the title with the similarly sounding alcaide (lit. prison warden). Such person is the governor of the municipality whose township elected him (or her) by direct vote for a term of four years. The mayor's office daily duties are restricted to the local governance, and as such, it is responsible for the coordination of waste collection, upkeep of public spaces (parks, undeveloped urban parcels, streets, city ornate, traffic light control, sewage and most public utilities). In practice most of it duties are centered in light street repairing (new or big road projects, like overpasses, bridges, pedestrian crossings, etc. are handled by the Public Works Ministry (Ministerio de Obras Públicas in Spanish) office), under the direct control of the Central Government. Subcontracting garbage collection and management, overseeing the use of public spaces and arbitring neighborhood land use disputes which is managed by the National Property office (Oficina de Bienes Nacionales in Spanish) is also controlled by the mayor's office. Water, electrical supply and public transportation coordination are handled by several Central Government's offices, and as such, are not under control of the mayor.

In Germany local government is regulated by state statutes. Nowadays only the mayors of the three city-states (Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen) are still elected by the respective city or community council. In all the other states the mayors are now elected directly by the EU citizens living in that area. The post of mayor may be said to be a professional one, the mayor being the head of the local government, and requiring, in order to be eligible, a training in administration. In big cities (details are regulated by state statutes) the official title is Oberbürgermeister (chief mayor). In these cities a "simple" mayor is just a deputy responsible for a distinct task (e.g., welfare or construction works). Big cities are usually kreisfrei ("free of district"). That means that the city council also has the powers and duties of a rural district council. The leader of a rural district council is called Landrat ("land counsellor"). In that case the chief mayor has also the duties and powers of a Landrat. The term Oberbürgermeister is not used in the three city-states (e.g., in Berlin Regierender Bürgermeister ("governing mayor") is used).

Mayors in Greece are elected every four years in the local body elections and are the head of various municipal governments in which the state is divided. Starting from 2014 mayors will be elected for a 5-year term.

In India, the mayor acts as the city bureaucrat who is generally a state-appointed officer. The Mayor in the Municipal Corporation is usually chosen through direct vote for a term of five years. The Mayor generally lacks executive authority. The Municipal Commissioner serves as the Principal Executive Officer subject to the power and administration of the Mayor as the Chief Executive Officer.

In Iran, Mayor is executive manager of city and elected by The Islamic City Council. The Mayor is elected for a four-year term.

In Italy the mayor is called sindaco, or informally "first citizen". Every municipality has its mayor who represents the local government. The mayor is elected every 5 year by the inhabitants of the municipality. In Italy, the sindaco in the president of the "Consilium of the municipality". The mayor can write laws, but those must be approved by the "Consiulium". He/She can also declare the "emergency state" during natural or human calamities. On official and formal occasions the mayor must wear a tri-color band (green, white, red) which is the badge of the Mayors.

Japan's Local-Autonomy Law of 1947 defines the structure of Japanese local governments, which were strengthened after World War II. It gives strong executive power to the mayor in the local politics like strong mayors in large cities in the United States of America. The titles that are translated as "mayor" by the governments are those of the heads of cities , towns , villages , and Tokyo's special wards . (The head of the Tokyo prefecture is the .) A mayor is elected every four years by direct popular votes held separately from the assembly. A mayor can be recalled by a popular initiative but the prefectural and the national governments cannot remove a mayor from office. Towards the assembly the mayor prepares budgets, proposes local acts and has vetoes on local acts just approved by the assembly which can be overridden by two-thirds assembly support. A mayor can resolve the assembly if the assembly passes a motion of no confidence or if the mayor thinks the assembly has no confidence in fact.

The Mayor of the municipality in Moldova is elected for four years. In Bălţi, Vasile Panciuc (PCRM) is the incumbent from 2001 and was re-elected twice: in 2003 during the anticipated elections (as a result of a new reform of the administrative division in Moldova in 2003), and in 2007. In Chişinău, the last mayor elections had to be repeated three times, because of the low rate of participation. As a result, Dorin Chirtoaca (Liberal Party), won the last mayor elections in Chişinău.

is the current mayor of Amsterdam]] In the Netherlands, the mayor (in Dutch: burgemeester) is the leader of the municipal executives ('College van Burgemeester en Wethouders'). In the Netherlands, burgermeesters are de facto appointed by the national cabinet, de jure by the monarch. They preside both the municipal executive and the legislative ('gemeenteraad'). The title is sometimes translated as burgomaster, to emphasize the appointed, rather than elected, nature of the office. The appointment procedure was brought for discussion in the early 2000s, as some of the political parties represented in parliament regarded the procedure as undemocratic. Alternatives proposed were direct election of the mayor by the people or appointment by the city council (gemeenteraad). A constitutional change to allow for this failed to pass the Senate in March 2005.

Mayors in New Zealand are elected every three years in the local body elections.

In Pakistan, a city is headed by the District Nazim (the word means "supervisor" in Urdu, but is sometimes translated as Mayor) and assisted by Naib Nazim who is also speaker of District Council. District Nazim is elected by the nazims of union councils, union councillors and by tehsil nazims, who themselves are elected directly by the votes of the local public. Council elections are held every four years.

The Mayor of the municipality in Romania is elected for four years. In Bucharest for example, Traian Băsescu (The Alliance of Justice and Truth), the president of Romania was the Mayor of the municipality from 2000 to 2004.

and Spanish America

Alcalde is the most common Spanish term for the mayor of a town or city. It is derived from the Arabic al-qaḍi ( قاضي ), i.e., "the (Sharia) judge," who often had administrative, as well as judicial, functions. Although the Castilian alcalde and the Andalusian qaḍi had slightly different attributes (the qaḍi oversaw an entire province, the alcalde only a municipality; the former was appointed by the ruler of the state but the latter was elected by the municipal council), the adoption of this term reflects how much Muslim society in the Iberian Peninsula influenced the Christian one in the early phases of the Reconquista. As Spanish Christians took over an increasing part of the Peninsula, they adapted the Muslim systems and terminology for their own use.

Today, it refers to the executive head of a municipal or local government, who usually does not have judicial functions. The word intendente is used in Argentina and Paraguay for the office that is analogous to a mayor.

The Swedish title borgmästare (burgomaster) was abolished in the municipal reform of 1971. Today, the municipal commissioner - the highest ranking politician in each municipality - is informally titled "mayor" in English.

In the Republic of China in Taiwan the mayor is the head of a city's government and is completely distinct from the associated city's council, which is in charge of legislative affairs. The mayor and city council are elected separately by the city's residents.

In Ukraine was introduced a title of Mer for the position of the head of the municipal state administration in the federal cities of Kiev and Sevastopol. In the rest of the urban and rural settlements the position is unofficial and is simply referring to the head of a local council who at the moment of such assignment cannot be affiliated with any party of the council.

====== Mayor Rudy Giuliani (right) with former U.S. Sectretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (left) near the World Trade Center site on November 14, 2001.]] In the United States, there are several distinct types of mayors, depending on the system of local government. Under council-manager government, the mayor is a first among equals on the city council, analogous to a head of state for the city. He or she may chair the city council, but lacks any special legislative powers. The mayor and city council serve part-time, with day-to-day administration in the hands of a professional city manager. The system is most common among medium sized cities from around 25,000 to several hundred thousand, usually rural and suburban municipalities.

In the second form, known as mayor-council government, the mayoralty and city council are separate offices. Under a strong mayor system, the mayor acts as an elected executive with the city council functioning with legislative powers. He or she may select a chief administrative officer to oversee the different departments. This is the system used in most of the United States' large cities, primarily because mayors serve full time and have a wide range of services that they oversee. In a weak mayor or ceremonial mayor system, the mayor has appointing power for department heads but is subject to checks by the city council, sharing both executive and legislative duties with the council. This is common for smaller cities, especially in New England. Charlotte, North Carolina and Minneapolis, Minnesota are two notable large cities with a ceremonial mayor.

Many American mayors are styled “His/Her Honor” while in office.

Multi-tier local government

In several countries, where there is not local autonomy, mayors are often appointed by some branch of the federal or regional government. In some cities, subdivisions such as boroughs may have their own mayors; this is the case, for example, with the arrondissements of Paris, Montreal, and Mexico City. In Belgium, the capital, Brussels, is administratively one of the federation's three regions, and is the only city subdivided, without the other regions' provincial level, into 19 rather small municipalities, which each have an elected—formally appointed—Burgomaster (i.e., Mayor, responsible to his / her elected council); while Antwerp, the other major metropolitan area, has one large city (where the boroughs, former municipalities merged into it, elect a lower level, albeit with very limited competence) and several smaller surrounding municipalities, each under a normal Burgomaster as in Brussels.

In the People's Republic of China, the Mayor (市長) may be the administrative head of any municipality, provincial, prefecture-level, or county-level. The Mayor is usually the most recognized official in cities, although the position is the second-highest ranking official in charge after the local Communist Party Secretary. In principle, the Mayor (who also serves as the Deputy Communist Party Secretary of the city) is responsible for managing the city administration while the Communist Party Secretary is responsible for general policy and managing the party bureaucracy, but in practice the roles blur, frequently causing conflict.

See also

Acting Mayor

Lists of mayors by country

City and town halls

Council-manager government

Mayor-council government

World Mayor

Alcalde

Burgomaster

Sarpanch

Mayors and provosts in the United Kingdom

;Historical

Schultheiß

Urban prefect

References

A. Shaw, Municipal Government in Continental Europe

J - A. Fairlie, Municipal Administration

S. and B. Webb, English Local Government

Redlich and Hirst, Local Government in England

A. L. Lowell, The Government of England.

External links

Comparative database of European mayors

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{{Infobox musical artist| | Name = The Courage | Img = | Img_capt = | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Alias = | Origin = Seattle, Washington | Genre = Folk rockAmericana Acoustic Indie. Noah Gundersen & the Courage began in 2006 in Centralia, Washington. They began playing shows throughout the Washington/Oregon region, and quickly gained a fan base there. Noah's first CD, "Brand New World" (recorded by himself, Abby Gundersen, and Michael Porter) was recorded in Eugene, Oregon in a home studio. It began to be sold on the internet in 2008. That summer, an internet hacker named "andrewlandon" discovered Noah Gundersen's music and stole his song "Winter" (as well has three songs by a neighboring musician, Jacob White, and several other artists) and put it on his own MySpace.

In mid 2008, "Live at the Triple Door", the band's first live CD was released independently as they toured throughout the west coast. In May, Noah and Abby made another western tour with Garage Voice and Tom Rorem, an ensuing two month tour alongside Chelsea Seth of Paper Mache occurred that August. On October 9, The Courage played a show at The Q Cafe to release Noah's newest album, "Saints & Liars". Paige Richmond, a Seattle Weekly reporter attending the show gave the band's performance and new CD an outstanding review, titling the review "Noah Gundersen Brings Q Cafe Crowd to Its Feet" As winter set in, the band became stationary while Abby began to pursue her college education and the other three set out finding other jobs. Noah Gundersen & the Courage continues to rehearse and play shows in the WA/OR area at venues such as The Round and the Triple Door, while staying less active.

On December 10 at midnight, The Courage released a new song on their myspace, "Moles", which is the only studio recording of The Courage. The song was only on their music page for a few days but physical CDs were released when they performed at the Triple Door on December 29. In the following February, the track "Middle of June", off of Saints & Liars, appeared on an episode of One Tree Hill.

The band announced through their new website, as well as with an interview with Seattle Weekly, that their first full-length album would be released in the summer of 2010. The album, according to Seattle Weekly, marks a transition in the band as the group moved from a singer/song-writer led band fronted by Noah Gundersen—one that frequented solo acoustic songs—to a functioning unit that creates songs that incorporate the entire band. Noah Gundersen has even considered removing his name from the band's title. The album is the first full-length recording to be released by The Courage.

Fearful Bones and name change (2010-present)

By the beginning of August 2010, recording, production, and mixing for the new album had been completed in a barn in Sisters, Oregon. On August 3, the band announced the change of their title as well as the name of their debut album via their Twitter page, A new song, "Frequency," was streamed for free off of their official website in the beginning of Septembe. On September 11, The Courage played a release show for Fearful Bones and followed up with a three week tour of the West Coast with the album's producer, Matt Lee, playing lead guitar.

The Local Lounge

On January 11, 2009, Noah Gundersen played live for 45 minutes on KCDA during the "Local Lounge". He performed the songs "Poor Man's Son", "The Ocean", and "No Fairness" and aired the songs "America", "Nine Pound Hammer", "Current State of Things", and "Oh, Momma" But additional artist play varying roles in the Courage, often playing with the band live

Michael Porter - Electric Guitar, additional guitar on "Brand New World"

Chris Judd - Bass guitar, Vocals

Michael Rabb - Keys, Tambourine, Vocals ("appears on Live at the Triple Door")

Drew Konzelman - Mandolin, Violin, Octave Violin, Electric Guitar

Matt Lee - guitar (Fearful Bones tour in September 2010)

Discography

The first two studio albums from The Courage are credited mainly to Noah Gundersen as the singer/songwriter with accompaniment from Abby Gundersen with vocals and violin.

Brand New World

Brand New World is Noah's first CD, it features Abby singing backup vocals and playing the violin, and Michael Porter playing an additional guitar.

# "Brand New World" - 4:48 # "Moss On A Rolling Stone" - 4:53 # "Burning Fences" - 5:03 # "The First Song" - 4:53 # "Winter"* - 6:18 # "The Current State Of Things" - 5:11

The song "Winter" was hacked and made to look like the creation of a notorious Internet hacker, "andrewlandon".

Live at the Triple Door

Live at the Triple Door is the first CD by The Courage to include the entire group, and is Noah's second recording released. The album was recorded at the The Triple Door venue in Seattle, Washington. The Triple Door has had several artists and groups record live albums in its lounge and The Courage is one of the more recent bands to do so.

Saints & Liars

Saints & Liars was released by Noah Gundersen on October 9, 2009; although tracks 2, 3, 5 and 6 were already on the bands myspace. The album was released at a show in The Q Cafe and was sold digitally later that month. The CD/show received an outstanding review from the Seattle Weekly saying "Noah Gundersen Brings Q Cafe Crowd to Its Feet".

Associated acts

National Theatre Project

Bassist Travis Ehrenstrom leads an acoustic Oregon based band, National Theatre Project.

Travis Ehrenstrom - Vocals, Guitar

Seth Rodriguez - Saxophone

Matt Cartmill - Drums

Patrick Pearsall - Bass

Beneath Oceans

Noah Gundersen was frontman and singer for a post-hardcore group called Beneath Oceans. While the group was active, the played shows throughout the West Coast, and had a recording session. At the end of 2008, with the departure of Keelan, Gundersen announced that the band was done. Beneath Oceans Myspace profile

References

External links

Noah Gundersen's myspace profile

The Triple Door website

Interview with Noah Gundersen

Concert review by The Falcon online

The Courage twitter page

Category:2000s music groups Category:American folk rock groups Category:Musical groups from Seattle, Washington Category:Centralia, Washington

Name	Steve Carell
Caption	Carell at the Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on January 23, 2010
Birth date	August 16, 1962
Birthname	Steven John Carell
Birth place	Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.
Yearsactive	1991, 1996–present
Spouse	Nancy Carell (1995–present; 2 children)
Occupation	ActorComedianVoice artistProducerScreenwriterDirector

Steven John "Steve" Carell (; born August 16, 1962) is an American comedian, actor, voice artist, producer, director and writer. Carell became famous for his roles in the television series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Office. He has also starred in several Hollywood films including , The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Little Miss Sunshine, Evan Almighty, Dan in Real Life, Get Smart, Date Night and Dinner for Schmucks; and voiced characters in the animated films Over the Hedge, Horton Hears a Who!, and Despicable Me. Carell was nominated as "America's funniest man" in Life magazine. He received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Comedy Series for his lead role of Michael Scott for the American television series The Office during 2006.

Early life

Carell, the youngest of four sons, was born at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, and was raised in nearby Acton, by his parents, Harriet T. (née Koch), a psychiatric nurse, and Edwin A. Carell, an electrical engineer. His maternal uncle, Stanley Koch, worked with Allen B. DuMont to create cathode ray tubes. Carell's paternal grandfather was Italian; He was educated at The Fenn School and Middlesex School. Carell played the fife, performing with other members of his family, and later joined a reenacting group portraying the 10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot. Carell attributed this to his interest in history, in which he earned his degree from Denison University in Granville, Ohio in 1984. He originally aspired to become a radio broadcaster, deejaying at WDUB in Granville.

Early career

Before opting for a career as a performer, Carell claims that he worked as a mail carrier in Littleton, Massachusetts. He later recounted that he quit after a few months because his boss told him he was not very good as a mail carrier; he needed to be more efficient. He planned on attending law school, but was unable to write an explanation on his application form as to why he wanted to be a lawyer. Early in his performing career, Carell acted on the stage in a touring children's theater company and later in the comedy musical, Knat Scatt Private Eye. He also acted in a television commercial for Brown's Chicken in 1989. After that, Carell performed with Chicago troupe The Second City in 1991, where Stephen Colbert was his understudy for a time. That same year, he obtained his first film work in a minor role as Tesio in Curly Sue.

During the spring of 1996, he was a cast member of The Dana Carvey Show, a primetime sketch comedy program on ABC. Along with fellow cast member Stephen Colbert, Carell provided the voice of Gary, half of The Ambiguously Gay Duo, the Robert Smigel-produced animated short which continued on Saturday Night Live later that year. While the program lasted only seven episodes, The Dana Carvey Show has since been credited with forging Carell's career. During this time, he also played a supporting character for several series including Come to Papa and the short-lived 1997 Tim Curry situation comedy Over the Top. He has made numerous guest appearances, including on an episode of Just Shoot Me titled "Funny Girl." Carell's other early screen credits includes Julia Louis-Dreyfus's short-lived situation comedy Watching Ellie (2002–2003) and Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda. He has also made fun of himself for auditioning for Saturday Night Live but losing the job to Will Ferrell. Carell was a correspondent for The Daily Show from 1999 until 2005, with a number of regular segments including "Even Stephven" with Stephen Colbert and "Produce Pete."

The Office

During 2005, Carell signed a deal with NBC to star in an American version of the BBC British TV show The Office, a so-called "mockumentary" about life at a mid-sized paper supply company. He plays Michael Scott, the idiosyncratic regional manager of Dunder Mifflin Inc, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Although the first season of the adaptation suffered mediocre ratings, NBC renewed it for another season due to the anticipated success of Carell's movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and the series subsequently became a ratings success. Carell won a Golden Globe and Television Critics Association award during 2006 for his Office role. He also received Emmy nominations during 2006 and 2007 for his work in the series.

Carell earned approximately $175,000 per episode of the third season of The Office, twice his salary for the previous two seasons. Carell was allowed "flex time" during filming to work on theatrical films. Carell worked on Evan Almighty during a production hiatus during the second season of The Office.

Production ended during the middle of the fourth season of The Office because of Carell's and others' refusal to cross the picket line of the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike. Carell, a WGA member, has written two episodes of The Office: "Casino Night" and "Survivor Man". Both episodes were praised, and Carell won a Writer's Guild of America award for "Casino Night".

On April 29, 2010, Carell stated he would be leaving the show when his contract expires at the conclusion of the 2010-2011 season.

Film career

Two important roles helped Carell get the attention of audiences: Bruce Almighty, in which Carell plays Evan Baxter (an arrogant rival to Jim Carrey's character), and , in which Carell plays another news personality, slow-witted weatherman Brick Tamland. Years later he would reprise the role of Evan Baxter in Evan Almighty, a film in which his character from Bruce Almighty has an experience similar to the biblical story of Noah's Ark.

Carell's first starring role was in the 2005 film The 40-Year-Old Virgin, which he developed and co-wrote. The film made $109 million in domestic box office and established Carell as a leading man. It also earned Carell an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance and a WGA Award nomination, along with co-writer Judd Apatow, for Best Original Screenplay.

Carell acted as "Uncle Arthur", imitating the camp mannerisms of Paul Lynde's original character for the 2005 remake of Bewitched with Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell. He also voiced a starring role for the 2006 computer-animated film Over the Hedge as Hammy the Squirrel. He also voiced for the 2008 animated film Horton Hears a Who! as the mayor of Whoville, Ned McDodd. He starred in Little Miss Sunshine during 2006, as Uncle Frank. His work in the films , The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Bewitched established Carell as a member of Hollywood's so-called "Frat Pack" group. (This set of actors includes Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn and Luke Wilson).

Carell acted as the title character of Evan Almighty, a sequel to Bruce Almighty, reprising his role as Evan Baxter, now a U.S. Congressman. Although, ostensibly, God tasks Baxter with building an ark, Baxter also learns that life can generate positive returns with people offering Acts of Random Kindness. During October 2006, Carell began acting for the film Dan in Real Life, co-starring Dane Cook and Juliette Binoche. Filming ended December 22, 2006, and the film was released on October 26, 2007.

Carell played Maxwell Smart for a movie remake of Get Smart, which began filming February 3, 2007 and was filmed in Los Angeles, Washington DC, and Moscow, Russia. The movie was successful, grossing over $200 million worldwide. During 2007, Carell was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Carell filmed a movie during late 2008 opposite Tina Fey, entitled Date Night. It was released on April 9, 2010 in the US. He voiced Gru who is the main character in the Universal CGI movie Despicable Me along with Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Miranda Cosgrove, and Julie Andrews. Which was very successful and will likely be reprising the role for the upcoming sequel. He has several other projects in the works, including a remake of the 1967 Peter Sellers film The Bobo. He is currently doing voiceover work in commercials for Wrigley's Extra gum.

Carell has launched a television division of his Carousel Prods., which has contracted a three-year overall deal with Universal Media Studios, the studio behind his NBC comedy series. Thom Hinkle and Campbell Smith of North South Prods., former producers on Carell's alma mater, Comedy Central's The Daily Show, have been hired to manage Carousel's TV operations.

Personal life

Carell is married to Saturday Night Live alumna Nancy Carell, whom he met when she was a student in an improvisation class he was teaching at Second City. They have two children, Elisabeth Anne "Annie" (born May 25, 2001) and John "Johnny" (born June 2004). In addition to working with him as a fellow correspondent on The Daily Show, Nancy also acted with him on The Office as his realtor and short-lived girlfriend Carol Stills, and also cameoed as a sex therapist in The 40 Year Old Virgin.

The Carells have a home in Marshfield, Massachusetts. He recently helped to preserve some of the town's history by purchasing the 155-year-old Marshfield Hills General Store, an antique country store well-known for its candy counter.

Filmography

Film

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Television

{|class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- |1996 | The Dana Carvey Show | Various characters | Sketch comedy |- | 1997 | Over the Top | Yorgo Galfanikos | 12 episodes; only 3 aired. |- | 1998 | Just Shoot Me | Insurance Agent |- |1999–2004 | The Daily Show | Correspondent |- | 2005–2011 | The Office | Michael Scott | Writer, episodes "Casino Night" and "Survivor Man"; Director, episode "Broke" and "Secretary's Day"Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2006)Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2007, 2008)Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor: Comedy (2007, 2008)TV Land Future Classic AwardTelevision Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy (2006)Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy Series shared with ensemble writers (2007)Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Comedy for episode "Casino Night"Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Comedy Series (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)Nominated — Prism Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Series (2007)Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2006, 2007)Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (2007, 2008, 2009)Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2009)Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor: Comedy (2006)Nominated — Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy (2009)Nominated — Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy Series shared with ensemble writers (2008, 2009) |- | rowspan="2"|2010 | 2010 Kids' Choice Awards | rowspan="2"| Himself | Covered by slime |- | Todos Contra Juan | Argentinian TV sitcom - Season 2/Series finale |}

Other Awards

Carell won the Spike TV 2008 "Guys Choice", Funniest M.F. Award.

Salary

The Office (Season 3) - $175,000 an episode (renegotiated in 2006). In an Entertainment Weekly interview, he commented on his salary, saying "You don't want people to think you're a pampered jerk. Salaries can be ridiculous. On the other hand, a lot of people are making a lot of money off of these shows."

The Office (Seasons 1, 2) - $76,000 an episode

Evan Almighty - $5,000,000

The 40-Year-Old Virgin - $500,000

References

External links

in 2007

Dateline NBC's interview with Carell

Carell's antique country store in Marshfield, MA

USA Today article on real-life CEO lessons

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Name	Mount Kimbie
Formed	2008
Instrument	music sequencer, samplers, guitar, synthesizer, drum machine, personal computer,
Genre	dubstep, minimal, ambient
Years active	2008–present
Label	Hotflush
Url	http://www.myspace.com/mountkimbie
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist}}

Mount Kimbie is a British electronic duo that formed in London, England in 2008. The duo consists of Dominic Maker and Kai Campos. Unlike many other mainstream dubstep artists, their style revolves around sampling, loops and ambient soundscapes.

History

Mount Kimbie are made up of twenty-four-year-old Kai Campos and twenty-three-year-old Dom Maker. Kai is originally from St. Austell in Cornwall, while Dom is from Brighton. They met at Southbank University in London, where Kai was having another go at university and Dom was studying film. They started making music together at a home studio in Peckham. Originally coining the terms "post-dubstep", the duo has released two unique EP's. The bands' debut album, entitled "Crooks and Lovers", was released on 19 June in the UK to critical acclaim, and achieved a 7.9 ADM Rating on review aggregator website AnyDecentMusic?.

Discography

Albums

Crooks and Lovers (2010)

EPs

Sketch on Glass (2009)

Maybes (2009)

References

External links

Category:People from London Category:English electronic musicians Category:Dubstep musicians

Name	Michael R. Bloomberg
Caption	Bloomberg in 2007.
Order	108th Mayor of New York City
Term start	January 1, 2002
Predecessor	Rudy Giuliani
Successor	Incumbent
Birth date	February 14, 1942
Birth place	Boston, Massachusetts
Religion	Reform Judaism He is the founder and 88% owner of Bloomberg L.P., a financial news and information services media company.
Name	Bloomberg, Michael Rubens
Short description	American businessman, philanthropist, politician
Date of birth	14 February 1942
Place of birth	Brighton, Massachusetts

Category:1942 births Category:Living people Category:People from Boston, Massachusetts Category:American aviators Category:American billionaires Category:American financial businesspeople Category:American mass media owners Category:American memoirists Category:American philanthropists Category:Eagle Scouts Category:Gun control advocates Category:Harvard Business School alumni Category:Independent politicians in the United States Category:Jewish American mayors Category:Johns Hopkins University alumni Category:Massachusetts Democrats Category:Mayors of New York City Category:New York City mayoral candidates Category:New York Democrats Category:New York Republicans Category:American people of Polish-Jewish descent Category:American people of Russian-Jewish descent Category:American Reform Jews Category:News agency founders

Name	Marco Antonio Solís
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Marco Antonio Solís
Born	December 29, 1959Ario de Rosales, Michoacán, Mexico
Genre	Latin pop / Mexican pop
Occupation	Musician, composer
Years active	-Present

Marco Antonio Solís (born December 29, 1959 in Ario de Rosales, Michoacán, Mexico) is a Mexican composer and record producer.

Early life and career

Marco Antonio Solís started his career at the age of 6 years as one half of Los Hermanitos Solís, with cousin Joel Solís. In the mid-1970s he formed Los Bukis with whom he achieved great success in Mexico, Central and South America, as well as with Hispanic listeners in the United States. As lead singer and chief song-writer of Los Bukis, Solís became known in the industry for outside writing and producing for popular singers such as Marisela and Rocío Dúrcal. In 1996, after almost 20 years of working with the group, he decided to pursue a solo career.

As a solo artist he has remained popular in his native Mexico as well as in countries throughout Latin America and Spain. In the United States, Solís has been successful, with over thirty entries on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks chart, including multiple number one hits.His albums have also been successful within the U.S. Latin community. He also remains a sought-after record producer, having worked with Olga Tañón, Ana Bárbara, and most recently Enrique Iglesias and Anaís, among others. On August 5, 2010 Marco Antonio Solís received his star on the Hollywood walk of fame.

Public image

Solís has avoided public exposure outside of his music. He wrote and produced an album for the Puerto Rican "Merengue Queen" Olga Tañón, called "Nuevos Senderos", in 1996. The album sold over 500,000 copies and produced 2 number one hits, "Basta Ya" and "Me Subes, Me Bajas, Me Subes." He was married to Beatriz Adriana (born March 5, 1958), a Mexican singer, with whom he has a daughter.

Discography

Studio albums

1996: En Pleno Vuelo

1997: Marco Antonio Solís

1999: Trozos de Mi Alma

2001: Más de Mi Alma

2003: Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio

2004: Razón de Sobra

2006: Trozos de Mi Alma, Vol. 2

2008: No Molestar

2010: En Total Plenitud

Graphic Design & Art Direction for Marco Antonio Solis by: Adriana Rebold

Compilations, Duets, Live Albums, etc...

1998: Recuerdos, Tristeza Y Soledad

2000: En Vivo

2001: En Vivo, Vol. 2

2003: La Historia Continúa...

2004: ''Dos Grandes (with Joan Sebastian)

2005: La Historia Continúa... Parte II

2005: Dos Idolos (with Pepe Aguilar)

2007: La Historia Continúa... Parte III

2007: La Mejor... Colección US Sales as of July 11, 2007: 43,511 copies

2008: Una Noche en Madrid (en Vivo)

2009: Más de Marco Antonio Solís

Singles

See also

Mundo de Fieras - (Mexican telenovela)

References

External links

Official site (Spanish)

Category:1959 births Category:1990s singers Category:2000s singers Category:2010s singers Category:Living people Category:Mexican male singers Category:Mexican singer-songwriters Category:Latin pop singers Category:Latin Grammy Award winners Category:People from Michoacán

Name	Jae Millz
Background	solo_singer
Born	September 11, 1983
Birth name	Jarvis Mills
Alias	Millzberry Doughboy,Most Hated,Young Barry,Millzy,Lego
Origin	Harlem, New York, United States
Genre	Hip hop
Years active	2000–present
Associated acts	Lil Wayne,Young Money, Vado
Label	Wanna Blow Ent.,SRC/Universal,Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Motown
Url

Jae Millz (born Jarvis Mills; September 11, 1983) is an American rapper currently signed to Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Universal Motown.

Biography

Early years

Millz was born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. Jae Millz recalls his earliest memories of music through his mother's diverse record collection. In 1997, while attending New York's High School of Art and Design, Millz honed his lyrical abilities in the lunchroom by battling all challengers. After taking his verbal ferocity out on the streets of Harlem, at the age of 15, Millz was noticed by Tupac Shakur's wife at the time, Keisha Morris, while he was battling outside his younger brother's basketball game.

Music career

She introduced him to the Wanna Blow Entertainment's co-CEOs, Nige and Tone. Soon after that pivotal moment, Millz was soaking up game from some of raps biggest talents including P. Diddy, Lil Kim, Mase and Mysonne, whom he credits with making an indelible impression on him. Millz has made a name for himself through countless freestyle battles, mixtapes & Smack DVD appearances that has earned him legendary underground status. He also appeared on MTV's Making the Band Season 2 in 2003 where he was asked by P. Diddy to battle E. Ness from Da Band. The battle was judged by P. Diddy and lasted about an hour, however about 45 minutes of the battle never made it onto the T.V. show. The majority of the uncut battle can be seen on the internet which shows Millz took the battle in the last round; however P. Diddy, who had to show no favoritism, decided to declare the battle a draw. Millz' underground popularity earned him a recording deal with Wanna Blow Ent.

Jae Millz was the first artist signed to Tone & Nige's Wanna Blow Ent. label. Due to the hype surrounding Jae in late 2003, Wanna Blow signed a distribution deal with Mc Hammer. While at Warner Bros. Records, Millz released his first single "Rude Boy Get Up (No, No, No)" and shot a video for it in Jamaica. Not long after this the deal with Warner Bros. fell through. Despite the popularity and hype, Warner Bros. failed to deliver an album, leading to Jae Millz and Wanna Blow departing the label. They immediately reached a deal with SRC Records and Universal Records.

Debut album

His debut album was supposed to be released as a joint venture with Wanna Blow and Warner Bros. Records in 2004. He left Warner for SRC/Universal and for the next two years, Millz prepped for an album's release, dropping singles such as “Streetz Melting” produced by Swizz Beatz, “Bring It Back” feat. Jadakiss and “My Swag” produced by Scott Storch but Universal never made a video for any of them.

Eventually leaving SRC, he hopes to release the album in June 2008 and he has begun working on his second album Harlem Nightz.

It is reported that 2008, Jae Millz has signed with Lil' Wayne and his Young Money Entertainment.He is currently working on his debut album titled Nothing Is Promised which is set to drop in 2011. Millzy has also been releasing a free mixtape every month in 2010 for the fans to download.

Discography

We Are Young Money (with Young Money Entertainment) (2009)

Guest Appearances

Respect The Jux - Vado

Money In The Bank - G4 Boyz

Keep It Poppin' - Verse Simmonds, Vado

Filthy Game - Vado

War Games - Al-Doe

Hood Nights - Trae, Gudda Gudda

Run My City - Starsky, Vado

Bottoms Up (Remix) - Trey Songz, Nicki Minaj

Uptown - Lil Chuckee, Lil Wayne

Where's Wayne - Lil Chuckee, Lil Twist, Nicki Minaj, Gudda Gudda

Make Up Bag (Remix) - The-Dream, T.I.

Mo Murder - Gudda Gudda, Vado

OMG (Remix) - Usher, Will.i.am

Tell Me (Remix) - Shanell

It's Nothin' - Sean J

The Dungeon - Lil Twist, Tyga, Gudda Gudda

Red Devils - Gudda Gudda, Lil Twist, Lil Chuckee

Raw - Gudda Gudda, Mack Maine

Cannonball (Remix) - Collin Munroe, Gudda Gudda, Drake

Ridin (remix)- Chamillionaire, papoose

THE DUNGEON- (lil twist)(kiki dee))

Mixtapes

Harlem Nights

2002: Once Upon A Time In Harlem (Hosted by DJ Enuff)

2003: Once Upon A Time In Harlem Vol. 2 (Hosted by Big Mike)

2005: The Statue

2006: Back 2 Tha Future

2007: Time Is Now

2007: Zone Out Season Vol. 1

2009: Zone Out Season Vol. 2

2009: The Virgo Mixtape "He Nasty"

2010: The Flood Warning (Hosted by DJ Ill Will & DJ Rockstar)

2010: The Flood (Hosted by DJ Ill Will & DJ Rockstar)

2010: The Flood Continues (Hosted by DJ Ill Will & DJ Rockstar)

2010: The Virgo Mixtape 2 "He Still Nasty"

2010: Dead Presidents (Hosted by DJ Whoo Kid & DJ Scream)

2010: The Flood Never Ended

2010: The Virgo Mixtape 3 "He Even Nastier"

References

External links

Official Website

Category:Cash Money Records artists Category:1983 births Category:African American rappers Category:Rappers from New York Category:Living people Category:People from Harlem

Name	Enrique Bunbury
Background	solo_singer
Origin	Zaragoza, Spain
Genre	Rock En Español, Latin Rock, Euro Indie
Years active	1984–present
Spouse	[Nona Rubio 2000-2001]
Associated acts	Heroes Del Silencio
Url	www.enriquebunbury.com, BUNBURY Oficial Facebook, BUNBURY Oficial MySpace, BUNBURY Oficial Twitter

Enrique Ortiz de Landázuri Izardui (a.k.a. Enrique Bunbury), born August 11, 1967 is a Spanish rock singer-songwriter .

Bunbury was born in Zaragoza, Spain. He got involved in music in the early 1980s, making his debut in a high school band called Apocalipsis, and later played along with Proceso Entrópico. In 1984, Bunbury joined a group called Zumo de Vidrio, debuting as a lead vocalist. After adopting the nickname of Bunbury, taken from the Oscar Wilde stage play The Importance of Being Earnest, the musician teamed up with Héroes del Silencio, becoming a major number in the Hispanic rock scene. The band eventually broke up in 1996 and Bunbury started his solo career in 1997 with a electro-rock album, Radical Sonora with his new band: Copi (piano), Del Moran (bass), Ramon Gacias (drums) and former Héroes del Silencio guitarist Alan Boguslavsky.

Recognized by his wish to always reinvent himself, Bunbury released in 1999 the album "Pequeño", which sounded very different from anything he did before. His band also suffered changes, Boguslavsky was replaced by Rafa Dominguez, and the new faces, Ana Belén Estaje (violin), Luis Miguel Romero (percussion), Javier Iñigo, Javier Garcia Vega & Antonio Ríos in the metal instruments.

This band was known as the "Huracán Ambulante" ("Walking Hurricane") and recorded with Bunbury the rest of his solo discography.

In 2005, after 8 years together, Bunbury dissolved the band and recorded a new album in 2006 with Nacho Vegas.

In 2007, Heroes del Silencio agreed to participate in a 10 concert exclusive worldwide tour in ten cities around the world, simply called "Tour 2007" to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their first performances and it has also been 10 years since their disbanding in 1997. The first concert took place in Guatemala City on September 15, followed by Buenos Aires (September 21), Monterrey, Mexico (September 25), Los Angeles (September 28), Mexico City (October 4 & 6), Zaragoza, Spain (October 10 & 12), Seville, Spain on (October 20), and Valencia, Spain on (October 27) which closed the '07 Tour.

Discography

Radical Sonora

:CD. EMI Latin, 1997 (U.S. edition) :Songs: Big-bang / Negativo / Encadenados / Contracorriente / Planeta sur / Alicia (expulsada al país de las maravillas) / Salomé / Servidor de nadie / Despacio / Polen / Nueve / Alfa

Pequeño

:CD. EMI, 1999 (red cover) (U.S. edition) :Songs: Algo en común / Infinito / El extranjero / Sólo si me perdonas / El viento a favor / Lejos de la tristeza / Dudar? Quizás / Demasiado tarde / De mayor / Bailando con el enemigo / Robinson / Contradictorio

Pequeño Cabaret Ambulante

:CD. Chrysalis, 2000 :Songs: Intro/ Infinito/ De mayor * / El extranjero / Sólo si me perdonas / Big-bang / Salomé / ¿Dudar?, quizás / Alicia (expulsada a isla mujeres) ** / Apuesta por el Rock N' Roll / El viento a favor / Demasiado tarde (ahorita mismo) *** / El jinete / Confesión. :: * includes "Cabaret" :: ** includes "La estatua del jardin botánico" :: *** includes "Pink panther theme", "Fever", "New York New York", "Inspector Gadget", "La Mala Hora". Recorded in México DF in April, 2000.

Flamingos (album)

:Spanish edition comes with six sides deluxe digipack.

Una Cita En Flamingos

:DVD. Hispavox, 2003 :Contents: This DVD contains two full live concerts -one hour running time each one- and videoclips, Rock en Ñ tour images, interviews, photo gallery and much more, until three hours of full running time. ::ZARAGOZA LIVE (Flamingos Zaragoza, October 5, 2002) Songs: El club de los imposibles / Contar contigo / Salomé / Infinito / Si / Lady Blue / Apuesta por el rock & roll / Iberia sumergida / Sácame de aquí / El viento a favor / Y al final ::MADRID LIVE (Flamingos Madrid, December 20, 2002) Songs: Algo en común / San Cosme y San Damián / De mayor / El extranjero / Sólo si me perdonas / Salomé / Infinito / Si (Live in Madrid) / Enganchado a ti / Bellísima / La chispa adecuada / Aunque no sea... / Y al final ::VIDEOS Songs: El club de los imposibles / Lady Blue / Sácame de aquí / Si ::DAME MÁS (Give me more): En ruta / Huracán ambulante / Bonus

El Viaje A Ninguna Parte

:Double CD. Hispavox, 2004 :CD#1 Songs: Que tengas suertecita / Los restos del naufragio / El rescate / Que no sepa tu mano izquierda lo que hace la derecha / Carmen Jones / Lo que queda por vivir / La chica triste que te hacía reir / Anidando liendres / No me llames cariño / Adiós, compañeros, adiós :CD#2 Songs: El anzuelo / Una canción triste / En la pulpería de Lucita / Por un malnacido / Voces de tango / Palo de mayo / Trinidad / La señorita hermafrodita / El aragonés errante / Canto (el mismo dolor)

Freak Show

:CD + DVD. Hispavox, 2005 :CD Songs: Otto e mezzo / La señorita hermafrodita / Lo que queda por vivir / Que no sepa tu mano izquierda lo que hace la derecha / L‘amour / Anidando liendres / Gang-bang / Salomé / Los restos del naufragio / Longui nº 13 / El rescate / Lady blue / Sácame de aquí / Fantasía / ...Y al final :DVD Contents: Freak Show Movie (running time: 2h. 5m.) / Freak Show Photo Album / Interview by the fans.

El Tiempo de las Cerezas

:Double CD. EMI, 2006 :CD#1 Songs: Días Extraños / Puta Desagradecida / Secretos y Mentiras / No Fue Bueno, Pero Fue Lo Mejor / Va A Empezar a Llover / Látex / La Pena O La Nada / Ahora / Por La Paz y Por La Canción / Días Extraños (Reprise) :CD#2 Songs: El Rumbo de tus Sueños / Serie Negra / Welcome To Callejón Sin Salida / Cazador / De Esclavitud y De Cadenas / Bravo / En La Espina Dorsal Del Universo / Montenegra / El Tiempo De Las Cerezas / El Rumbo de Tus Sueños (Reprise)

Hellville de Luxe

:CD. EMI, 2008 :CD Songs: El Hombre Delgado Que No Flaqueara Jamas / Porque las Cosas Cambian / Bujias Para el Dolor / Si No Fuera por Ti / Hay Muy Poca Gente / El Porque de Tus Silencios / Doscientos Huesos y Un Collar de Calaveras / Irremediablemente Cotidiano / Cancion Cruel / Todos lo Haremos Mejor en el Futuro / Aqui

:Double vinyl. EMI, 2008 :Side A Songs: El hombre delgado que no flaqueará jamás / Porque las cosas cambian / Bujías para el dolor :Side B Songs: Si no fuera por ti / Hay muy poca gente / El porqué de tus silencios / Doscientos huesos y un collar de calaveras :Side C Songs: Irremediablemente cotidiano / Esto se hace, eso no se hace / La herida secreta / Canción cruel :Side D Songs: Bobby Perú / Ven y camina conmigo / Todos lo haremos mejor en el futuro / Aquí

Las consecuencias

CD. EMI. 2010

1.Las consecuencias

2.Ella me dijo que no

3.El boxeador

4.Frente a frente

5.21 de octubre

6.Lo que más te gustó de mi

7.Los habitantes

8.Es hora de hablar

9.De todo el mundo

10.Nunca se convence del todo a nadie de nadata

References

Literature about Enrique Bunbury

Pep Blay Enrique Bunbury. Lo demás es silencio. Barcelona, 2007, Plaza & Janés. 448 pages, Spanish. ISBN 9788401305511.

External links

Enrique Bunbury Official Web Site

OFFICIAL pages on social media sites - Páginas OFICIALES en redes sociales

Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:People from Zaragoza Category:Rock en Español musicians Category:Spanish rock singers Category:Spanish singers Category:Spanish male singers Category:Spanish-language singers

Name	Cory Booker
Order	36th Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
Term start	July 1, 2006
Predecessor	Sharpe James
Order2	Central Ward Council Member of the Newark City Council
Term start2	1998
Term end2	2002
Birth date	April 27, 1969
Birth place	Washington, D.C.
Party	Democratic Party
Alma mater	Yale Law School (J.D.)Oxford University (B.A.)Stanford University (M.A.)Stanford University (B.A.)
Profession	Mayor, Newark, New Jersey
Website	www.corybooker.com

Cory Anthony Booker (born April 27, 1969) is the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, and a Democrat. Booker is a former Newark City Councilman. Booker was elected Mayor in 2006, becoming the 36th mayor of Newark.

Background

The son of African-American parents (Cary and Carolyn Booker were among the first African-American executives at IBM), Booker was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in the predominantly white, affluent town of Harrington Park in Bergen County, New Jersey. He is an alumnus of Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan where he was a 1986 USA Today All-American football player. Following graduation, Booker traveled west to study at Stanford University and earned a B.A. in political science in 1991 as well as an M.A. in sociology the following year. He played varsity football — he made the All–Pacific Ten Academic team — and was elected to the council of (four) presidents. In addition, he ran The Bridge, a student-run crisis hotline and organized help for youth in East Palo Alto from Stanford students. While at Stanford, Booker also became good friends with Rachel Maddow.

After Stanford, Booker earned a Rhodes Scholarship and studied at The Queen's College, Oxford, where he was awarded an honours degree in modern history in 1994. While at Oxford he became friends with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and became President of the L'Chaim Society, the local chapter of Chabad, and brought together a diverse community there.

Booker obtained a J.D. in 1997 from Yale Law School where he started and operated free legal clinics for low-income residents of New Haven. He was also a Big Brother, and was active in the Black Law Students Association. Booker lived in Newark during his final year at Yale and following graduation served as Staff Attorney for the Urban Justice Center in New York and Program Coordinator of the Newark Youth Project.

From 1998 to 2006, he lived in Brick Towers, a troubled housing complex in Newark's Central Ward. Booker organized tenants to fight for improved conditions. In November 2006, as one of the last remaining tenants in Brick Towers, Booker left his apartment for the top unit in a three-story rental on Hawthorne Avenue in Newark's South Ward, an area described as "a drug-and gang-plagued neighborhood of boarded-up houses and empty lots." Brick Towers has since been demolished and a new mixed-income development will be built there in 2010.

Booker received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (honoris causa) degree in May 2009 from Newark-based New Jersey Institute of Technology after serving almost 3 years as mayor for 'his outstanding career in public service as mayor of the City of Newark'. He also received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (honoris causa) degree in December 2010 from New York-based Yeshiva University for 'his bold vision for Newark and setting a national standard for urban transformation'.

Central Ward Council Member

In 1998, Booker won an upset victory, beating four-term incumbent George Branch to get elected to the Newark Municipal Council, a council known for serving the Central Ward Community and hard-fought elections.

Once on the Council, Booker proved to be an unconventional public official. In 1999, he went on a 10-day hunger strike, living in a tent in front of one of Newark's public housing projects (Garden Spires), to protest open-air drug dealing and the associated violence. For five months in 2000 he lived in a contemporary motor home, parking on street corners where drug trafficking frequently occurred.

He proposed a variety of Council initiatives that impacted housing, young people, law and order and the efficiency and transparency of City Hall, but was regularly rebuffed by a resistant Municipal Council and often outvoted 8–1. While on the Council, Booker became an outspoken advocate of education reform.

2002 Mayoral run

In 2002, rather than run for re-election as Councilman, Booker decided to run for Mayor of Newark. This pitted him against longtime mayor, Sharpe James. In this campaign and the next, James' supporters questioned Booker's suburban background, calling him a carpetbagger who was "not black enough" to understand the city. Booker was defeated, 53 percent to 47 percent. Filmmaker Marshall Curry chronicles the campaign in his documentary Street Fight, which was nominated for the 2005 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

After concluding his service as Central Ward Councilman, Booker in 2002 founded Newark Now, a grassroots non-profit organization that connects Newarkers to useful resources and services in order to help transform their communities. In addition, Booker also became a partner at the West Orange law firm, Booker, Rabinowitz, Trenk, Tully, Lubetkin, DiPasquale and Webster, and a senior fellow at Rutgers University's Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Booker is currently a member of the Board of Trustees at Teachers College, Columbia University, and was formerly a member of the Executive Committee at Yale Law School and the Board of Trustees at Stanford University.

2006 Mayoral run

As expected, Cory Booker announced on February 11, 2006 that he would again run for mayor, an intention he had made clear after his loss in 2002.

On March 6, 2006, Deputy Mayor (and State Senator) Ronald Rice entered the race, adding "that Mayor James had encouraged him to run but noted that if the mayor decided to join the race, his candidacy could change." On March 27, 2006, James announced that he would not seek a sixth term, preferring to focus on his seat in the New Jersey Senate.

Rice ran a campaign attacking Booker for raising over $6 million for the race. Booker's campaign outspent Rice's 25 to 1. Booker tried to identify Rice as a "political crony" of former mayor Sharpe James, to whom Booker lost in 2002.

On Election Day, May 9, 2006, Newark's nonpartisan election took place. This time Booker won with 72 percent of the vote, soundly defeating Rice. Booker's entire slate of City Council candidates, known as the "Booker Team," swept the Council elections, giving Booker firm leadership of the city's government.

Before taking office as mayor, Booker sued Sharpe James’ administration in order to terminate cut-rate land deals favoring two redevelopment agencies. Each organization had recently been created by the Municipal Council and listed Sharpe James as a member of its advisory board. The Municipal Council claimed that these low prices were necessary to promote development in Newark's blighted neighborhoods; however, Booker argued that the state’s “pay-to-play” laws had been violated and would furthermore cost the city more than $15 million in lost revenue if these land deals were approved at the next council meeting. Specifically, Booker referenced a case on Broad and South streets – a piece of land that would generate $87,000 under the proposed land deals yet was valued at $3.7 million under current market rates. On June 20, 2006, Superior Court Judge Patricia Costello ruled in favor of Booker, stating that his attorneys had "made a persuasive argument that campaign contributors were given discounted land deals".

In late June 2006, before Booker took office, New Jersey investigators foiled a plot, led by Bloods gang leaders inside four New Jersey state prisons, to assassinate Booker. The plot was led by New Jersey Bloods gang leader Lester Alford, an inmate in East Jersey State Prison in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The plan called for prisoners in four New Jersey state prisons to riot and then for Bloods gang members on the outside to assassinate Booker simultaneously. The threats against Booker were believed to be in response to Booker's campaign promises to increase the number of police on the streets and take a harder line on crime.

2010 Election

Mayor Cory Booker defeated his opponents in a nonpartisan election on May 11, 2010. The final results were Cory A. Booker 21397 votes, Clifford J. Minor 12924 votes, Yvonne Garrett Moore 1629 votes, Mirna L. White 415 votes.

Mayoral administration

in Newark, 2007.]] Booker assumed office as mayor of Newark on July 1, 2006, and is only the third person to govern the city since 1970. After his first week in office, Booker announced a 100-day plan to implement reforms in Newark. Some of the proposed changes included: Adding police officers; ending background checks for many city jobs, an effort to help former offenders find employment in the city; refurbishing police stations; improving city services; and expanding summer youth programs.

On October 16, 2006, Booker formally introduced his administration's first adopted Newark City Budget. The approved $697.1 million budget resulted in an 8.3% increase in the city's property tax, which is one of the largest property tax increases in the city's history. The budget also increased the number of city employees from 3,968 to 4,197. These increases were cited as necessary to fix the structural financial deficit and secure a solid foundation for Newark’s future. Booker pledged to not increase taxes the following year, a promise he kept – the City of Newark has not raised taxes in over two years. His administration has also since reduced the size of government with a 2009 Budget proposal containing 3935 city employees. In addition, the City of Newark has for the last two consecutive years received the GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award, reflective of the Booker Administration’s continued commitment to an honest, transparent budgeting process ending decades of neglect and setting a foundation to balance the city’s finances.

candidate Cyrus Vance, Jr., 2009]] One of the mayor's first priorities was to reduce the city's crime rate. Booker appointed Garry McCarthy, former Deputy Commissioner of Operations of the New York City Police Department, as the director of the Newark Police Department. Public safety in Newark has been overhauled under Director McCarthy’s lead. A new Central Narcotics Division was created as well as a Fugitive Apprehension Unit which has been responsible for the capture of 11 out of 12 Most Wanted Felons in Newark. In addition, major technological advances have been made to crime-fighting initiatives such as citywide camera and gunshot detection systems. Community-oriented and privately funded programs such as the Crime Stoppers and Gun Stoppers anonymous tip lines have made a important impact in crime prevention and apprehension of criminals in Newark. Crime reduction has been such a central concern to the Booker Administration that Booker, along with his security team, was known to personally patrol the streets of Newark until times as late as 4 a.m. early in his first term.

Crime has dropped significantly in the City of Newark, which currently leads the nation in violent crime reduction. From 2006-2008, crime dropped by the following percentages: murders 36%, shooting incidents 41%, rapes 30%, and auto thefts 26%.

The month of March in 2010 marked Newark’s first murder-free month in over 44 years. As of April 1, 2010, the murder rate in Newark was the second best since 1941 and crime rates for aggravated assaults, robberies, carjacking, and shootings were also down for the first quarter compared to 2009.

In addition to lowering crime, Booker has both doubled the amount of affordable housing under development, and quadrupled the amount under predevelopment. Booker has slashed the city budget deficit from $180 million to $73 million.

Despite criticisms, Booker has also raised the salaries of many city workers.

Mayor Booker’s leadership has attracted approximately $100 million in private philanthropy to the City of Newark and a variety of nonprofits and public/private partnerships have been created and used to better the lives of Newark residents. In April 2008, the Newark Charter School Fund was established to provide grants in support of Newark’s charter schools to support a successful public school system in Newark. The City of Newark also works with GreenSpaces, which has committed $40 million toward the largest park expansion initiative in over a century with a total of twenty one park construction and rehabilitation projects scheduled for completion in every ward by the end of 2010. To support the Newark Police Department, the Newark Police Foundation was established in 2006 and provides funding and other services to the Police Department which has had a significant impact on the NPD’s ability to pay for necessary resources that would otherwise not be readily funded through the department’s budget.

In 2009, after President Barack Obama became president of the United States, Booker was offered the chance to head the new White House Office of Urban Affairs Policy; Booker turned the offer down citing a commitment to Newark.

Booker was honored in October 2009 by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence with the Sarah Brady Visionary Award for his work in reducing gun violence.

Booker made news when on December 31, 2009, a constituent used Twitter to ask the mayor to send someone to her father's house to shovel his driveway because her father, who was 65 years old, was going to attempt to do it himself. Booker responded by tweeting; "I will do it myself where does he live?" Other people volunteered, including one person who offered his help on Twitter and 20 minutes later the mayor and some volunteers showed up and shoveled the man's driveway.

Booker is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, a bi-partisan group with a stated goal of "making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets." The Coalition is co-chaired by Boston mayor Thomas Menino and New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Booker delivered the commencement address at Pitzer College in Claremont, CA on May 15, 2010. In his address, he implored graduates to "just be you" and related several anecdotes about his own education and career, including one pertaining to a chance meeting on a plane with a woman and her children. At the end of the flight, he exchanged phone numbers with the woman, who contacted him during his first mayoral campaign, becoming a donor. One of her children became a campaign worker, fifteen years after the flight. His speech was enthusiastically received and he received a standing ovation.

Two days later Booker also delivered the commencement address at Columbia University's Teachers College in New York City on May 17, 2010 and at Suffolk University Law School a week later in Boston, MA on May 23, 2010.

He is among the finalists for the 2010 World Mayor prize.

Booker sits on the board of advisors of the political action committee Democrats for Education Reform.

Senior cabinet

His senior cabinet consists of the following: Modia Butler, Chief of Staff to the Mayor;

Hon. Julien X. Neals, Business Administrator;

Stefan Pryor, Director & Deputy Mayor for Housing Economic Development; Mayor Cory Booker appeared as Conan's first guest on The Tonight Show on Friday October 16, 2009 and assured viewers that the feud was over and that he was actually a big fan of Conan O'Brien. They settled their feud with a deal that every time Conan made a joke about Newark, Conan would put $500 in the Newark jar, and the money would be donated to the city of Newark. Conan then made the following joke, "You can trust that this jar is safe because it is not in Newark," after which Conan placed the first $500 in the jar. Conan then made a $50,000 donation to the Newark Now charity, which was matched by NBC Universal, totaling $100,000.

See also

List of mayors of Newark, New Jersey

References

External links

for Speaking Engagements

The Next Wave of Urban Reform, City Journal, Fall 2010

2007 City Journal article on Booker and Newark

Official Mayor Site

Cory Booker Official Campaign Site

CityMayors profile

School Choice and Government Reform: Pillars of an Urban Renaissance by Cory Booker

The Downwardly Mobile Cory Booker at archive.org

Newark Now website

Official web site for Street Fight

PBS's series P.O.V.'s web site for Street Fight

Wall Street Journal interview

Article in Salon.com about the harsh 2002 race for Mayor

New York Metro piece on Booker entitled "The New Natural"

Interview with Cory Booker The Brian Lehrer Show WNYC February 24, 2006

Huffington Post">Cory Booker's posts at Huffington Post

"100 To Watch: Cory A. Booker" Democratic Leadership Council

"Cory Booker, Jerome Champagne, World Championship Dominos" June 20, 2006 The Conversation WNYC

"NPR Morning Edition: Newark Mayor: New Black Leaders Must Innovate 08/08/2006"

"NPR All Things Considered: Leading Newark, One of America's Deadly Cities, 2006-12-19" features an interview with Booker

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