A supreme social challenge.

A supreme social challenge.

It's sad but sometimes a community doesn't truly appreciate what it has until it's gone.

It's sad but sometimes a community doesn't truly appreciate what it has until it's gone.

I always hoped for a show that was realistic and provocative and moving and funny. And to me, it's exceeded read more

I always hoped for a show that was realistic and provocative and moving and funny. And to me, it's exceeded those expectations ... not to mention the people who have climbed aboard to join in it. As a creative endeavor, it's been the greatest experience of my life.

Birmingham is participating in a national programme of commemorations to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar in October.

Birmingham is participating in a national programme of commemorations to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar in October.

Right out of the chute, we announced awards from returning customers and had a fantastically successful Atlas V launch with read more

Right out of the chute, we announced awards from returning customers and had a fantastically successful Atlas V launch with NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto - and there are 11 months to go in 2006.

For me it's a European-type movie, ... It's a small story about family and it's these kinds of characters that read more

For me it's a European-type movie, ... It's a small story about family and it's these kinds of characters that I most like to portray and I'm not always given the opportunity to do that.

She goes by 'Chris,' not 'Christine,' in her everyday life. Calling her Christine would be like using 'William Jefferson Clinton' read more

She goes by 'Chris,' not 'Christine,' in her everyday life. Calling her Christine would be like using 'William Jefferson Clinton' instead of Bill Clinton. 'Christine' is just more formal. She says that's what her mother called her when she got in trouble.

We had a few problems at the start, but that is usual. This team has never played together before.

We had a few problems at the start, but that is usual. This team has never played together before.

Judicial independence is the bulwark of our system. It gives life to the words of the Constitution.

Judicial independence is the bulwark of our system. It gives life to the words of the Constitution.