BIOGRAPHY Brigitte Bardot was born on September 28, 1934 in Paris, France. Her father had an engineering degree and worked with his father in the family business. Her mother was 14 years younger than Brigitte's father and they married in 1933. Brigitte's mother encouraged her daughter to take up music and dance which she proved to be very adept at it. By the time she was 15 years old, Brigitte was attempting to model, finding herself in the French magazine Elle. Her beauty readily apparent, Brigitte soon attempted films. In 1952, she appeared on screen for the first time as Javotte Lemoine in LE TROU NORMAND. Two others followed and it was also the same year she married Roger Vadim. The two had known each other years earlier and she wanted to marry him when she was 17, but her parents squashed any marriage plans until she turned 18. The union lasted only five years. Based upon her success in French films she made her first US production in 1953 in ACT OF LOVE with Kirk Douglas. Back in France afterwards Brigitte continued to star in French productions. The fascination of her in the US consisted of magazines photographs and dubbed over French films. She was and always would be a totally French product. Nonetheless, she was extremely popular in the USA. In 1965, she appeared as herself in the US made DEAR BRIGITTE with Jimmy Stewart. She only appeared in one scene. Just before she turned 40, Brigitte retired from movies after filming IL SORRISO DEL GRANDE TENTATORE. She prefers life outside of stardom. While it enabled her to become internationally famous, it also carried with it annoyances. It wasn't anything for her to have "fans" enter her house or onto the grounds in the hopes of getting a glimpse of her or to take something that belonged to her. Paparazzi constantly hounded her with their cameras. She has been so soft hearted that some people even have taken advantage of her generosity. After her life in the spotlight, Brigitte went on to become a leading spokesperson for animal rights and started the "Foundation Brigitte Bardot" dedicated solely to that cause. Her work in that realm is, perhaps, far greater than any film she could have made.
The Baker wanted me to know that underneath the cheese and sausage bits and pepperoni slices and beneath the onions and mushrooms and green pepper dices the only thing that counted was the dough. (pizza poem by Arnold Adoff)
In 1989, Hamburg celebrated: The 800th Birthday of the Port of Hamburg
Hamburg is some 350 years older, and already had a small harbour around 830. At that time, Ludwig the Pious built the Hammaburg into a bridgehead for Christianization for all the countries and people to the north of the River Elbe. Boats were able to tie up along an arm of the Alster. As a consequence, the people of Hamburg already had a small harbour in 830, which is not however the origin of today's port.
1188
The "New Town" was established by the Counts of Schauenburg. They had already established Lübeck in 1143, and were searching for a location with easy access to the North Sea. A town that could work closely together with Lübeck. The location at the mouth of the Alster with the Elbe appeared to them to be highly suitable. Close to the Old Town, but separated from it by the course of the Alster (now known as Nikolaifleet), they established the New Town (now known as the Hopfenmarkt). From the very beginning, the New Town was intended to be a quarter for sailors and merchants, and also became a trade centre and provided warehousing for goods.
May 7, 1189
Count Adolph III of Schauenburg granted special rights to the people of Hamburg, and took good care of the settlers. He also obtained the most important privilege for the people of Hamburg. He ensured that Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa granted special privileges shortly before he departed for a crusade, on May 7, 1189. These granted the people of Hamburg:
TOLL EXEMPTIONS FOR THEIR SHIPS ON THE ELBE FROM THE TOWN ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH SEA
This opened the gateway and the people of Hamburg thus consider the 7th of May 1189 to be the birthday of the Port of Hamburg.
Tuck Langland has been a professional sculptor for more than forty years. His public sculptures are found throughout the world from the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington to the performing arts center in Honolulu. His smaller sculptures are to be found in the collections of some eight museums, including the British Museum in London and the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.
Tuck is first vice president of the National Sculpture Society, an Academician in the National Academy of Art, professor emeritus at Indiana University South Bend (where he taught from 1971 to 2003), and the author of two acclaimed books on sculpture Practical Sculpture (Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1988) and From Clay to Bronze, A Studio Guide to Figurative Sculpture (New York, 1999).
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