president putin seeing today, you would say? it 3 president putin because this is an inherent deficiency of restrictive authoritarian regimes. they depend on one person and everybody else is like a planet revolving around the sun. and right now, vladimir putin has lost the main selling point in the eyes of both of them movers and shakers in russia and the public at large. and this selling point was the fact that he could present himself, earlier, as this visionary strongman leader who knows what russia needs, who knows how to rule russia, who has a plan stretching into the future for years and years. and once this authority was challenged, all these fundamentals
became the first woman and the first black artist to appear on the cover of rolling stone, not once, but twice. i know you mentioned beyoncé knowles carter and others, but how do you think her accomplishments have helped shape black women in the music industry today? i think tina turner is a north star for black women in the music industry today, and really, to all women in the music industry today. she really came out of such an abusive situation, and it wasn t really a smooth trip from, i am no longer with ike and tina turner, two i am tina turner, the powerhouse. she had to work four or five years. things were not going well. and then, all of a sudden, she gave a three night performance in new york city, brought in all of the movers and shakers, and the next thing you know, she was working on private dancer. but she worked for that, and people admire, that i know i do. many politicians have paid tribute online to tina turner s
the top google searches going on today, the hot trends, look at this. palin, palin, vice-president, governor of alaska. but it s fair to say that it s not every day the web is abuzz with the mccain presidential race. sarah palin was unknown to republican voters. she was the maverick in her own way. a young, dynamic woman that had risen from local mayor, pta president to the highest office in alaska. she was the success story that everyone could relate to. she s a lifelong nra member. and, in a recent visit with alaskan troops in kuwait, she showed she knows her way around a gun. she doesn t just vote with the nra, she goes out and kills a caribou, skins it and cooks it for dinner. by john mccain s choosing sarah palin, that certainly was a curveball. and i think it gave some new energy to the republican ticket. i m not one of those movers and shakers within the republican party that i think conventionally you would think would be tapped. why not go for a woman? why not ma
akshata murty and he s been helping out with food preparations. meanwhile, the duke and duchess of edinburgh have taken part in a puppy class at the guide dogs for the blind association training centre in reading. let s go live now to our north of england correspondent fiona trott, who s in durham. hello, yes, in the north east of england, age uk is holding an open day at the superstore in durham. encouraging volunteers to come in and find out a little bit more and also a place where you can buy things like this, a glass from the queen upon vs coronation and salt and pepper shakers from barcelona in spain, just £1 for those. places like this, as you know, shops on the high street, don t run themselves, they need more people to come and volunteer. let s
age uk is holding an open day at the superstore in durham. encouraging volunteers to come in and find out a little bit more and also a place where you can buy things like this, a glass from the queen s coronation, and salt and pepper shakers from barcelona in spain. just £1 for those. of course, places like this, as you know, shops on the high street, don t run themselves, they need more people to come and volunteer. let s speak to an existing volunteer. when people have been coming in today, you have been telling them what that is like. what have you been saying to them? basically the benefits of being a volunteer. the fact that you give your time away, it gives you that nice warm fuzzy feeling that you are helping people and especially the kind of help that we give in this store. ., ,., ., , . ., ,