Norway tops a ranking of countries doing the most to close the gender gap, followed by three other Nordic nations, in a survey made by the World Economic Forum.
Norway rose from third to first place and scored 82.45% in the table of 130 countries, denoting the percentage of the gap between women and men that has been closed to date.
Finland, Sweden and Iceland came second, third and fourth respectively.
Last year, Sweden placed at the top of the index.
Progress in closing the gap is not only "possible" but can be achieved in a relatively short space of time the survey report says.
Norway's Minister of Equality, Anniken Huitfeldt is pleased: - This is the result of political choice, and choices which have not always been supported by a broad majority. Because equality is not always conditioned by cultural background, she says.
The index considered economic participation, educational attainment, political empowerment and health and survival.
- Our work shows a strong correlation between competitiveness and the gender gap scores, the report states.
- While this does not imply causality, the possible theoretical underpinnings of this link are clear: countries that do not fully capitalize effectively on one-half of their human resources run the risk of undermining their competitive potential, it says.
The survey stems from a collaboration of individuals of Harvard University, the University of California, Berkeley and the World Economic Forum.
Gender equality is now becoming an export article, and the Norwegian Minister of Equality is now on her way to France, where she will meet EU'sministers of equality to tell of the Norwegian experience.
-They are in particular interested to know how we are able to maintain a high birth rate, combined with high working life participation, Huitfeldt says.
http://www.norwaypost.no/content/view/21236/32/
Monday, January 26, 2009
Spectacular natural beauty, peace and harmony
Beautiful Flåm is situated in the innermost part of the Aurlandsfjord, a tributary of the 204 kilometres long and up to 1308 metres deep Sognefjord.
Surrounded by steep mountainsides, roaring waterfalls and deep valleys, Flåm is a paradise for everyone looking for a one-of-a-kind experience with nature.
With nature-based activities, many nearby attractions, exciting culture and historic traditions - Flåm is the perfect holiday resort for the entire family!
From Flåm Port and the many fjord boats it is only a short walk to a trip on the famous Flåm Railway, or maybe a stay at one of Fjord Norway's long-established tourist hotels.
http://www.visitflam.com/default.asp
Thursday, January 22, 2009
The Struggle Over The Kennedys' Future
Caroline Kennedy made it official, confirming she would no longer seek a U.S. senate seat "for personal reasons." Those personal reasons likely have a lot to do with Teddy Kennedy.
Caroline Kennedy told associates her decision was related to uncle Ted's illness, according to the Times, which sounded at first, to us and others, like an implausible excuse. Ted Kennedy's brain tumor has been a serious concern since the summer, well before Caroline was in contention for Hillary Clinton's senate seat.
But then came the evidence that Ted Kennedy and his associates were fighting Caroline's decision. After the New York Post, Times and the Associated Press reported Caroline was withdrawing her name from Gov. David Paterson's consideration, indignant denials emerged from Washington, DC, where uncle Ted is the go-to source for all things Kennedy.
NBC News' David Gregory, of the DC bureau's Meet the Press, called into Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show to say he'd heard the rumors were false. And the Washington Post quoted "Kennedy family confidants angrily dismissing" the reports. Even AP backtracked, clarifying that after "wavering briefly," Kennedy had "renewed her determination Wednesday to win appointment to the U.S. Senate seat once held by her slain uncle, Bobby Kennedy."
Things didn't turn out that way. But the back and forth between New York and DC media was easy to mistake for a surrogate to a tug-of-war between Caroline Kennedy and her uncle.
If Caroline Kennedy purportedly told friends she quit over concerns for her uncle's health, Ted seems to have not wanted her to yield to those worries.
And yet he couldn't stop her. She was deeply anxious. And why shouldn't she be? Were Ted Kennedy to soon die, she would will be left to govern without him.
That scenario seemed more likely Kennedy's seizure at Barack Obama's inauguration. When the senator spoke at the Democratic National Convention, he said he wanted to pass the torch to Barack Obama and "a new generation of Americans." The ailing senator made it, but the inaugural incident would have raised the question, particularly among those who love him most, of whether, having done so, he was preparing to say goodbye.
Ted Kennedy would not be content merely to see Obama as president. What of the Kennedy family legacy? What of his own — his initiatives, his allies, his staff? The dream of an eternal Kennedy dynasty is a lot to place on the shoulders of a basically apolitical woman with just a couple of years of government leadership under her belt, inside a municipal bureaucracy at that. And yet Caroline is the best-qualified remaining member of the clan to keep the family name continuously present in the senate — and far preferable to Andrew Cuomo, whose messy divorce from Kerry Kennedy was laced with accusations of infidelity and did not endear him to Ted.
The senator, one might reasonably surmise, must have pushed Caroline hard, right up to the end. But this was one affair he could not put in order.
http://gawker.com/5136798/the-struggle-over-the-kennedys-future
Caroline Kennedy told associates her decision was related to uncle Ted's illness, according to the Times, which sounded at first, to us and others, like an implausible excuse. Ted Kennedy's brain tumor has been a serious concern since the summer, well before Caroline was in contention for Hillary Clinton's senate seat.
But then came the evidence that Ted Kennedy and his associates were fighting Caroline's decision. After the New York Post, Times and the Associated Press reported Caroline was withdrawing her name from Gov. David Paterson's consideration, indignant denials emerged from Washington, DC, where uncle Ted is the go-to source for all things Kennedy.
NBC News' David Gregory, of the DC bureau's Meet the Press, called into Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show to say he'd heard the rumors were false. And the Washington Post quoted "Kennedy family confidants angrily dismissing" the reports. Even AP backtracked, clarifying that after "wavering briefly," Kennedy had "renewed her determination Wednesday to win appointment to the U.S. Senate seat once held by her slain uncle, Bobby Kennedy."
Things didn't turn out that way. But the back and forth between New York and DC media was easy to mistake for a surrogate to a tug-of-war between Caroline Kennedy and her uncle.
If Caroline Kennedy purportedly told friends she quit over concerns for her uncle's health, Ted seems to have not wanted her to yield to those worries.
And yet he couldn't stop her. She was deeply anxious. And why shouldn't she be? Were Ted Kennedy to soon die, she would will be left to govern without him.
That scenario seemed more likely Kennedy's seizure at Barack Obama's inauguration. When the senator spoke at the Democratic National Convention, he said he wanted to pass the torch to Barack Obama and "a new generation of Americans." The ailing senator made it, but the inaugural incident would have raised the question, particularly among those who love him most, of whether, having done so, he was preparing to say goodbye.
Ted Kennedy would not be content merely to see Obama as president. What of the Kennedy family legacy? What of his own — his initiatives, his allies, his staff? The dream of an eternal Kennedy dynasty is a lot to place on the shoulders of a basically apolitical woman with just a couple of years of government leadership under her belt, inside a municipal bureaucracy at that. And yet Caroline is the best-qualified remaining member of the clan to keep the family name continuously present in the senate — and far preferable to Andrew Cuomo, whose messy divorce from Kerry Kennedy was laced with accusations of infidelity and did not endear him to Ted.
The senator, one might reasonably surmise, must have pushed Caroline hard, right up to the end. But this was one affair he could not put in order.
http://gawker.com/5136798/the-struggle-over-the-kennedys-future
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Obama inauguration celebrations spread far and wide
Exhilaration reigned over most of the country Tuesday as the United States prepared to inaugurate its first African-American president.
Black and white Americans celebrated along with other minorities as the promise of a new era of ethnic inclusiveness dawned with the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States.
"The biggest thing that I look forward to, that I anticipate from this, is unity throughout the country, racially and politically," Fred Jemison of Birmingham, Alabama, told CNN affiliate WBMA. Jemison was helping set up Birmingham's Boutwell Auditorium for the city's inauguration celebration.
Clint Cantwell left work to join a "pretty festive" crowd on New York's Times Square to watch the inauguration unfold on giant outdoor screens.
"It's a brand new day for the country," he said. "I think it's a momentous occasion and I'm looking forward to the next four years."
Public inauguration-viewing parties were planned in the Los Angeles, California, area, according to CNN affiliate KCAL. The largest would be at the Staples Center, the 20,000-seat arena where the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers play.
A viewing party also was planned at McCormick Café in Billings, Montana, where the forecast high temperature of 56 degrees was expected to be at least 20 degrees higher than on the National Mall in Washington.
"American history will be made in Washington, D.C., today, while weather history might be made in Billings," said Marc Moraniec of CNN affiliate KTVQ.
Cold and snowy weather found its way to Rock Hill, South Carolina, where iReporter Cali Sandel, a Winthrop University student, built a snowman holding a sign reading "Yes We Can."
Sandel said she will watch the historic inauguration on television from her home, "waiting to see what he (Obama) can do."
In Raleigh, North Carolina, iReporter Sam Shaber watched the events with his parents at their house.
"We are all snowed in and have a bottle of champagne ready," he said. "I am gay, and to have just any minority be elected is such a milestone in so many ways."
The family put an American flag outside the house this morning in honor of the ceremony.
"Even though the snow is falling, people all up and down the street have our American flags out," he said.
Andrea Zucker of Northampton, Massachusetts, thought it was important to share the moment with the next generation.
"I'm going to watch (the inauguration) with my students," she told CNN affiliate WGGB. "I work in a middle school in Springfield, and I'm very excited about it. I feel it's one of the most important days we've had in a long, long time."
Betsy Crowell of Syracuse, New York, boarded a bus for Washington on Monday night to see Obama become president.
"He's not just the president for one group or this group or that," she told CNN affiliate WTVH. "He's for all of the people, and I think that we will prosper from this presidency."
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.reaction/
Black and white Americans celebrated along with other minorities as the promise of a new era of ethnic inclusiveness dawned with the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States.
"The biggest thing that I look forward to, that I anticipate from this, is unity throughout the country, racially and politically," Fred Jemison of Birmingham, Alabama, told CNN affiliate WBMA. Jemison was helping set up Birmingham's Boutwell Auditorium for the city's inauguration celebration.
Clint Cantwell left work to join a "pretty festive" crowd on New York's Times Square to watch the inauguration unfold on giant outdoor screens.
"It's a brand new day for the country," he said. "I think it's a momentous occasion and I'm looking forward to the next four years."
Public inauguration-viewing parties were planned in the Los Angeles, California, area, according to CNN affiliate KCAL. The largest would be at the Staples Center, the 20,000-seat arena where the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers play.
A viewing party also was planned at McCormick Café in Billings, Montana, where the forecast high temperature of 56 degrees was expected to be at least 20 degrees higher than on the National Mall in Washington.
"American history will be made in Washington, D.C., today, while weather history might be made in Billings," said Marc Moraniec of CNN affiliate KTVQ.
Cold and snowy weather found its way to Rock Hill, South Carolina, where iReporter Cali Sandel, a Winthrop University student, built a snowman holding a sign reading "Yes We Can."
Sandel said she will watch the historic inauguration on television from her home, "waiting to see what he (Obama) can do."
In Raleigh, North Carolina, iReporter Sam Shaber watched the events with his parents at their house.
"We are all snowed in and have a bottle of champagne ready," he said. "I am gay, and to have just any minority be elected is such a milestone in so many ways."
The family put an American flag outside the house this morning in honor of the ceremony.
"Even though the snow is falling, people all up and down the street have our American flags out," he said.
Andrea Zucker of Northampton, Massachusetts, thought it was important to share the moment with the next generation.
"I'm going to watch (the inauguration) with my students," she told CNN affiliate WGGB. "I work in a middle school in Springfield, and I'm very excited about it. I feel it's one of the most important days we've had in a long, long time."
Betsy Crowell of Syracuse, New York, boarded a bus for Washington on Monday night to see Obama become president.
"He's not just the president for one group or this group or that," she told CNN affiliate WTVH. "He's for all of the people, and I think that we will prosper from this presidency."
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.reaction/
Aretha Franklin's inaugural hat trick
Maybe it's "Mad Men" or all the stingy-brim wearing hipsters in L.A., but hats are back. You only had to scan the crowd at the inauguration today to figure that out. Ted Kennedy broke out a fedora and Aretha Franklin -- who has rocked her fair share of amazing headgear over the years -- wrapped her head in a rhinestone-studded bow. What did you think of Franklin's hat? Did you love it or hate it?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2009/01/inaugural-hat-t.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2009/01/inaugural-hat-t.html
Monday, January 12, 2009
Henderson and Rice Elected to Hall
Rickey Henderson’s glorious career was defined by speed and success. Those themes of doing it fast and doing it well continued on Monday when Henderson was elected into the Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot.
While Henderson, one of baseball’s best leadoff hitters, rumbled into the Hall with 94.8 percent of the vote, Jim Rice squeezed through a closing door. In his 15th, and final, year of eligibility, he notched 76.4 percent of the vote; he was on 412 of the 539 ballots cast, meaning he got seven more votes than the required 405.
In order to be elected into the Hall, players need 75 percent of the vote from 10-year members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. After Rice, outfielder Andre Dawson, who played 21 seasons, mostly with the Expos and Cubs, finished with 67 percent of the vote, and pitcher Bert Blyleven received 62.7 percent.
Mark McGwire, whose career has been clouded by suspicions of steroid use, saw his percentage drop to 21.9 percent from 23.6 percent.
Henderson was one of the game’s best at being a pest. He would do anything to get on base and loved stealing bases and scoring runs. He is the career leader in stolen bases (1,406) and runs scored (2,295), and also had 2,190 walks, the second highest total, and 3,055 hits.
“I feel great about it,” Henderson said. “It’s been a long time coming. I played baseball because I loved the game. I wanted to continue playing. It came to a time that I had to stop. And now that it has been five years, they have chosen me to go into the Hall of Fame. I cannot be any more pleased or thrilled about it.”
In 25 seasons Henderson played with nine teams, including four stints with the Oakland Athletics. He helped the A’s win a World Series title in 1989 and was voted the most valuable player a year later. Tony La Russa, who managed Henderson, a left fielder, with the A’s, called him a dangerous player.
While Henderson will have input in what cap is on his plaque, officials from the Hall make that decision. He had his greatest impact with the A’s and acknowledged that the Oakland cap, “has the edge right now.”
When Dennis Eckersley, a Hall of Fame closer who was Henderson’s teammate on the A’s, was asked about Henderson’s candidacy, he said: “To me, he’s a slam dunk. I’m talking about 98 percent.”
Rice, the feared hitter from the Boston Red Sox, was never a slam dunk with voters. It took Rice 15 ballots to get elected. But now Rice will share a stage with Henderson in Cooperstown. Unlike the traveling Henderson, Rice played his entire 16-year career with the Red Sox. He had 382 homers, 1,451 runs batted in, hit .298 and won one M.V.P. award.
After Rice, a left fielder, received 72.2 percent of the vote last year, the odds were in his favor to be elected. Of the 20 players who had received at least 70 percent of the vote before their eligibility expired, all 20 were elected. Rice is now the 21st.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/sports/baseball/13hall.html
While Henderson, one of baseball’s best leadoff hitters, rumbled into the Hall with 94.8 percent of the vote, Jim Rice squeezed through a closing door. In his 15th, and final, year of eligibility, he notched 76.4 percent of the vote; he was on 412 of the 539 ballots cast, meaning he got seven more votes than the required 405.
In order to be elected into the Hall, players need 75 percent of the vote from 10-year members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. After Rice, outfielder Andre Dawson, who played 21 seasons, mostly with the Expos and Cubs, finished with 67 percent of the vote, and pitcher Bert Blyleven received 62.7 percent.
Mark McGwire, whose career has been clouded by suspicions of steroid use, saw his percentage drop to 21.9 percent from 23.6 percent.
Henderson was one of the game’s best at being a pest. He would do anything to get on base and loved stealing bases and scoring runs. He is the career leader in stolen bases (1,406) and runs scored (2,295), and also had 2,190 walks, the second highest total, and 3,055 hits.
“I feel great about it,” Henderson said. “It’s been a long time coming. I played baseball because I loved the game. I wanted to continue playing. It came to a time that I had to stop. And now that it has been five years, they have chosen me to go into the Hall of Fame. I cannot be any more pleased or thrilled about it.”
In 25 seasons Henderson played with nine teams, including four stints with the Oakland Athletics. He helped the A’s win a World Series title in 1989 and was voted the most valuable player a year later. Tony La Russa, who managed Henderson, a left fielder, with the A’s, called him a dangerous player.
While Henderson will have input in what cap is on his plaque, officials from the Hall make that decision. He had his greatest impact with the A’s and acknowledged that the Oakland cap, “has the edge right now.”
When Dennis Eckersley, a Hall of Fame closer who was Henderson’s teammate on the A’s, was asked about Henderson’s candidacy, he said: “To me, he’s a slam dunk. I’m talking about 98 percent.”
Rice, the feared hitter from the Boston Red Sox, was never a slam dunk with voters. It took Rice 15 ballots to get elected. But now Rice will share a stage with Henderson in Cooperstown. Unlike the traveling Henderson, Rice played his entire 16-year career with the Red Sox. He had 382 homers, 1,451 runs batted in, hit .298 and won one M.V.P. award.
After Rice, a left fielder, received 72.2 percent of the vote last year, the odds were in his favor to be elected. Of the 20 players who had received at least 70 percent of the vote before their eligibility expired, all 20 were elected. Rice is now the 21st.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/sports/baseball/13hall.html
Monday, January 05, 2009
Obama picks Leon Panetta as CIA head
US president-elect Barack Obama has chosen former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to head the Central Intelligence Agency, a Democratic Party official told AFP Monday.
In turning to a political heavyweight with no direct background in intelligence, Obama appeared to be opting for someone who would bring fresh eyes and credibility to an agency battered by controversy over its conduct of the war on terrorism.
"Here is a guy who will be very credible with the Democrats in Congress and here's someone who brings not only an outsider's perspective but knows how the White House works," said James Lewis, an intelligence expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"He knows what presidents want and need. That's a plus," he said.
Panetta was former president Bill Clinton's chief of staff from 1994 to 1997, following a 16-year career as a lawmaker from California.
Although his expertise in the House of Represenatives and in the Clinton administration was in budgets and finance, observers say his political savvy and connections should make him a powerful CIA director.
His appointment will also help Obama reassure critics who worry that the leadership of the US intelligence community has been dominated in recent years by the US military.
Senator Dianne Feinstein, who will chair the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said she had not been informed about the appointment and was ambivalent about Panetta's qualifications for the job.
"I know nothing about this, other than what I've read," the California Democrat said in a statement.
"My position has consistently been that I believe the (CIA) is best-served by having an intelligence professional in charge at this time," she added.
Panetta will work under retired admiral Dennis Blair, Obama's choice to oversee the sprawling intelligence system as director of national intelligence.
Obama has not yet formally announced either appointment, but Democratic officials and transition aides have confirmed the picks on condition of anonymity.
A former commander of US forces in the Pacific from 1999 to 2002, Blair will be only the third director of national intelligence (DNI).
The position was created by Congress in 2004 after investigations revealed that turf-sensitive intelligence agencies failed to share information that might have averted the September 11 attacks. That failure was followed by US intelligence's fateful error on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
The DNI's main mission was to break down the barriers between the agencies, and make them operate more collaboratively.
"It'll be interesting to see how that relationship between Blair and Panetta develops," said Lewis, noting that Panetta's political clout as a former White House chief of staff outweighs that of his nominal boss.
"Panetta is a heavyweight, and he will be reporting to Blair," he said. "What does it say about the DNI position? In some ways Panetta would have been good for that job as well."
The current leaders of the US intelligence community are retired or active military officers who have worked together for years, come from similar backgrounds and have longstanding relationships, he said.
"Picking someone who is a civilian works against that fear of militarization. It helps to have somebody who is politically astute, and one thing you can say about Leon Panetta is that he is as astute politically as you can get."
If confirmed, Panetta will replace air force general Michael Hayden, who has led the CIA since 2006.
A key challenge for Panetta will be dealing with the fallout from the CIA's use of waterboarding and other techniques widely denounced as torture on detainees at secret prisons as part of the war on terror.
John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.Org, a non-partisan research group, said Panetta's task will be "to keep the agency out of the news."
"You need somebody who can stand up and say: 'Don't worry everything is under control, trust me.'"
Having a politically-connected CIA director will help with "the process of deconstructing the Bush policies," said Lewis.
At the CIA, he said, "they'll be watching to see what he says on the torture issue. Will he be pro-witch hunt or will he be able to defend his guys. And if he defends them, they'll love him."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hd1YwW1gzDKKucPX6OR2Psxnmi5A
In turning to a political heavyweight with no direct background in intelligence, Obama appeared to be opting for someone who would bring fresh eyes and credibility to an agency battered by controversy over its conduct of the war on terrorism.
"Here is a guy who will be very credible with the Democrats in Congress and here's someone who brings not only an outsider's perspective but knows how the White House works," said James Lewis, an intelligence expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"He knows what presidents want and need. That's a plus," he said.
Panetta was former president Bill Clinton's chief of staff from 1994 to 1997, following a 16-year career as a lawmaker from California.
Although his expertise in the House of Represenatives and in the Clinton administration was in budgets and finance, observers say his political savvy and connections should make him a powerful CIA director.
His appointment will also help Obama reassure critics who worry that the leadership of the US intelligence community has been dominated in recent years by the US military.
Senator Dianne Feinstein, who will chair the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said she had not been informed about the appointment and was ambivalent about Panetta's qualifications for the job.
"I know nothing about this, other than what I've read," the California Democrat said in a statement.
"My position has consistently been that I believe the (CIA) is best-served by having an intelligence professional in charge at this time," she added.
Panetta will work under retired admiral Dennis Blair, Obama's choice to oversee the sprawling intelligence system as director of national intelligence.
Obama has not yet formally announced either appointment, but Democratic officials and transition aides have confirmed the picks on condition of anonymity.
A former commander of US forces in the Pacific from 1999 to 2002, Blair will be only the third director of national intelligence (DNI).
The position was created by Congress in 2004 after investigations revealed that turf-sensitive intelligence agencies failed to share information that might have averted the September 11 attacks. That failure was followed by US intelligence's fateful error on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
The DNI's main mission was to break down the barriers between the agencies, and make them operate more collaboratively.
"It'll be interesting to see how that relationship between Blair and Panetta develops," said Lewis, noting that Panetta's political clout as a former White House chief of staff outweighs that of his nominal boss.
"Panetta is a heavyweight, and he will be reporting to Blair," he said. "What does it say about the DNI position? In some ways Panetta would have been good for that job as well."
The current leaders of the US intelligence community are retired or active military officers who have worked together for years, come from similar backgrounds and have longstanding relationships, he said.
"Picking someone who is a civilian works against that fear of militarization. It helps to have somebody who is politically astute, and one thing you can say about Leon Panetta is that he is as astute politically as you can get."
If confirmed, Panetta will replace air force general Michael Hayden, who has led the CIA since 2006.
A key challenge for Panetta will be dealing with the fallout from the CIA's use of waterboarding and other techniques widely denounced as torture on detainees at secret prisons as part of the war on terror.
John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.Org, a non-partisan research group, said Panetta's task will be "to keep the agency out of the news."
"You need somebody who can stand up and say: 'Don't worry everything is under control, trust me.'"
Having a politically-connected CIA director will help with "the process of deconstructing the Bush policies," said Lewis.
At the CIA, he said, "they'll be watching to see what he says on the torture issue. Will he be pro-witch hunt or will he be able to defend his guys. And if he defends them, they'll love him."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hd1YwW1gzDKKucPX6OR2Psxnmi5A
Friday, January 02, 2009
Actor Bernie Hamilton, who played the no-nonsense police captain on the 1970s TV series "Starsky and Hutch," has died. He was 80. Hamilton died of cardiac arrest Tuesday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said his son, Raoul Hamilton.
Born in Los Angeles in 1928, Hamilton ran away from home as a teenager and wound up staying in someone's garage and attending Oakland Technical High School, where he played football and got involved in acting.
Hamilton appeared in more than 20 films, including "The Young One," "The Devil at 4 O'Clock," "Synanon," "The Swimmer," "Walk the Walk" and "The Organization."
He also had guest appearances on television series before becoming a regular on "Starsky and Hutch," the ABC police drama starring Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul. Hamilton played the brusque, by-the-book Capt. Harold Dobey, a role that gave him wide recognition to this day, his son said.
After "Starsky and Hutch," Hamilton spent the next 20 years in the music business producing R&B and gospel records under the record label Chocolate Snowman.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5inkUvOvCP59PlAfIvPLNt14A660gD95EK1PG0
Born in Los Angeles in 1928, Hamilton ran away from home as a teenager and wound up staying in someone's garage and attending Oakland Technical High School, where he played football and got involved in acting.
Hamilton appeared in more than 20 films, including "The Young One," "The Devil at 4 O'Clock," "Synanon," "The Swimmer," "Walk the Walk" and "The Organization."
He also had guest appearances on television series before becoming a regular on "Starsky and Hutch," the ABC police drama starring Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul. Hamilton played the brusque, by-the-book Capt. Harold Dobey, a role that gave him wide recognition to this day, his son said.
After "Starsky and Hutch," Hamilton spent the next 20 years in the music business producing R&B and gospel records under the record label Chocolate Snowman.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5inkUvOvCP59PlAfIvPLNt14A660gD95EK1PG0
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