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This act was in defiance of a prediction by Tiberius's soothsayer Thrasyllus of Mendes that Caligula had " no more chance of becoming emperor than of riding a horse across the Bay of Baiae ".
Osiris ' soul, or rather his Ba, was occasionally worshipped in its own right, almost as if it were a distinct god, especially in the Delta city of Mendes.
A living, sacred ram, was kept at Mendes and worshipped as the incarnation of the god, and upon death, the rams were mummified and buried in a ram-specific necropolis.
At the temple of Mendes, figures of Osiris were made from wheat and paste placed in a trough on the day of the murder, then water was added for several days, until finally the mixture was kneaded into a mold of Osiris and taken to the temple to be buried ( the sacred grain for these cakes were grown only in the temple fields ).
The new cabinet appointed after the election was balanced ethnically between Temnes and Mendes.
Though a Broadway production starring Nathan Lane and Victor Garber and directed by Sam Mendes was announced for Spring 2000, the New York debut of the musical was delayed.
and Cabaret, Mendes was nevertheless only given the job after twenty others were considered and several " A-list " directors turned down the opportunity.
Spacey was Mendes ' first choice for the role of Lester, even though DreamWorks had urged the director to consider better-known actors ; similarly, the studio suggested several actors for the role of Carolyn until Mendes offered the part to Bening without DreamWorks ' knowledge.
Mendes ' dominant style was deliberate and composed ; he made extensive use of static shots and slow pans and zooms to generate tension.
Mendes is indecisive, saying the script seemed to be about something different each time he read it: " a mystery story, a kaleidoscopic journey through American suburbia, a series of love stories ... it was about imprisonment ... loneliness beauty.
Mendes considers the voice to be Ball's, but even while the writer was " strongly influential " on set, he often had to accept deviations from his vision, particularly ones that transformed the cynical tone of his script into something more optimistic.
Beth Swofford of the Creative Artists Agency arranged meetings for Mendes with studio figures in Los Angeles to see if film direction was a possibility.
Mendes came across American Beauty in a pile of eight scripts at Swofford's house, and knew immediately that it was the one he wanted to make ; early in his career, he had been inspired by how the film Paris, Texas ( 1984 ) presented contemporary America as a mythic landscape and he saw the same theme in American Beauty, as well as parallels with his own childhood.
Ball was also keen ; having seen Cabaret, he was impressed with Mendes ' " keen visual sense " and thought he did not make obvious choices.
Ball and Mendes revised the script twice before it was sent to the actors, and twice more before the first read-through.
Mendes did not want a big star " weighing the film down "; he felt Spacey was the right choice based on his performances in the 1995 films The Usual Suspects and Seven, and 1992's Glengarry Glen Ross.
Before filming, Mendes and Spacey analyzed Jack Lemmon's performance in The Apartment ( 1960 ), because Mendes wanted Spacey to emulate " the way moved, the way he looked, the way he was in that office and the way he was an ordinary man and yet a special man ".
" Mendes cut much of Barbara's dialogue, including conversations between her and Col. Fitts, as he felt that what needed to be said about the pair — their humanity and vulnerability — was conveyed successfully through their shared moments of silence.

Mendes and born
Judah Philip Benjamin was born a British subject in 1811 in Saint Croix, to Phillip Benjamin, an English Sephardi Jew, and his wife, Rebecca de Mendes, a Sephardi Jew from Spain.
* July 8-Fernão Mendes Pinto, Portuguese explorer and memoirist ( born c. 1509 )
Samuel Alexander " Sam " Mendes, CBE ( born 1 August 1965 ) is an English stage and film director.
Mendes was born in Reading, Berkshire, the only child of Valerie Helene ( née Barnett ), an author of children's books, and Jameson Peter Mendes, a university professor.
Bond Head was born to parents James Roper Mendes Head and Frances Anne Burgess.
Mariana Alcoforado was born in Beja, daughter of landed proprietor of Alentejo Francisco da Cunha Alcoforado, born at Cortiços, Macedo de Cavaleiros, and first wife Leonor Mendes.
Aristides de Sousa Mendes was born in Cabanas de Viriato, in Carregal do Sal, in the district of Viseu, Centro Region of Portugal, on July 19, 1885.
In that same year, Sousa Mendes married his childhood sweetheart, Maria Angelina Ribeiro de Abranches ( born August 20, 1888 ); they eventually had fourteen children, born in the various countries in which he served.
* António Rosa Mendes ( born 1954 ), Portuguese academic
* Bob Mendes ( born 1928 ), Belgian accountant and writer of detective stories
* Duarte Mendes ( born 1947 ), Portuguese captain and singer
* Eva Mendes ( born 1974 ), American actress
* Ian Mendes ( born 1976 ), Canadian sports broadcaster
* Jacob Mendes Da Costa ( born 1833 – 1900 ), American surgeon
* José Fernando Ferreira Mendes ( born 1965 ), Portuguese physicist
* Louis Mendes ( born 1940 ), American photographer
* Luís Marques Mendes ( born 1957 ), Portuguese politician
* Paulo Mendes da Rocha ( born 1928 ), Brazilian architect
* Sam Mendes ( born 1965 ), British stage and film director
* Sara Mendes da Costa ( born c. 1966 ), British voice actress
* Sérgio Mendes ( born 1941 ), Brazilian musician
* Carlos Mendes ( born 1980 ), United States footballer

Mendes and Miami
Mendes appeared in Will Smith's video " Miami " and the Pet Shop Boys ' music video for " Se a vida é ( That's the way life is )" in 1996 and Aerosmith's video " Hole in My Soul " in 1997.

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