STOCKHOLM (AP) – UK-based Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose experience of crossing continents and cultures has fed his novels on the impact of migration on individuals and societies, won on Thursday the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Swedish Academy said the award was in recognition of Gurnah’s “uncompromising and compassionate …
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Read More »Nobel Prize in Physics rewards work on climate change, other forces – KTSM 9 news
STOCKHOLM (AP) – Three scientists on Tuesday won the Nobel Prize in Physics for work that brought order to apparent disorder, helping to explain and predict complex forces in nature, including expanding our understanding of change climate. Syukuro Manabe from Japan and Klaus Hasselmann from Germany have been cited for …
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Shakespeare’s works have inspired and angered some of history’s most infamous terrorists, including the conspirators behind 9/11 and the Gunpowder Plot, new research has revealed. New studies from Dr Islam Issa, professor of literature and history at Birmingham City University, examined how terrorists through the centuries reacted to Shakespeare’s writings …
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The portents are that the United States has once again found a convenient scapegoat to blame for the Afghan debacle. Wow, the American generals swore. “We need to fully consider the role of the Pakistani shrine. They stressed “the need to probe how the Taliban resisted US military pressure for …
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The controversial Merepoor Pitch arrived the day before yesterday at the gates of the Intergalactic Cricket Council (IgCC) prison. Pitch waved to all the satellites, orbiting above his head, and then revealed the following over his good-length area: “Don’t like me – Pitch.” For all the latest news, follow the …
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Check out this comprehensive list of arts-related events happening this month on and off campus, which includes a roundup of exciting concerts, exhibits, interactive discussions, and even a live play. direct. The lights are back in the Department of Theater Arts at the University of Miami. After a hiatus of …
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Read More »Max Galvan | Death notice | reflector.com
Longtime educator Dr. Max Galván passed away peacefully with his family on September 21, 2021 in Winterville, North Carolina. Max was born in 1939 in Huanta, Peru, (son of the late Guillermo Galván and Benedicta Gonzales). Max immigrated from Peru to the United States in 1961 and soon joined the …
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Rebecca Donner heard about her great-great-aunt Mildred Harnack when she was 16. Donner’s grandmother, Jane, Harnack’s niece, gave him a bundle of letters from Harnack and some of his books. Then she asked him to promise to one day tell the story of Harnack to the world. Donner, who grew …
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When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. The National Book Awards’ long list of translated literature for 2021 was recently announced. The books were originally published in 7 different languages including Spanish, French and Chinese. Want more books? Check out the long lists …
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The book is set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and tells an enveloping story of the Tran family seen through the eyes of matriarch Tran Dieu Lan and her granddaughter, Huong. As Huong grows up, Lan teaches him what it takes to survive and live with compassion. “The …
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(CNN) – For almost two years since the start of the pandemic, Turkmenistan has not seen a single case of Covid-19. Or at least that’s what the secret, authoritarian government of the Central Asian country claims. Turkmenistan, a former Soviet republic home to nearly 6 million people, is one of …
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Read More »Albemarle native receives East Carolina University Brody Scholar Award – The Stanly News & Press
An Albemarle native of East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine has been awarded the university’s most prestigious scholarship. Quashawn Chadwick has been selected for the 2025 Class Brody Scholar Prize, valued at approximately $ 118,000. As a Brody Fellow, Chadwick will receive four years of medical tuition, living expenses, …
Read More »‘Godfather of black cinema’ filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles has died at 89 – FOX23 News
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Even before it opened, the Humboldt Forum in Berlin has been rife with controversy for years. Beyond the public reaction linked to its construction costs of 680 million euros ($ 800 million), the cutting-edge museum is at the center of a debate around the objects of the colonial era filling …
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Read More »Morning Mail: Aukus Deal Backlash, Strip Search Violation, Murdoch Hires Piers Morgan | Australia News
gHello. The defense agreement of the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia has shocked not only China and France, but also climate experts. The National Secretary of Labor took to Google over misinformation concerns ahead of the federal election. And controversial British journalist Piers Morgan has joined News Corp. …
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Read More »Obituary of Mary Donovan (1960 – 2021) – Bismarck, ND
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As a young man, Rabindranath Tagore was deeply impressed by the works of 19eAmerican writers of the century Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman. Their works, he had felt, in resonance with oriental ideas and feelings. The way America fought to free itself from the British and defended freedom as a …
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Read More »UAH Speech Restrictions Would Violate State Law | Opinion
A new free speech lawsuit has been filed in Alabama alleging that one of the state’s leading state universities – the University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH) – is not only violating the Alabama constitution, but also a state law of 2019. This new law – the Campus Free Speech …
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Additional events are added regularly; visit our website http://jenkscenter.org for the latest updates. The Jenks Center remains closed to promote public safety resulting from the coronavirus outbreak. Check our website for updates. Staff operate with minimal coverage to support the elderly in Winchester. Please call 781-721-7136 if you require assistance. …
Read More »Educator Kidnapped in Kyrgyzstan by Turkish Spies Asked About Critical Magazine Subscription
Abdullah Bozkurt / Stockholm Educator Orhan İnandı, a Turkish-Kyrgyz dual national who was kidnapped by Turkish intelligence agency MIT, was asked about his subscriptions to newspapers and magazines critical of the government after he was taken to Turkey, according to a document obtained by Nordic Monitor. İnandı, the founder and …
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Sports stories reveal that modern cultures conceptualize physical activity differently from traditional societies. Modern sport tends towards the secular rather than the sacred. The emphasis on equality, both in competitive conditions and in competitive opportunities, consumes modern sport. Modern sport reproduces modern social structures in other ways as well, manifesting …
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From the strains of “Here Comes the Bride” to Bugs Bunny in opera costume riding a white horse singing in “What’s Opera, Doc” to the phrase “It’s not over until the fat lady sings”, Richard Wagner’s work is rooted in Western society. In addition to the concerts that have been …
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A mother who used her body as a shield to protect her 11-year-old daughter was stabbed to death by the jihadist knife during an attack in Germany. Christaine H. stood up for her child as 24-year-old Abdirahman J. tore up a Woolworth department store in Wurzberg. The barefoot attacker, identified …
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In 1947, Anne Frank’s personal magazine, The Diary of a Young Girl, was first published by Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl of German descent who was in hiding with her family from the Nazis in Amsterdam during the Second World War. The Franks were hiding in the annex. It …
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The jury underlined her commitment to promoting culture in her country and opening it up to women, and her fight for rights and political change in Zimbabwe. AP Photo / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi Zimbabwean writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga has received a prestigious German award for a body of work that …
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My suggestion to my wife that the Sacher-Masoch book“Venus in Furs” may have inspired the insult of the Kotsker Rebbeabout all the sinful Jews who try to watchlike a tzaddik who I am Peltz, which means “fur tzaddik”, inspired my wife to tell me she would buy me the fur …
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“Tsurikrufn” is a Yiddish word meaning “to remember”. It is also the name of a digital platform commemorating German Jewish figures who contributed to German society before the Nazi takeover. Many of them have already been largely forgotten. On the occasion of the anniversary year “1700 years of Jewish life …
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The one-cent magenta stamp, issued in British Guiana in 1856, was auctioned for US $ 8.3 million at Sotheby’s in New York, confirming its place as the most valuable stamp in history, Reuters reported today. The stamp is the only survivor of a series that was printed by then British …
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The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara management committee on the occasion of the inauguration ceremony of his Speedmaster CS 92. Printing companies position themselves successfully with the Speedmaster CS 92 in the Indian printing market Strong growth in commercial printing and packaging Over 60 Speedmaster CS 92 printing units sold and installed …
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The human body can exist for up to 30 days without food, but only 3 days without water. Without it, civilization ceases to exist. John Fleck, director of the Water Resource Program at the University of New Mexico, and Brad Udall, professor at Colorado State University, wrote an article in …
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For James Joyce, it was “the snot sea, the sea which constricts the scrotum”. For others, it’s the great brackish depth, or Davy Jones’ trap. In Greek, it is the thalassa from which the study of the seas derives: thalassography. Joyce envisioned writing a novel about the sea when she …
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German writer Iris Hanika received the Leipzig Book Prize for Fiction for her novel “Echos Kammern”. The jury announced the decision in a virtual ceremony on Friday. They praised Hanika’s talent as a “clever, witty and savage narrative builder”, calling her “the most stubborn voice in contemporary German literature“. Friday’s …
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