Heat waves in southern Europe this summer were so intense that media there adopted names borrowed from the mythological underworld. Another used the quote “a giant pizza oven” to describe the sweltering region.In parts of Greece, Spain and Italy this month, the mercury soared as high as 113 degrees, just as thousands of Americans descended on the continent for summer vacation. Pent-up demand from American travelers for travel to Europe, combined with persistently high temperatures, has created an uncomfortable, exhausting and perhaps even dangerous situation for travelers. But advisors and tour operators said customers, undeterred, are moving forward with their…
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Only 350 items on 2,000 pieces stolen from the British Museum as part of an “inside job” revealed earlier this year, were recovered, museum president George Osborne said. The director of the British Museum said officials were working as quickly as possible to return stolen objects to the institution over a “period of 20 to 25 years”, and that “350 of them have now been recovered and their titles were returned to us.Speaking at a hearing by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Wednesday, Mr Osborne suggested the British Museum would hold a special exhibition to showcase the recovered…
AMERICAN CANYON, Calif. — American Canyon announced the successful launch of Kids Commerce, a groundbreaking youth entrepreneurship program, in conjunction with the highly anticipated ‘Meet Me in the Street’ event series from the AMERICAN CANYON, Calif. American Canyon, which begins Wednesday. To support its goal of expanding diverse business and employment opportunities, the American Canyon City Council on May 2 approved waiving business license fees for youth participating in the Kids Commerce program. The American Canyon Chamber of Commerce launched Kids Commerce as a comprehensive program that equips young participants with essential business skills, including business planning, budgeting, marketing strategies…
Asia specialist Remote Lands continues its partnership with Aman Resorts in 2024 for Remote’s private jet experiences. Aman Jet Expeditions are limited to eight or nine couples traveling on an Airbus ACJ 319 equipped with only 19 seats. On the ground, guests have their own private car, driver and guide for tours and transfers. Guests stay exclusively at Aman Resorts.For example, the The Greatest 21-Night Tour leaves on April 13 and travels to Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Bhutan, India, Turkey and Greece. Guests stay at seven Aman resorts. Pricing starts at $178,888 per person.
From chaos in the House of Representatives to multiple criminal trials of a former president, there are many unprecedented events occurring in American politics and plenty of reasons to be concerned about the health of American democracy. For those feeling overwhelmed, disoriented, or just need a recap, Brookings has you covered. Understanding Democratic Decline in the United States provides a framework for understanding the challenges of democracy in the United States, to help citizens contextualize and respond to the onslaught of current events. In the coming days, FixGov will publish elements of the report as a blog series. First: four…
I am an avid viewer of the ancestry research program – the “Who Do You Think You Are?” » from the BBC. I love delving into people’s stories, it’s fascinating and the best way to discover what motivates us. We are all a composite of the experiences of our ancestors and the way they lived their lives. We are always connected and share certain traits and characteristics embedded in our DNA. The desire to perform, to be an intrepid explorer, humanitarian objectives: do we inherit the gene from our grandparents?What drove this romantic nostalgia, you ask? The latest installment in…
Martin Scorsese is still curious – and still impressed by the possibilities of cinema A moment from years ago keeps coming back to Martin Scorsese’s mind. When Akira Kurosawa received an honorary Oscar in 1990, the then 80-year-old Japanese director of “Seven Samurai” and “Ikiru” said in his brief, humble speech that he had not yet grasped all the essence of cinema. . This seemed curious to Scorsese, then in post-production on “Goodfellas”, from such a great filmmaker. It wasn’t until Scorsese also turned 80 that he began to understand Kurosawa’s words. Even today, Scorsese says he is just beginning…
Rebecca Love never planned to become a nurse. Or a senior manager. Love was accepted to law school, but her mother told her, “We have a lot of good lawyers in the world.” We don’t have enough competent nurses. So Love agreed to apply to nursing school to please her mother, Northeastern. “I always hoped to make a positive impact on the world,” says Love, who holds a master’s degree in nursing from Northeastern. “Traditionally, I hadn’t thought of nursing as the path to get there. Being accepted to Northeastern and becoming a nurse changed my entire life. Nursing then…
Disney’s live-action filmThe little Mermaid arrived in September arrived in September on its streaming platform. Since its announcement last year, the film, starring Grammy Award-winning artist Halle Bailey, has received widespread negative feedback regarding the casting of her, a young black woman, as the character principal, Ariel. Many lamented and screamed that casting an initially animated black star as a red-haired white woman was ridiculous. From the hashtag #NotMyAriel to discussions using pseudo-science to explain the improbability of a black mermaid, the reaction from Bailey’s casting has been extreme, even uncomfortable. Although the film draws inspiration from his 1989 film,…
Visiting Professor of the Australian Institute of Macedonian Studies, Professor Dr Constantinos Hatzidimitriourecipient of the Christos 2023 Mantzios Visiting Scholar Awardwill give his first seminar on Monday, October 23, 2023 on the role of Eleftherios Venizelos in the Asia Minor campaign, as manifested through American archives. The Australian Institute of Macedonian Studies (AIMS), in close collaboration with the Oceania branch of the Eleftherios Venizelos National Hellenic Research Foundation and the Greek community of Melbourne and Victoria, presents this seminar at 6:30 p.m. at the Lyceum Theater at Alphington Grammar School. Doctor Hatzidimitriou, who comes with his wife Peggy, is a…