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☆ India’s time zone: Why the world’s most populous country has a unique one
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Dhruv Tikekar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

India’s half-hour zone dates back to colonial rule of India and the era when ever-faster steamships and trains were shrinking the world. The start of the 20th century saw some push from scientific associations to calibrate India’s time to GMT. That recommendation was rejected by the colonial government, which opted for a unified time that sat squarely in the middle: five and a half hours ahead of GMT. In 2015, North Korea moved out of sync with South Korea by creating “Pyongyang Time,” putting the country eight and a half hours ahead of GMT instead of nine. India’s colonial-era time zone decision making, however, reflected a chorus of political, scientific and commercial voices both from within the government and outside of it, Gordon says.

Persons: Hulton, ”, Geoff Gordon, Gordon, “, it’s, Wong Maye, Hugo Chávez, Nicolas Maduro, Terry Gilliam, Rube Goldberg, Maulik Jagnani, Jagnani Organizations: CNN, East India Company, Hulton Deutsch, University of Amsterdam, Madras, Washington D.C, Greenwich Meridian, Greenwich Observatory, Meridian, Royal Society, Prime Meridian, Physical Laboratory, Tufts University, NPL Locations: New York, London, Tokyo, Iran, Myanmar, Australia, India, British, Madras, Chennai, “, Bombay, Kolkata, Washington, London ., Greenwich, North Korea, South Korea, Korea, Pyongyang, Brazil, ”, Greenwich , London, China, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat

☆ A boomer who moved from California to Florida started a Facebook group to help friends make similar moves. 300,000 members later, guiding Californians to new states is his full-time job.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

A few years ago, Terry Gilliam, 64, packed his bags, sold his East Bay, California home, and moved to Florida. After founding two Facebook groups for California movers, he realized thousands more were in the same boat. His groups, Leaving California and Life After California, have nearly 300,000 members between them. Gilliam moved to Winter Park, a city of 29,000 outside Orlando, to help care for his parents. Van Edom, the Knoxville realtor, said Knoxville is a newly popular destination for California movers.

Persons: Terry Gilliam, Gilliam, It's, they're, I've, Terry Gilliam Terry Gilliam, Haley Van Edom, California Gilliam, I'm, he's, He's, Craig Blessing, Van Edom, Shay Felknor, Berkshire Hathaway, Dan Joyner, there's, Felknor, Ethan Lanagan, Lanagan Organizations: Service, Business, Golden State, realtors, Golden, Edom Home Group, Disney, California Facebook, Universal, Estate Services, Berkshire Hathaway C, Dan Joyner Realtors, Sacramento — Locations: Bay , California, Florida, California, . Texas , Arizona, Golden State, Knoxville , Tennessee, Connecticut, Texas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Orlando, shutdowns, Texas , Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Southern California, Central Florida, Van, Knoxville, Berkshire, Greenville , South Carolina, San Diego, Sacramento, Atlanta, North Carolina , Tennessee, Nashville , Tennessee, Franklin , Tennessee, Orange County, Franklin

☆ Michael Palin, 'Monty Python' star, announces death of wife Helen
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —“Monty Python” star Michael Palin announced the death of his “dearest” wife, Helen, on Tuesday, writing on his official website that she “was the bedrock of my life.”She “died peacefully in the early hours of Tuesday morning,” Palin wrote. “Two and a half weeks ago we celebrated our 57th wedding anniversary,” Palin wrote. “Her death is an indescribable loss for myself, our three children and four grandchildren. In September, he disclosed in an interview with The Telegraph that Helen had moved to respite care. She’s going to be 80 in October, I’m going to be 80 at the beginning of next year.

☆ (video) Lista lui Kubrik. Care sunt cele zece filme preferate ale marelui regizor
▼ + stars: | 2019-12-06 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Care sunt cele zece filme preferate ale marelui regizorStanley Kubrick a fost un regizor, scenarist și producător de film american, recunoscut ca unul dintre cei mai inovativi și influenți regizori de film din istoria cinematografică. A regizat o serie de filme foarte apreciate, adesea controversate, filme care au fost percepute ca o reflexie a naturii sale obsesive și perfecționiste. Filmele sale sunt caracterizate de prezența elementelor de suprarealism, expresionism, dar și a unui pesimism ironic, fiind totodată și unele dintre cele mai originale. Stanley Kubrick a regizat 13 lungmetraje și trei scurtmetraje documentar de-a lungul carierei sale. Multe dintre acestea au fost nominalizate la Premiile Oscar sau Globurile de Aur, dar singurul său trofeu Oscar personal a fost câștigat pentru efectele vizuale din filmul „2001: Odiseea spațială”.

Persons: Kubrik, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Woody Allen, Terry Gilliam, Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, Guillermo del Toro, David Lynch ., Federico Fellini, Strawberries, Ingmar Bergman, Kane, Orson Welles, John Huston, Charles Chaplin, Henry V, Laurence Olivier, Michelangelo Antonioni, Fields, Roxie Hart, William Wellman, Howard Hughes Organizations: Sierra, Bank Locations: american, Guillermo

☆ (video) „Remember, remember the 5th of November.” Lista filmelor unde lupta împotriva sistemului este ideea de bază
▼ + stars: | 2019-11-05 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +6 min

„Remember, remember the 5th of November”, cu aceste cuvinte începe unul dintre cele mai apreciate filme din istoria cinematografiei. Astfel, V îndeamnă concetățenii să i se alăture și să participe la complotul de pe 5 noiembrie împotriva guvernării, parlamentului, întregului sistem. Pe 5 noiembrie 1605, Guy Fawkes a fost descoperit într-un tunel de dedesubtul Parlamentului cu 36 de butoaie de praf de pușcă. Departamentul pompierilor dintr-un orășel de provincie dă o petrecere mare pentru a celebra a 86-a aniversare a fostului lider. Joker devine nu doar un sumbru caz social, ci și o poveste moralizatoare.

Persons: James, Guy Fawkes, James I . Fawkes, Fawkes, Milos Forman, Patrick McMurphy, Mildred Ratched, McMurphy, J.J . Dawson, Michael, Winston Smith, John Hurt, Gregor Fisher, Smith, Julia, Suzanna, Terry Gilliam, Sam Lowry, Jill, François Truffaut, Montag, Linda, Cineva, Todd Phillips, Arthur Fleck Organizations: Adevărului Locations: Marii Britanii, Angliei, Americii, Londra, Oceaniei

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