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☆ It's no wonder why 'Zone of Interest' earned 2 Oscars. It showed us the Holocaust like never before.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Mathias Döpfner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The images and sounds from A24's "Zone of Interest," which has earned a little over $24 million at the global box office, have haunted me since that weekend. AdvertisementUnlike most Holocaust films, Jonathan Glazer, the director of "The Zone of Interest," tells the story from the perpetrators' — and thus the murderers' — perspective. More precisely, he tells the story of Rudolf Höss, the camp commander of Auschwitz, one of the worst criminals of National Socialism. 'Zone of Interest' perfectly captures a life with no loveA still from "The Zone of Interest." Shortly after the meeting, the Höss family once again goes swimming in the river.

Persons: Axel Springer, Mathias Döpfner, Jonathan Glazer, —, Palme, Martin Amis, Rudolf Höss, Hedwig Höss, Rudolf, it's Rudolf Höss, Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, loveless, Hedwig, It's, Kurt Prüfer, Fritz Sander, Höss, Nora Mattaliano, Glazer, Queen, Mica Levi, resound, Höss strolls, Hannah Arendt, Eichmann Organizations: Service, Höss, Wannsee Conference, Holocaust, Museum Locations: WELT, Cannes, Auschwitz, Erfurt, Euphemistic, Berlin, Polish, Washington

Tester entered the Senate after selling Montana voters on his authenticity, and the former high school band teacher's message hasn’t changed much. Tester chairs the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. “I take my cues directly from the veterans of this state,” Tester told the assembly at Bigfork High School. There’s been an influx of newcomers from Arizona, Washington state, California and Texas. He currently ranks second with $407,000 in contributions from lobbyists, putting him just behind Washington state Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell, according to the research group OpenSecrets.

Persons: Jon Tester, Tester, Republican Donald Trump, hasn’t, you’ve, He's, ”, “ It’s, West Virginia Democratic Sen, Joe Manchin's, Mitch McConnell, Tim Sheehy, Matt Rosendale, Kevin McCarthy of, Trump, he’s, Israel, Noah Sohl, Lockheed Martin, Sohl, “, ” Sohl, ‘ I’m, I’m, ” Tester, Terry Baker, Baker, “ He’s, There’s, that's, Sid Daoud, Sen, Conrad Burns, ” Jack Abramoff, Abramoff, Burns, Democratic Sen, Maria Cantwell, he's, Big Sandy, Sharla Organizations: U.S . Senate, Veterans, Bigfork, Democrat, Republican, Montana, West Virginia Democratic, Montana , U.S . Navy, U.S . Rep, Democratic, Lockheed, . Census, Veterans ’ Affairs, Bigfork High, Senate, Republicans, Montana Libertarian, Washington Locations: Mont, U.S, Montana, Bigfork, Flathead, Washington, Pacific, Ky, Montana , U.S, Kevin McCarthy of California, Rosendale, Butte, Israel, Missoula, Vietnam, Kalispell, ” Montana, Arizona, California, Texas, Bozeman, Iraq, Big

☆ Opinion | How the Underground Railroad Got Its Name
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Scott Shane | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Born into slavery outside Washington, D.C., in 1801, he had largely educated himself and bought his own freedom 11 years before. And one day early that August he took up his pen and made literary history, becoming the first to use a phrase that would resound through the subsequent decades of slavery and to the present day: underground railroad. In researching a book about Mr. Smallwood, likely the most fascinating and important African American activist and writer you’ve never heard of, I stumbled upon the solution to an old historical mystery: Where did the Underground Railroad get its name? The answer: from Mr. Smallwood’s newspaper dispatches, overlooked until recently in aging newsprint stacked in a Boston Public Library warehouse. As I read through these extraordinary letters, a rare real-time account of escapes and a lost masterpiece of satire, I came across the first use of “underground railroad” from the Aug. 10, 1842, edition of Tocsin of Liberty, an abolitionist newspaper published in Albany.

Persons: Thomas Smallwood, enslavers, Smallwood, you’ve, antic, ’ Organizations: Washington , D.C, U.S . Capitol, Railroad, Public Library, Washington Locations: Washington ,, Washington , Baltimore, Albany, N.Y, Liberty

☆ Zelenskiy visits two sectors of front, hands out awards to Ukrainian troops
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

KYIV, June 26 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited two sectors of the frontline facing Russian troops in eastern and southern Ukraine, handing out awards and posing with troops in video footage posted online on Monday. The first visit, according to the president's office, involved the Khortytsia operational-strategic group, including soldiers who have fought Russian troops in the Bakhmut sector, where battles have been intense. "I have the honour to be here today, talk to the commander and first of all thank you, thank you for protecting our country, sovereignty, our families, children, Ukraine," Zelenskiy said. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERSA second video showed Zelenskiy at a fuel station. In the third video, Zelenskiy is shown handing out awards, posing with soldiers and again examining maps with officers.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Hanna Maliar, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Heritage, Ron Popeski, Sandra Maler Organizations: Presidential Press Service, REUTERS, Deputy, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Donetsk, Russian, Donetsk region, Rivnopil, Kyiv

☆ Supreme Court Ruling on Voting Rights Could Resound Across the South
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Nick Corasaniti | Rick Rojas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Alabama’s congressional map had diluted the power of Black voters, it was a long-sought victory for voting rights activists, who had grown increasingly alarmed at the court’s previous decisions that have hollowed out the Voting Rights Act. The decision also is likely to reverberate across the South, and could force multiple states with pending Voting Rights Act challenges to redraw their own maps. In Alabama, a state with a tortured history of Jim Crow laws and voter suppression, the court’s ruling against the legislatively drawn maps was a significant victory for Black voters. The court affirmed a lower court’s decision to create a second congressional district “in which Black voters either comprise a voting-age majority or something quite close to it.”And the ruling offered many Alabama voters a much-needed assurance that the Voting Rights Act’s other protections held strong, especially in a state that was the origin of one of the most damaging decisions to the landmark act.

Persons: Jim Crow Organizations: Black voters, Alabama Locations: Alabama

☆ Real Madrid dethroned as ‘Kings of Europe’ as the club looks to usher in new generation of stars
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Even before the full-time whistle blew in Manchester City’s 4-0 mauling in the Champions League semifinal Wednesday, Real Madrid players looked to have accepted their fate. To see a club like Real Madrid get put to the sword is always a surprise, but it’s even more shocking when you consider it was this team – in this competition. Luka Modrić has been one of the best players in the world during his time at Real Madrid. In truth, the chastening defeat against Manchester City has only amplified what madridistas already knew. Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti looked on as his side lost 4-0 on Wednesday.

Reuters interviews with Kar and a dozen other voters in Antakya reflected anger over what some viewed as a slow initial government response to the disaster. The voices are a small snapshot of Antakya and the wider area of southern Turkey hit by the earthquake, a region home to nine million voters and traditionally an Erdogan stronghold. Only 4.3% of voters viewed the quake as Turkey's biggest problem last month, with most more concerned by an economy racked by rampant inflation. Nearby, excavators resound as they demolish some of the 80-90% of buildings estimated to have suffered quake damage. The opposing sides present very different narratives about Erdogan and his government's response to the disaster.

☆ ‘From Hollywood to the World’ Review: José Iturbi, Movie-Star Pianist
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( David Mermelstein | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

José Iturbi (foreground) with his sister and fellow musician, AmparoJosé Iturbi ’s name may spark some vague recognition in those of a certain age, though most likely as a cultural figure lauded by previous generations. Iturbi, who died at age 84 in 1980, was a celebrated Spanish pianist and conductor who migrated into Hollywood movies in the 1940s, when he simultaneously held a coveted recording contract with RCA that endured for 20 years, starting in the mid-1930s. But though beloved by many, he never quite entered the pantheon of musicians whose names still resound.

☆ Cleric killed in restive Iranian city, protests rage on
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Amnesty International said security forces killed at least 66 people in a crackdown on protesters in Zahedan on Sept. 30. The Sistan-Baluchistan region around Zahedan is one of the country's poorest and has been a hotbed of tension where Iranian security forces have been attacked by Baluch militants. Forty prominent Iranian human rights lawyers publicly criticised Iran's Shi'ite theocracy, saying crackdowns that have crushed dissent for decades will no longer work and protesters seeking a new political order will prevail. Human Rights Watch said Iranian authorities had escalated their assault against widespread dissent and protests by filing dubious national security charges against detained activists and staging grossly unfair trials. Iran has denied allegations by human rights groups that it abuses prisoners.

Educat la mănăstirea benedictină de la Pomposa, Guido a folosit în mod evident tratatul muzical al lui Odo din Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. A părăsit Pomposa în anul 1025, a fost numit de Theobald, episcopul Arezzo, ca profesor la școala catedralei și a fost însărcinat să scrie Micrologus de disciplina artis musicae. Guido a dezvoltat tehnica de solmizare, descrisă în Epistola de ignoto cantu. Înainte de Guido, o notație alfabetică folosind literele de la a la p a fost utilizată în Franța încă din anul 996. Pe lângă inovațiile sale, Guido a descris și o varietate de organum (adăugând la o melodie simplistă o a doua voce cântând diferite tonuri), care s-a deplasat în mare parte în sferturi paralele.

Persons: Guido, Odo, Theobald, Ioan al XIX, Guido d’Arezzo, Sfântul Ioan Botezătorul, Saint John, Ioan, Dumnezeu Organizations: artis Locations: Saint - Maur, Pomposa, Arezzo, resound, Saint, Franța

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