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☆ Letter from Franz Kafka complaining of writer’s block up for auction
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —A letter giving a rare insight into Franz Kafka’s struggle with writer’s block is going up for auction. This means it would have been written while Kafka was undergoing treatment for tuberculosis, with which he was diagnosed three years earlier. Ehrenstein made the request after seeing a newly published work by Kafka – probably the 1919 short story collection “Ein Landarzt” (“A Country Doctor”). We can also all be thankful that Kafka would continue to pick up his pen despite his crippling writer’s block,” he added. At the time the letter was written, Kafka had also begun an intense love affair with Czech journalist and writer Milena Jesenská.

Persons: Franz Kafka’s, Franz Kafka, Kafka, Sotheby's, what’s, ” Kafka, Albert Ehrenstein, “, Sotheby’s, Ehrenstein, Kafka –, Landarzt, Gabriel Heaton, Milena Jesenská, – Organizations: London CNN, Pictorial Press Locations: Prague, Bohemia, Sotheby’s, London, Vienna, Austrian, Czech, ”, Germany, Austria

☆ The Very Online Afterlife of Franz Kafka
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Amanda Hess | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Also, “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka, a fat black bug on its cover. The video’s creator is 25-year-old Margarita Mouka — @aquariuscat444 on TikTok, where she frequently posts about Kafka, integrating his work, his likeness and his life story into her online persona of romantic intellectualism. “Franz Kafka becomes an unlikely HEARTTHROB on TikTok — where Gen Zers are swooning over the Czech novelist nearly 100 YEARS after his death,” ran a Daily Mail headline. On BookTok, where a flashed book jacket conveys a glimmer of a user’s inner life, a classic text can leave a durable impression. It plays like a deep cut, reaching back through time to ground a TikToker’s content in a more enduring human experience.

Persons: Ottessa Moshfegh, Sylvia Plath, Franz Kafka, Margarita Mouka —, Kafka, “ Franz Kafka, Zers, ”, Harry Styles Organizations: Daily Mail, The, Austro Locations: TikTok, Czech, Hungarian

☆ Is the US decision on Ukraine weapons a game-changer?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The story of the past 27 months since Russia invaded Ukraine has been one of crumbling taboos. Despite securing more weapons from the United States last month, Ukraine has not been able to use them as it pleases. Red lines fadeThe US is joining the United Kingdom, France, Germany and several others in removing restrictions on how Ukraine uses the weapons it is given. Before Biden gave the green light, Putin had made veiled nuclear threats to countries considering allowing Ukraine to strike Russia with their weapons. In both cases, Russia had warned Ukraine and its Western allies not to cross its red line.

Persons: Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, Biden, Volodymyr Zelensky, Valentyn Ogirenko, Adam Kinzinger, Ben Hodges, ”, Vladimir Putin’s, Kateryna, Narciso Contreras, Franz, Stefan Gady, Ukraine “, Mathieu Boulegue, “, Putin, ” Stepanenko Organizations: CNN, Russian, Firefighters, Reuters, Institute for, Anadolu, Getty, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Kharkhiv, Center for, United, Russia Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Kyiv, United States, Moscow, Kharkiv, Washington, “, Prague, Czech, pummel Kharkiv, Russian, Kharkiv Oblast, Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Crimea, Kherson, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia

☆ Tesla dangles the chance of a factory tour with Elon Musk as an incentive to get people to vote on his $55 billion pay package
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Tesla is offering a potential Gigafactory tour with Elon Musk to shareholders who vote in its annual meeting. 15 investors will be chosen at random for the tour, Tesla said. The vote will address proposals regarding Musk's pay plan and moving Tesla's incorporation to Texas. AdvertisementTesla is offering shareholders the opportunity to tour its Texas Gigafactory alongside Elon Musk and the designer of the Cybertruck Franz von Holzhausen — there's just one catch. To qualify for a possible invite to the tour, investors must cast their vote on Musk's pay package.

Persons: Tesla, Elon Musk, —, Franz von Holzhausen — Organizations: Elon, Service, Texas, Business Locations: Texas

☆ A Would-be Assassin Stirs Europe’s Violent Ghosts
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Roger Cohen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Dmitri A. Medvedev, the former Russian president and regular forecaster of a third World War, had no hesitation in comparing the would-be assassin of Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia to the young man who ignited World War I. Europe, he suggested, was once more on the brink. It was on many levels a wild association to make. The Europe of empires that unraveled between 1914 and 1918 is long gone, as is the Europe that replaced it and produced Auschwitz. In their place the painstakingly constructed European Union of 27 members, including Slovakia, has been put in place with the overriding goal of making war impossible on a long-ravaged continent. Yet, with elections to the European Parliament just three weeks way, ominous indications of brewing violence go well beyond the shooting of Mr. Fico, whose condition remains serious.

Persons: Dmitri A, Medvedev, Robert Fico, Fico, Mr, Princip, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Churchill Organizations: Bosnian Serb, of Locations: Russian, Slovakia, Europe, Russia, Bosnian, Sarajevo

☆ The UK’s royal family as you’ve never seen them before
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Alongside them are the Queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, plus Princess Alexandra and the Duchess of Kent, all holding their newborn babies. The Royal Family at Royal Lodge, 1943, conveying a reassuring sense of domesticity and calm during the war. Royal Collection TrustBeaton was the official photographer for Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953. Snowdon/Royal Collection TrustAnother highlight is the earliest surviving color print of a member of the royal family. Paolo Roversi/Royal Collection TrustGET OUR FREE ROYAL NEWSLETTER • Sign up to CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on the royal family, what they are up to in public and what’s happening behind palace walls.

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☆ Mapping Russia’s Sudden Push Across Ukrainian Lines
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Marco Hernandez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Mapping Russia’s Sudden Push Across Ukrainian LinesAll of a sudden, Russian forces are making progress in many directions at once. Vovchansk RUSSIAN TROOPS Ohirtseve RUSSIAN ADVANCE MAY 14 RUSSIA Another line of Russian attack was near the town of Krasne. UKRAINE Tykhe RUSSIA Vovchansk Ohirtseve RUSSIAN TROOPS Another line of Russian attack was near the town of Krasne. The real goal may be to divert already-weakened Ukrainian forces from critical battles elsewhere. Russia’s broad range of attacks appears to be stretching Ukrainian forces thin.

Persons: Shestakove, Slatyne Rohan Derhachi, RUSSIA Vovchansk, Franz, Stefan Gady, Chasiv Yar, Kyrylo Budanov, ”, “ Organizations: Slatyne Rohan Derhachi Kharkiv, American, New York, Ukrainian, Kharkiv Kupiansk, RUSSIA, Makiivka Donetsk Locations: Kharkiv, Ukraine’s, UKRAINE, Russia, Ohirtseve, RUSSIA, Krasne, Hlyboke, Kut, Slatyne Rohan Derhachi Kharkiv, Ukraine, Avdiivka, Donetsk, RUSSIA Russian, Vienna, “, Chasiv Yar

☆ After Outlawing Public Zoos, Costa Rica Relocates Hundreds of Animals
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Jesus Jiménez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Costa Rica announced last week that it would close its two remaining state zoos, more than a decade after it passed a law to ban keeping wild animals in government-sponsored captivity but was met with legal blowback. Costa Rica’s Ministry of Environment and Energy said in a statement on Saturday that it would not renew its contract with Fundazoo, a foundation that had run the zoos. The move will close the country’s last two state zoos: the Simón Bolívar Zoo and the Santa Ana Conservation Center. Some of the animals have been in captivity for more than 30 years, the ministry said. Franz Tattenbach, the minister of environment and energy, said on Saturday that Costa Rica would move toward running sanctuaries for animals that cannot return to to the wild.

Persons: Costa Rica, Franz Tattenbach Organizations: Rica’s Ministry of Environment, Energy, Fundazoo, Santa Ana Conservation Center Locations: Costa, Rica’s, Costa Rica

☆ Russia is exploiting Ukraine's lack of manpower to thin out the front line and seek a breakthrough, military expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewRussian forces are taking advantage of Ukraine's manpower shortage to thin out the front line and improve their chances of making breakthroughs, a war analyst said. According to the Times, in recent days Russian troops have poured across Ukraine's northeastern border and have taken at least nine villages and settlements. Ukraine's parliament also passed a bill earlier this month that would allow the country's military to recruit prisoners to fight . Whether these will be enough to replenish Ukrainian forces and prevent Russian breakthroughs remains unclear. AdvertisementFor now, Russian forces appear to be trying to encircle the city of Vovchansk in northern Kharkiv from the west and the east, according to an assessment published on Sunday by the ISW.

Persons: —, Franz, Stefan Gady, Michael Kofman, Kofman, Mark Herlting Organizations: Service, Center for New American Security, New York Times, Business, Times, Carnegie Endowment, International, Pentagon, Artillery, CNN, Associated Press Locations: Ukraine, Donbas, Ukrainian, Kharkiv, Russia, Ukraine's, Vovchansk

☆ The US military isn't ready for the coming drone war
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

The Department of Defense is working on initiatives to face the drone threat, but the US military doesn't yet appear ready to confront this ever-evolving challenge, especially on the scale seen in Ukraine. AdvertisementA US military MQ-9 Reaper drone waits for take-off at Kandahar Air Base in Afghanistan on March 9, 2018. US military leaders have repeatedly stressed there's no silver bullet to defeat small drones in battle. Shellie HallStudents there spend several weeks learning how to identify, engage, and defeat small drones. The drone threat draws certain parallels to fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, where hidden bombs posed a tremendous threat.

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☆ Was the Stone Age Actually the Wood Age?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Franz Lidz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The basic chronology — Stone Age to Bronze Age to Iron Age — now underpins the archaeology of most of the Old World (and cartoons like “The Flintstones” and “The Croods”). Thomsen could well have substituted Wood Age for Stone Age, according to Thomas Terberger, an archaeologist and head of research at the Department of Cultural Heritage of Lower Saxony, in Germany. “We can probably assume that wooden tools have been around just as long as stone ones, that is, two and a half or three million years,“ he said. Of the thousands of archaeological sites that can be traced to the era, wood has been recovered from fewer than 10. The projectiles unearthed at the Schöningen site, known as Spear Horizon, are considered the oldest preserved hunting weapons.

Persons: Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Thomsen, Thomas Terberger, “, Terberger, heidelbergensis Organizations: Department of Cultural Heritage, National Academy of Sciences Locations: Danish, Europe, Lower Saxony, Germany, Schöningen

☆ They Shoot Owls in California, Don’t They?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Franz Lidz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Barred owls have also emerged as a threat to the California spotted owl, a closely related subspecies in the Sierra Nevada and the mountains of coastal and Southern California. In the wilds of British Columbia, the northern spotted owl has vanished; only one, a female, remains. If the trend continues, the northern spotted owl could become the first owl subspecies in the United States to go extinct. In a last-ditch effort to rescue the northern spotted owl from oblivion and protect the California spotted owl population, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed culling a staggering number of barred owls across a swath of 11 to 14 million acres in Washington, Oregon and Northern California, where barred owls — which the agency regards as invasive — are encroaching.

Persons: Karla Bloem, ” Organizations: U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, Owl Center Locations: Pacific Northwest, California, Sierra Nevada, Southern California, British Columbia, United States, U.S, Washington , Oregon, Northern California, Minnesota

☆ Ukraine's facing a perfect storm of problems, and a vote in Congress could make or break its war with Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

The House is expected to soon vote on a long-awaited aid package including support for Ukraine and Israel. If the stalled aid package is approved, it remains to seen how the rollout of aid will go. Wojciech Grzedzinski/Anadolu via Getty ImagesWhile US lawmakers have spent months debating Ukraine aid, Russia has been given a golden opportunity. As the Russian war machine fires up, the army is putting pressure on Ukraine's defenses, seeing where it can potentially break through and seize territory. AdvertisementJohnson's planned foreign aid package comes in at a similar cost and includes about $61 billion for Ukraine.

Persons: —, Frederick Kagan, Kostiantyn, It's, Kagan, GENYA SAVILOV, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine's, Mick Ryan, 2S3, Wojciech Grzedzinski, it's, Franz, Stefan Gady, Gady, Ryan, Mike Johnson, Republican opposers, Johnson, Johnson's, Scott Peterson, Jose Colon, William Burns, Zelenskyy, Vladimir Putin, Lev Radin Organizations: Service, Washington DC, American Enterprise Institute, Business, Armed Forces, Getty Images, Australian Army, Ukrainian 63rd Brigade, Getty, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Russian, Ukraine, NATO, Archer Artillery, Roman, Republican, Democrats, Republicans, Pentagon, Anadolu, CIA, Russia, UNITED STATES, Pacific Press, Ukrainian Locations: Ukraine, Israel, Russia, Washington, Chernigiv, AFP, Getty Images Ukraine, Russian, Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, Anadolu, Europe, Taiwan, Ukrainian, Kharkiv, Izyum, China, North Korea, Poland, American

☆ The Paris Olympics’ One Sure Thing: Cyberattacks
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Tariq Panja | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In his office on one of the upper floors of the headquarters of the Paris Olympic organizing committee, Franz Regul has no doubt what is coming. “We will be attacked,” said Mr. Regul, who leads the team responsible for warding off cyberthreats against this year’s Summer Games in Paris. In the Paris operations center, there is even a red light to alert the staff to the most severe danger. So far, Mr. Regul said, there have been no serious disruptions. Unlike companies and governments, though, who plan for the possibility of an attack, Mr. Regul said he knew exactly when to expect the worst.

Persons: Franz Regul, ”, Regul Organizations: Paris Olympic, Paris . Companies Locations: Paris

☆ Blackstone hires Walmart AI whiz to supercharge its portfolio companies
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Private equity is ramping up its AI hiring efforts, with Blackstone snagging a key executive to oversee how AI will be applied at its some 230 portfolio companies. Mehrotra will lead Applied AI within Blackstone's data science team, Matthew Katz, Blackstone's global head of data science, told Business Insider in a written statement. Mehrotra comes to Wall Street from Walmart, where he led applied AI efforts at the retailer and managed a team of more than 400 data scientists. Related storyWhile at Walmart, Mehrotra was the vice president of applied AI, leading a team responsible for how AI was mixed into merchandising, including assortment, pricing, and inventory management. AdvertisementLike its peers, Blackstone is eager to take advantage of AI, which stands to shake up businesses across virtually all industries.

Persons: Blackstone, Prakhar Mehrotra, Mehrotra, Matthew Katz, Blackstone's, Franz Edelman, Katz, Deepali Vyas, Zac Maufe, Manoj Mahenthiran, Thomas H, Lee Organizations: Service, Walmart, Twitter, CalTech, Blackstone, Blackstone . Data Locations: Boston, Blackstone

☆ Ukraine ‘will lose the war’ if US aid not approved, says Zelensky
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Christian Edwards | Maria Kostenko | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Ukraine “will lose the war” if the United States Congress does not approve military aid to help it resist Russia’s invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. “It’s important to specifically address the Congress: if the Congress doesn’t help Ukraine, Ukraine will lose the war,” Zelensky said Sunday during a video meeting of the Ukrainian fund-raising group UNITED24. “If Ukraine loses this war, other countries will be attacked. Zelensky previously told CNN that “millions” could die in Ukraine’s war with Russia if US lawmakers do not approve the aid package. There’s certain weapons systems, certain logistical support which the European countries simply cannot provide to Ukraine” such as air defense systems, he said.

Persons: Ukraine “, Volodymyr Zelensky, “, ” Zelensky, ”, Mike Johnson, Zelensky, Ukraine’s, Russia –, –, Anton Shtuka, Franz, Stefan Gady, Gady, UNITED24 ’ Organizations: CNN, United States Congress, Senate, Getty, International Institute for Strategic Studies Locations: Ukraine, “, Kyiv, Russia, Israel, Moscow, Avdiivka, Kharkiv, AFP, ”, Washington, Ukrainian

☆ Meet the woman who engineered Russia's wartime economy and helped secure another term for Putin
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Russian central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina has played a key role in stabilizing Russia's sanctions-hit economy. It's also aimed at the woman behind him: Elvira Nabiullina, the country's central bank governor, who plays a chief role in keeping Russia's wartime economy ticking. At the time, she was the first woman to lead a Group of Eight, or G8, central bank. In 2015, Euromoney, a finance trade publication, named Nabiullina Central Bank Governor of the Year. In December, she issued a warning that Russia's economy was at risk of overheating.

Persons: Elvira Nabiullina, —, Putin, It's, Nabiullina, Daniel McDowell, McDowell, wined, Christine Lagarde, Nabiullina —, Richard Portes, Portes —, Portes, Anders Åslund, Åslund, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Franz Kafka, Yaroslav Kuzminov, Kuzminov, Nabiullina's, Alan Harvey, Herman Gref —, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina, Maxim Shemetov, Michel Camdessus, she's, isn't, Sergei Aleksashenko, Alexei Makarkin, Vladimir Pesnya, Nabiulina, let's Organizations: Ukraine, Service, Russian, KGB, Syracuse University, Kremlin, International Monetary Fund, US, London Business School, Moscow Times, Bloomberg, Higher School of Economics, —, Moscow State University, SNS, USSR, Industrial Union Board, Gref, Central Bank Governor, Nabiullina Central Bank Governor, Banker, Central Banker, IMF, Monetary Fund, Financial Times, Government, Political Technologies, Wall Street Journal, RBC, Politico Europe Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia, Brussels, Nabiullina, Swedish, Moscow, Ufa, Central Russia, Tatars, Crimea, Euromoney, Europe, steadying

☆ Formed in the Cold War, former members of Germany’s Red Army Faction are now fugitives
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —German authorities have been tracking down the former members of the Red Army Faction (RAF), a now-defunct Cold War-era militant group, who have been on the run for nearly 30 years. The RAF, he said, emerged in what was then West Berlin, at the “crossroads” of the Cold War. The first, and most prominent period from 1970-1977, saw the group murder public officials and US soldiers and take many hostages. In April 1975, six RAF members seized the West German Embassy in Stockholm in a hostage standoff with the goal of forcing the release of imprisoned RAF members. The Red Army Faction claimed responsibility for the assassination, but the perpetrators were never brought to justice.

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Jamahl Mosley made the Orlando Magic a contender. Mosley and the playoff-contending Magic — on pace for their best season in 13 years — have agreed on an extension that keeps him under contract in Orlando through the 2027-28 season, the team announced Tuesday. Mosley is in his third season with Orlando. We are very happy to have Jamahl lead the Magic for years to come.”The Magic contending might be viewed as a surprise in some NBA circles this season. But Mosley has insisted, publicly and privately, since even before the season started that this Orlando team would be different.

Persons: Jamahl Mosley, Mosley, —, Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, “ Jamahl, Jeff Weltman, “, ” Mosley, Orlando, haven't, — Mosley, Orlando's Wagner, — Franz, Moritz —, Banchero, we'll, ” Organizations: Orlando Magic, Orlando, Division, NBA, Associated Press, Mavericks, USA Basketball, U.S, AdventHealth Training Center Locations: Orlando, Denver , Cleveland, Dallas, Las Vegas, Manila, Germany

NEW YORK (AP) — Andrea Götsch was surprised when she won her audition in 2019 that led to membership in the Vienna Philharmonic. I thought that was too far away.”A male bastion from its founding in 1842 until 1997, the Vienna Philharmonic now has 24 female players among 145 members with three vacancies as it tours the United States this week. And we want the best members, so it was the right decision.”Based since 1870 at Vienna’s Musikverein, the Vienna Philharmonic elects leadership, engages conductors, chooses programs and schedules tours and recording sessions. It selects members from the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and has had a summer residency at the Salzburg Festival since 1922. A year later, she was confirmed for the Opera Orchestra and in 2022 she became a VPO member.

Persons: — Andrea Götsch, ”, “, It’s, Daniel Froschauer, Vienna’s Musikverein, Anna Lelkes, Albena Danailova, Franz Welser, Madeleine Carruzzo, York Philharmonic’s, Stephanie “ Steffy ” Goldner, Helen Kotas, Froschauer, Anneleen Lenaerts, Xavier de Maistre, Michael Bladerer, Strauss ’, Arabella ”, ” Lenaerts, ” Götsch, Johann Hindler, Verdi’s “, Daniel Harding, Götsch Organizations: Vienna Philharmonic, Associated Press, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Salzburg Festival, Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, Berlin Philharmonic, York, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, State Opera Orchestra, Mahler, of, State Opera, VPO, Opera Orchestra Locations: Vienna, United States, Vienna’s, Swiss, Brussels, Bolzano, Italy, Mahler’s

☆ The Vienna Philharmonic Tours With a Favorite Conductor
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Joshua Barone | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Vienna Philharmonic hasn’t had a chief conductor since 1933. But it has had favorite conductors. The violinist Daniel Froschauer, the Philharmonic’s chairman, has said that today, the ensemble not so secretly has two maestros at the top of its roster: Riccardo Muti and Franz Welser-Möst. It takes a lot to win over the affection of the Philharmonic, one of Europe’s finest ensembles, just as it takes a lot to join its ranks. These players — known for their lush sound, their brighter, higher tuning frequency and their distinctly Viennese articulation — can be haughty and stubborn; I have seen them outright defy a conductor in rehearsal.

Persons: Vienna Philharmonic hasn’t, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Herbert von Karajan, Karl Böhm, Daniel Froschauer, Riccardo Muti, Franz Welser, Bruckner, Mahler, Berg, Hindemith, Schoenberg, Strauss, Ravel Organizations: Vienna Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, Philharmonic Locations: Vienna, Austrian

☆ Andreas Brehme, who won the 1990 World Cup for West Germany, dies aged 63
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Ben Morse | Nadine Schmidt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Later that year, a unified German soccer team was formed following the country’s unification. Lothar didn’t fancy it [in the 1990 World Cup final]. He was part of the team which finished runner-up in the 1986 World Cup and runner-up in the 1992 European Championships. Andy was our World Cup hero, but for me he was much more than that – he was my close friend and companion to this day. “In 1990 he fired the German national team to the World Cup title with his penalty and became a football legend.

Persons: ” Andreas Brehme –, –, Brehme, ” Brehme, Franz Beckenbauer, West, FourFourTwo, “, ”, Rudi, Völler, Lothar, Matthäus, Lothar didn’t, “ Andreas Brehme, Bernd Neuendorf, Mario Götze, Gerd Müller, Helmut Rahn, Andreas Brehme –, Andreas ’, Andy, Ciao Andi, Otto Rehhagel, Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer, Sebastian Widmann, ” Kaiserslautern Organizations: CNN, West, Bayern Munich, Argentina, FIFA, FourFourTwo, Bundesliga, FC Kaiserslautern –, Italian Serie, Inter Milan, German Football Association, DFB, Kaiserslautern, Bavarian, Internazionale, UEFA, ” Inter, Real Zaragoza, Devils, German, FCK Locations: West Germany, Rome, German, Italian, Brehme, Italy, Spain, Kaiserslautern

☆ Tesla's design chief leads workouts in the company parking lot
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tesla's design chief, Franz von Holzhausen, conducts fitness sessions at the company's parking lot. Von Holzhausen leads a team of around 300 at a converted airplane hangar in Los Angeles. AdvertisementTesla's design chief Franz von Holzhausen isn't all work and no play — at least according to a new profile of the Cybertruck designer. Von Holzhausen, who has worked closely with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, likes to lead fitness training in the company parking lot, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Though, von Holzhausen told the publication the billionaire is still "very involved" and sometimes shares design ideas from social media.

Persons: Franz von Holzhausen, Von Holzhausen, Elon Musk, —, Franz von Holzhausen isn't, von Holzhausen, Von Holzhausen didn't, Tesla, Walter Isaacson's, Musk, who've, Von Holzhausen's, Holzhausen, Jay Leno's Organizations: Service, Tesla, Street, Business, Volkswagen, General Motors, Mazda, Twitter, Apple, Jay Leno's YouTube Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Schubert’s Operas Were Failures. Is Their Music Worth Saving?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Joshua Barone | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“I feel myself the most unhappy and wretched creature in the world,” Franz Schubert, suffering from syphilis and reeling from professional failures, wrote in March 1824 to his friend, the painter Leopold Kupelwieser. “I seem once again,” Schubert, then 27, wrote in his letter, “to have composed two operas for nothing.”He wouldn’t return to the genre again. And even after his death in 1828, at 31, when many of his works enjoyed posthumous adulation and were performed widely, none of his theatrical undertakings entered the standard repertoire. It’s surprising that opera eluded Schubert, who by most counts started about 20 stage works, completed fewer than a dozen and saw the premieres of just two. After all, he wrote some of the most beautiful vocal music in the repertoire: the song cycles “Die Schöne Müllerin” and “Winterreise,” and hundreds of beloved lieder like “Gretchen am Spinnrade” and “Ave Maria.”

Persons: ” Franz Schubert, Leopold Kupelwieser, ”, Schubert, “, ” Schubert, “ Gretchen, Spinnrade Locations: Vienna, “, Maria

☆ Who Kissed First? Archaeology Has an Answer.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Franz Lidz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

They met a week earlier at a pub near the University of Copenhagen, where both were undergraduates. “I had asked my cousin if he knew any nice single guys with long hair and long beards,” Dr. Rasmussen said. “I do,” said Dr. Rasmussen, who had taken some of the same classes. The researcher, at the University of Cambridge, suggested that the custom — a lip-kissing precursor that involved rubbing and pressing noses together — developed into hardcore smooching. — about when the Indian how-to sex manual, the Kama Sutra, was published — kissing had spread to the Mediterranean with the return of Alexander the Great’s troops from Northern India.

Persons: humanity’s, Sophie Lund Rasmussen, Troels, “, Dr, Rasmussen, ’, Arboll, ”, buss, —, Alexander the Organizations: University of Copenhagen, University of Oxford’s, Conservation Research Unit, Aalborg University, University of Cambridge Locations: Assyriology, Denmark, Asia, Northern India

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