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Historical and Modern Perspectives on Same-Sex Unions

Same-Sex Unions in Antiquity Even in antiquity, there were cultures that recognized same-sex relationships in various forms. Although formal marriages between same-sex partners are rarely documented, numerous examples of love unions and symbolic partnerships exist.

Ancient Greece: In Greek culture, same-sex relationships, particularly between men, were widespread and often socially accepted. These relationships, known as pederasty, had an educational character, where an older man (the Erastes) took a younger man (the Eromenos) under his wing. These connections were often marked by love and affection and played an important role in the education and social life of Greek cities.

Rome: Hadrian, who ruled from 117 to 138 AD, is an example of a same-sex relationship in Rome. Hadrian had a famous relationship with Antinous, a young Greek man. This relationship was so significant that Hadrian honored Antinous's memory in an extraordinary way after his death in 130 AD.

Mesopotamia: In ancient Mesopotamian cultures, such as the Sumerians and Assyrians, there is evidence of the acceptance of same-sex relationships. Texts and inscriptions suggest that such relationships were part of the social fabric, although formal marriages are not documented.

India: In ancient India, there are also indications of the acceptance of same-sex relationships. In Hindu mythology, there are stories of gods and heroes in same-sex relationships. This spiritual and cultural acceptance shows that such unions were recognized in certain contexts.

Indigenous Cultures of North America: Many indigenous cultures in North America had the concept of "Two-Spirit" individuals, who possessed both male and female qualities. Such individuals could assume ceremonial roles and enter into same-sex partnerships that were considered spiritually and socially acceptable.

Modern Developments: Marriage for All In modern times, the social and legal recognition of same-sex partnerships has significantly improved. Many countries have enacted laws granting same-sex couples the right to marry and the associated rights and obligations.

Switzerland: On July 1, 2022, Switzerland's "Marriage for All" law came into effect, granting same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples. This was the result of a referendum in September 2021, where the Swiss population overwhelmingly voted in favor of legalization.

Worldwide: In addition to Switzerland, many other countries have previously legalized marriage for same-sex couples, including:

Netherlands (2001): The Netherlands was the first country in the world to introduce same-sex marriage. Belgium (2003): Belgium followed shortly after the Netherlands and legalized same-sex marriage. Spain (2005): Spain was one of the first major European countries to allow same-sex marriage. Canada (2005): Canada legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. South Africa (2006): South Africa became the first country in Africa to permit same-sex marriage. Norway (2009), Sweden (2009), Portugal (2010), Iceland (2010), Argentina (2010), Denmark (2012), Uruguay (2013), New Zealand (2013), France (2013), Brazil (2013), England and Wales (2014), Luxembourg (2015), Ireland (2015), USA (2015), Colombia (2016), Finland (2017), Germany (2017), Australia (2017), Austria (2019), Taiwan (2019), Costa Rica (2020). The legalization of same-sex marriage in these countries was often the result of decades of activism and social change, leading to greater acceptance and legal equality.

From antiquity to the present, same-sex unions and partnerships have a long and often complex history. While symbolic marriages and stable partnerships existed in antiquity, the legal and social recognition of same-sex marriages is an achievement of modern times. Today, many countries, including Switzerland, have introduced "Marriage for All," taking a significant step toward equality and acceptance.

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The ranking of the world's largest airports can vary based on different criteria, such as passenger numbers, land area, or terminal size. Here, I'll focus on the airports' total area (land size) to highlight some of the world's biggest airports, providing details about each:

1. **King Fahd International Airport (DMM) - Saudi Arabia**

- Area: Approximately 780 square kilometers

- Notable for being the largest airport by area in the world.

- Located near Dammam, it serves the entire Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

2. **Denver International Airport (DEN) - United States**

- Area: 135.7 square kilometers

- Known for its distinctive peaked roof, designed to resemble snow-capped mountains.

- It's the largest airport in the United States by total area.

3. **Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) - United States**

- Area: 69.5 square kilometers

- Serves as a major hub, located between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas.

- Features its own ZIP code, post office, and public services.

4. **Orlando International Airport (MCO) - United States**

- Area: 53.83 square kilometers

- The busiest airport in Florida and serves as a major gateway for the state’s tourism.

5. **Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) - United States**

- Area: 52.6 square kilometers

- Located in Loudoun and Fairfax counties in Virginia, serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

- Known for its iconic Eero Saarinen-designed terminal building.

6. **Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) - China**

- Area: 47 square kilometers

- Opened in 2019, it's one of the world's most modern airports, designed to alleviate congestion at Beijing Capital International Airport.

- Features a starfish-shaped terminal for efficiency and reduced passenger walking times.

7. **George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) - United States**

- Area: 44.5 square kilometers

- Located in Houston, Texas, and named after George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States.

8. **Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) - China**

- Area: 39.88 square kilometers

- Serves as a major aviation hub for Asia, particularly for international flights.

9. **Cairo International Airport (CAI) - Egypt**

- Area: 36.3 square kilometers

- The busiest airport in Egypt and serves as the primary hub for Star Alliance member EgyptAir.

10. **Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) - Thailand**

- Area: 32.4 square kilometers

- Opened in 2006 to serve Bangkok, it's known for its massive single-building terminal.

11. **Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) - France**

- Area: 32.38 square kilometers

- France's largest airport and a major aviation hub in Europe, located in Roissy, near Paris.

12. **King Khalid International Airport (RUH) - Saudi Arabia**

- Area: Approximately 31.75 square kilometers

- Located near Riyadh, it's the second-largest airport in Saudi Arabia.

13. **Hamad International Airport (DOH) - Qatar**

- Area: 29 square kilometers

- Opened in 2014 in Doha, replacing the former Doha International Airport.

14. **O'Hare International Airport (ORD) - United States**

- Area: 29 square kilometers

- Located in Chicago, Illinois, it's one of the busiest airports in the world by total passenger traffic.

15. **Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suárez Airport (MAD) - Spain**

- Area: 28.8 square kilometers

- The largest and busiest airport in Spain, located in Madrid.

16. **Bangkok Don Mueang International Airport (DMK) - Thailand**

- Area: 28.8 square kilometers

- One of two international airports serving Bangkok, it's one of the world's oldest international airports and a major hub for low-cost carriers.

17. **Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) - France**

- Area: 32.38 square kilometers (mentioned above with more detail).

18. **Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) - Netherlands**

- Area: 27.87 square kilometers

- Known for its single-terminal concept, it's one of the busiest airports in Europe.

19. **Frankfurt Airport (FRA) - Germany**

- Area: 23 square kilometers

- Germany's busiest airport by passenger numbers and the main hub for Lufthansa.

20. **Dallas Love Field (DAL) - United States**

- Area: 20.3 square kilometers

- Located in Dallas, Texas, primarily serves domestic flights and is the corporate headquarters for Southwest Airlines.

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Russia Ukraine Aggression Raises Global Alarm

Joint statement by the following countries: Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Palau, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Romania, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the High Representative of the European Union, and the Secretary of State of the United States of America.   We condemn in the strongest possible terms the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) export and Russia’s procurement of DPRK ballistic missiles, as well as Russia’s use of these missiles against Ukraine on December 30, 2023, and January 2, 2024. The transfer of these weapons increases the suffering of the Ukrainian people, supports Russia’s war of aggression, and undermines the global non-proliferation regime. Russia’s use of DPRK ballistic missiles in Ukraine also provides valuable technical and military insights to the DPRK. We are deeply concerned about the security implications that this cooperation has in Europe, on the Korean Peninsula, across the Indo-Pacific region, and around the world. Our governments stand together in resolute opposition to arms transfers between the DPRK and Russia. The transfer of ballistic missiles, along with any other arms and related materiel, from the DPRK to Russia flagrantly violates multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs) – namely, resolution 1718 (2006), resolution 1874 (2009), and resolution 2270 (2016) – that Russia itself supported. We are closely monitoring what Russia provides to the DPRK in return for these weapons exports. We call on the DPRK and Russia to abide by relevant UNSCRs and to immediately cease all activities that violate them. We urge all UN Member States, including all members of the United Nations Security Council, to join us in condemning Russia and the DPRK’s flagrant UNSCR violations. As Russia launches waves of missiles and drones against the Ukrainian people, we will continue to stand together in support of Ukraine. We further call on the DPRK to respond to the numerous and genuine offers to return to diplomacy, the only path to an enduring peace on the Korean Peninsula.   Sources: THX News & US Department of State. Read the full article

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Events 7.11 (after 1900)

1906 – Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy. 1914 – Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball. 1914 – The US Navy launches the USS Nevada (BB-36) as its first standard-type battleship. 1919 – The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands. 1920 – In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany. 1921 – A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect. 1921 – The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic. 1921 – Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices. 1922 – The Hollywood Bowl opens. 1934 – Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off. 1936 – The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic. 1940 – World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. 1943 – Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak. 1943 – World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily: German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily. 1947 – The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France. 1950 – Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank. 1960 – France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso) and Niger. 1960 – Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 1960 – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States. 1962 – First transatlantic satellite television transmission. 1962 – Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth. 1971 – Copper mines in Chile are nationalized. 1972 – The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts. 1973 – Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on board. In response, the FAA bans smoking in airplane lavatories. 1977 – Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated in 1968, is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 1978 – Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists. 1979 – America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean. 1982 – The Italy National Football Team defeats West Germany at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium to capture the 1982 FIFA World Cup. 1983 – A TAME airline Boeing 737–200 crashes near Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board. 1990 – Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec begins. 1991 – Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board. 1995 – Yugoslav Wars: Srebrenica massacre begins; lasts until 22 July. 2006 – Mumbai train bombings: Two hundred nine people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India. 2010 – The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carried out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and injuring 85 others. 2010 – Spain defeat the Netherlands to win the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Johannesburg. 2011 – Ninety-eight containers of explosives self-detonate killing 13 people in Zygi, Cyprus. 2015 – Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escapes from the maximum security Altiplano prison in Mexico, his second escape. 2021 – Richard Branson becomes the first civilian to be launched into space via his Virgin Galactic spacecraft.

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Why is June celebrated as Pride month: All you need to now about 

June is recognized as Pride Month, paying homage to the individuals who participated in the gay liberation protests known as the Stonewall Riots back in 1969. Pride Day is commemorated on the 28th of June annually. History of Pride month In 1969, the Stonewall Inn gay bar in Manhattan's Greenwich Village was raided by police, resulting in riots and sparking a lengthy fight for the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals in American society as well as ensuring their rights. The pride month's origins can be traced back to this event. The modern American gay rights movement was initiated by the happenings during the end of June and start of July in 1969 in New York. A series of confrontations between Stonewall Inn customers and police officers, who frequently conducted raids on the bar and detained homosexuals under the morality legislation of that time, led to a week of brutal conflicts on Christopher Street which became known as the Stonewall riots. In 2015, the US Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages throughout all 50 states of America. In India, recognition as a "third gender" was granted to transgender individuals in 2014 and in 2017, the right to privacy was acknowledged as protecting one's sexual orientation by the Supreme Court. The decriminalization of homosexuality was achieved by the landmark ruling in 2018 which invalidated a colonial-era law. In 2022, the highest court upheld that same-sex couples or unmarried partners are eligible to receive welfare benefits. Legal same-sex marriages are permitted in the following countries: New Zealand (2013), Uruguay (2013), Denmark (2012), Argentina (2010), Portugal (2010), Iceland (2010), Sweden (2009), Norway (2008), South Africa (2006), Spain (2005), Canada (2005), Belgium (2003), and The Netherlands (2000) Costa Rica (2020), Northern Ireland (2019), Ecuador (2019), Taiwan (2019), Austria (2019), Australia (2017), Malta (2017), Germany (2017), Colombia (2016), United States (2015), Greenland (2015), Ireland (2015), Finland (2015), Luxembourg (2014), Scotland (2014), England and Wales (2013), Brazil (2013), France (2013). Besides the US, nations such as India, UK, Canada, Brazil, Austria, Ireland, and New Zealand also observe the month of June as pride month. Also Read: Good Friday 2023: All You Need To Know About Read the full article

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Patricia Piccinini

Patricia Piccinini was born in Sierra Leone and lives in Australia. Her work encompasses sculpture, photography, video and drawing and her practice examines the increasingly nebulous boundary between the artificial and the natural as it appears in contemporary culture and ideas. Her surreal drawings, hybrid animals and vehicular creatures question the way that contemporary technology and culture changes our understanding of what it means to be human and wonders at our relationships with – and responsibilities towards – that which we create. While ethics are central, her approach is ambiguous and questioning rather than moralistic and didactic.

“My practice is focused on bodies and relationships; the relationships between people and other creatures, between people and our bodies, between creatures and the environment, between the artificial and the natural. I am particularly interested in the way that the everyday realities of the world around us change these relations. Perhaps because of this, many have looked at my practice in terms of science and technology, however, for me it is just as informed by Surrealism and mythology. My work aims to shift the way that people look at the world around them and question their assumptions about the relationships they have with the world.”

Patricia Piccinini

In 2003 her exhibition We Are Family represented Australia at the 50th Venice Biennale before touring to the Hara Museum, Tokyo (JPN) and the Bendigo Art Gallery, (AUS). Her solo museum survey exhibitions ComCiência at CCBB toured to São Paulo, Brasília, Rio De Janeiro and Belo Horizonte in Brazil and was named the most popular contemporary art exhibition in 2016 by The Art Newspaper. Other solo museum exhibitions include Curious Affection at QAGOMA in Brisbane, En Kaerlig Verden at Arken in Copenhagen, Relativity at the Galway International Art Festival, Hold Me Close To Your Heart at Arter Space For Art, Istanbul, Once Upon a Time, Art Gallery of South Australia, Relativity at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Evolution at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, (tiernas) Criaturas/(tender) Creatures at Artium, Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain), Hug: Recent Works by Patricia Piccinini at the Frye Museum, Seattle, and Des Moines Art Centre, Des Moines (USA), In Another Life at the Wellington City Gallery, Wellington (NZ), Call of the Wild at MCA, Sydney and Retrospectology at ACCA, Melbourne. Since The Shadows Calling at Detached (Hobart) in 2015, Patricia has installed a number of major exhibitions in non-traditional spaces including Curious Imaginings at the Patricia Hotel in Vancouver and A Miracle Constantly Repeated in the Flinders Street Station Ballroom in Melbourne on 2021. Patricia was also represented in the 2nd Asian Art Biennale (Taipei 2009), Bienal de La Habana (Cuba 2003), Sydney Biennale (Australia 2002), Liverpool Biennale (UK 2002), Berlin Biennale (Germany 2001) and Gwangju Biennale (Korea 2000). Her work has been included in included in The Coming World at Garage MCA, Moscow (Russia 2019), XXII Triennale di Milano, Broken Nature, Milan, (Italy 2019), Melbourne Now at the NGV, Melbourne (Australia 2013), Medicine and Art and Future and the Arts at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (Japan 2009), Wonderland at KadE Amersfoot (Netherlands, 2009), Global Feminisms at the Brooklyn Museum, New York (USA 2007), Uneasy Nature at the Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro (USA 2006), Becoming Animal at MASS MoCA, North Adams (USA 2005) and Face Up at the Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (Germany 2003). In 2013 she was commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra to create The Skywhale, which was joined in 2020 by Skywhalepapa.

Patricia Piccinini received a BFA from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne in 1991. In 1994 she initiated The Basement Project Gallery in Melbourne, which she coordinated until 1996. She is represented by Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. In 2014 she was awarded the Melbourne Art Foundation Visual Arts Award. In 2016 she was awarded a Doctor of Visual and Performing Arts (Honora Causa) from the Victorian College of the Arts and appointed as Enterprise Professor at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Her studio and home are on Wurundjeri country in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia.

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FIFA World Cup 2022 Schedule dates, time, and venue – Australian Time Zone

Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which is scheduled to begin on November 20 and end on December 18, 2022. The 2022 FIFA World Cup will take place in November due to Qatar’s extreme summer temperatures. The 22nd Football World Cup, which will be held this year, will be Asia’s second hosting of the event. In Qatar, where the cup is being played, there are eight sites where the sixty-four games between the thirty-two qualified teams will be played.

The following countries will compete in the 2022 FIFA World Cup: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands, England, Iran, USA, Wales, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Denmark, Tunisia, Mexico, Poland, France, Australia, Morocco, Croatia, Spain, Costa Rica, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, Cameroon, Uruguay, Korea Republic, Portugal, Ghana, Brazil, Serbia, Japan, and Germany. These countries are all members of Groups A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H.

The Qatari stadiums that will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup include the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, Al Bayt Stadium, Al Janoub Stadium, Al Thumama Stadium, Education City Stadium, Khalifa International Stadium, Lusail Stadium, and Stadium 974. Most of these stadiums were constructed or renovated in advance of the FIFA World Cup in 2022. Here is the Complete FIFA World Cup 2022 Schedule dates, time, and venue as per Australian Time Zone.

World Cup Schedule of Group A in the Australian Time Zone

According to the table below, Group A consists of Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, and the Netherlands. Ecuador and Qatar will play a game on November 21 at 03:00 at the Al Bayt Stadium. Senegal will play the Netherlands at 21:00 in the same day at the Al Thumama Stadium. On November 26, Qatar will play Senegal at 00:00 on the same ground, and the Netherlands will play Ecuador at 03:00 at the Khalifa International Stadium. On November 30, at the Al Bayt Stadium, a game between Qatar and the Netherlands will start at 02:00. On November 30, at 02:00, Ecuador and Senegal will square off at the Khalifa International Stadium in Group A’s last match.

Since the nation’s independence in 1971, the Qatari national football team has failed to earn a place at even a single FIFA World Cup. Qatar has frequently competed in the AFC Asian Cup, even though the national team has never gotten past the World Cup quarterfinals. Qatar became the second country to compete in the World Cup without being selected, after Italy in the FIFA World Cup of 1934, by hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup and not making the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, acknowledged the progress made by Qatar in the areas of labour law, worker protection, and minimum wage in January 2022 while also emphasising the need for more advancements. The Qatari government has been attempting to enhance migrant labourers’ working conditions since 2017.

Despite criticism, Qatar has made great progress, one of which was their unexpected victory in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. They can pull off even more surprises during their maiden World Cup appearance, as evidenced by their triumph.

With a fourth trip scheduled for 2022, the Ecuadorian national football team will have participated in three FIFA World Cups, the pinnacle of international play for national football teams. 2002 marked Ecuador’s first World Cup debut. Their finest result came in 2006 when they fell short in the Round of 16.

Ecuador did not try to qualify for the FIFA World Cup between 1930 and 1938. Prior to withdrawal, Ecuador participated in the 1950 World Cup qualifying round. The 1954–1958 tournaments were not attended by Ecuador. Ecuador did not participate in the world’s best football competition from 1962 to 1998. In 2002, they took first place in qualifying after coming in second in South America. In 2006, the competitor qualified for the second round by placing third in South America. Ecuador finished sixth in South America in 2010 and missed the World Cup finals for the third year in a row. Prior to being disqualified from the 2018 competition, Ecuador was once more eligible to compete in 2014.

Senegal has participated in two FIFA World Cups, reaching the quarterfinals in 2002 and 2018, respectively. After being tied with Japan on the first six tiebreakers, they were the only team in World Cup history to be eliminated using the fair play criteria.

The team’s longest World Cup streak three straight competitions was during the 1990s after taking part in two back-to-back World Cup finals in 1974 and 1978. The Netherlands was eliminated by West Germany in the UEFA Euro 1990 Round of 16 two years after winning the European Championship there. In the 1994 tournament’s quarterfinals, Brazil defeated the Netherlands. Brazil defeated the Netherlands in the 1998 semifinals and Croatia in the play-off for third place. When Portugal returned in 2006, they defeated the Netherlands in the Battle of Nuremberg, a Round of 16 games. In 2010, the team advanced to its third World Cup final, but Spain prevailed despite receiving a record twenty-four yellow and one yellow card.

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Watch Live AFC Ajax Vs. Tottenham Hotspur

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What is FC Ajax?

FC Ajax is an expert football membership from Amsterdam, Netherlands. The club was based in 1891 as Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax and performed its first official sport on October 12 of that 12 months. FC Ajax has won the Dutch championship 13 instances, most recently in 2007. The membership also competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch soccer. AFC Ajax is owned by the Dutch sports activities corporation Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB). Blog Section: What is Tottenham Hotspur? Tottenham Hotspur F.C. is an English soccer membership situated in White Hart Lane, north London. The staff formed in 1882 and performs within the Premier League, England's prime flight. Spurs have gained greater than 50 domestic trophies, together with 5 FA Cups and two UEFA Champions Leagues. They were additionally runners-up within the 1957–58 European Cup Winners' Cup and had been finalists within the 1960–61 European Cup. The group's house floor since 1899 has been White Hart Lane.

What is Tottenham Hotspur?

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English soccer membership based mostly in Tottenham, Haringey, London. The membership was formed in 1882 and performed its first competitive match in 1883. It entered the Football League in 1921 and has been a member ever since. Spurs are the one club from north of the River Thames to have won the FA Cup twice, in 1967 and 1999. In addition they reached the ultimate of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1972 and had been runners-up in 1967 and 1971. The membership's house ground is White Hart Lane, the place they've played since 1899. This season, they are going to be trying to win their sixth Premier League title. AFC Ajax is a Dutch soccer membership based mostly in Amsterdam. The club was based on November 12, 1893 and plays its home video games at the Amsterdam Arena, which has a capability of 52,000. Ajax has been a member of the Dutch First Division since 1934 and has received sixteen national titles (eleven Eredivisie, 5 KNVB Cup, 2 Johan Cruyff Shield). In 1977, they grew to become the first Dutch crew to win the UEFA Champions League (now known because the UEFA Europa League). Ajax has also reached two European Cup semi-finals

How to look at a Football Game

If you are excited about watching an upcoming soccer recreation but don't know how you can go about it, learn on for some suggestions. When it comes to watching sports activities, there are some things to remember. In the beginning, always be sure that that you are tuning into the game that you want to look at. Second, make sure that that you've the whole lot that you want earlier than you begin watching. This features a Tv, cable box, and soccer channel. Third, be affected person! Watching a soccer game can take a while, so do not get frustrated if things don't go in accordance with plan instantly. Finally, have some snacks and drinks useful in case the sport is long!

A brief History of Football in the Netherlands

The Dutch Football Association was based in 1892 and the primary soccer match came about between Ajax and HFC Haarlem. The Netherlands entered the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 1954, however did not make it past the primary round. The Netherlands beat Spain 5-1 of their opening game of the 1974 tournament, but misplaced to eventual champions West Germany 2-1 in the ultimate. Ajax reached the UEFA Champions League last for the first time in 1995, but lost 1-0 to Milan. The Netherlands made it to the 2002 last, where they lost 3-2 to France. In 2006, Feyenoord reached the UEFA Champions League remaining, however lost 1-zero to Liverpool. The Netherlands reached the 2010 World Cup quarterfinals, however were eliminated by Spain. In 2014, PSV reached the UEFA Champions League remaining, however misplaced 2-1 to Barcelona. Ajax reached the 2018 UEFA Europa League last, however misplaced 3-1 to Manchester United.

The present System of Football Organization and Pro League Setup

Football is a sport that many individuals take pleasure in around the world. There are different types of football that are performed in several countries, but one in every of the preferred and widely performed sports is soccer. Soccer is performed with a ball and players use their feet, arms, and head to play the sport. The object of the sport is to score objectives by getting the ball into the opponent's net. Soccer is played in lots of alternative ways across the globe, but one frequent system is thought because the professional league system. In this system, groups compete in various leagues towards one another to earn promotion to greater leagues and win trophies. The highest division of the professional league system is thought because the Premier League in England and Italy's Serie A is the second division. The Premier League consists of 20 groups while Serie A has 22 groups. These divisions are separated by quite a lot of points primarily based on their performance over various seasons. The professional league setup can be confusing for newcomers to each soccer and football. The current system was first put into place in 1992 following World War II when there was a scarcity of resources available for soccer growth. At the moment, it was determined that it could be better for clubs to compete in opposition to each

Mentioning the Three Dutch Teams and Other International Teams That Play in Eredivisie, KNVB Beker, UEFA Europa League, and so forth.

AFC Ajax and Tottenham Hotspur are two of probably the most well-known Dutch teams. Together with Feyenoord Rotterdam and PSV Eindhoven, they make up the highest 6 within the Eredivisie. Ajax has gained the Dutch championship a record 18 times, whereas Tottenham has gained it twice. The KNVB Beker (Dutch cup) can also be a Dutch competition that these three teams compete in. Ajax has received it most lately in 2014, whereas Feyenoord Rotterdam and PSV have every gained it twice. Tottenham Hotspur has also competed in the UEFA Europa League (2011-12), where they reached the semi-finals. As for other worldwide groups that play within the Dutch league, these embody Manchester United (2005-06), Valencia (2007-08), PSV Eindhoven (2009-10), and Feyenoord Rotterdam (2012-13).

Mentioning the National Team Players from the Netherlands Who Represented Their Country at European Competitions

Ajax's stars shone brightly in Europe this season, with a number of gamers representing their countries at main competitions. The likes of Matthijs de Ligt, Donny van de Beek, and Hakim Ziyech all had impressive outings as the Dutch aspect reached the semifinals of the Champions League and Europa League respectively. Ajax goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen additionally capped off an excellent campaign by profitable the Golden Glove award for greatest goalkeeper in Europe. Listed below are the Netherlands National Team players who represented their nation at European competitions this season: -Donny van de Beek (Ajax) - Champion of the Europa League with Ajax -Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax) - Defender of Ajax that helped them reach the semifinals of the Champions League -Hakim Ziyech (Ajax) - Midfielder of Ajax that helped them attain the semifinals of the Champions League and was named participant of the tournament -Jasper Cillessen (Ajax) - Goalkeeper of Ajax who won the Golden Glove award for finest goalkeeper in Europe

#ull #ดูบอลสด

[gagosiangallery]

New Sculpture by Richard Serra to Be Unveiled at Gagosian Le Bourget

September 14, 2021

RICHARD SERRA Transmitter

Opening September 18, 2021 26 avenue de l’Europe, Le Bourget __________ I consider space to be a material. The articulation of space has come to take precedence over other concerns. I attempt to use sculptural form to make space distinct. —Richard Serra Gagosian is pleased to present a new sculpture by Richard Serra. Made of weatherproof steel, Transmitter (2020) measures 4 meters in height, 17.7 meters in width, and 18.2 meters in length, and will be installed in Gagosian Le Bourget’s vast main exhibition space. In collaboration with the gallery, the Centre Pompidou in Paris will present a three-day retrospective of Serra’s films and videos, drawn from the museum’s collection as well as from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. This is the first time that all of the artist’s film and video work will be shown together in Paris. The screenings will be held in Cinéma 2 of the Centre Pompidou.

Richard Serra was born in 1938 in San Francisco, and lives and works in New York. Collections include Centre Pompidou, Paris; Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France; Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain; Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands; Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands; Dia Art Foundation, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Serra participated in Documenta 5, 6, 7, and 8; and the 39th, 44th, 49th, and 55th editions of La Biennale di Venezia. In 2008 he presented Promenade (2008) for the Monumenta commission at the Grand Palais, Paris; and in 2005, The Matter of Time (1994–2005), a series of eight sculptures, was installed permanently at the Guggenheim Bilbao. In 2014, East-West/West-East (2014) was installed permanently in the desert of the Brouq Nature Reserve, Qatar. Serra has received numerous accolades, including a Fulbright Grant (1965); National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1974); Carnegie Prize (1985); Praemium Imperiale, Japan Arts Association (1994); Leone d’Oro, La Biennale di Venezia (2001); and Alexej von Jawlensky Prize, City of Wiesbaden, Germany (2017). Serra was made Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1985, and Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1991. In 2008 he was made Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and in 2015 he was appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur for his “exceptional contribution to art, past, present, and future.” In September 2018, Serra received the J. Paul Getty Medal. Since 1983, Gagosian has presented thirty-seven major exhibitions of Serra’s work in the United States and Europe, including New Sculpture and Drawings (New York, 1991–92); Intersection II (New York, 1993); New Sculpture (New York, 1996); Switch, which inaugurated the gallery’s location at West 24th Street, New York, in 1999; Torqued Spirals, Toruses, and Spheres (New York, 2001); Wake, Blind Spot, Catwalk, Vice-Versa (New York, 2003); Rolled and Forged (New York, 2006); Sculpture (London, 2008); Blind Spot/Open Ended (New York, 2009); Junction/Cycle (New York, 2011); New Sculpture Inside Out (New York, 2013–14); Backdoor Pipeline, Ramble, Dead Load, London Cross (London, 2014–15); Above Below Betwixt Between, Every Which Way, Silence (for John Cage), Through and NJ-1 (New York, 2016); NJ-2, Rounds: Equal Weight, Unequal Measure, Rotate (London, 2016–17); Reverse Curve and Forged Rounds (New York, 2019–20). _____ Richard Serra, Transmitter, 2020, weatherproof steel, 13 feet 2 inches × 58 feet 2 inches × 59 feet 10 inches (4 × 17.7 × 18.2 m), plates: 2 inches (5 cm) thick © 2021 Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Thomas Lannes

#Richard Serra #Gagosian

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TIME FOR A EUROVISION REVIEW 2021

My top 10 (based on their videoclips and vocals):

1. Iceland

2. Portugal

3. Germany

4. Sweden

5. Israel

6. Italy

7. Switzerland

8. Norway

9. The Netherlands

10. France

Wanna hear my specific comments? Read more below!

note : I am just a fan of Eurovision, no hate towards any of the songs, cuz it’s great to have them on this beautiful show!

5. Israel : sounds familiar already, has the potential to become a hit, still feels like Dua Lipa tho

Croatia : not sure, sounds heavy, the Croatian part is a bit late in the song but it is an edge

Greece : she’s only 18 years old, typical powerballad, hopefully she will hit those notes when performing live, still interesting

6. Italy : good set of guitars, something different than the other Eurovision stuff PLUS it is sung in Italian, hats off

Azerbaijan : instantly made me think about Netta - Toy (winner of 2018), also had the same height of voice, meh

Georgia : some calm melodies in between all that yelling, little too sweet for my liking but quite all right

Malta : Lizzo, is that you? weird saxophone thing, doesn’t really fit, but it’s okay for the rest

Bulgaria : Lily Allen??? It’s a good song, but I’m not sure whether she will deliver live - it makes or breaks a song. ALSO Malta and Bulgaria both had the ‘let’s show pictures of my youth’-card, hmm

4. Sweden : it gave me goosebumps, so it must mean something, it’s a good voice

1. Iceland : I love how funky it is, Dadi is so cool, plus the band is just his family and his mates, it’s great, I want a sweater too

North-Macedonia : Disney powerballad much? I don’t really understand what he sings (bad pronunciation), beautiful melody, no need for words

Latvia : I turned down the sound of my computer, it was a bit much, also she isn’t wearing pants, why? Also why does she sound so mad?

Poland : very sleek, but does he think he is Robin Thicke or something? Always those sunglasses, where are your eyes? Didn’t do anything for me

United Kingdom : he has a good voice and the song is quite cool too, not the ‘normal’ weird UK vibes

Estonia : I had time to check the comments, I think that says enough

7. Switzerland : cool song, could be really powerful live, if he hits all the notes

Russia : meh

Denmark : the outfit is a no from me, it fits him awkwardly, seems like a cheaper version of Olly Alexander (Years&Years) PLUS I don’t think he will hit his notes live (sorrynotsorry)

Austria : one of the two songs called ‘Amen’, I was able to fill in the gaps when he was adding weight to his sentences, so a bit predictable, but it had a nice undertone of organ there

Australia : Feels like Florence + The Machine merged into one person, surely people like the song, but I’m not a fan of it

Spain : he won’t make it to the final

Ukraine : weird voice and I don’t think this will be in the final either, the high tones hurt my ear a bit

Cyprus : feels like Sia? Also the clip seems material for an epileptic attack (oof harsh), don’t think this will make it

2. Portugal : Disney vibes are back, like their winner Salvador Sobral did in 2017. Voice sounds like James Morrison in every good way PLUS it is a good song

San Marino : why are the on a turning diamond shape? why? meh

Serbia : quite interesting that it is in their own language, but I’m not too sure if they will make it to the final

9. The Netherlands : different than anything else, not bothering me in the slightest

Moldova : looks like a wannabe Britney Spears, that’s a pity, also the song is a no from me sorry

Romania : she needs to cut her bangs, had a good message but yeah I don’t think that will give her a spot in the final

Belgium : like the comments said, Lana del Rey or Muse could do a very interesting cover of this, it’s different and I think this will be cool in the final

Albania : also sung in their own language in a typical powerballad-y way, not sure how this will do

Slovenia : the other ‘Amen’-song, there will be some definite rivalry between these cuz they sound similar, close call

Ireland : it’s an okay song, but not sure how this is the same country that won Eurovision 7 times already

3. Germany : weird clip but so nice and happy and cheer-up-y, the singer looks like PewDiePie, so that’s funny too, I watched the whole clip, so I liked it

Finland : it’s the metal/rock scene from Finland again that we are used to (remember the 2006 winners from Finland?) 

8. Norway : oh I love the outfit and cool song, could be used in a John Green film adaptation / Love Victor segment, also he resembles Drew Starkey (Rafe in Outer Banks)

Czech Republic : indifferent about it, but I don’t think this will be in the final

10. France : lovely voice and beautiful clip I just kept watching, could be used in a film drama

Lithuania : oh I don’t think he will go to the final, the height of the notes and the pressure of being on stage will kill him internally PLUS the song is called Discoteque, I want disco tunes man, but kudos for wearing those heels

#eurovision #esc #esc2021 #eurovision 2021 #review #iceland #portugal #germany #sweden #israel #italy #switzerland #norway #the netherlands #france #top 10

[wtf-triassic]

Nothosaurus

By Tas Dixon

Etymology: False Reptile 

First Described By: Münster, 1834 

Classification: Biota, Archaea, Proteoarchaeota, Asgardarchaeota, Eukaryota, Neokaryota, Scotokaryota, Opimoda, Podiata, Amorphea, Obazoa, Opisthokonta, Holozoa, Filozoa, Choanozoa, Animalia, Eumetazoa, Parahoxozoa, Bilateria, Nephrozoa, Deuterostomia, Chordata, Olfactores, Vertebrata, Craniata, Gnathostomata, Eugnathostomata, Osteichthyes, Sarcopterygii, Rhipidistia, Tetrapodomorpha, Eotetrapodiformes, Elpistostegalia, Stegocephalia, Tetrapoda, Reptiliomorpha, Amniota, Sauropsida, Eureptilia, Romeriida, Diapsida, Neodiapsida, Sauria, Archosauromorpha?, Archelosauria, Pantestudines, Sauropterygia, Eosauropterygia, Nothosauria, Nothosauridae, Nothosaurinae 

Referred Species: N. mirabilis, N. cristatus, N. cymatosauroides, N. edingerae, N. giganteus, N. haasi, N. jagisteus, N. marchicus, N. mirabilis, N. tchernovi, N. yangjuanensis, N. zhangi 

Time and Place: From 242 million years ago until 208 million years ago, from the Ladinian of the Middle Triassic through the earliest Rhaetian of the Late Triassic

Nothosaurus is known from all over Eurasia and North Africa, to the point that it’s pointless to list all the locations. Just assume that if it’s the Mid or Late Triassic of the Tethys Sea, Nothosaurus is there.

Physical Description: Nothosaurus is an iconic Triassic marine reptile - to the point that we had to include it, or else we would have violated some sort of rule of paleontology. Nothosaurus was about 4 meters long on average, but could reach up to 7 meters in length. It had a long, streamlined body, with a long neck and a long tail. Its head was narrow and filled with long and pointed teeth which interlocked together when the mouth closed, forming a tight trap. Its forelimbs were longer than its hind limbs, and all of its hands and feet had webbing between the long toes. In a lot of ways, it looked extremely similar to later marine reptiles to which it was closely related, like the Plesiosaurs and Pliosaurs, just with hands instead of proper flippers - however, current evidence indicates that the Plesiosaurs and Pliosaurs evolved from an ancestor of both groups, and Nothosaurus is just a Triassic offshoot. It had capabilities for diving in the water, though it also was still adapted for life on the shore. 

Diet: Nothosaurus primarily ate fish and other marine animals, including other marine reptiles. 

Behavior: Nothosaurus was semi-aquatic, spending a lot of its time both in the ocean and on land. On the beaches and shores it would rest and sleep, and then turn to the ocean for most of its everyday life. Diving for food would have been most of its daily activities, going after juvenile reptiles and large fish in the water and diving in order to reach it. It probably would have paddled with its webbed feet, and undulated its body to some extent to help propel forward. It may have been at least somewhat social, living in groups and colonizing the shores together before going for group dives for food. Interestingly enough, Nothosaurus was basically like a reptilian seal, coming up to shore to rest and sit with its relatives. Whether or not they would have given birth to live young is uncertain; while their close relatives, the Plesiosaurs, did; they retained enough land adaptations to allow them to lay eggs on the shore. More research as to their physiology is needed in order to determine that aspect of their life history. Trackways have been attributed to Nothosaurus, which may show that they rowed their paddles on the sea bed to shake up small animals trapped underneath; this would have allowed Nothosaurus to capture the invertebrates between its long teeth and hold onto them so they could not escape. 

Ecosystem: Nothosaurus lived throughout the early Tethys sea, and was a common feature in many communities throughout this growing body of water during the Middle and Late Triassic. It would have stuck to the coasts for the most part, but still ventured out into deep and open water. As such, it’s rather difficult to list all the different animals it lived alongside - it’s found in Bulgaria, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jordan, the Netherlands, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Switzerland. So just, assume that a marine creature from the Tethys during this time lived with Nothosaurus rather than not. 

Other: Nothosaurus has been treated as, unfortunately, a wastebasket taxon - it was discovered early enough in the history of paleontology as a science that many similar animals were just dumped into this name without any specific studies done. So, determining the factual relationships from this mess is still being worked out; in fact, it seems that this genus is paraphyletic, with many close relatives of Nothosaurus being more closely related to some species than to others. So that’s fun! 

Species Differences: The varying species of Nothosaurus tend to differ based on where and when they lived, rather than any particularly notable differences. There are some differences in size and limb proportions as well, but in general the differing species of Nothosaurus would have had very similar ecological roles. 

~ By Meig Dickson

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#nothosaurus #nothosaur #sauropterygian #triassic #triassic madness #triassic march madness #prehistoric life #paleontology

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 9.17

1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia". 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empire to recover central Anatolia from the Seljuk Turks. 1382 – Louis the Great's daughter, Mary, is crowned "king" of Hungary. 1462 – Thirteen Years' War: A Polish army under Piotr Dunin decisively defeats the Teutonic Order at the Battle of Świecino. 1577 – The Treaty of Bergerac is signed between King Henry III of France and the Huguenots. 1620 – Polish–Ottoman War: The Ottoman Empire defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Battle of Cecora. 1631 – Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War. 1658 – The Battle of Vilanova is fought between Portugal and Spain during the Portuguese Restoration War. 1683 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules", later known as protozoa. 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean. 1776 – The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain. 1778 – The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe. 1787 – The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia. 1793 – War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes. 1794 – Flanders Campaign: France completes its conquest of the Austrian Netherlands at the Battle of Sprimont. 1809 – Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War; the territory that will become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn. 1849 – American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery. 1859 – Joshua A. Norton declares himself "Norton I, Emperor of the United States." 1861 – Argentine Civil Wars: The State of Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation at the Battle of Pavón. 1862 – American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history. 1862 – American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war. 1894 – Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War. 1900 – Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac. 1901 – Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort. 1901 – Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River. 1908 – The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality. 1914 – Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. 1914 – World War I: The Race to the Sea begins. 1916 – World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France. 1920 – The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio. 1924 – The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits. 1928 – The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people. 1930 – The Kurdish Ararat rebellion is suppressed by the Turks. 1932 – A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident. 1935 – The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide. 1939 – World War II: The Soviet invasion of Poland begins. 1939 – World War II: German submarine U-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous. 1940 – World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion. 1941 – World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense restores compulsory military training. 1941 – World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran. 1944 – World War II: Allied airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden. 1944 – World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro-independence Estonian units. 1944 – World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino. 1948 – The Lehi (also known as the Stern gang) assassinates Count Folke Bernadotte, who was appointed by the United Nations to mediate between the Arab nations and Israel. 1948 – The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union. 1949 – The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives. 1961 – The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1961 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706 crashes during takeoff from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, killing all 37 people on board. 1965 – The Battle of Chawinda is fought between Pakistan and India. 1974 – Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations. 1976 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise is unveiled by NASA. 1978 – The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt. 1980 – After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established. 1980 – Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay. 1983 – Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America. 1991 – Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations. 1991 – The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet. 1992 – An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin. 2001 – The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression. 2006 – Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least 10,000 years. 2006 – An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread protests across the country. 2011 – Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City. 2013 – Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release. 2016 – Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan. Thirty-one people are injured in the Manhattan bombing. 2018 – A Russian reconnaissance aircraft carrying 15 people on board is brought down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile over the Mediterranean Sea.

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Anonymous asked: As a staunch royalist I would be interested to hear your views about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle deciding to quit the British royal family. Did they do the right thing or are they just being selfish and ‘woke’? Does this ‘Megxit’ the British royal family is in crisis and its future looks bleak by this act of betrayal to the Queen?

Short answer:

I have been avoiding answering this question precisely because I became tired of hearing about it around the family dinner table or with friends when I visited England recently or now with French friends here in Paris who can’t fathom what is going on. But too many have asked about this in my blog inbox.

I don’t mean to sound so dismissive but to me it’s just a passing storm in a tea cup rather than some cataclysmic crisis of the British monarchy. Everyone should stop take a deep breath.

After the joint press statement by Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex statement came out on 8 January 2020 it set in motion the usual hilarious pastiche of Cold War Kremlinology by the British press.  So at any one time you had sensationalist and sanctimonious headlines such as the fury of the palace press knew no bounds. How dare they? The Queen humiliated. The palace insulted. And so on and so on.

Every newspaper editor knows there is a yawning gulf between the “public interest” and what interests the public. By any standards, Harry and Meghan have become huge celebrities. They were idolised, their charities blessed, their presence craved. Unfortunately such is human nature, the public invest something of themselves in their heroes. They see in their idols a reflection of their own fantasies and delights, hopes and fears. When they witness celebrities traumatised it can be unsettling, as the death of Princess Diana vividly showed. People cried in the street.

As Harry knew from his mother’s tragic experience, all this is par for the royal course. The British newspapers - or rather those peddling in royal tittle tattle such as the Sun, Mirror, and the Daily Mail - have a habit of erecting pedestals one minute and then the next minute they enjoy destroying the icon in the name of the public interest. Andrew’s former wife, Sarah Ferguson, was appallingly treated. So at times were Princess Anne, and Prince Edward’s wife, Sophie. Press attention should be water off the royal duck’s back. Prince Philip’s advice was reportedly: “Don’t read the bloody papers.”

While Harry was brought up surrounded by the furies of the celebrity media, Meghan’s career was the opposite. In her profession as a known actor (albeit a middling TV actor at that), image is an artifice, daily crafted and laundered by publicists.

This does not work with British royalty, which comes with its own carefully minted image attached. Its rituals are those of mind-numbing deference. It has no accountability. The only mirror it has is the press. The tabloids are the price that must be paid for adulation. They honour no discretion and have no sense of fairness. The press is a memento mori, whispering into the victor’s ear that he – or she – is only mortal. And gosh do they take that role on with sanctimonious glee. 

To be daily compared to the Duchess of Cambridge, from an utterly different social background, must have been intolerable for Meghan: the dress comparisons, the stuffiness of the court, its hyper-caution and obsession with precedence and procedure, added to the impossibility of contact with ordinary people. As a self-made millionaire already perhaps she wanted to be more than a mere civil servant in a tiara. Perhaps it proved too much but who really knows? But then I don’t know what else she expected when she decided to marry into the British royal family.

Similarly one can only speculate how much it was really Prince Harry who wanted to drop out riding on the royal carousel as he has been since birth. Regardless of who he married perhaps this was always the plan. His loathing of the British press and paparazzi is well known - he still blames them for his mother’s tragic death in Paris. It’s well known the paparazzi have tried to catch him out in manufactured scandals as he grew up. He has refreshingly come clean and has talked about how he still goes to therapy over his mother’s death. It’s no wonder he would ever subject a future wife and especially a child to the level of press intrusion that he had endured.

Prince Harry is nobody’s fool. I won’t say a bad word about him because - unlike previous and present royals with the exception of his grandfather, Prince Philip, who did active naval service during the Second World War and his uncle Prince Andrew, who as a naval officer flew Sea King helicopters during the Falklands War - he didn’t play the ceremonial toy soldier. After Eton he worked his arse off to get through Sandhurst and got commissioned with the Blues and Royals regiment. Upon the outbreak of war in Iraq, he was alleged to have said around 2006, “There's no way I'm going to put myself through Sandhurst and then sit on my arse back home while my boys are out fighting for their country.”

As it was the military chiefs got cold feet and pulled him out. But he did see active service with the British forces in Afghanistan with two tours. By all accounts he acquitted himself very well as a Forward Air Controller in Helmand Province and later as a co-pilot and gunner on Apache helicopters. He was widely respected and accepted by rank and file because he was down to earth and never asked for special treatment.  He wasn’t a typical ‘Rupert’ - a squaddie’s nickname given to British army officers who typically came from privileged aristocratic backgrounds but were also ‘nice but dim witted’.

Overall I sympathise that the Sussexes’ predicament was clearly desperate, and it is perhaps to their credit that they have brought it to a head early and not let it drag on. I feel they are sincere in their reasons to ’step back’ from the royal family and frenzied media circus around it. The fact they want to pay their own way and pay back any outstanding sums back to the royal household is perhaps a sign of that sincerity.

Instead some sections of the British press rolled out the tired old trope of the parallels between the Duke of Sussex and his great-great uncle, the Duke of Windsor, are overwhelming. Once again, a dashing, sporting, ex-military prince leaves royal life for the love of an American divorcée. This is exactly the opposite of what Edward and Mrs Wallace Simpson did when they bit the hand that fed them. They took money to support their lavish lifestyle in exile from the Queen and all the while took every opportunity to snark the fledgling young Queen from their own alternative royal court in Paris. Harry no doubt loves his grandmother and his family and would try not sully the Windsor name.

Where I would be critical a little is in their handling of it which appears naive at best and inept at worst. I suspect - since verified - that having a transatlantic split of publicists, and in addition didn’t understand the full import of how this would play out, would inevitably drop the ball. But I would extend a finger of blame to the palace courtiers who were involved in their own games of intrigue with a whispering campaign to selected journalists of the press. Indeed multiple newspapers, including the Daily Telegraph in the UK, reported that the queen was “disappointed” with the surprise announcement, and had asked the Sussexes to hold off on issuing a public statement. When The gossip mongering Sun newspaper published a front-page story that the couple was contemplating a move to Canada, the Sussexes pushed the button on their statement.

I do think the Sussexes  and their advisors were fooling themselves into thinking that they could have their cake and eat it - in other words keep the royal titles but cut back on the public and ceremonial duties. The blunt truth is if you want to stay on the books, you do so by the leave of the firm and its boss i.e. The Queen. The contract is for life. If not, you resign. There is no half in and half out. This seems to have been the gist of the family only summit at Sandringham in January 2020, with media attention worthy of the Treaty of Versailles.

I am frankly surprised how worked up people are about this. Cut out the white noise and the picture is more prosaic.

The first point is that when all is said and done, none of this drama really matters. Politically, constitutionally, it is an irrelevance. Harry, at number six, is not seriously in line to the throne. The British monarchy has long shown itself immune to crisis; indeed I wonder sometimes if it welcomes crises as implying continued importance. The divorce and death of Princess Diana were awfully tragic, as was the very public shaming of Prince Andrew and his questionable friendship with billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. But how Harry leads his life is between himself, his wife and his father, Prince Charles. That is the point of heredity. It is immune to character, as it is to merit.

The second point is we should remember that other European royal families, of the same constitutional status as Britain, have been down sizing for many years now. These royal families balanced privacy and discretion whilst holding down ordinary professions. The King of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, is still an airline pilot. He occasionally flies KLM jets, safe in the knowledge that few people recognise him. In 2001 Prince Haakon, heir to the Norwegian throne, married a single mother with a drug-fuelled past. Despite some controversy, he survived incognito. 

The King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, has reigned for 46 inconspicuous years as a nine-to-five job, his family merged into the Swedish bourgeoisie. The Crown Princess, Victoria, works intermittently for the UN. The King of Spain, Felipe VI, may have taken after his philandering father, Juan Carlos, but he became king without fuss on his father’s retirement in 2014. None of these “houses” has an extended state-subsidised royal family. None has grown unstable as a result.

There is no doubt that the exploitation of the British royal family celebrity by palace courtiers as PR handlers has worked. The royal family recognises that truth for itself when HRH King George VI famously quipped, “We are not a family, we are a firm”. The Queen is regularly cited as central to “UK plc” and to tourism. The British people remain overwhelmingly in favour of retaining monarchy as the focus of their patriotism, even during the wobble over Diana’s death. Republicanism is dead. The last ostentatious republican, the Fife MP Willie Hamilton, left parliament in 1987. If Scotland ever went independent it would almost certainly retain the Queen as head of state.

As for how royalty behaves, a constitutional monarchy should be beyond all controversy. As the great political and constitutional commentator (and founder of the Economist magazine) Walter Bagehot put it, “the monarch should be a dignified rather than efficient element of the constitution”. In other words, the monarchy as personified in its reigning king or queen can represent the whole nation in an emotionally satisfying way - everything else is but pure embellishment.

The Queen must be a glorious anthropomorphism of the nation as a whole. If she has opinions, she keeps them to herself - much to her credit. The contrast is clear with countries where state headship is combined with an elected executive presidency. The state risks being tainted by partisanship: witness the embarrassment many Americans feel at having their national loyalty identified with any president based on divided partisan feelings e.g. from FDR to Obama and Nixon to Trump.

A rare occasion when the monarch might overstep the mark was conjectured by Mike Bartlett in his ingenious play, King Charles III, in 2014. It was based on the present Prince of Wales as king, refusing formally to sign a bill censoring the press (good on him). In the resulting crisis, William and Kate engineer Charles’s abdication, while the tearaway Harry takes up with a republican girlfriend. It was not wholly implausible. When Belgium faced a similar crisis over King Baudouin’s refusal to sign an abortion bill in 1990, he was allowed to abdicate for a day.

How the monarchy conducts itself is not wholly irrelevant. It is part of the collective context in which the nation’s politics are enacted. It represents tradition and upholds precedent. It sets boundaries and dictates a courtesy in the conduct of public affairs - however often that courtesy is infringed. What outsiders forget (especially our American friends) is that the British political system is gloriously resilient, as the past three years of Brexit hell have shown. It can tolerate the odd eccentricity, such as the blatant purchase of parliamentary seats in the House of Lords. But the question is how far such eccentricity can extend. 

The present heir to the throne, Prince Charles, is deft at stepping mildly out of line. His views on architecture, health and the environment are not overtly partisan. But it does not matter as he is no more “powerful” than a newspaper or television commentator. His influence is that of celebrity. I would rather have the heir to throne engage intelligently in public debate than arrogantly indulge in the sordid sexual antics of his younger brother, Andrew.

For all his perceived faults, Prince Charles knows his limits. To expect such controlled nuances in the constitutional mystique of royalty to apply to an ever larger family has always been an accident waiting to happen. More prescient is the fact that the current system will impose the same disciplines and direct the same public exposure on an ever widening array of royal offspring as the years go by. I feel genuine sympathy for the royal children. Most British minors have their faces blanked out on camera, but not royal ones. They are sentenced to be recognised for life.

As a nation then we are extremely fortunate that Prince Harry is no more militant than in defence of the planet, wild animals and injured military veterans - all worthy causes if we are honest to admit it. Full disclosure: as an ex-veteran, I do give charitable donations to Invictus Games Foundation, the multi-sports event put on for wounded, injured or sick armed services personnel and their associated veterans. Prince Harry was instrumental in founding the Invictus Games in 2014 on his own initiative so that we never forget the courage and sacrifice of our military veterans.

What is already clear is that the Sussexes intend forthwith to redraw the lines of engagement with the press. They are opting out of the Royal Rota, the arrangement whereby, for decades, the royals have given access to a pool reporter from the national papers; instead, they will invite coverage from personally selected media outlets and will use their own social-media accounts, especially Instagram, to communicate directly with the public. Having railed against the media’s commodification of his wife, Prince Harry now seems prepared to take its commodification into his own hands: it was reported in January 2020 that he and the Duchess have lately submitted a trademark application for hundreds of items, from clothing to printed items, that may be issued with the couple’s personal brand, Sussex Royal.

This step is unfortunate and unedifying. To my mind, Sussex is a title, not a brand name. It is no more Harry and Meghan’s to exploit than Buckingham Palace is the Queen’s to sell off. Even if they distance themselves from the monarchy by being financially independent (as well as disowning their titles) by pursuing other commercial opportunities it only takes one scandal - e.g. a goods with their brand made from sweat shop labour or some other unforeseen PR disaster - to reflect badly on the Queen and the British monarchy solely because of Harry’s proximity to the throne. Harry may not be a Prince but he is a Windsor.

We are back to Bagehot again. For it was he who argued that the constitution was divided into two branches. The monarchy represents the “dignified” branch. Its job is to symbolise the state through pomp and ceremony. The government -Parliament, the cabinet and the civil service - represents the “efficient” branch. Its job is to run the country by passing laws and providing public services. The dignified branch governs through poetry, and the efficient branch through prose. The monarchy certainly doesn’t govern through commercial exploitation of its brand as an end in itself.

Today, the dignified branch is trying to adapt to an age of populism and until recently it’s been doing a much better job than the efficient branch. But the monarchy must never lower itself to the lowest common denominator to satisfy the base instincts of populism. As Bagehot aptly said, “An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.”

A family spat of no public importance is obsessing the nation and the world. Everyone should sit down and have a nice relaxing cup of tea.

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