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sebastian vettel, p3, during the post-race press conference, germany - july 25, 2010
#sebastian vettel#f1#formula 1#german gp 2010#flashback fic ref#flashback fic ref 2010#germany#germany 2010#germany 2010 sunday
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germany, p4 // july 25, 2010
#lewis hamilton#f1#formula 1#german gp 2010#flashback fic ref#flashback fic ref 2010#germany#germany 2010#germany 2010 sunday
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I wish people in the United States cared about the World Cup as much as stupid football
#I hate the Super Bowl#I hate football#hate football Thursdays and Friday’s and saturdays and sundays#I love watching the World Cup with my siblings it’s our favorite past time#remember in like 2010 when that guy got kicked in the chest during the final#remember when Germany won their 5th World Cup?#fun times!
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as the anon that asked for the race list: thank you!
now this is totally up to you if you have the time to spend on this, but this is my first year watching the races, and while I've been doing some background research to get up to speed, there is still a lot i don't know. i trust your judgment so what are some races and/or f1 adjacent things i should look into? i'm going through your McLaren list and have watched the last 4 seasons of dts and the brawn documentary. are there any other books/ documentaries/ races (especially seb's) / old youtube videos that are lost in the void that i should also check out?
again no pressure and thank you!
no problem!
(and btw welcome to f1 and the world of watching some glorified hot wheels every other sunday 😁 it’s great!)
i completely get how daunting it can be as a new fan in the sport. when i was getting back into f1 it also took me some time to get back up to speed with everything, especially all the techy stuff;
i honestly learned the most through just watching the races (old and new), bc you get to see all the strategies play out, the pit-stops, the overtakes etc. and the terminology just becomes much easier to understand through sheer exposure. there are also some really cool f1 data analysis blogs you might want to follow on twt/x if you want some more detailed tech analysis and graphs if you’re into that sort of thing: (x)
as for seb, oh there’s a whole arsenal of recs i have!
monza 2008, rise of torro rosso wunderkind; i presume you already know the lore with that one but ig you can never get tired of it.
abu dhabi 2010, world championship no.1 “du bist weltmeister!”
interlagos 2012, the infamous one. this one’s a rollercoaster, chaos everywhere and the manifestation of murphy’s law: anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. amidst a title battle against nando, seb was fighting the weather, bruno senna’s front wing, a damaged side-pod, no radio, and somehow managed to claim p6 to win the championship
malaysia 2013, multi-21 (iconique), he was faster, deal with it. 💅
singapore 2013, domination masterclass from quali to the race. (also just all of his singapore wins...lion of singapore and all that)
india 2013, title no.3 secured, changed tyres on lap 2 and came out p17, was third by only lap 13 and then won the race by nearly 30 seconds. it was also his sixth win in a row. he went on to win three more. speaks for itself. also this:
malaysia 2015, first win with ferrari, can't forget that one, also features sewis’ gay knee-touching on the podium.
germany 2019, CHAOS, in which merc got bewitched by the special livery curse 😅, with crashes, spins, 50-second long pit stops, and also features one of seb’s best drives from p20 -> p2
i also highly recommend watching Floz's fan-made docus on youtube about 'the silver war' (there are also docus for the 2014 and 2015 seasons) as well as the merc v ferrari (lewis vs seb) 2017 fight and 'fight for five' in 2018, they're so much better than dts and actually give a full run-down of what happened during the season, with all the action on-track, with interviews and providing all the context! it's so well-edited as well (you literally feel like you're watching a movie about all of the seasons) and they are just incredibly fun to watch.
in general, i love rewatching races from 2017/18 (literally my comfort seasons), personal favs include spain 2017 (strategy galore and lewis v seb), baku 2017 (for obv reasons), austin 2017; and basically the 2018 season in its entirety...
as for books, there are many driver autobiographies e.g. jb (he’s even got two lmao), mark webbah etc. but i think the best f1 book out there is adrian newey’s memoir ‘how to build a car’ if you want lore + great insight into cars!
i’d also recommend watching some older races (i could do a separate post on which ones are my personal favs) but it’s all up to you in the end! go digging, look around on yt for some highlights and just keep exploring! 🫶💜
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France, England, Germany and four other European teams at the World Cup on Monday abandoned plans to wear a rainbow-themed armband in support of LGBTQ rights, citing the threat of disciplinary action from FIFA.
"FIFA has been very clear that it will impose sporting sanctions if our captains wear the armbands on the field of play," the seven teams said in a joint statement.
Under FIFA rules, players wearing kit that is not authorised by football's world governing body could be shown a yellow card.
If that player was then shown a second yellow card, they would be sent off.
The armbands had widely been viewed as a symbolic protest against laws in the World Cup host nation Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal.
"As national federations, we can't put our players in a position where they could face sporting sanctions including bookings, so we have asked the captains not to attempt to wear the armbands in FIFA World Cup games," the federations of England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland said.
The climbdown after threats from FIFA came hours before England's Harry Kane, the Netherlands' Virgil van Dijk and Wales' Gareth Bale were due to wear the armbands in Monday's games. The captains of Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and Denmark had also pledged to wear the armbands in the coming days.
“Our number one priority at the World Cup is to win the games," the Dutch soccer federation said in a separate statement. "Then you don’t want the captain to start the match with a yellow card.”
Monday's decision shows the political situation surrounding the first World Cup in the Middle East – even after FIFA president Gianni Infantino asked all 32 national teams to keep politics off the soccer field.
Since being awarded the World Cup hosting rights in 2010, Qatar has faced years of criticism regarding its treatment of low-paid migrant workers as well as it's criminalisation of gay and lesbian sex.
A testy meeting
FIFA raised the prospect of yellow cards on Sunday during a testy meeting with European soccer federations, including the seven teams that pledged to wear the armband.
The One Love campaign was started in the Netherlands and its symbol is a heart-shaped multi-coloured logo aimed at promoting inclusion and diversity in football and society.
However, the European plans were in clear breach of World Cup regulations and FIFA’s general rules on team equipment at its games.
“For FIFA final competitions, the captain of each team must wear the captain’s armband provided by FIFA,” the football body’s equipment regulations state.
The armband dispute flared two months ago when 10 European teams said they had joined the longer-standing campaign in Dutch soccer, but it was still not resolved when the seven teams arrived in Qatar.
FIFA offered its own compromise Monday by saying captains of all 32 teams “will have the opportunity” to wear an armband with the slogan “No Discrimination” in the group games.
FIFA’s original offer Saturday was that “No Discrimination” – the only one of its chosen slogans aligned with the European teams’ wish – would appear only at the quarter-final stage.
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Kodanikupäev (Citizen Day; Estonia)
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Artist’s Sunday [Sunday after Thanksgiving]
Crystal Skull World Day [4th Sunday]
International Laksa Day [Last Sunday]
International Shift Worker Sunday [Last Sunday]
John F. Kennedy Day (Massachusetts) [Last Sunday]
Judgement Sunday (Tuomiosunnuntai; Finland) [Last Sunday]
Mother’s Day (Russia) [Last Sunday]
Museum Store Sunday [Last Sunday]
National Bicycle Day (Philippines) [4th Sunday]
National Secondhand Sunday [Last Sunday]
National Youth Sunday (UK) [Last Sunday]
Pasadena Doo Dah Parade [Sunday after Thanksgiving]
Small Brewery Sunday [Sunday after Thanksgiving]
Stir-Up Sunday [Last Sunday before Advent]
Sunday of the Dead (Totensonntag; Austria, Germany) [Last Sunday]
Independence Days
The Golliez (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
Mongolia (from China, 1921)
Feast Days
Alypius the Stylite (Christian; Saint)
Basolus (a.k.a. Basle; Christian; Saint)
Bellinus of Padua (Christian; Saint)
Celebration of the Excellence of Genevieve in Paris (Roman Catholic)
Conrad of Constance (a.k.a. Conraal; Christian; Saint)
Day of the Covenant (Baháʼí)
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Feast of Christ the King (Christian)
Feast of the Holy Family (Christian)
Hugo Ball Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Isaac Watts (Episcopal Church (USA))
John Berchmans (Christian; Saint)
Kara Walker (Artology)
Nicon Metanoite (Christian; Saint)
Peter, Bishop of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)
Racist Depreciation Day (Pastafarian)
Sidney (Positivist; Saint)
Siricius, Pope (Christian; Saint)
Stylianos of Paphlagonia (Eastern Orthodoxy)
Sylvester Gozzolini (Christian; Saint)
Tantan (Muppetism)
Valraven’s Day (Pagan)
William Sidney Mount (Artology)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]
Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s National Baby Dropping Day.)
Premieres
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Novel; 1865)
Alien: Resurrection (Film; 1997)
Anarchy in the U.K., by The Sex Pistols (Album; 1976)
Australia (Film; 2008)
Bad Santa (Film; 2003)
Casablanca (Film; 1942)
The Daffy Doc (WB LT Cartoon; 1938)
Dangerous, by Michael Jackson (Album; 1991)
Flood Waters or Drown in the Valley (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 234; 1963)
Fragile, by Yes (Album; 1971)
Heir-Conditioned (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)
Home Defense (Disney Cartoon; 1943)
I Believe I Can Fly, by R. Kelly (Song; 1996)
The Ice Storm (Film; 1997)
Imitation of Life (Film; 1934)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcast (Film; 1999)
The King’s Speech (Film; 2010)
Licorice Pizza (Film; 2021)
The Mosquito Coast (Film; 1996)
Orchids in the Moonlight, recorded by Xavier Cugat (Song; 1940)
Penguins of Madagascar (Animated Film; 2014)
Rockshow (Paul McCartney Concert Film; 1980)
Squeeze: Unplugged (MTV TV Concert; 1989) [1st Unplugged Concert]
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Film; 1986)
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (Film; 1993)
Timeline (Film; 2003)
The Toll of the Sea (Film; 1922) [1st Technicolor Film)
Treasure of Monte Zoom, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 233; 1963)
The Triplets of Belleville (Animated Film; 2003)
Unplugged (Music TV Series; 1989)
The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins (Novel; 1859)x
Today’s Name Days
Anneliese, Gebhard, Konrad (Austria)
Stilyan, Stilyana (Bulgaria)
Hugo, Konrad, Siricije (Croatia)
Artur (Czech Republic)
Conradus (Denmark)
Dagmar, Maara, Maare, Tamaara (Estonia)
Sisko (Finland)
Delphine (France)
Anneliese, Konrad, Kurt (Germany)
Kyparisia, Nikon, Stelios, Stergios, Stiloanos, Stylianos (Greece)
Virág (Hungary)
Corrado, Cristo (Italy)
Konrāds (Latvia)
Dobilas, Silvestras, Vygantė (Lithuania)
Konrad, Kurt (Norway)
Delfin, Dobiemiest, Jan, Konrad, Konrada, Lechosław, Lechosława, Leonard, Sylwester (Poland)
Stellina (Romania)
Kornel (Slovakia)
Conrado, Juan, Leonardo, Silvestre (Spain)
Linus (Sweden)
Mallory, Rashad, Rashawn, Yesenia, Yessenia (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 330 of 2024; 35 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 7 of week 47 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Ngetal (Reed) [Day 27 of 28]
Chinese: Month 10 (Gui-Hai), Day 14 (Wu-Zi)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 13 Kislev 5784
Islamic: 13 Jumada I 1445
J Cal: 30 Mir; Nineday [30 of 30]
Julian: 13 November 2023
Moon: 99%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 22 Frederic (12th Month) [Sidney]
Runic Half Month: Is (Stasis) [Day 1 of 15]
Season: Autumn (Day 64 of 89)
Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 5 of 30)
Calendar Changes
Is (Stasis) [Half-Month 23 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 12.10)
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Holidays 11.26
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Anti-Obesity Day
Bonn Om Touk (Water Festival; Cambodia)
Casablanca Day
Constitution Day (Abkhazia; Georgia; India)
Coton de Tulear Day
Corn Salad Day (French Republic)
Economic Abuse Awareness Day (Australia, Canada)
Family Day (Palau)
Festival of Big Talk
Festival of Shadow Economies
Flag Day (Colombia)
Fraternity Day
Good Bath Day (Japan)
Good Grief Day
Holiday List Day
International Bananagrams Day
International Day of Cats
International Shoemaker Day
International Women Human Rights Defenders Day
Iron Deficiency Day
Kelaghayi Day (Azerbaijan)
Kodanikupäev (Citizen Day; Estonia)
Lion Day USA
Mākua Rothman Day (Hawaii)
Mumbai Terror Attacks Remembrance Day
National Alexis Day
National Eric Day
National Heath Day
National Law Day (India)
National Ranboo Day
Netherfield Ball Day
Republic Day (Mongolia)
Sojourner Truth Day (Michigan)
Tazaungdaing (Myanmar)
World Lewis Day
World Olive Tree Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
National Cake Day
National Milk Day (India)
World Olive Day
4th & Last Sunday in November
All Souls' Day (Visu Dvēseles Diena; Latvia)
Artist’s Sunday [Sunday after Thanksgiving]
Crystal Skull World Day [4th Sunday]
International Laksa Day [Last Sunday]
International Shift Worker Sunday [Last Sunday]
John F. Kennedy Day (Massachusetts) [Last Sunday]
Judgement Sunday (Tuomiosunnuntai; Finland) [Last Sunday]
Mother’s Day (Russia) [Last Sunday]
Museum Store Sunday [Last Sunday]
National Bicycle Day (Philippines) [4th Sunday]
National Secondhand Sunday [Last Sunday]
National Youth Sunday (UK) [Last Sunday]
Pasadena Doo Dah Parade [Sunday after Thanksgiving]
Small Brewery Sunday [Sunday after Thanksgiving]
Stir-Up Sunday [Last Sunday before Advent]
Sunday of the Dead (Totensonntag; Austria, Germany) [Last Sunday]
Independence Days
The Golliez (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
Mongolia (from China, 1921)
Feast Days
Alypius the Stylite (Christian; Saint)
Basolus (a.k.a. Basle; Christian; Saint)
Bellinus of Padua (Christian; Saint)
Celebration of the Excellence of Genevieve in Paris (Roman Catholic)
Conrad of Constance (a.k.a. Conraal; Christian; Saint)
Day of the Covenant (Baháʼí)
Ethelwine of Athelney (Christian; Saint)
Feast of Christ the King (Christian)
Feast of the Holy Family (Christian)
Hugo Ball Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Isaac Watts (Episcopal Church (USA))
John Berchmans (Christian; Saint)
Kara Walker (Artology)
Nicon Metanoite (Christian; Saint)
Peter, Bishop of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)
Racist Depreciation Day (Pastafarian)
Sidney (Positivist; Saint)
Siricius, Pope (Christian; Saint)
Stylianos of Paphlagonia (Eastern Orthodoxy)
Sylvester Gozzolini (Christian; Saint)
Tantan (Muppetism)
Valraven’s Day (Pagan)
William Sidney Mount (Artology)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]
Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s National Baby Dropping Day.)
Premieres
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Novel; 1865)
Alien: Resurrection (Film; 1997)
Anarchy in the U.K., by The Sex Pistols (Album; 1976)
Australia (Film; 2008)
Bad Santa (Film; 2003)
Casablanca (Film; 1942)
The Daffy Doc (WB LT Cartoon; 1938)
Dangerous, by Michael Jackson (Album; 1991)
Flood Waters or Drown in the Valley (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 234; 1963)
Fragile, by Yes (Album; 1971)
Heir-Conditioned (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)
Home Defense (Disney Cartoon; 1943)
I Believe I Can Fly, by R. Kelly (Song; 1996)
The Ice Storm (Film; 1997)
Imitation of Life (Film; 1934)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcast (Film; 1999)
The King’s Speech (Film; 2010)
Licorice Pizza (Film; 2021)
The Mosquito Coast (Film; 1996)
Orchids in the Moonlight, recorded by Xavier Cugat (Song; 1940)
Penguins of Madagascar (Animated Film; 2014)
Rockshow (Paul McCartney Concert Film; 1980)
Squeeze: Unplugged (MTV TV Concert; 1989) [1st Unplugged Concert]
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Film; 1986)
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (Film; 1993)
Timeline (Film; 2003)
The Toll of the Sea (Film; 1922) [1st Technicolor Film)
Treasure of Monte Zoom, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 233; 1963)
The Triplets of Belleville (Animated Film; 2003)
Unplugged (Music TV Series; 1989)
The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins (Novel; 1859)x
Today’s Name Days
Anneliese, Gebhard, Konrad (Austria)
Stilyan, Stilyana (Bulgaria)
Hugo, Konrad, Siricije (Croatia)
Artur (Czech Republic)
Conradus (Denmark)
Dagmar, Maara, Maare, Tamaara (Estonia)
Sisko (Finland)
Delphine (France)
Anneliese, Konrad, Kurt (Germany)
Kyparisia, Nikon, Stelios, Stergios, Stiloanos, Stylianos (Greece)
Virág (Hungary)
Corrado, Cristo (Italy)
Konrāds (Latvia)
Dobilas, Silvestras, Vygantė (Lithuania)
Konrad, Kurt (Norway)
Delfin, Dobiemiest, Jan, Konrad, Konrada, Lechosław, Lechosława, Leonard, Sylwester (Poland)
Stellina (Romania)
Kornel (Slovakia)
Conrado, Juan, Leonardo, Silvestre (Spain)
Linus (Sweden)
Mallory, Rashad, Rashawn, Yesenia, Yessenia (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 330 of 2024; 35 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 7 of week 47 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Ngetal (Reed) [Day 27 of 28]
Chinese: Month 10 (Gui-Hai), Day 14 (Wu-Zi)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 13 Kislev 5784
Islamic: 13 Jumada I 1445
J Cal: 30 Mir; Nineday [30 of 30]
Julian: 13 November 2023
Moon: 99%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 22 Frederic (12th Month) [Sidney]
Runic Half Month: Is (Stasis) [Day 1 of 15]
Season: Autumn (Day 64 of 89)
Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 5 of 30)
Calendar Changes
Is (Stasis) [Half-Month 23 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 12.10)
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'The two seemingly unstoppable phenoms of summer 2023 are each setting new milestones this weekend as Greta Gerwig’s Barbie through Friday has become the No.1 film of the year globally, overtaking The Super Mario Bros Movie with $1.365B. In the same breath, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer this frame is continuing its incredible run with the Universal title set to pass $850M globally through Sunday. This will see it surpass the filmmaker’s 2010 Inception as his 3rd highest-grossing title ever worldwide...
Oppenheimer is due to surpass Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as the No. 3 movie of 2023 globally, coming in behind just Barbie and Super Mario. Of Nolan’s oeuvre, it is only now below The Dark Knight Rises and The Dark Knight.
The ascension of Oppenheimer gives Universal three of the Top 5 films this year globally to date.
Looking at estimates for the full weekend at the international box office, Oppenheimer is expected to earn $49M, lifting the offshore cume to $542M. The Cillian Murphy-starrer is the 4th biggest Hollywood film of 2023 overseas and Nolan’s best in 58 markets.
Through Friday, its offshore gross is $513.9M for $816.9M global. The Top 5 overseas hubs through yesterday are the UK ($69.7M), Germany ($44.6M), France ($38.7M), Australia ($24.8M) and Spain ($20.3M).
Notably, China opened to No. 1 on Wednesday this week and has held that position throughout the following days. The film has a terrific 9.5 score with audiences on Maoyan, and through Saturday is estimated at $23M (not included in the totals above). This is over double Inception at the same point (+144%, Wednesday opener), in line with the Wed-Sat gross of Interstellar (-5%), 20% above the Fri-Sat gross of Tenet, and 23% above the Fri-Sat gross of Dunkirk.
Maoyan over the past few days has upped its final projection for the film’s full run, today landing at roughly $64M. However, caution should prevail as these numbers tend to shift...'
#Christopher Nolan#Oppenheimer#Barbie#The Super Mario Bros Movie#Inception#Dunkirk#Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3#The Dark Knight#The Dark Knight Rises#Cillian Murphy#Interstellar#Tenet
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Sunday Feb. 18 2024
I woke up a bit late but that's okay cuz it's Sunday! And nothing happens on Sundays in Germany... except for the Flohmarkt at the Mauerpark in Berlin. I took the tram just a couple stops away from where I'm staying and arrived at the market. Then I got a dirty chai latte and a currywurst for breakfast (very tasty with hot sauce and different kinds of mayo it was D-Lux!) and I walked around for a few hours.
There were lots of vendors selling coats and I wish I didn't live so far away because I have been dying to have a long fur-lined coat (of which there were many) but I really don't have any space so I ended up buying a leather bomber-style jacket to replace my really ratty denim coat I wear all the time.
As much as I love love love my denim coat and I've had it for a few years it's not very warm and the cuffs are so stringy and it's just not the best coat so I'm going to remove my patches and pins and leave it in Germany where it can have a new life hopefully and I will try not to think about how inanimate objects have feelings and how sad my coat will be that I am leaving it behind.
But I'm excited about the leather jacket. I think it will mark a new chapter in my life and although I am a bit saddened by the fact that leather is not really a pin-friendly material I have so many (some (my mother) might say too many) other jackets to redistribute my pins and patches onto, and I will continue the hunt for the long fur-trimmed coat of my dreams.
Back at the flea market I also bought a silver ring with a face on it for 6 euro, a record of Nena's Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann 12" dance mix for 10 euro, and a button down t shirt for 2 euro. Then I got a cup of Sahlab and another currywurst and went home because I had to pee and there were no public restrooms.
I met one of my host's roommates, he was really friendly and somehow spoke the exact German that I understand like he didn't use big words idk it felt like talking to a german teacher who understands your level of german. So that was nice.
That night I went to the Berlin Independent Film Festival (not to be confused with the Berlin International Film Festival aka the Berlinale, however I recently bought tickets to 2 films that are being shown at the Berlinale so yay! but it's really annoying that they both take place at the same time and have similar names cuz I keep getting them mixed up).
The movie I saw was Lichtenberg by Carl Bessai. It was at the Babylon Theater and it was very good! It is about 5 different time periods during the last century in an apartment building in the Berlin neighborhood Lichtenberg. The eras where 1920s, 1940s, 1980s, 1990s and 2010s. The cast was small and they played different characters in each time period. And then at the end of the movie there was a short Q&A panel at the front of the theater with the cast and director which was a bit awkward since I had a front-row seat so everyone was standing like 4 feet away from me eep!
Apparently the director (who is from Canada) wrote the script and then the cast (all German) decided that it was a bit dry so they improvised every scene so it felt more organic and personal so it was a bit like a stage play in that respect. It's not on Letterboxd yet so I haven't been able to add it to my list rip
Then I came home and went to bed because I was sleepy.
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New Jersey to host 2026 FIFA World Cup final on July 19
The 2026 World Cup final will be held at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on July 11, world football’s governing body FIFA has announced.
The world’s most popular sporting event will be held in 16 cities across the United States, Canada and Mexico, according to the tournament schedule unveiled by FIFA on Sunday.
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The 48-team World Cup will open on June 11 in Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca and conclude on July 19 at the 82,500-capacity MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford in New Jersey.
FIFA officials did not explain their site-decision process.
Canada will host 13 games in total, including 10 in the group stage, split evenly between Toronto and Vancouver. Mexico will also get 13 games, including 10 during the group stage, in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey. The rest of the tournament will be held in 11 cities across the US.
Toronto, Mexico City, and Los Angeles will host the opening matches of their respective national teams.
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The open-air stadium for the final, which opened in 2010 and cost $1.6bn, hosted the Copa America Centenario final in 2016 when Chile denied Lionel Messi’s Argentina for a second time in a penalty shootout.
FIFA did not announce kickoff times for the games.
Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca will host the opening match of the tournament on June 11, when Mexico will become the first nation to stage the World Cup for a third time. The opening day will also feature a match in Guadalajara.
Mexico hosted the World Cup in 1970 and 1986, with the finals of both editions held at Estadio Azteca where Pele’s Brazil crushed Italy 4-1 and Diego Maradona’s Argentina beat West Germany 3-2.
Maradona also scored the famous “hand of God” goal and the “goal of the century” at the same venue in a 2-1 victory over England in the 1986 quarterfinal.
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The first match in Canada, which has never hosted a World Cup game, will be on June 12 in Toronto at the home of the city’s Major League Soccer team, while the opening game in the US will be in Los Angeles.
Each of the tournament hosts will spend the group stage in their own countries, with the USA team sticking to the West Coast and playing twice in Los Angeles and once in Seattle.
Canada will play one group stage game in Toronto, followed by two in Vancouver, while Mexico will play twice at Estadio Azteca and once in Guadalajara.
The tournament will shift entirely to the US starting with the quarterfinals, which will be held in Los Angeles, Kansas City, Miami and Boston.
Dallas and Atlanta will host the two semifinals on July 14 and 15, respectively, Miami will be the venue of the third-place playoff, while Philadelphia will host a round-of-16 match on July 4 to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
The 2026 World Cup will feature 104 matches instead of the traditional 64 games, including an additional knockout round due to the previously announced decision to expand to 48 teams from 32.
A nation will need to play eight matches to win the title, up from seven since 1982.
Given the distance and different climates across the 16 host cities, FIFA opted to divide the venues being used into three regions – east, central and west – with teams operating out of a base camp in the same region as their games.
The stadiums in Arlington, Atlanta and Houston have retractable roofs that are expected to be closed because of summer heat, and Inglewood and Vancouver have fixed roofs.
Artificial turf will be replaced by grass in Arlington, Atlanta, East Rutherford, Foxborough, Houston, Inglewood and Vancouver.
Several of the venues are expected to widen their surfaces to accommodate a 75-by-115-yard (68-by-105-metre) playing field.
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Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg: “I believe that people always need religion”
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A reader sent me a link to a German language article titled: KARL-THEODOR ZU GUTTENBERG: „ICH GLAUBE, DER MENSCH BRAUCHT IMMER RELIGION“ 12/28/23 (URL: https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/politik/interview-karl-theodor-zu-guttenberg-ich-habe-mit-meinem-damaligen-scheitern-frieden-geschlossen-id68462711.html) and machine-translated the German into English, which is as follows:
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg: “I believe that people always need religion”
The former Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg analyzed the situation of the churches in Germany in a 90-minute RTL documentary {12/26/23} … For him personally, faith is “a basic support in life”.
In the ntv interview, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg expressed the conviction that people would not be able to get along without religion given “so many unanswered questions in life”. He emphasized:
“I believe that people always need religion. No yoga mat can replace that. …
“The core message that the church spreads is still an extremely comforting one. One that can give people support. This is important.”
Personally, his faith helps him “almost every day.” Even though he doesn’t go to church every Sunday and he “occasionally” struggles with his faith as well as with the institution of the church, …
Zu Guttenberg even believes that troughs in faith combined with a critical debate are important because they keep the debate “active”. He emphasized that when it comes to wanting to change the church, “one should be part of ‘the club’ and not just try to influence it from outside.” That’s why leaving the church is “not an option” for him, said the 52-year-old. …
He sees it as an important task of the church to offer “a clever translation” of the Bible into our time. …
Overall, he is “worried about the church, but I’m not completely worried,” Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg summed up to n-tv.
This is of interest for several reasons.
One reason is his idea of “a clever translation” of the Bible is concerning as the WEF, certain ecumenical promoters, and others want to re-word parts of the Bible as they want the biblical truth changed for political (see SN: WEF Calls for AI to Rewrite Bible, Create ‘Religions That Are Actually Correct’) and other inappropriate reasons (see PETA uses ChatGPT to make blasphemous Bible)–to do so is a blasphemous heresy. Baron Guttenberg is presumably a supporting member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) as he once spoke at one of its conferences (Stott M. German minister fears “infectious momentum” in Mideast. Reuters, January 28, 2011), hence his comments may align with what some in the WEF are advocating.
Another reason the documentary Herr Guttenberg was in was of interest is that I posted the following here a month before it was broadcast:
Another thing I have speculated about him was that Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg would be involved with religion. (Thiel B. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is to become a ‘media brand’? Another COGwriter speculative prediction confirmed? COGwriter, November 25, 2023)
Well, that documentary suggests that he is involved in religion and his comments suggest that he wants to change it.
That is something that the coming King of the North will do. The Bible teaches:
38 … he shall honor a god of fortresses; and a god which his fathers did not know … (Daniel 11:38)
Related to Karl Guttenberg and Daniel 11:38, back in 2010, I posted:
I consider that Germany’s Defence Minister Baron Karl-Theodor von und zu Guttenberg is someone to watch as both a potential future King of the North and final political leader known … as the Beast …
From the passages in Daniel we see that this king is not truly devoted to any existing religion, but that he somehow promotes another. One way this could be done would be to come up with a new order within Catholicism (which is not that hard to do as my great-aunt Mary did that last century). A new order allows one to have certain unique characteristics while still claiming to be part of the Roman Catholic faith. And in the King of the North’s view, if he promotes an order that (at first at least) seems fairly Catholic, this ruse will work for some time. …
He has the right to select the priest for his parish. Hence, the idea that political leaders should be involved with religion is something he was raised up believing. A leader combining church and state is prophesied in Daniel 11:37-38 and Revelation 13.
Also, if certain Catholic prophecy about the “Great Monarch” is correct, this leader will change the Catholic faith and offend many of the Catholic clergy:
Francis also speaks in a series of letters to Simeon de Limena, Count of Montalto in great detail of a future Great Monarch who will be a Roman Emperor. Limena was a great patron of St. Francis’ order and also a great military protector of the Church…Several potentially confusing things are now told about this future Monarch. He is described as founding a new religious order. To the reader this may sound like he also become a priest. That is not the case. What happens is that he founds a religious order, part of which contains military men who take religious vows. He will be the head of the military arm of this order. In this sense it will be like the Knights Templar of the Middle Ages.
St. Francis of Paula (15th Century)…“He shall be the founder of a new religious order different from all others. (Birch, DA. Trial, Tribulation & Triumph: Before During and After Antichrist. Queenship Publishing Company, Goleta (CA), 1996, pp. 276-270)
Franciscan Friar (18th century). “All the religious orders will be suppressed, except one, the rule of which will be as rigid and severe as that of the monks of the past. During these calamities the Pope will die. As a result, the most powerful anarchy will prevail within the Church.” (Dupont, Yves. Catholic Prophecy: The Coming Chastisement. TAN Books, Rockford (IL), 1973, p. 79)
Sister Marianne Gaultier (18th century): “…the Prince shall reign, whom people did not esteem before, but whom they shall then seek. (Dupont, p. 75).
D. Birch (commenting after the above in his book), “Many of the prophecies speak of the fact that the Great King at first will not be well-liked, especially by the French clergy” (Birch, p. 276).
Even if the above is in total error, the biblical fact is that the future King of the North and final political leader known biblical as the Beast will not truly be a devoted Catholic. He will likely simply claim that religion, change it, and ultimately attempt to destroy it. (Thiel B. PCG Claims Karl Guttenberg is a “Devoted Roman Catholic”, COGwriter has a different view. COGwriter, March 16, 2010)
Could Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg possibly establish, officially or unofficially, a new order of some type of ‘Catholicism’?
Yes, but that would NOT be the faith of the original catholic church unless he repents.
If Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg does establish, officially or unofficially, a new order of some type of ‘Catholicism’ that will be even more reason to “watch” (cf. Mark 13:37) him as a Beast candidate.
Related to him and the Middle East, in 2022 the Continuing Church of God (CCOG) put together the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel:
COGwriter
A reader sent me a link to a German language article titled: KARL-THEODOR ZU GUTTENBERG: „ICH GLAUBE, DER MENSCH BRAUCHT IMMER RELIGION“ 12/28/23 (URL: https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/politik/interview-karl-theodor-zu-guttenberg-ich-habe-mit-meinem-damaligen-scheitern-frieden-geschlossen-id68462711.html) and machine-translated the German into English, which is as follows:
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg: “I believe that people always need religion”
The former Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg analyzed the situation of the churches in Germany in a 90-minute RTL documentary {12/26/23} … For him personally, faith is “a basic support in life”.
In the ntv interview, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg expressed the conviction that people would not be able to get along without religion given “so many unanswered questions in life”. He emphasized:
“I believe that people always need religion. No yoga mat can replace that. …
“The core message that the church spreads is still an extremely comforting one. One that can give people support. This is important.”
Personally, his faith helps him “almost every day.” Even though he doesn’t go to church every Sunday and he “occasionally” struggles with his faith as well as with the institution of the church, …
Zu Guttenberg even believes that troughs in faith combined with a critical debate are important because they keep the debate “active”. He emphasized that when it comes to wanting to change the church, “one should be part of ‘the club’ and not just try to influence it from outside.” That’s why leaving the church is “not an option” for him, said the 52-year-old. …
He sees it as an important task of the church to offer “a clever translation” of the Bible into our time. …
Overall, he is “worried about the church, but I’m not completely worried,” Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg summed up to n-tv.
This is of interest for several reasons.
One reason is his idea of “a clever translation” of the Bible is concerning as the WEF, certain ecumenical promoters, and others want to re-word parts of the Bible as they want the biblical truth changed for political (see SN: WEF Calls for AI to Rewrite Bible, Create ‘Religions That Are Actually Correct’) and other inappropriate reasons (see PETA uses ChatGPT to make blasphemous Bible)–to do so is a blasphemous heresy. Baron Guttenberg is presumably a supporting member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) as he once spoke at one of its conferences (Stott M. German minister fears “infectious momentum” in Mideast. Reuters, January 28, 2011), hence his comments may align with what some in the WEF are advocating.
Another reason the documentary Herr Guttenberg was in was of interest is that I posted the following here a month before it was broadcast:
Another thing I have speculated about him was that Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg would be involved with religion. (Thiel B. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is to become a ‘media brand’? Another COGwriter speculative prediction confirmed? COGwriter, November 25, 2023)
Well, that documentary suggests that he is involved in religion and his comments suggest that he wants to change it.
That is something that the coming King of the North will do. The Bible teaches:
38 … he shall honor a god of fortresses; and a god which his fathers did not know … (Daniel 11:38)
Related to Karl Guttenberg and Daniel 11:38, back in 2010, I posted:
I consider that Germany’s Defence Minister Baron Karl-Theodor von und zu Guttenberg is someone to watch as both a potential future King of the North and final political leader known … as the Beast …
From the passages in Daniel we see that this king is not truly devoted to any existing religion, but that he somehow promotes another. One way this could be done would be to come up with a new order within Catholicism (which is not that hard to do as my great-aunt Mary did that last century). A new order allows one to have certain unique characteristics while still claiming to be part of the Roman Catholic faith. And in the King of the North’s view, if he promotes an order that (at first at least) seems fairly Catholic, this ruse will work for some time. …
He has the right to select the priest for his parish. Hence, the idea that political leaders should be involved with religion is something he was raised up believing. A leader combining church and state is prophesied in Daniel 11:37-38 and Revelation 13.
Also, if certain Catholic prophecy about the “Great Monarch” is correct, this leader will change the Catholic faith and offend many of the Catholic clergy:
Francis also speaks in a series of letters to Simeon de Limena, Count of Montalto in great detail of a future Great Monarch who will be a Roman Emperor. Limena was a great patron of St. Francis’ order and also a great military protector of the Church…Several potentially confusing things are now told about this future Monarch. He is described as founding a new religious order. To the reader this may sound like he also become a priest. That is not the case. What happens is that he founds a religious order, part of which contains military men who take religious vows. He will be the head of the military arm of this order. In this sense it will be like the Knights Templar of the Middle Ages.
St. Francis of Paula (15th Century)…“He shall be the founder of a new religious order different from all others. (Birch, DA. Trial, Tribulation & Triumph: Before During and After Antichrist. Queenship Publishing Company, Goleta (CA), 1996, pp. 276-270)
Franciscan Friar (18th century). “All the religious orders will be suppressed, except one, the rule of which will be as rigid and severe as that of the monks of the past. During these calamities the Pope will die. As a result, the most powerful anarchy will prevail within the Church.” (Dupont, Yves. Catholic Prophecy: The Coming Chastisement. TAN Books, Rockford (IL), 1973, p. 79)
Sister Marianne Gaultier (18th century): “…the Prince shall reign, whom people did not esteem before, but whom they shall then seek. (Dupont, p. 75).
D. Birch (commenting after the above in his book), “Many of the prophecies speak of the fact that the Great King at first will not be well-liked, especially by the French clergy” (Birch, p. 276).
Even if the above is in total error, the biblical fact is that the future King of the North and final political leader known biblical as the Beast will not truly be a devoted Catholic. He will likely simply claim that religion, change it, and ultimately attempt to destroy it. (Thiel B. PCG Claims Karl Guttenberg is a “Devoted Roman Catholic”, COGwriter has a different view. COGwriter, March 16, 2010)
Could Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg possibly establish, officially or unofficially, a new order of some type of ‘Catholicism’?
Yes, but that would NOT be the faith of the original catholic church unless he repents.
If Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg does establish, officially or unofficially, a new order of some type of ‘Catholicism’ that will be even more reason to “watch” (cf. Mark 13:37) him as a Beast candidate.
Related to him and the Middle East, in 2022 the Continuing Church of God (CCOG) put together the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel:
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The Middle East, Prophecy, and Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg
Iran and Israel have been involved with various attacks and threats against each other. Does the Bible seem to prophesy that Iran and Syria will attack Israel? Will God always protect Israel? Will Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ protect it? Is “great damage” prophesied to come to Jerusalem? What about damage to Syria’s capital Damascus? What was Isaiah inspired to write? Could a peace deal come after a regional conflict in the Middle East? Could Baron Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg (KT) be the “prince” of Daniel 9:26-27, who becomes the King of the North of Daniel 11? Was KT spurned, rejected, and passed over for advancement consistent with one rendering of Daniel 11:21? Does KT have the ancestral and religious background to be the “Great Monarch” of Greco-Roman Catholic prophecies? Does KT have the digital background to be able to be involved in the 666 controlling of buying and selling (Revelation 13:16-18)? Should you be watching the Middle East and Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg? Dr. Thiel answers these questions and more.
Here is a link to our video: The Middle East, Prophecy, and Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg.
Back in 2016, the Continuing Church of God is put out the following sermon about him on its ContinuingCOG channel:
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Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and Europe’s Future
Former German Economic & Technology Minister as well as former Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg spoke at the Hub Conference in Berlin and gave a presentation titled “Wish List or Reality? Digital Trends in 2016.” Dr. Thiel shows portions of the presentation and comments on his presentation related to Bible prophecy and Baron Guttenberg’s background. What is the future for Europe?
Here is a link to the sermon: Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and Europe’s Future.
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Might German Baron Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg become the King of the North? Is the former German Defense Minister (who is also the former German Minister for Economics and Technology) one to watch? What do Greco-Roman Catholic, Byzantine, and biblical prophecies suggest? A video of related interest would be: Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and Europe’s Future. A shorter one is also available: The Middle East, Prophecy, and Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg.
Blockchain, Karl Guttenberg, and 666 American Express just announced a deal with Ripple related to using its blockchain technology. No longer confined to Bitcoin, blockchain technology is moving towards the mainstream. Former German Economic and later Defense Minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has long been an adviser to Ripple and has plans for internationally-expanding the use of blockchain money. Jim Rickards, Doug Casey, and others have expressed concerns that blockchain money will give governments too much control over buying and selling. Could any of this be related to biblical prophecies in the Books of Daniel and Revelation? Could any of this help fulfill the prophecies related to buying and selling and 666 in Revelation 13? Dr. Thiel addresses these issues and more in this video. A related written article is also available: Amex launches blockchain-based business payments using Ripple: Prelude to the Beast and 666?
Who is the King of the North? Is there one? Do biblical and Roman Catholic prophecies for the Great Monarch point to the same leader? Should he be followed? Who will be the King of the North discussed in Daniel 11? Is a nuclear attack prophesied to happen to the English-speaking peoples of the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand? When do the 1335 days, 1290 days, and 1260 days (the time, times, and half a time) of Daniel 12 begin? When does the Bible show that economic collapse will affect the United States? In the Spanish language check out ¿Quién es el Rey del Norte? Here are links to two related videos: The King of the North is Alive: What to Look Out For and The Future King of the North.
The Great Monarch: Biblical and Greco-Roman Catholic Prophecies Is the ‘Great Monarch’ of Catholic prophecies endorsed or condemned by the Bible? Two sermons of related interest are also available: Great Monarch: Messiah or False Christ? and Great Monarch in 50+ Beast Prophecies.
Does the CCOG have the confirmed signs of Acts 2:17-18? Does any church have the confirmed dream and prophetic signs of Acts 2:17-18? Should one? Here is a link in the Spanish language: ¿Tiene la CCOG confirmadas las señales de Hechos 2: 17-18? Here is a link in the French language: Est-ce que l’Église Continue de Dieu confirme les signes d’Actes 2:17-18? A related sermon in the English language is also available: 17 Last Days’ Signs of the Holy Spirit.
Beliefs of the Original Catholic Church: Could a remnant group have continuing apostolic succession? Did the original “catholic church” have doctrines held by the Continuing Church of God? Did Church of God leaders uses the term “catholic church” to ever describe the church they were part of? Here are links to related sermons: Original Catholic Church of God?, Original Catholic Doctrine: Creed, Liturgy, Baptism, Passover, What Type of Catholic was Polycarp of Smyrna?, Tradition, Holy Days, Salvation, Dress, & Celibacy, Early Heresies and Heretics, Doctrines: 3 Days, Abortion, Ecumenism, Meats, Tithes, Crosses, Destiny, and more, Saturday or Sunday?, The Godhead, Apostolic Laying on of Hands Succession, Church in the Wilderness Apostolic Succession List, Holy Mother Church and Heresies, and Lying Wonders and Original Beliefs. Here is a link to that book in the Spanish language: Creencias de la iglesia Católica original.
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On this day in Wikipedia: Sunday, 31st December
Welcome, benvingut, laipni lūdzam, karibu 🤗
What does @Wikipedia say about 31st December through the years 🏛️📜🗓️?
31st December 2022 🗓️ : Death - Barry Lane
Barry Lane, English golfer (b. 1960)
"Barry Douglas Lane (21 June 1960 – 31 December 2022) was an English professional golfer. He won five official European Tour events between 1988 and 2004. He played in the 1993 Ryder Cup and won the inaugural Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf in late 1995. After reaching 50 he had..."
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31st December 2018 🗓️ : Event - 2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse
Thirty-nine people are killed after a ten-story building collapses in the industrial city of Magnitogorsk, Russia.
"On 31 December 2018, at approximately 6:02 a.m. local time, an apartment block in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, partially collapsed. The collapse killed 39 people and injured 17 more. The cause of the collapse is believed to have been a gas explosion...."
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31st December 2013 🗓️ : Death - Roberto Ciotti
Roberto Ciotti, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1953)
"Roberto Ciotti (20 February 1953 – 31 December 2013) was an Italian blues musician, composer and guitarist...."
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31st December 1973 🗓️ : Birth - Curtis Myden
Curtis Myden, Canadian swimmer
"Curtis Allen Myden (born December 31, 1973) is a former breaststroke and medley swimmer from Canada, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics in 1992, 1996 and 2000. He won a total number of three medals at the Olympics, all of them bronze. Myden was one of Canada's leading swimmers in..."
31st December 1923 🗓️ : Birth - Giannis Dalianidis
Giannis Dalianidis, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
"Giannis Dalianidis (Greek: Γιάννης Δαλιανίδης; 31 December 1923 – 16 October 2010) was a Greek film director. His first film was Mousitsa, released in 1959, which was followed by a series of musicals. Between 1974 and 1981, he produced the television series Luna Park. In 2002, he was dubbed a..."
31st December 1818 🗓️ : Death - Jean-Pierre Duport
Jean-Pierre Duport, French cellist (b. 1741)
"Jean-Pierre Duport (27 November 1741 – 31 December 1818) was a cellist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Along with his brother, Jean-Louis Duport (also a cellist), he was active in the musical life of France and Germany. Jean-Pierre was the son of a dancing master, and a student of the..."
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Suspected Mossad agent Michael Bodenheimer
The real Michael Bodenheimer keeps a low profile
“We’re not very excited that my husband’s name has been used in this way, but it makes no difference, what's been done has been done."
By SAM CROSS
JUNE 14, 2010 10:11
When Rabbi Michael Bodenheimer made aliya with his family, he could not have imagined that one day he would be entangled in a web of international espionage.
Originally from the United States, Bodenheimer currently resides in Bnei Brak and reportedly heads a kollel in Modi’in Illit. A woman identifying herself as his wife spoke to The Jerusalem Post briefly on Sunday, saying the family had been surprised to see Bodenheimer’s name linked to the assassination of Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
“We’re not very excited that my husband’s name has been used in this way, but it doesn’t make any difference now,” the woman told the Post. “What has been done has been done, and we have no other comment besides that.”
According to foreign media reports, an Israeli secured a German passport in June 2009 under the name of Michael Bodenheimer. As the son of a pre-war Jewish citizen of Germany, he is entitled to a German passport and citizenship.
However, when the Dubai story originally broke, Bodenheimer told Maariv that he had made no such requests.
“I have never asked for a German passport. I have never had one,” he said.
On Saturday, Poland arrested an intelligence officer by the name of Uri Brodsky for his alleged use of “false information” to obtain Bodenheimer’s passport, according to a spokesman for the German federal public prosecutor.
While Brodsky was not the individual who allegedly travelled with Bodenheimer’s German passport to Dubai, he had been present during the passport application process, according to the spokesman.
Bodenheimer is not the only victim of what is alleged to have been identity theft by the Mossad. British-Israelis Melvyn Adam Mildiner, Stephen Hodes and Paul John Keeley also found their names among the 11-member squad of Mossad agents, as released by Dubai police, that allegedly carried out the assassination last January in Dubai.
Mildiner, who lives in Beit Shemesh, told Ynet in February that he realized his identity had been stolen only after reading media reports. He said he was deeply troubled by the news.
“Everyone [from his family] is angry and afraid, especially at the prospect of having trouble leaving Israeli borders,” he said.
“I also don’t know what are the other repercussions concerning my identity.”
Jewish Agency spokesman Michael Jankelowitz denied that the Israeli government asks olim to use their identities.
“No such clause exists,” he said.
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Lula Aims High
When former—and now incoming—Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took to the podium in São Paulo on Sunday night following his razor-thin election victory over incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, he first stressed that he would govern for all Brazilians. Then he proceeded to speak extensively about foreign policy.
In his recent international travels, Lula said, “What I hear the most is that the world misses Brazil. They miss that sovereign Brazil that talks to the richest and most powerful countries like an equal and at the same time contributes to the development of poorer ones.”
Lula alluded to his role in past efforts to integrate South America and Latin America by strengthening customs union Mercosur and the now-defunct regional organ Unasur; carry out technical cooperation with African countries; and create the BRICS grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Going forward, he pledged to work for fairer international trade, take an active role in fighting the climate crisis, and campaign for including more countries as permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. Brazil has for decades sought a permanent seat on the council.
Celso Amorim, Lula’s foreign minister during his 2003 to 2010 presidency, has often described Lula’s foreign policy of that period as “tall and active”: Brazil opened 35 new embassies and launched new cooperation initiatives with countries including the United States, Iran, and Russia. Amorim remains Lula’s top foreign-policy advisor and stood near him on stage on Sunday; he is expected to continue to advise Lula on foreign policy in the new administration.
But the world has changed dramatically since the two were last in office: Sharp geopolitical tensions between Washington and both China and Russia make Brazil’s previous constellation of alliances more difficult to maintain, and Brasília’s global standing has also diminished dramatically under Bolsonaro. Still, Lula appears set to try to resurrect his wide-ranging foreign policy.
In an early sign of goodwill, Lula received a stream of congratulations from the leaders of countries including the United States, France, and Australia in the minutes after his election victory was confirmed. In at least the U.S. case, Reuters reported that the quick recognition was an effort to stave off any potential attempt by Bolsonaro to contest the election result. Bolsonaro’s chief of staff said Tuesday that the administration had agreed to a transfer of power, but some of the president’s supporters have continued to demonstrate against the election results.
In his calls with foreign leaders such as U.S. President Joe Biden, Lula has emphasized climate cooperation. He pledged in his victory speech to reach zero deforestation and, according to Reuters, has been in talks with authorities in Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo about creating a global alliance for forest protection since before his victory. Norway and Germany have already signaled they plan to unblock environmental aid that they froze over Bolsonaro’s poor climate record. The president of Lula’s Workers’ Party also said Lula will attend next week’s U.N. climate conference in Egypt; Bolsonaro, who presided over soaring deforestation in the Amazon, had not announced plans to attend by Thursday.
In an interview in the September/October issue of Nueva Sociedad, Amorim waded into today’s thornier foreign-policy topics, offering clues as to how Lula may navigate them in office. He expressed a nonaligned position on U.S.-China tensions. On trade—with both China and the European Union—Amorim said Latin American countries should push for guarantees that help local industry. He also emphasized the threat of nuclear weapons use in Russia’s war in Ukraine; in a separate interview, Amorim supported negotiations to end the conflict and said BRICS members could back them.
Latin American countries should especially work to strengthen their ties with Europe, Amorim said, calling the continent “very important in the multipolar game.” As a starting point, it now appears far more likely that a long-stalled trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur—paused in part over concerns about Bolsonaro’s environmental record—will be approved.
Amorim has stressed that Latin American integration is crucial to Lula’s foreign-policy doctrine. True to form, Lula’s first in-person meeting with a head of state as president-elect was with Argentine President Alberto Fernández on Monday. “I want to give him the hug he deserves,” Fernández said, calling Lula a “leader in the region.”
Upcoming Events
Sunday, Nov. 6, to Friday, Nov. 18: Lula and the presidents of Latin American countries such as Colombia are due to participate in the COP27 climate conference in Egypt. Former Grenadian environment minister Simon Stiell is the United Nations’ lead climate negotiator.
Sunday, Nov. 20: The FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar. We’ll be covering Latin American soccer teams’ trials and tribulations in this newsletter.
What We’re Following
Ecuador’s security crisis. Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso was supposed to travel to the United States this week on the heels of the announcement on Tuesday of a new fair trade working group between Quito and Washington. Although it’s short of the full-blown trade deal that Ecuador sought, both sides say that agreeing to new trade regulations could increase business between the two countries. The countries have not publicly spoken about the specifics of the working group.
Lasso canceled his trip to Washington, however, following a dramatic string of car bombings and killings of police officers in Ecuador early this week that prompted him to declare a national emergency. Lasso attributed the bombings to the growing presence of drug trafficking groups in the country. On Tuesday, he declared nighttime curfews in two provinces and said he was “prepared to act harshly” in response to the violence.
Overture on U.S.-Cuba policy. This week, for the 30th consecutive year, the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution condemning the 60-year-old U.S. economic embargo on Cuba by a vote of 185 in favor to 2 against. The United States and Israel opposed the resolution, while Brazil and Ukraine abstained.
Ahead of the vote, The Associated Press reported, 18 former Latin American and Caribbean leaders sent a letter to Biden calling for an end to the policy in light of the destruction that Hurricane Ian wrought on the island in September. The sweeping economic embargo made it difficult for Cuba to rebuild after the hurricane, they wrote.
The leaders also called for Washington to end its classification of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. Former U.S. President Donald Trump applied the label to Cuba in January 2021 just before he left office, citing Cuba’s sheltering of leaders of a Colombian militant group, the National Liberation Army (ELN). The ELN, Colombia’s largest remaining guerrilla group, is now entering into peace talks with the Colombian government.
Trump also sharply intensified U.S. economic restrictions on Cuba during his term. Biden on the campaign trail promised to reverse “the failed Trump policies that inflicted harm on Cubans and their families” and has since dialed back some—but not all—of them.
The U.S. midterm elections next Tuesday could further empower several Cuba hard-liners in the United States. They include Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is expected to handily win reelection and is seen as a possible 2024 Republican presidential candidate. DeSantis has also pushed for more hard-line U.S. immigration policies, Amelia Cheatham wrote in Foreign Policy last week.
Unconventional protest-busters. Although Brazilian soccer star Neymar made headlines for endorsing Bolsonaro ahead of Brazil’s election, his position did not speak for the whole Brazilian soccer world. This week, organized fan squads of local Brazilian soccer clubs in the states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais went to the streets to remove highway barricades set up by Bolsonaro supporters in the wake of his defeat.
In some locations, soccer fan squads carried out this task before Brazil’s federal highway police, which had been ordered by the Supreme Court to do so. Pro-Bolsonaro sentiment is prevalent among parts of the police force.
Some participants at ongoing protests across the country called for a military intervention to overturn the results of the presidential election. Bolsonaro’s vice president, Hamilton Mourão, a retired general, tweeted Wednesday that a military coup would “put the country in a difficult situation among the international community.”
Bolsonaro posted a video message calling the protests “welcome” but also asked demonstrators to unblock highways. Millions of dollars in fines have been issued since Sunday to drivers of vehicles blocking traffic.
In Focus: Petro and Maduro Meet
On Tuesday, the presidents of Colombia and Venezuela met in person for the first time in six years. The countries severed diplomatic relations in 2019 and closed their land border to commerce amid a Colombia-and-U.S.-backed effort to oust Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Current Colombian President Gustavo Petro has made reestablishing relations one of his foreign-policy priorities.
Petro has stressed the need to reestablish ties for business purposes, to fight organized crime in the border area, and to better negotiate a potential peace deal with the ELN guerrilla group, which is partially based in Venezuela. Petro once again emphasized these goals in a joint communique with Maduro released after the meeting.
The two leaders also voiced support for a return to the stalled Mexico City talks between Maduro and the Venezuelan opposition. And in a press conference, Maduro said he had agreed to “reconciliation” between Venezuela and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, a body of the Organization of American States. Caracas withdrew from the court in 2013 when it denounced human rights violations in the country.
Many analysts interpreted Maduro’s comments to mean he will fully rejoin the court—though there is skepticism as to whether he will accept its rulings. If he does, it would be a significant concession on Maduro’s part, as the court has a history of trying cases against his government. Petro had pressed for the commitment before agreeing to his trip, El País reported, in part as a response to criticism from Colombian hard-liners who opposed his reengagement with Venezuela.
Caracas’s commitment comes as Venezuela’s opposition and parties that back the Mexico City talks—such as the United States—look for evidence that Maduro is open to making concessions related to democratic accountability. If those talks restart, they could compel Maduro to issue guarantees around the conditions for fair 2024 Venezuelan elections in exchange for the United States issuing Venezuela humanitarian aid and lifting sanctions that block the country from profiting from some of its oil reserves.
Maduro’s regime has survived economically with the U.S. sanctions in place until now. But the Wilson Center and Institute of Advanced Studies in Administration’s Michal Penfold pointed out in an interview with Efecto Cocuyo this week that Russia’s war in Ukraine is hurting its profit margins on the oil that Venezuela does manage to sell. Before the war, Venezuela would sell its oil at a heavily discounted rate to help clients compensate for the risk of buying a sanctioned product. But now that heavily sanctioned Russia is discounting its own oil exports for the same reasons, Venezuela has been pushed to slash oil prices even further, up to 40 percent, Penfold said.
If U.S. sanctions on Venezuela are lifted, the country could sell its oil legally and reap higher government tax revenue. Maduro’s government would probably like to be able to offer more benefits to voters before standing in elections in 2024, Penfold suggested. “If you’re going to run in an election, you need to be able to spend.”
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Holidays
Blame Someone Else Day
Daughter’s Day
Festival of the Volcano (Antigua, Guatemala)
Greyhound Bus Day
International Left-Hander’s Day
Lao Issara (Day of the Free Laos; Laos)
National Baseball Card Day
Patriot’s Day (Manipur, India)
Roller Derby Day
Skinny Dipping Day
South Park Day
Wall Day (Berlin, Germany)
Women’s Day (Tunisia)
World Organ Donation Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
National Filet Mignon Day
National Prosecco Day
2nd Saturday in August
Bud Billiken Parade (Chicago, Illinois) [2nd Saturday]
Celebrate Your Lakes Day (New Hampshire) [2nd Saturday]
Ferry Fair Day (Edinburgh, Scotland) [2nd Saturday]
Great Taste of the Midwest (Wisconsin) [2nd Saturday]
National Bowling Day [2nd Saturday]
National Garage Sale Day [2nd Saturday]
National Model Aviation Day [2nd Saturday]
Yard Sale Day [2nd Saturday]
Independence Days
Central African Republic (from France, 1960)
Feast Days
Benedetto Sinigardi (Christian; Saint)
Benildus Romançon (Christian; Saint)
Centola and Helen (Christian; Saint)
Cassian of Imola (Christian; Saint)
Clara Maass (Lutheran Church)
Concordia (Christian; Saint)
Day of Hekate (Spirit of Life, Death, Regeneration & Magic; Italy)
Fachtna of Rosscarbery (Christian; Saint)
Festival of Huitzilopochtls (Aztec)
Festival of Aventine Diana (Ancient Rome)
Florence Nightingale, Octavia Hill (Lutheran Church)
Hercules Victori (Ancient Rome)
Herulph (Christian; Saint)
Hippolytus of Rome (Christian; Saint)
Jeremy Taylor (Anglican Communion)
John Berchmans (Christian; Saint)
Junian of Mairé (Christian; Saint)
Listen to Reggae Day (Pastafarian)
Marco d'Aviano (Christian; Blessed)
Marco Polo (Positivist; Saint)
Maximus the Confessor (Christian; Saint)
Nerses Glaietsi (Catholic Church)
Pomona’s Day (Apple Festival) [also 11.1]
Pontian, Pope (Christian; Saint)
Prospero Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Radegundes, Queen of France (Christian; Saint)
Self Love Day (Pastafarian)
The Vertumnalia (Festival of Vertumnus)
Wigbert (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]
Premieres
Baby Love, recorded by The Supremes (Song; 1964)
Bambi (Animated Disney Film; 1942)
Bonnie and Clyde (Film; 1967)
Bowfinger (Film; 1999)
Californication (TV Series; 2007)
District 9 (Film; 2009)
Du Barry Was a Lady (Film; 1943)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Film; 1982)
Free Guy (Film; 2021)
Help!, by The Beatles (Album; 1965)
Hound Dog, by Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton recorded (Song; 1952)
Lynyrd Skynyrd, by Lynyrd Skynyrd (Album; 1973)
An Officer and a Gentleman (Film; 1982)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Film; 2010)
Tropic Thunder (Film; 2008)
Today’s Name Days
Gertrude, Marco (Austria)
Gertruda, Hipolit, Patricija, Poncijan (Croatia)
Alena (Czech Republic)
Hippolytus (Denmark)
Teedo, Teedu, Teet, Teetlev, Teeto (Estonia)
Jesse, Okko (Finland)
Hippolyte (France)
Cassian, Hippolyt, Marko (Germany)
Ipoly (Hungary)
Ippolito (Italy)
Elvīra, Velga (Latvia)
Diana, Gilvilė, Ipolitas, Naglis (Lithuania)
Anine, Ann, Anny (Norway)
Diana, Dianna, Gertruda, Helena, Hipolit, Hipolita, Jan, Kasjan, Radomiła, Wojbor (Poland)
Ľubomír (Slovakia)
Hipólito (Spain)
Kaj (Sweden)
Rad, Radella, Radford, Radley, Wilmer (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 225 of 2022; 140 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 6 of week 32 of 2022
Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 8 of 28]
Chinese: Month 7 (Lányuè), Day 16 (Wu-Xu)
Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)
Hebrew: 16 Av 5782
Islamic: 15 Muharram 1444
J Cal: 15 Hasa; Sunday [15 of 30]
Julian: 31 July 2022
Moon: 96% Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 1 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Marco Polo]
Runic Half Month: As (Gods) [Day 3 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 54 of 90)
Zodiac: Leo (Day 22 of 31)
Calendar Changes
Gutenberg (Modern Industry) [Month 9 of 13; Positivist]
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