Following the president’s executive order, at least 109 people were held at airports en route to seeing family, moving to the U.S. or just coming home. [Read more].
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A protester holds a sign at San Francisco International Airport during demonstrations against the executive order. Photo: Márcio José Sánchez/AP.
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After her retirement from the Atlantis Queendom, Olympic Goddess 吴敏霞 (Wú Mǐnxiá)’s earthly life is splitted between 北京 (Běijīng) and 上海 (Shànghǎi), and her precious free time is devoted to the care of her parents, her boyfriend, and, last but not least, her beloved petfriend Candy.
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Neil Armstrong walks near the gold-foil-wrapped foot of the lunar landing module on July 21, 1969. Photo: NASA/Swann Auction Galleries.
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Does Arcovazzi know it’s Tuesday? I just wonder if Wednesday he will still be able to get a seat to hide himself in the bottom of the hall. As for you, instead of dying by listening all his rabid platitudes, you would do better to jump right now on the Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”’s carpet-dance and fly to the moon!
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Arianna Settembrini performing in the Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”’s final dance showdown at the Teatro SMS of the People’s House in Grassina on Saturday, June 18, 2016. Photo © Rapid Foto Center.
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“You can prearrange games now at unbelievably fast speeds. It used to be a very tedious hard process to prearrange a realistic looking game. Now you can prearrange a game I think in a matter of minutes. They can prearrange a whole tournament I think in a few hours or days now with this high-tech computer technology”.
Excerpt from the fifth Bombo Radyo interview to 11th World Chess Champion Robert James Fischer in Manila, Philippines on March 10, 1999
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A King in New York: 11th World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer is honoured by the then Mayor John Vliet Lindsay at City hall on September 22, 1972. Photo by Anthony Calvacca/New York Post Archives/© NYP Holdings, Inc. via Getty Images.
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The Governor of Washington, Jay Inslee, announced on Monday his state is to file a legal challenge against Trump’s travel ban executive order, the first state to do so.
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Demonstrators jam the international arrivals area at San Francisco International Airport. Photo: UPI/Barcroft Images.
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Thought to have lived 540 million years ago, the discovery of Saccorhytus coronarious fossils sheds light on the early stages of evolution. [Read more].
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An artist’s reconstruction of Saccorhytus coronarius, based on the original fossil finds. The actual creature was probably no more than a millimetre in size. Illustration: University of Cambridge/PA Wire.
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Thousands of protesters rally at the Philadelphia International Airport to demonstrate against the travel ban. Photo: Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock.
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The last moments of the 79th Tata Steel Chess Tournament. For Evgeny Surov’s breathtaking photoreportage, see http://chess-news.ru/node/22694.
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10th World Chess Champion Boris Vasilievich Spassky (pictured above), on the eve of his 80th birthday, gave a very personal interview to Elena Milchanovska for Moskovskij Komsomolets, in which he recalled his younger days and speaked with open heart about his daily “perimeter” defence against illness. Just a lifetime “frenemy” – Robert James “Bobby” Fischer – and only one regret: “The title of World Chess Champion didn’t bring me any happiness”. Photo: Elena Milchanovska.
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春节 (Spring Festival) Eve in the 上海 (Shànghǎi) sub-venue: a time for parades, family, and friends. Pictured, from left, are 吴敏霞 (Wú Mǐnxiá)’s parents, 吴敏霞 (Wú Mǐnxiá), the Mandopop’s star 韩雪 (Hán Xuě), and 韩雪 (Hán Xuě)’s mother (who on the occasion dressed in a cheongsam). Photo: news.6park.com.
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Not at his ease. Don’t miss for nothing in the world Evgeny Anatolyevich Surov’s final photographic review of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament: http://chess-news.ru/node/22694.
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I cannot believe, it’s already Monday! I have a specific question for Arcovazzi, but I will ask it him in the next few days, provided he manages to keep his seat until then – it’s not sure at all. Well, I told you all the bad news first, just to remind you not the only, but one of the most important reasons to live: as every Monday from the early afternoon to the late evening the Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”’s carpet-dance is wide open!
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Viola Rocchini and Silvia Bertini performing in the Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”’s final dance showdown at the Teatro SMS of the People’s House in Grassina on Saturday, June 18, 2016. Photo © Rapid Foto Center.
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A federal judge has granted a stay on deportations for people who arrived in the U.S. with valid visas but were detained on entry, following President Donald Trump’s executive order to halt travel from seven Muslim-majority countries.
The stay is only a partial block to the broader executive order, with the judge stopping short of a broader ruling on its constitutionality. Nevertheless, it was an early, significant blow to the new administration. [Read more]. |
I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize, but get used to me. Black, confident, cocky – my name, not yours. My religion, not yours. My goals, my own. Get used to me.
Muhammad Ali
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The Beatles (from left: Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney) spar up to Muhammad Ali while visiting the heavyweight contender at his training camp in Miami Beach, Florida, United States on February 18, 1964. Photo: AP.
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A young girl with protesters in Los Angeles to denounce the travel ban from Muslim-majority countries. Photo: Eugene García/EPA.
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A mass protest at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York. Photo: Andrew Kelly/Reuters.
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People protest at Washington Dulles International Airport. Photo: Reuters.
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Things went smooth enough, but this was only the quiet before the storm. Photo © John Saunders. |
Leicester, United Kingdom: Artworks exhibited at Leicester’s Attenborough Arts by Emma Fay challenge derogatory terms used to describe the human body. Photo: Emma Fay/Barcroft.
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Custodes das, Polla, viro, non accipis ipsa.
Hoc est uxorem ducere, Polla, virum. You set spies on your husband, while you lead a free life: That’s taking, dear Polla, a husband to wife. Custodi dài al marito, o Polla, ma tu non li vuoi. Ciò significa, o Polla, prender per moglie il marito. |
Donald Trump’s executive order to close America’s borders to refugees and immigrants coming from his blacklist of Muslim-majority countries caused chaos on Saturday, as people who had flown to the U.S. were held at airports, regardless that they were green card holders or they hold valid visas. Photo: ZUMA/Rex/Shutterstock.
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Aryan Tari (right) vs. 熊奕韬 (Jeffery Xióng) (left). Photo: Tarjei J. Svensen/Matt & Patt.
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New York, United States: Protesters at a rally against Donald Trump in Washington Square Park after he ordered a crackdown on Muslims visiting the U.S. He daringly described his ban as “extreme vetting” speciously intended to “keep terrorists out”. Photo: Andres Kudacki/AP.
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Olympic Goddess 吴敏霞 (Wú Mǐnxiá) was radiantly happy to celebrate the 春节 (Spring Festival) Eve with her Mom and Dad in the 上海 (Shànghǎi) sub-venue, and – through her 新浪微博 (Wēibó) account – did not forget to give everyone her blessing for a happy New Year. Today, Saturday, January 28 is indeed the first day of the Chinese New Year, initiating the year of the Rooster. All photos: weibo.com/wuminxia.
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On occasion of the second edition of the ballet festival “Le ali della danza”, staged at the Teatro Aurora in Scandicci, Florence on January 27, 2017 the Lions Club Fiesole gave a special mention to Serena Vinci, young superstar of Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”, for the ability with which she performed in overcoming deafness through dance.
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From left: Chiara, Arianna, Letizia, and Serena performing in the Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”’s end-of-year show at the Teatro SMS of the People’s House in Grassina on Saturday, June 18, 2016. Photo © Rapid Foto Center.
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Sofia performing in the Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”’s end-of-year show at the Teatro SMS of the People’s House in Grassina on Saturday, June 18, 2016. Photo © Rapid Foto Center.
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Arianna Settembrini performing in the Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”’s final dance showdown at the Teatro SMS of the People’s House in Grassina on Saturday, June 18, 2016. Photo © Rapid Foto Center.
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We remind that today, starting at 20,45, the Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna” will participate in the second edition of the ballet festival “Le ali della danza”, staged at the Teatro Aurora, Via San Bartolo in Tuto, 1, 50018 Scandicci, Florence.
The event is organised by Lions Club Fiesole under the patronage of the Comune di Scandicci. As usual proceeds will be donated to support a school of massotherapy for hypo-blind. |
