Rudolf Zahradník (October 20, 1928 – October 31, 2020) was a Czech chemist. He was born in Bratislava, then Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia. He studied the relationship between theoretical and experimental characteristics. From 1993 to 2001 he was president of the Czech Academy of Sciences and in 1994 became founding chairman of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic.
Zahradník died October 31, 2020 in Prague at the age of 92.
Marius Žaliūkas
Marius Žaliūkas (10 November 1983 – 31 October 2020) was a Lithuanian professional footballer. He played as a centre back, but also played as a defensive midfielder.
Žaliūkas played for Inkaras Kaunas, FBK Kaunas, FK Šilutė, Hearts, Leeds United, Rangers and Žalgiris throughout his career, as well as the Lithuania national side.
In 2018 Žaliūkas was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. On 31 October 2020, Žaliūkas died in Kaunas at the age of 36.
The Crown (TV series)
The Crown is a historical drama television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, created and principally written by Peter Morgan, and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix.
Tobias Menzies
Hanan Tobias Simpson Menzies (born 7 March 1974) is an English actor. He is best known for playing Frank and Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall in STARZ's "Outlander". He also starred as Edmure Tully in HBO's "Game of Thrones". Menzies also portrayed Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in the third and fourth seasons of Netflix's series "The Crown".
Vanessa Kirby
Vanessa Nuala Kirby (born 18 April 1988) is an English actress. For her role as Princess Margaret in the Netflix historical drama series "The Crown" (2016–2017), she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress .
Manana Shalikashvili
Manana Shalikashvili (born 5 July, 1959, Tsilkani, Georgian SSR, USSR) is a Georgian composer, writer and singer. She formed the ensemble "Nanina", which successfully performs at various concerts. In 2018 she received the title of laureate and bronze medal in the competition of Georgian children and youth collectives, presented the school team in the category C-2; In 2019, she received a diploma in the folk category in the V National Competition of Georgian Children and Youth Collectives. In the same year, the third collection of his poems was published - "Ray of Hope". She has published two collections of songs: "Everything Starts with Missing" and "Pop Songs" - edited by Kakha Tsabadze. She is member of writers union of Georgia.
Mediterranean diet
The Mediterranean diet is a way of eating. The Mediterranean diet is not only food. It is also the skills and traditions people use to make it, for example farming, fishing, and cooking. It is also the traditions and culture about food and meals.
In the second half of the 20th century, people far from the Mediterranean Sea began to eat a Mediterranean diet to become healthier. In 2019, "U.S. News and World Report" named the Mediterranean diet "Best Overall Diet."
A scientist named Ancel Keys started studying the Mediterranean diet in the 1950s. He saw that people in poor Italian villages were healthier than people in New York.
In 2013, the United Nations declared the Mediterranean diet intangible cultural heritage from Cyprus, Croatia, Spain, Greece, Italy, Morocco and Portugal.
The diet is based on what peasants, people who worked on farms, in countries around the Mediterranean Sea would eat during the Middle Ages and later, for example, Italian farm workers. They ate a lot of olive oil, beans, and whichever fresh vegetables were growing at that time of year. Meat was expensive, so it was not the main part of the meal. The Mediterranean diet does have foods from North and South America, for example tomatoes.
Scientists saw that people who ate a Mediterranean diet had less anxiety and depression. People with type 1 diabetes who ate Mediterranean diet had healthier lives and were less likely to get Crohn's disease.
Professional diet scientists and experts say that the Mediterranean diet can be expensive. A tomato does not cost much money to someone who lives next to a tomato farm and is buying it when it is ripe. It costs more when it is put on an airplane and flown to the middle of a North American city and stored until winter. Other studies show that a Mediterranean diet is not much more expensive than a North American diet.
Many people think they are eating a Mediterranean diet when they eat pizza, pasta or other foods that are not part of the Mediterranean diet.
Barfi!
Barfi! is a 2012 Indian comedy-drama movie. It was co-produced, written and directed by Anurag Basu. The movie was set in the 1970s. The movie tells the story of Murphy "Barfi" Johnson (a deaf-mute boy from Darjeeling) and his relationships with two women, Shruti and Jhilmil (who is autistic). The movie stars Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Ileana D'Cruz in the main roles. It stars Saurabh Shukla, Ashish Vidyarthi, Jisshu Sengupta and Roopa Ganguly in supporting roles.
The movie was made on a budget of around . "Barfi!" was released worldwide on 14 September 2012. The movie was successful at the box office. The movie became one of the highest-earning Bollywood films of 2012 in India and abroad. The movie earned over worldwide.
The movie was selected as the official entry of India for Best Foreign Language Film nomination for the 85th Academy Awards. "Barfi" won many awards and nominations at different award ceremonies all over India. At the 58th Filmfare Awards, the movie received thirteen nominations which includes Best Actress for Chopra, and Best Supporting Actress for D'Cruz. The movie won seven awards which includes Best Film, Best Actor for Kapoor, Best Female Debut for D'Cruz, and Best Music Director for Pritam.
The music and background music of the movie is composed by Pritam Chakraborty. The lyrics were written by Swanand Kirkire, Ashish Pandit, Neelesh Misra and Sayeed Quadri. The soundtrack album contains six original songs which were released on 9 August 2012. The soundtrack was influenced by Brazilian music Bossa nova. Priyanka Chopra was supposed to sing a track for the movie, but her contract with Universal Music prevented her from taking the offer. The soundtrack album also includes a song titled "Fatafati" which was sung by Pritam Chakraborty, Arijit Singh and Nakash Aziz. It was not used in the film, but the song was released as a promotional single on YouTube on 10 September 2012. It was released with a video that contains some behind-the-scenes footage. The additional vocals were sung by Ranbir Kapoor. The song also has some Bengali lyrics which were written by Amitabh Bhattacharya.
Santa Catarina (island)
Santa Catarina is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Brazil. It is about north to south, and up to wide (east-west). The whole island is part of the city of Florianópolis. The city covers part of the island.
Emancipation reform of 1861
The Emancipation Reform of 1861 in Russia, also known as the Emancipation Edict of Russia, ( – "peasants' reform of 1861") was the first and most important of the liberal reforms passed during the reign (1855–1881) of Emperor Alexander II of Russia. The reform effectively abolished serfdom throughout the Russian Empire.
The 1861 Emancipation Manifesto proclaimed the emancipation of the serfs on private estates and of the domestic (household) serfs. By this edict more than 23 million people received their liberty. Serfs gained the full rights of free citizens, including rights to marry without having to gain consent, to own property and to own a business. The Manifesto prescribed that peasants would be able to buy the land from the landlords. Household serfs were the least affected: they gained only their freedom and no land.