The English Patient is a 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje. The book is about people brought together at an Italian villa during the Italian Campaign of World War II. The four main characters are: a burned English man; his Canadian Army nurse, a Sikh British Army sapper, and a Canadian thief. The book won the 1992 Booker Prize, the 2018 Golden Man Booker, and the Governor General's Award.
Joffrey Ballet
The Joffrey Ballet, is one of the world's leading dance companies. It is based in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The dance company performs both classical ballets and modern dance pieces. Today, the company is based in Chicago, but from its first days in 1956 until 1995, it was based in New York City, USA. Many prominent choreographers have worked with the Joffrey, for example, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, George Balanchine, and and Robert Joffrey. The administrative center is in Joffrey Tower. Its dances are held at the Auditorium Theatre, but for 2020 the company had plans to move and begin holding its dances in the Civic Opera House (Chicago) as part of a seven-year rental agreement.
When Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino started the company in 1956, they did something different from what other touring ballet companies did. Instead of just performing ballet classics, they had their six dancers dance new ballets by Joffrey. The troupe first performed in a major city in Chicago in 1957. The Joffrey Ballet originally settled in New York City, where joffrey was teaching dance to pay for the company. At that time, it was called the Robert Joffrey Theatre Ballet. The company began touring internationally in 1962. They first toured in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. In 1963, the company performed in the USSR. After some troubles, Joffrey built the company anew in 1965.
The new company was called the Joffrey Ballet. Following a successful season at the New York City Center in 1966, it was invited to become City Center's resident ballet company with Joffrey as artistic director and Arpino as chief choreographer. In 1973 Joffrey asked Twyla Tharp to create her first commissioned ballet, "Deuce Coupe". The company continued as City Center Joffrey Ballet until 1977. From 1977, it performed as the Joffrey Ballet, with a second home in Los Angeles from (1982-1992). In 1995, the company left New York City and moved to Chicago. At first, the Joffrey had financial difficulties in Chicago. But then it became successful. In 2005 the Joffrey Ballet celebrated its 10th anniversary in Chicago. In 2006 and 2007, it held two-season-long 50th anniversary celebrations. The celebrations included "River to River" tour of free, outdoor performances across Iowa, sponsored by Hancher Auditorium at the University of Iowa.
In 2007 Gerald Arpino retired from day-to-day operations, becoming artistic director emeritus until his death in 2009. In October 2007 former Joffrey dancer Ashley Wheater, assistant artistic director and ballet master for San Francisco Ballet, became the third artistic director.
In 2020, the company was one of a number of Chicago cultural organizations to receive financial support as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic/ That same year, the Joffrey canceled its entire 2020 season due to the pandemic. "In addition, the Joffrey Academy of Dance, Official School of The Joffrey Ballet, and Joffrey Community Engagement . . . shifted to virtual programming until further notice."
Moran Atias
Moran Atias (; born April 9, 1981) is an Israeli-American actress and model. She was born in Haifa, Israel.
Atias first became known for her roles in the Italian movies "Oggi sposi", and "Mother of Tears". She is best known for her work with in the 2008 TV series "Crash" and the 2013 movie "Third Person". She also starred on the FX television series "Tyrant".
In February 2017, Atias became a naturalized U.S. citizen.
Elena Ceaușescu
Elena Ceaușescu (; "née" Lenuța Petrescu; 7 January 1916 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician. She was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania. She was also the Deputy Prime Minister of Romania.
She and her husband Nicolae were publicly executed by firing squad on 25 December 1989.
Viorica Dăncilă
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă (; born 16 December 1963) is a Romanian politician. She is the was the leader of the Social Democratic Party from May 2019 until November 2019. She was the Prime Minister of Romania from 29 January 2018 through 4 November 2019.
She is the first woman in Romanian history to hold both the office of Prime Minister and president of the PSD.
Belus
In Greek mythology, Belus (Ancient Greek: Βῆλος "Bē̂los") was a king of Egypt and father of Aegyptus and Danaus and (usually) brother to Agenor.
Redfield, B.G. (1989) "The Concise Dictionary of Mythology", Peerage Books, London, pp. 28 & 30-31.
Bud Day
George Everette "Bud" Day (24 February 1925 – 27 July 2013) was a United States Air Force officer, aviator, and veteran of World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War. He was also a prisoner of war, and recipient of the Medal of Honor and the Air Force Cross. , he is the only person to be awarded both the Medal of Honor and the Air Force Cross. After his death, he was advanced to the rank of brigadier general effective March 27, 2018, as directed by the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act.
Colonel "Bud" Day served 30 months in the South Pacific during WW II as an enlisted member with the US Marine Corps. He served as an Army reservist, and Army guardsman between WW II and Korea, and then in the Air Force during the Vietnam War (3 different services over the span of 3 different wars.) After being shot down on August 26, 1967, and serving 7 years in captivity, Colonel Day was repatriated in 1973. A recipient of virtually every other available combat decoration, he is widely considered the most decorated Airman in history. His autobiography is titled "Return With Honor" and he later expanded upon that book in a second autobiography titled "Duty, Honor, Country."
List of Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion
The Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion are mysterious alien beings and the major enemies of the franchise.
Vittorio Guerrieri
Vittorio Guerrieri (born December 23, 1958) is an Italian actor and voice actor. He is known for being the official dubber of Ben Stiller in various movies. He was born in Rome.
Guerrieri is married to voice actress Roberta Greganti.
Alex Polidori
Alex Polidori is an italian voice actor. He is the younger brother of the voice actor Gabriele Patriarca.
Ken Sugimori
Ken Sugimori (杉森建)(Tokyo,1966) is a Japanese video game designer, illustrator, manga artist, and director.
Friend of Satoshi Tajiri, he designed multiple Pokémon characters of the franchise.
His favorite Pokémon is Gengar.
Kobresia sibirica
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Salvatore Giunta
Salvatore Augustine Giunta, born January 21 1985, used to be a United States Army soldier, and, in 2010, he got the Army's highest award, the Medal of Honor. He was the first person to get one since the Vietnam War.
Giunta’s received the Medal of Honor for his actions during a fierce battle following an enemy ambush in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley in October 2007.
Two U.S. soldiers, Sgt. Joshua Brennan and Spc. Hugo Mendoza, were killed in the attack.
Giunta, then a specialist with Company B, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, exposed himself to heavy enemy fire to aid a fellow soldier he believed was injured during the ambush.
He engaged the enemy and advanced up a hill alone and under fire. Giunta saw two insurgents carrying away a gravely injured Brennan. Giunta killed one of the insurgents and prevented the enemy from taking Brennan.
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