when the academy museum. when the academy museum.it is a relatively new institution, they really began to turn to have a critical eye and a critical look at our film history and the inclusion and most often exclusion of specific communities from the american film canon, trying to be our own self determination of our own story and imagery, so through the establishment of the academy museum, that is where this particular reconciliation was brought up as a part of the museum for her video to be included in the museum and it has kind of moved beyond that, thanks to the inclusion and impact staff and team at the academy as well. really interesting story. thank you for sharing it with us. appreciate it.— you for sharing it with us. appreciate it. thank you for havinu appreciate it. thank you for having me- _ manchester city footballer, benjamin mendy, has gone on trial, accused of eight counts of rape, one of attempted rape, and one of sexual assault, against seven young women. the jury at chester crown court heard the offences are alleged

it was good and the last slide for the youth academy. it's very challenging running the youth academy with our -- you know running the organization as well as our busy schedules. saturday is a hard day but i can speak for antwone and myself and president davis. it's very rewarding. you know there's a reason we do this to possibly change their trajectory of their lives. they're in school and i know when i was in school saturday i don't want another day of school but it's working. it's good. we appreciate the staff from the command staff and the administration for facilitating everything we have and look forward to keep it going. thank you. >> thank you. >> madam president shall this ordinance madam -- feinstein commissioners i'm the corresponding secretary with the black firefighters association and a firefighter at station 48 on treasure island. today i would like to review some of the community involvement that we have with our organization. our goal is to be here for our community. as an organization we stand firm on the idea that we d

and why the academy of the academy, and what did he say that we have tamers to catch up with animals ? look, pap, repeat the jewish contactme drixen, follow the pronunciation. do you mean bulatov is listening? understood. how it will be in french our dumplings are transferred . i don’t know next weekend, please come in. i'm sorry. i got it. let me be . girl, sign me up for next week. yes of course, thank you very much, goodbye. and for special forces yes, i understood clearly. girls bye bye. well, i told you. first of all, the military planes take off into the square, and at the airport you pick up a minibus and pretend to be tourists to the sea. you couldn't change clothes. get instructions on the spot. well, there are no questions yet. why are you driving so gloomy? swim there in the mountains, take a walk, beauty. we are passing the sixth tavern. this is not counting the markets and gas stations, if you think, well, what can the soldiers endure, time trouble, hold on. ugh eat yourself. settle down, i'm for instructions from the rooms not to go out, how not to go out to eat. feel m

, who is himself a graduate of the academy.rstand you're a student here working at the la scala workshop. yeah. for me, it's wonderful. and it's a great opportunity because i get to learn working at real productions. and this is my first time painting on a backdrop, and ifeel that i'm learning a lot here because i really get to create and paint and learn the techniques, and i'm glad that i'm working with this wonderful team. the la scala academy provides a more comprehensive training in singing, dancing and theatrical production than any other similar institution. the academy has existed in its present form since 2001, but its roots go back centuries. luisa vinci is its general manager. hi. he's quite a handsome devil. thank you. i've often heard it said that at the academy you teach the students in the la scala method. as well as the sets in an opera production, audiences love the costumes and these need to be made and fitted with incredible care. at the academy, i ask one of the students how long it takes to make a dress for

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why has it taken so long for the academy to come out with an apology? why now?— apology? why now?nce our museum opened in 2021, - apology? why now? since our museum opened in 2021, we. apology? why now? since our- museum opened in 2021, we have included a clip of sacheen littlefeather�*s speech it out ellery and is through the leadership of the academy, our ceo and museum director, who truly believe in inclusion and think that the academy should consistently be committed to expanding the traditional understanding of film history. with the inclusion of the speech in our gallery, we are setting ourselves on a path forward to include the mac continue inclusive measures through our programming and cue oration and this is coming together beautifully as one moment of reconciliation. you have described _ moment of reconciliation. you have described there, this goes beyond the letter written by the academy in terms of an apology given to her. what reaction have you had so far? it has been an amazing moment working collaboratively with sacheen littlefeather. our museum director visited her

freshmen of the academy of the ministry of internal affairs took an oath of allegiance to belarus to its people today. the main words were not pronounced in a symbolic place on the square of the state flag. interest in the police university is growing this year. more than 700 applicants applied for 440 budget places. a feature of the current company was a general competition in all specialties, the average score was higher than last year, more than fifty first-year students continued militia dynasties for the first month at the academy, cadets completed the course of a young fighter this year, the most minimal outflow of only five people. i liked everything very much. the days were very busy and interesting. i did not regret my choice. my dad works in this field of activity. that is why he brought love to me. and to this, well, in principle, i did not think about this topic even after graduation from school , without hesitation i chose the academy of the ministry of internal affairs, and my father has been working for about 20 years. there it is the main example for me. why i went th

so there is a lot of tension and a lot of inflamed rage and the academy. now finally saying that the treatment that she received was, was quote, unwarranted and unjust. it seems obvious now, but it's, it's so obvious that it's, you know, they decide to come out and say it. and she was, she was basically unknown at that at that time. but that changed overnight. the oscars changed little feathers life, but also at the same time, she changed the oscars right? because she was the 1st person to make a political speech at the oscars. which until so she and little feather was not a political event. now of course, we're used to seeing actors and filmmakers get up and, and make political speeches. but at the time, viewers around the world, it was also the 1st globally broadcast oscar ceremony. they didn't really know what to make of it. you know, they, they saw marlon brando, win the oscar for best actor for the godfather. and then suddenly here comes, says she and little feather and traditional garb. she's got these 8 pages. she's holding the speech that marlon br

the academy of motion, picture, arts and sciences has apologize to her. in 1973 act marlon brando, sent little feather to refuse his oscar for best actor in protest at hollywood treatment and depiction of native americans. little feather was given just a minute to speak and received a mixture of applause and cheers. the academy now says it recognizes her bravery little feather, responded in a statement, saying we indians are very patient people. it's only been 50 years. and susannah giga is a historian at the university of nebraska. she specializes in the history of native americans and she joins me now. took the academy a was 50 years to apologize for the way little father was treated at the oscars. what does this apology mean to the native american community? well, i think, you know, that's kind of hard to say in terms of like a blanket speech, because even though as native americans, we comprise less than one percent of this country's population, there's still a really large population of native americans. but i think as a whole, you know, throughout t

with the turning point in you could was classes life began in this place. zips at circus academy in cape town, south africa. today is training day. it looks effortless, but jacobus has to be highly focused all the time. once the club did you all once in one to get injured, if the look of a difficult to go back to what? because the 1st thing that's gonna be in your mind is that fall is going to happen again. or that club is gonna hit me again. my middle name is danger. normally if i fall, i just stand up as a yes, let's go again with keep on going. meeting failure with a sense of humor. with clubs or bulls, jacobo is training $5.00 to $6.00 times per week with his stage partner. jason, you kobus has come a long way. the 29 year old is one of the main performers that zip sack circus. clown, acrobat, juggler. you kobus is repertoire is wide. after the break back to full focus in 10 weeks, one of the most important events in south africa will take place the national arts festival in crimes town. you kobus and his colleagues will perform their latest stage program until then all tricks and st

a trip to the past, only a few 100 meters away from the academy. this is the place where he would live, you kobus is joining zips up at the age of 16 with the help of an outreach program from the straits to the stage. so how did he manage to do that? i wanted more for myself that didn't think was going back to the rags. what gangs that as a men, i love that i that didn't come close to my head and said it gave me a taste that gave me a bite of the apple. and i told myself, i won, i won more of this apple. and to day have got so much more of that apple a weekend with the circus people instead of staying at home. you kobus jason and coach ivan, want to leave the city. his friend jason is a passionate angler. while you kobus is still learning, maybe he's lucky today. with keep with the sofa with it took him with the line. you kobus this trip to the sea means a lot. it means to have the feeling of a normal life. you don't have to stress about anything to other ways to cycle and hoping there's a fight going long. and indeed, you kobus has got something o

the academy in the cape town, district of woodstock, off as a free education for young people. brett van wren's book found zip that in 1995 together with his wife lawrence, both a former circus artists. we believe that any kid and matter what the background, if they're given the opportunity in life and they are passionate about what they they do and any child can make it. and a lot of kids, you know, who have talent and skills, often left beyond and zip said, you know, we kind of provide that platform to give children that maybe don't have as much as others, the platform to do something with their life. you kobus, who every one calls trompe was one of these children. touring with the zip sap circus, took him around the world in the last years he even performed in front of tennis superstar roger federer and barack obama at the white house. however, his road to success was rocking. as a teenager, you kobus would live on the streets of pal, a southern capetown. he was addicted to substances such as man drex and meth which a highly dangerous drugs you kobus was at rock bottom. this cellp

military academy at west point.ip capacities at tactical operational and strategic levels. he was the battery commander at operation desert shield, desert storm, communiter of the division of artillery, first former division operation, iraqi freedom. and he comes to us today, also as experience as deputy director, soldier -- department of army well commanding the usa r. a. f. and he is involved with an operation, united assistance, where he was helping to fight ebola in liberia. please welcome, with a nice round of applause, lieutenant general daryl a williams. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. all right, how is everybody doing you. all right. good morning, thank you very much for that kind introduction. out my mom is watching out there somewhere. i'd like to thank the national park service for inviting me to share a few words about one of our nation's greatest generals, and was puts most storied alumni. throughout its history, our nation has been blessed with leaders who have inspired us by their accomplishments

the 60th superintendent of the us military academy at west point. general williams has served in several leadership capacities at tactical operational and strategic levels. he was the battery commander at operation desert shield desert desert storm. commander of the division of artillery first armored division operation iraqi freedom he comes. to us today also as experience as deputy director for soldier comprehensive fitness. department of army while commanding the usa raf he's involved. with operation he was involved in operation united assistance where he was helping to fight ebola in liberia. please welcome with a nice round of applause for lieutenant general daryl a williams. all right. how's everybody doing? all right. all right. good morning, simona. thank you very much for that kind introduction. i hope in my mom's watching out there somewhere. i'd like to thank the national park service for inviting me to share a few words. about one of our nation's greatest generals and west point's most storied alumni. throughout its history. our nation h

of the russian academy of arts.. the branch of the historical park of russia of my history is in touch, it will probably open in the luhansk people's republic, we will ask about it. now alexandra hmm myasnikova historian writer editor-in-chief of the multimedia portal russia my story is now contacting us alexander leonidovich greetings. alexander leonidovich, can you hear me? now we are establishing a connection at the moment. we know that yes, now the connection is being established, and we know that recently hmm alexander myasnikov was in the lpr in the luhansk people's republic and represented there, uh, the project is unique in its own way. uh, this is a branch, and a branch of the historical park itself. russia is my story and uh, that's just the same about what was actually offered. eh, in what context e will succumb. uh, respectively, the history of the luhansk people's republic in general in the historical context of the general russian, how large-scale this project is. we just, in fact, want to talk with th

the 60th superintendent of the us military academy at west point. general williams has served in several leadership capacities at tactical operational and strategic levels. he was the battery commander at operation desert shield desert desert storm. commander of the division of artillery first armored division operation iraqi freedom he comes. to us today also as experience as deputy director for soldier comprehensive fitness. department of army while commanding the usa raf he's involved. with operation he was involved in operation united assistance where he was helping to fight ebola in liberia. please welcome with a nice round of applause for lieutenant general daryl a williams. all right. how's everybody doing? all right. all right. good morning, simona. thank you very much for that kind introduction. i hope in my mom's watching out there somewhere. i'd like to thank the national park service for inviting me to share a few words. about one of our nation's greatest generals and west point's most storied alumni. throughout its history. our nation h

it's also important to note that the high school madison park academy is right next door. oakland police say they quickly responded, recovered the gun and arrested the suspect who is apparently the same age. we heard earlier from the chief. let's take a listen. >> sadly, gun violence is impacting our schools as well. you have heard from me over the last several weeks about a number of shootings and incidents that have happened in our schools and our playgrounds. this is impacting. every area in our city. nobody is immune from this level of gun violence. >> meanwhile, that 13, meanwhile, that 13 year-old victim was transported to a local hospital where they are in stable condition and expected to be okay. but it's still unclear what exactly happened and how this all unfolded. earlier, we hope to learn more details in the coming hours for now. we're live in oakland, taylor bisacky kron. 4 news. thank you, taylor oakland, mayor libby schaff. >> tweeted a reaction a short time ago saying schools should be the safest place for our kids as a mother and a mayor. i'm relieved the

defense in including the main directorate of intelligence, as well as in the sahaidachny national academy of ground forces, in addition, the russian federation was interested in solutions regarding strategic activities important objects of the military-industrial complex of ukraine lost his leg in battle but aspires to return to the ranks of the armed forces of ukraine, the platoon commander with the call sign lviv has been in the army since 2014. he was seriously wounded a few months ago and is now mastering a prosthesis in a rehabilitation center in the lviv region. in the plot warrior with the call sign lviv, the platoon commander of one of the legendary brigades of the armed forces of ukraine, currently undergoing rehabilitation in a specialized center in the lviv region, controls the protest after being seriously wounded a few months ago during a night mortar shelling on the outskirts of kharkiv, the defender lost his leg, the field was silent, that was the period when we had the opportunity to unload our vehicles for further work, and during the mortar shelling carried out by the en

everybody says, i would like to thank the academy.ould sit on the floor and mouth the words, i would like to thank the academy. >> did you? >> i did. i really did. >> that sitdown with ariana debose plus a life well lived on later. >>> let's start with the awful scene in pennsylvania. a car drove into people who gathered for a fund-raiser. george, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. here is what's left behind after that horrific scene plays out. the event saturday meant to heal a community coping with heartbreak. two dead, 17 injured, with the man responsible now in custody. this morning, the community of berwick, pennsylvania, in mourning, left reeling by tragedies in two counties. >> i have a car into a crowd of people. >> reporter: according to pennsylvania state police, a man plowed his car into a group of people at a fund-raiser. a 50-year-old woman was killed. 17 others injured. authorities still investigating whether or not the crash was intentional. another woman found dead just a mile away after police say she was assaul

but it is something by cutting this into pieces with academy of sciences. it will then washed back in a few days. it won't even be here. >> yeah, justin, i was going to ask justine bill, yeah, you know, trust and for me, this the question, very eloquent terms. so we get and you're brave to be standing right there, right where the smell is coming from. you know, they tried to in the past in oregon, there was a beach well washed up. they didn't know what to do with it for a long time because it did smell a lot. the end of that putting dynamite underneath it and that that was a very bad idea because it just scattered a stinky well remains across a big white area that made it even i guess cutting it up into pieces and let it i guess the tide is going to wash it away. are they going to just take those pieces out? what how's that going to work? >> what you've been seeing here all day, people that have been walking along the beach have been saying that thyre are pieces of the whale, 100 yards but then also when you go 100 yards away, the smell is also there, too.

this is the gorevsky agricultural academy of belarusian state funds at the academy of the grodno guardersity and the belarusian state university are working. of course, we can say that it’s still not dense enough, but to the best of our ability, we try to attract students to work practice in order to assess, on the one hand, its potential, but it can estimate. how to work. under what conditions will he work, what does he need to do, and so for six months, when he does not undergo industrial practice. we are already identifying for ourselves those potential employees that we could use at our place. well, thank you, the program was answered by dmitry luzhinsky, deputy general director for scientific work of the scientific and practical center of the national academy of sciences of belarus for agriculture. further in the program of the event, the results of the introductory campaign universities tourism boom in belarus and new activity zones in raubichi sports complex. we'll be back at the studio in a few minutes. dance is the pulse of movement breathing is the rhythm of life of fashionab

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>> this is what the street worker does, he tries to bring them into the street academy, the high schooly by other people been on the streets. and concerned teachers who are concerned for the future of harlem yes. but for the future of the children they teach more importantly. >> what can you say you're proud of? >> anything? what you think? come on calvin. [applause] [inaudible] >> i'm depending on you. [laughter] we don't have very many ways to get through and you don't many times. >> the market now is that the 840 level,. >> we have ten street academies sponsored by ten corporations, and investments of $50000 each. by christmas we should have 16. fight next summer we should have 20. we are contacting corporation presidents. the president of ibm, american express, pan american, chase manhattan bank. the kids on the street need money, they need his help, they need his influence, they need his concern, they need his involvement. there is an incredible amount of potential being wasted in harlem. he is reading a man child in the promised land which is a story of a guy who grew up in harlem

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hour with us on the phone ella libanova professor doctor of economic sciences academician national academy of sciences of ukraine director of the institute of demography and social research of the national academy of sciences of ukraine ms. ella good day to you good health thank you for participating in our broadcast good day ms. ella you once called the war in the east, which began in 2014, postponed the war for independence that for 30 years we were building the country. however, the decisive battle for our independence was postponed precisely for 30 years, and on february 24, vladimir putin launched a large-scale war against ukraine, the final battle for ukrainian independence, what in your opinion prompted putin to go to a large-scale war in 2022? he felt that he was losing the final ukraine. putin and it looks quite like this, well, he probably interprets himself as a collector of russian lands, so this is very important for him a-a plus. moreover, not only he, but everyone understood that ukraine is moving away from russia, it is not territorially clear, but mentally, and this is mor

protocol that medicine park academy in oakland following yesterday's shooting on campus. ktvu evan sernoffsky spoke with some parents today who say they only learned about the shooting through calls and text messages from their children who are sheltering in their classrooms. i really did. don't know what happened. i heard the helicopters and we got a text from the kids. and we came down . this mom is just one of many parents at madison park academy , who said she was in the dark after gunfire erupted monday at the school reaction was to get down here and get these kids out . she said she learned of the shooting that injured a 13 year old from her kids inside the building the place of learning, not horror. and that's what it's becoming. investigators are still piecing together the circumstances of the shooting, but sources told ktvu that they were looking into whether the kids were playing with a gun at school and it accidentally discharged. angela hall rushed to the school to her granddaughter at the elementary school next door filled her in when she got there. she atten

sings kaufmann trained as an opera singer at the academy of music, in munich.s, i learned how to sing, but i learned it in a way that the voice was...not harmed, maybe, but stressed so much that it was not a reliable instrument. and this is one of the absolute fundamental basics, if you want to have a long and successful career, that this instrument is reliable. and, fortunately, i found another teacher who turned the whole process upside down. how difficult was it to get to where you are, to train your voice to be as versatile and incredible as it is? i mean, of course, it was a lot of training. it was a lot of waiting and hoping and suffering, maybe, too. but the moment it all falls into place and you are at a position that you've hardly ever dreamt of is so much of a payback that everything, all the work that you've done before, seems to be minimal. it's a beautiful opera house, jonas. what does it mean to you performing here as a local boy? well, it's fantastic, obviously. i mean, i grew up in this city and, of course, it was always a super—glamorous moment

sciences of ukraine, director of the institute of demography and social research of the national academy of sciences of ukraine ms. ella, have a good day good health thank you for participating in our broadcast good day, ms. ella, you somehow called the war in the east, which began in 2014, postponed the war for independence, because for 30 years we were building the country however, a decisive battle for our independence was postponed precisely for 30 years and on february 24, vladimir putin launched a large-scale war against ukraine, the final battle for ukrainian independence, what in your opinion prompted putin to go to a large-scale war in 2022 he felt that he was already losing the final ukraine . no, come on, i will not click on putin's head, but what lies on the surface of the 22nd year, december 30 will be the centenary of the formation of the ussr. this is very important for him, plus before that, not only he, but everyone understood that ukraine is moving away from russia, it is moving away not territorially, of course, but mentally, and this is more important than joining nat

which is -- >> we have ten straight academies sponsored by ten corporations, investments of $50,000 eachtacting corporation presidents. the president of ibm, american express, pan american, chase manhattan bank. the kids of the streets need money, they need his help, they need his influence, they need his concern, they need his involvement. there is an incredible amount of potential being wasted in harlem. he is reading the promised land, which is the story of a guy who grew up in harlem, it is the story of the streets written by a black man about black people. >> what do you think the guy is trying to tell you? what do you think the author is trying to do? >> well, he is a negro and i guess you read about what happened in his life and the trouble that he had, that is why i like it. >> you have had the same troubles? >> yeah. >> a lot of those themes are familiar? >> yes. >> which ones? which couple of ones are the most familiar to you? >> the stuff about the riot. that is what was happening going on here. he had a nightmare that he heard guns and people screaming, he thought it was an a

he sings kaufmann trained as an opera singer at the academy of music, in munich.years, i learned how to sing, but i learned it in a way that the voice was...not harmed, maybe, but stressed so much that it was not a reliable instrument. and this is one of the absolute fundamental basics, if you want to have a long and successful career, that this instrument is reliable. and, fortunately, ifound another teacher who turned the whole process upside down. how difficult was it to get to where you are, to train your voice to be as versatile and incredible as it is? i mean, of course, it was a lot of training. it was a lot of waiting and hoping and suffering, maybe, too. but the moment it all falls into place and you are at a position that you've hardly ever dreamt of is so much of a payback that everything, all the work that you've done before, seems to be minimal. it's a beautiful opera house, jonas. what does it mean to you performing here as a local boy? well, it's fantastic, obviously. i mean, i grew up in this city and, of course, it was always a super—glamorous mom

this is the gorki agricultural academy, the belarusian state bundle. know the academy of grodno security university and belarusian state university, we are working, of course, we can say that it is still not dense enough, but to the best of our ability. e, we try to attract students to work practice in order to assess its potential on the one hand. well, he can appreciate it. how to work. under what conditions will he work, what does he need to do, and so for six months, when he does not undergo industrial practice. we already we select for ourselves those potential. which we could use at home. well , thank you, dmitry luzhinsky, deputy general director for research of the scientific and practical center for agriculture of the national academy of sciences of belarus, answered the questions of the program. further in the program of the event, the results of the introductory campaign to universities, the tourist bum of belarus and the new activity zone in the raoviche sports complex, will return to the studio in a few minutes. sometimes it seems that all

treatment and will be hosting a special event at the academy museum for her, and to celebrate nativey to me, we indians are very patient people. "it's only been 50 years. "we need to keep our sense of humour about this. "it's our method of survival. "it's profoundly heartening to see how much has changed since i did not "accept the academy award 50 years ago." i beg at this time that i have not intruded upon this evening. now, after half a century, she and so many native americans feel a notorious injustice has finally been righted. thank you, on behalf of marlon brando. lizo mzimba, bbc news. the environment agency has confirmed that a drought�*s been declared in yorkshire for the first time in nearly four years. the number of english regions in drought now stands at nine, after large parts of southern, central and eastern england were given the status on friday. environmental agency officials in yorkshire blamed the recent high temperatures, and said rain forecast for this week would not be enough to counteract weeks of dry weather. torrential rain and thunderstorms are hitting par