and she came within a draw of clinching the title Instead Mendes won on demand to force tiebreaks and then won both games to pick up the $1,500 top prize.     There were 12 players in the hunt on Saturday with the top-two in each group set to qualify for Sunday's knockout Reigning Under 12 European Youth Chess Champion FM Wiktor Golis from Poland dominated from the start of Group A, delivering checkmate in 22 moves in round one against the eventual runner-up, FM Reyaansh Chakrabarty from Australia and a slight mid-tournament wobble did no harm Chakrabarty followed that opening loss with a shaky draw against the youngest player in the event, nine-year-old CM Ashwath Kaushik (who beat a grandmaster at the age of eight!) including a revenge checkmate against Golis He could afford to lose the final game and still qualify and could be forgiven for struggling at the end since the 11-year-old revealed that it was the first time he was awake never mind playing a chess tournament at 1 a.m.!  Chakrabarty was still happy to be interviewed, telling FM Mike Klein and GM Ben Finegold "When I was younger I used to always watch ChessKid videos and it’s nice to finally be interviewed by ChessKid," and was refreshingly humble "I thought I was one of the heavy underdogs—I thought I would have no chance at coming first or second I thought 3-4/10 points would be lucky."  that doesn't mean he's not ambitious!  11-year-old Reyaansh Chakrabaty, who qualified for tomorrow's #ChessKid Championship Semifinals at 1am in Australia, says his goal is to become the world's youngest ever GM, or at least the youngest Australian! pic.twitter.com/A40tBQqof5 "I'm very likely to break that record," he said of GM Anton Smirnov's record of becoming Australia's youngest GM at the age of 16 Firstly my goal right now is to become the youngest in the world I’m kind of aiming to become the youngest in the world I think I have a very good chance at becoming a grandmaster by a young age.  I'm kind of aiming to become the youngest in the world —Reyaansh Chakrabaty on becoming a grandmaster    There were also scheduling issues in the second group but I managed to draw and I still felt I had quite a bit of energy for this tournament Top-seed Mendes, who in 2023 beat IM Faustino Oro on the way to winning the ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship who after a very slow start beat Banerjee in the first game of a three-game winning streak.  Megan Paragua grabs a 1st win and moves up to 4th place! https://t.co/Z6MCGhQzkD pic.twitter.com/TmPPxgD7QO with Paragua trailing by half a point but playing Mendes Supratit Banerjee is through to tomorrow's ChessKid Under 13 Championship Semifinals, but we have a perfect final round, with Megan Paragua taking on Aaron Mendes in a must-win game for qualification! https://t.co/TGHxZmHalu pic.twitter.com/SSe66oBqV2 and seemed to play a perfect solid game where his opponent was forced to take risks and went on to lose to learn that Mendes was unaware he only needed a draw since I was not looking at the standings after round five I was not worried that I needed only a draw Paragua, who recently qualified for the FM title by crossing 2300 on the live ratings during the Grenke Open Since the start time of the final day couldn't be pushed back—Chakrabarty was already starting at 1 a.m. in Australia—Banerjee was forced to drop out, since his 4NCL game against English FM Martin Taylor was in a tense middlegame The good news for the kid was that he took over and won in style The 4NCL's gain was the ChessKid Youth Championship's loss but Paragua had been on standby and took full advantage She won two battling games to take a 2-0 lead in the four-game semifinal and though Golis hit back smoothly to win game three he couldn't win the next game on demand—as the Polish star pushed for a win in the queen endgame he got checkmated instead by the U.S US FM-elect Megan Paragua delivers checkmate to reach the final of the Under 13 ChessKid Championship, where she'll play Canadian IM Aaron Mendes! https://t.co/Amu8zr1Mqr pic.twitter.com/FUQyxmKlp0 ensured Chakrabarty wouldn't need to play past 2 a.m He got off to the perfect start with a checkmating attack in the first game Chakrabarty's best chance came in game two but at the end he took a draw by repetition in a position where he was still better but lower on time Mendes clinched the match with a trademark endgame victory—his technique was impressive throughout the tournament and given Mendes had won their mini-match 2-0 in the group stage the only IM in the tournament looked to be the clear favorite WFM Megan Paragua was a late substitute for the U-13 knockout but won her semifinal 3-1! 🤯She faces IM Aaron Mendes in the final! pic.twitter.com/hM6LFKnsf8 That assessment hadn't changed when in the first game he converted a winning dynamic position into a stable two-pawn advantage "I usually like to play with a bit of time extra and then with the chaos I just spent too much time calculating Paragua not just equalized but gained a winning position near the end All the kids showed admirable composure during the event but Mendes revealed afterward that he was fuming at missing the win but I just try to breathe in and breathe out and try to calm myself down.  —Aaron Mendes on missing a win in the first game of the final The recovery didn't happen fast, as Paragua went on to take the lead with a sparkling attack in game two after Mendes had missed a fleeting chance to get a winning position himself (21.gxh7+ appeared on the board Black was crashing through Mendes then hit back with an impressive endgame grind picking up a pawn and smoothly converting to level the scores at 1.5-1.5 That then became 2-2 after an insane game where Paragua found a perpetual check to save a difficult position but then instead of taking the draw decided to play on though along the way Mendes himself missed a two-move winning sequence so that the draw that followed—where Black had five (!) passed pawns—was very much fair for both sides Both sides missed wins at the end of a wild draw, with the final tied 2-2, with 2 games to go! https://t.co/cqeE67U3iQ pic.twitter.com/U7uwcrnKlO so that when Paragua went on to win game five it meant she was only a draw away from clinching the title Mendes admitted he was "really scared" going into the must-win game and when asked if he'd played such games before he commented but I usually messed that up and didn’t actually win!" Paragua avoided the usual mistake in such positions of playing strictly for a draw and in fact gained a better position with the black pieces but the natural attack she went for proved to be a mistake Instead Mendes was able to hit back with a winning attack of his own.  Mendes exploited a tactical mistake to break through with a mating attack on the black king so that it was now Paragua who needed to win on demand with the white pieces to prolong the match but although Stockfish was giving her position as almost a full-piece advantage it was one of those cases where the evaluation seems to come mainly from an advantage in space and a couple of less-than-obvious mistakes allowed Mendes to not only equalize but take over Congratulations to 12-year-old Canadian IM Aaron Mendes on winning the Under 13 #ChessKid Youth Championship after a great battle against FM Megan Paragua went to tiebreaks! 🎉🏆 pic.twitter.com/EjHmPzB8Z5 So Paragua had almost pulled off a fairy-tale win on a day she wasn't initially supposed to play but in the end it was Mendes who took the title and the $1,500 top prize That's all for the Under 13 section, but in a month's time, June 7-8, we're going to have the Under 16 section, which is set to feature a mouth-watering lineup including defending champion Erdogmus and the likes of Oro and top female stars IMs Alice Lee and Lu Miaoyi.  The ChessKid Youth Championship is Chess.com's top event for the next generation of the chess elite with two six-player groups where the players competed in a double round-robin The top two players qualified for the knockout where the semifinal was best-of-four and the final best-of-six All games were played with the 3+1 time control and the prize fund was $5,000 Colin McGourty led news at Chess24 from its launch until it merged with Chess.com a decade later he got into chess writing when he set up the website Chess in Translation after previously studying Slavic languages and literature in St Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes share two daughters: Esmeralda and Amada Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage ; Pascal Le Segretain/Getty  We are sorry that you will not be attending the event The role of Light and Shadow in Architecture The world’s greatest architecture is always imbued with the exquisite interplay of light and shadow A captivating visual environment and a comfortable atmosphere are indispensable elements of architecture Light has been continuously innovated across areas such as light sources with lighting design evolving alongside the times This lecture explores the present and future of lighting design through three perspectives: Innovation Innovation is fuelled by advancements in technology and sophisticated control systems has brought unprecedented flexibility and precision to lighting design the future of lighting design extends beyond mere aesthetics With the growing emphasis on sustainability there is increasing demand for energy-efficient lighting solutions These include lighting powered by renewable energy designs that maximize the use of natural light lighting design is evolving to prioritize human health and comfort it aims to create spaces that foster harmony and well-being Proper lighting has been shown to significantly affect health By carefully considering factors such as colour temperature lighting design can promote health and enhance quality of life This lecture will explore how these elements shape architectural environments and deepen the connection between people and spaces.  Friday 11 April10.30 a.m. Participants: Kaoru Mende The Euroluce International Lighting ForumLight for Life Arena The Forest of Space by Sou FujimotoDirected by Annalisa Rosso in collaboration with APIL Euroluce Fiera Milano earned a bachelors and masters degree from Tokyo University of Art in the field of industrial and environmental design he founded Lighting Planners Associates Inc The scope of his design and planning activities ranges widely from residential and architectural to urban and environmental lighting design Mende is also the acting chief of the “Lighting Detectives” a citizens’ group that specializes in the study of the culture of lighting Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article Mendes da Rocha moved to SĂŁo Paulo as a child with his mother, the daughter of Italian immigrants, and his father, a Brazilian engineer. After completing a degree in architecture (1954) at Mackenzie University in SĂŁo Paulo Mendes da Rocha began a career in that city From the start he was associated with the architectural cutting edge and in 1958 his designs for the Club Athletico Paulistano the first of his many prizewinning structures gave evidence of his daring and original vision He won the competition for the Jockey Club in Goiâna in 1963 and in 1969 was selected (with Flavio Motta and Ruy Ohtake) to build the Brazilian Pavilion for Expo 1970 in ĹŚsaka including in 2004 a project in Spain to enlarge and reorganize the campus of the University of Vigo such as the Paulistano chair (1957); opera sets for Suor Angelica (1990) and The 500-Year Opera (1992); and architectural exhibitions (1997 and 1998) Mendes da Rocha developed his own distinctive vocabulary Employing a style that became known as Paulist Brutalism he used great expanses of concrete in his buildings managing to create a sense of monumentality without massiveness In addition to the Pritzker Prize, Mendes da Rocha received a number of architecture’s other top honours, including the 2016 Golden Lion for lifetime achievement in architecture at the Venice Biennale, the 2016 Præmium Imperiale for Architecture and the 2017 Royal Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects 2024 at the Munson Medical Center in Traverse City 1961 at the former Tri-County Memorial Hospital in Gowanda Joseph’s RC Church and was an altar server His parents instilled a strong Catholic faith within the family were his brother Eddie and sister-in-law reside,He worked for 11 years as a stamping press operator for the Trylon Corporation an automotive parts manufacturer in Traverse City Billy maintained friendships throughout his life whether it was childhood friends in New York or friends in Michigan where he spent most of his adult life He had a sense of humor and family was important to him Survivors include his siblings; Mary Anne (Gary) Nagle of Webster nephews along with great nieces and nephews William was preceded in death by his parents his Mother Judith (Gominiak) Mende (Oct 20,2002) and his Father Edmund Mende Friends may call at the SCHINDLER FUNERAL HOME A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday July 23 Interment to follow in the Holy Cross Cemetery Gowanda A celebration of the life of Billy will be held at the Eagles Club in Interlochen Copyright © 2025 Ogden Newspapers of New York | https://www.observertoday.com | PO Box 391 To read this full article you need to be subscribed to Newsline Jan Mende will be joining the investor relations department of I Squared as a managing director Mende has more than 15 years of experience in the private equity industry with a specialization in infrastructure and real estate one of the largest independently owned investment consulting firms in the United States where she was a senior vice president working with institutional investors across their real assets portfolios She also had research coverage responsibility for global private infrastructure strategies as well as real assets secondaries Jan was the head of client relations at Capital Dynamics Mende will be responsible for covering key investment partners on the U.S Glossary, videos, podcasts, research in the Resource Center Upload your latest press release or suggest a story idea to our editorial team We use cookies and other tracking technologies to personalize your user experience on our site and perform site analytics. By clicking on “I accept”, you consent to our Privacy Policy This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page a musician who emerged with Brazil’s bossa nova movement in the 1960s and became an ambassador for that country's music around the world died Thursday in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles the 83-year-old had been suffering from long COVID in recent months A composer, pianist, producer and singer, Mendes had a prolific career spanning over 60 years, collaborating with everyone from Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire to the Black Eyed Peas. In a 2020 interview with NPR he said these “incredible encounters” with musical peers began after his first visit to the United States when he performed alongside other bossa nova greats in a historic concert at Carnegie Hall he was stunned to receive an invitation from Cannonball Adderley to work on his album “I’ve been very fortunate to have such experiences because that has enriched my life,” Mendes told Weekend Edition Sunday “Working with different people from different countries I think it just helps you grow and learn new things I love that because you don’t program that artists and celebrities have been paying tribute to Mendes on social media The Black Eyed Peas’ will.i.am shared a picture of him and Mendes walking together calling theirs “a timeless friendship.” Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento recalled how much fun they had when Mendes attended his concert in Los Angeles in 2022: “We had many years of friendship and he will be with me forever in my heart.” Herb Alpert who produced Mendes’ first international albums mourned the loss of his “brother from another country,” saying: “He was a true friend and extremely gifted musician who brought Brazilian music in all its iterations to the entire world with elegance and joy.” When the military dictatorship began in Brazil in 1964 he decided to escape and settle in the United States — a decision that would change his style as well He invited two American singers to join the band he had formed produced “Mas Que Nada,” a modern Brazilian classic and Mendes’ best-known song (though it was originally composerd by another Brazilian icon a new version of the song recorded by the Black Eyed Peas in collaboration with Mendes revived the hit — and Mendes’ fame — for new generations Mendes held his last performances last year Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva praised Mendes’ career achievements which include landing the most songs in the US Top 100 of any Brazilian artist — 14 in total — and receiving a Grammy for the album Brasileiro in 1992 “SĂ©rgio Mendes was one of the greatest exponents and promoters of our music and culture in the world.” Become an NPR sponsor « Back Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker The Portugal defender is being touted as the world's best left-back but he faces another stern examination of his credentials at the Emirates.. Mohamed Salah vs Nuno Mendes: it was always likely to be a decisive duel in Liverpool's Champions League last-16 tie with Paris Saint-Germain - and the presumption was that the Egyptian King would come out on top Salah was in Ballon d'Or-winning form going into the first leg at Parc des Princes breaking one record after another as he almost singlehandedly turned the Premier League title race into a procession the 22-year-old Mendes had long been tipped for greatness going all the way back to his emergence as a top teenage talent at Ruben Amorim's Sporting CP but nullifying the threat posed by Salah for 90 minutes was proving an almost impossible task even for the game's most experienced defenders Even when the winger was having an off-day The question now, though, is whether Mendes can do just as effective a job on Bukayo Saka as he did on Salah when PSG take on Arsenal at the Emirates on Tuesday, as their battle could prove just as integral to this eagerly-awaited semi-final showdown... Today, adidas welcomes Brazilian-American actress, producer, and entrepreneur Camila Mendes to its running family, as the two unite to celebrate that running is for all, making the sport feel less about competition and more about community, self-care, and fun.  Camila will make her debut in the latest colorways of adidas’ award-winning Supernova Rise 2 – comfort-tuned footwear designed to elevate the everyday running experience. The shoes are available to purchase from March 7th.  adidas welcomes actress Camila Mendes to its running family IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE GET IN TOUCH Subscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret DownHere's What Eva Mendes Had To Say About Ryan Gosling After The Academy's Stunt Award Announcement For 2027Like 50 Cent and G-Unit said in 2003 a leading University of Chicago scholar of intellectual history in modernity modern Jewish thought and German-Jewish intellectual life the Dorothy Grant Maclear Professor Emeritus of Modern Jewish History and Thought at the Divinity School was a foundational figure in the analysis of 19th- and 20th-century Jewish thinkers; several of his edited anthologies and translations are standard textbooks in the field He was particularly known for his work on the intellectuals and lecturers Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig “I think his reading and writing transformed the field in a way we will be unpacking for another generation,” said Ben Sax Mendes-Flohr’s former student and a longtime friend and collaborator Colleagues remembered Mendes-Flohr for his warm and generous relationships with students and collaborators and for his advocacy for peace and dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians he was influenced by his upbringing as the child of hard-working Jewish immigrant socialists He earned his BA at Brooklyn College in 1964 and Ph.D from Brandeis in 1972 He taught at the Freie Universität Berlin and McGill University before moving to Hebrew University in Israel where he served as the longtime director of the Franz Rosenzweig Center for German-Jewish Literature and Cultural History He joined the University of Chicago in 2000 spending half the year in Chicago and half in Jerusalem until his retirement in 2018 Mendes-Flohr encountered the works of German-Jewish philosophers Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig through his dissertation research with Nahum Glatzer He spent the rest of his life analyzing the rise and shape of 20th-century Jewish thought exploring religion and secularity in a dialogue around the crisis of modernity He documented Jewish assimilation into Europe the rise of the secular understanding of the self and early Zionism Mendes-Flohr was particularly drawn to Buber for the import he placed on dialogue “The idea of dialogue marked Paul’s approach as a scholar,” said Assoc a longtime friend and colleague at the Divinity School he was in conversation with these thinkers—entering dialogues with them and with other sources He loved co-teaching courses because he was modelling what dialogue meant.” This approach inspired how many modern scholars operate in other disciplines Mendes-Flohr translated a collection of primary texts as The Jew in the Modern World which is used in countless introductory courses around the world as essential reading he authored some 300 articles in multiple languages and more than 70 edited volumes and monographs Other well-known works include A Land of Two Peoples: Martin Buber on Jews and Arabs (first edition 1983) itself translated into many languages; German Jews: A Dual Identity (1999); and the well-reviewed 2019 biography Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent he was also known as a prominent voice for reconciliation and dialogue between Israeli and Palestinian citizens.  “His whole being was suffused with an effort to genuinely engage with everyone he encountered while his research and teaching focused on communicating what he had learned from the German Jewish writers he not only respected but loved,” said Leora Auslander the Arthur and Joann Rasmussen Professor in the Departments of Race students and colleagues spoke of Mendes-Flohr’s “beautiful writing” and “irreverent” sense of humor and encourage them in his Swift Hall and Regenstein offices around campus and in his Hyde Park apartment,” said James T His willingness to engage wasn’t limited to academic colleagues; friends spoke of walking down 57th Street with Mendes-Flohr and encountering many people who knew him—and that each person received the same attentive and genuine audience “Paul really embodied the idea that when you encounter someone else you have a responsibility to be in dialogue with them—that encountering others is the most important thing you can do as a human,” said Rokem you’re always going to see some element of who he was Not because we’re purposefully trying to emulate him and that dialogue was transformational,” said Sax “There was this ineffable quality about him that made you want to be the best version of yourself Mendes-Flohr was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; his awards included the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation prize and the Guggenheim Fellowship to whom he was married for more than 50 years; children Inbal and Itamar; and grandchildren Eden Get more with UChicago News delivered to your inbox news@uchicago.edu The comedian and absurdist on his favourite letters and colours and least favourite shapes I thought Shawn Mendes was an intern’The comedian and absurdist on his favourite letters and colours and least favourite shapes There’s a rigidity to it that I find displacing What’s the oldest thing you own and why do you still have it I was just going into what I refer to as the forbidden closet in my apartment And I saw in there a picture of the inside of a church that my mother took when she was in college There is something eerie and mysterious and evocative about the photo I like thinking of her as a young creative What’s the strangest thing you have in your fridge right now strange patterns that mould creates over takeout What is your most controversial pop culture opinion I am a big fan of the film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, starring Cara Delevingne, Dane DeHaan and Rihanna. It’s a Luc Besson movie. It is apparently France’s most expensive film and it was not well received It sort of came and went but I really liked it Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Photograph: Moviestore/Rex/ShutterstockWhat is your most cringeworthy run-in with a celebrity [This happened] when I worked at Saturday Night Live no one was harmed – but I did think that Shawn Mendes was an intern what is this intern doing just like strolling the halls I just looked at him and hesitated a little bit I think I was confused by his very confident presence these NYU kids just think they own the place [I only realised] when I saw him through the monitors rehearsing his musical performance What has been your biggest fashion crime to date The brief period in my life where I wanted to wear what everyone else was wearing What is the weirdest thing you have ever eaten I’m vegan and I am not adventurous with food so I don’t think I’ve ever eaten anything that exciting in my life I never strayed away from the four main kinds of meat that most people eat That’s the weirdest thing I’ve never eaten I like Ss and I like Vs and I like Zs and I like Ys and I like Is. I like Qs. I don’t like Ps, which it’s strange because my first and only movie so far [Problemista] has a title with a P It’s basic and in a way that’s not even like comforting It’s not like the letter A – that’s also basic They seem very happy to be there and apologetic If you could remove one colour from the rainbow But if I could add one colour to the rainbow Julio Torres performs his show Color Theories at Melbourne international comedy festival from 15 to 20 April and after graduating from the Law School he practiced law in Chicago for four years he and his wife decided it was time for an adventurous change where they knew no one and had no jobs waiting for them he is about as enmeshed in Nashville’s legal and civic life as anyone could be He built a successful law firm and was president of the bar association he won a seat on the 40-person city council (formally the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County) and he was re-elected to a four-year council term in 2019 receiving more votes than any other candidate Mendes was expected by many to run for mayor in 2023 since the three previous mayors had all been the top council vote-getters before winning that office O’Connell appointed Mendes to the position of chief development officer a job that one local newspaper described as placing Mendes “in the crossfire between rival governments his most prominent responsibility is for the development of a large riverfront area near the city’s center which will include a two-billion-dollar-plus stadium for the city’s National Football League team a new 600-million-dollar home for the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and 22 million square feet of new mixed-use development across four walkable districts is the biggest municipally owned development project in America possibly excepting some at former military bases He is also charged with redeveloping a defunct mall bought by the previous administration turning it into another mixed-use property with offices “We intend to create communities that are diverse His background says that he’s the right person for the job His legal practice focused on challenging transactions there’s one person who is the great dealmaker and one who is best at bankruptcy challenges,” he said “I loved doing all those things—I liked the odd It was great preparation for government work in general Mendes established himself as a progressive lawmaker He opposed the amount of tax funds going to the new football stadium and helped lead reform related to police traffic-stop practices and housing of civil immigration detainees in the local jail He successfully opposed plans to hold this year’s Republican national convention in Nashville due to it being too expensive and too disruptive While that opposition was popular in Nashville it made him “the most hated municipal elected official in the state of Tennessee among state political leadership.” “I didn’t have to run for office,” Mendes said “I had built a successful firm and I was doing work I liked The fact that I got more votes than anyone else in our 2019 election suggested that some people liked the way I approached my council work.” he found his clinical work particularly satisfying as he was involved from the first intake interviews to arguing before a US District Court a Chicago Housing Authority wrongful-eviction case “She was a great teacher and an influential role model for me.” Mendes declined to speculate on what he might do after his present job what will allow me to help others be better off “I’ve had a terrific life without plotting out the future and I don’t see any reason to change that now.” Directions and Building Access Consumer Information (ABA Required Disclosures) Accessibility who popularised bossa nova among global audiences in the 1960s had been suffering from the effects of long-term Covid who brought bossa nova to an international audience in the 1960s with his band Brasil ’66 has died aged 83 as a result of health challenges related to long-term Covid Mendes’s family said he “passed away peacefully” in his home town of Los Angeles “His wife and musical partner for the past 54 years Mendes last performed in November 2023 to sold out and wildly enthusiastic houses in Paris his health had been challenged by the effects of long-term Covid.” Other Brazilian musical greats paid tribute to their friend as news of his passing spread in his native Brazil beloved genius,” the legendary singer Milton Nascimento wrote on Instagram partnership and music – and he will be with me for ever The singer-songwriter Marcos Valle remembered his friend Mendes as a pioneer of the bossa nova subgenre “He was an ambassador for popular Brazilian music in all of its different dimensions,” Valle told the television network GloboNews said his country had lost not just a great musician but also a great “thinker of Brazilian music” Bosco called Mendes’s 1962 record VocĂŞ Ainda NĂŁo Ouviu Nada (You’ve not heard anything yet!) a landmark in Brazilian instrumental music who helped Mendes launch his international career called Mendes his “brother from another country” “He was a true friend and extremely gifted musician who brought Brazilian music in all its iterations to the entire world with elegance [and] joy,” Alpert wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of them together in the studio and encouraged Mendes to follow in his footsteps but shifted view after seeing Mendes’s burgeoning interest in and talent for jazz “When he saw me play and saw that I was doing well with bands he’d kind of lay back and let me do my thing,” Mendes recalled in a 2005 interview Mendes began his musical career as a teenager in the late 1950s playing in Rio nightclubs just as bossa nova was becoming an international sensation Mentored by bossa nova pioneer AntĂ´nio Carlos Jobim Mendes formed the band Sexteto Bossa Rio and released his instrumental debut album Dance Moderno in 1961 Mendes became a sought-after collaborator for American musicians including Cannonball Adderley and Herbie Mann Mendes reached a wider audience when he performed The Look of Love on the televised Academy Awards broadcast and Brasil ’66’s version of the song hit the US Top 10 It made Mendes a star who would perform for presidents and at the Japan World Expo in 1970 and an international ambassador for bossa nova “You can relate to it in an organic way,” he said of the genre in 2005 “It makes you dream and it makes you feel good It’s very rhythmical so you can dance to it and it has haunting melodies that you take to bed with you Mendes continued recording throughout the 1970s and 80s achieving another No 4 hit in 1983 with his adult contemporary take on the Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil song Never Gonna Let You Go Mendes released the comeback album Timeless produced by the Black Eyed Peas’s will.i.am featuring guest appearances from Erykah Badu reflected the many underground rap records that sampled Mendes’s music Mendes helped produce music for the animated films Rio and Rio 2 and was nominated for an Oscar for best original song in 2012 for Real in Rio He also won a Grammy for best world album for Brasileiro in 1992 and Dating on John Mayer’s ShowShawn is the next guest on John’s interview series December 10, 2024Shawn Mendes sits down with John Mayer on John’s recently launched interview series, “How’s Life with John Mayer,” on SiriusXM During their conversation debuting on Thursday reveals he considered becoming a small-town therapist after wrapping up a tour “What would you have done if you never came back to music?” John asks during the show “I might just become a therapist,” Shawn says Watch and listen to the interview on demand on the SiriusXM app anytime starting Thursday, December 12, and listen to it on SiriusXM’s Life with John Mayer (Ch. 14) on Sunday The launch of the new series also marks one year of John’s exclusive year-round channel The channel is an unparalleled musical experience curated by the guitarist and songwriter and is defined not by genre but by the time of day as well as the day of the week The channel features a hand-selected mix of Mayer’s favorite music SiriusXM’s Life With John Mayer is available to subscribers nationwide in their cars on channel 14 and anytime on the SiriusXM app News and moreAll in one place on the SiriusXM app the production was halted and did not resume until 2021 The Lehman Trilogy later won a Tony for best play and Mendes received the award for best director of a play and he earned his fourth Tony nomination for best director In 2000 Mendes was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his contributions to drama He was awarded a knighthood in the 2020 New Year Honours List Last month, we unveiled the Senators Quarter Century Team as selected by a panel of local media and alumni because I am no longer a member of the local media nobody would ever mistake me for an alumni member either.) But as somebody who covered this franchise for more than two decades I still wanted to have some input on the Senators hitting the quarter century mark in this millennium our editorial team decided to launch a separate series where a handful of us would take a swing at counting down our favourite 25 moments from the past 25 years it was no problem coming up with this list a whole bunch of fun moments didn’t even make the cut for me (Apologies in advance to Matt Carkner’s triple-OT playoff goal that was omitted) you’ll probably find a bunch of other glaring omissions that would have made your personal list But even if you don’t necessarily agree with my rankings I hope you enjoy reading this trip down memory lane as much as I enjoyed putting it together this might have landed inside the top five for me if he scored But I loved the creativity from Daugavins and his attempt to make the shootout fun 23 – Clarke MacArthur’s series-clincher in Boston Clarke MacArthur’s inspiring comeback in the spring of 2017 was highlighted by this series-clinching goal it’s not the only series-clincher to make this list) 22 – Turris overtime winner against the Rangers Kyle Turris scored three playoff overtime goals during his time with the Senators but the first one always sends chills down my spine And a shoutout to Jim O’Brien for the perfect drop pass 21 – Peter Schaefer’s ridiculous goal in Dallas This one doesn’t get enough love – probably because it happened in the era before high definition TV and social media But this is sneaky good and one of the most impressive goals in Sens history This was a first for me as a broadcaster: Finding a fan who was a doppelganger for the head coach and interviewing him. This was one of the most fun blogs that I had a chance to write back in the day An NHL record 419 penalty minutes in one game And the Senators had five players who ended the night with at least 25 PIM – including Jason Spezza who set a franchise record by racking up 35 PIM in a single game 18 – Pageau’s four-goal game in the playoffs Down by two goals with less than four minutes left in regulation time Jean-Gabriel Pageau puts on a performance for the ages then caps it off with the winner in double-overtime It’s impossible to talk about this moment without using the word “ragdoll” This one felt like it launched the club into a new era of exciting (Fun challenge for the readers: Can anybody can find the original Jubilee Jewelers commercial featuring Spezza and this goal?) it’s still not my most memorable moment from the Sens captain in Toronto No Senators player has ever played at the level Erik Karlsson did in the spring of 2017 This set up to Derick Brassard – and the ensuing celebration – nearly brought the roof down in Ottawa 12 – Patrick Lalime’s third straight playoff shutout Patrick Lalime’s brilliance was on full display in the opening round of the 2002 playoffs The Sens netminder only gave up two goals in the entire series and posted shutouts in three straight games 11 – Alfredsson scores late game-winner in Toronto in 2002 playoffs His game-winning goal in Game 5 in Toronto – which was preceded by his controversial hit on Darcy Tucker – still elicits heated debates to this day 10 – Dany Heatley’s four-goal game in Toronto This might be one of the most satisfying regular season games in franchise history And Dominik Hasek recorded a shutout as part of an 8-0 beatdown of the Maple Leafs It’s hard to choose which one was prettier Ray Emery smiling as he fought both Martin Biron and Andrew Peters Bryan Murray ready to jump over the bench and go after Lindy Ruff The Sabres-Sens rivalry was as intense as anything coming out of the lockout And it all spilled over on this crazy night in February of 2007 This one felt like it was scripted from a made-for-TV movie Bobby Ryan scoring a hat trick in his first game back with the Senators was pure magic 6 – The first Stanley Cup Final game in Ottawa I couldn’t believe the energy inside the building It’s like something I’ve never experienced inside Canadian Tire Centre And the Sens followed up the pre-game hype with a thrilling 5-3 win over Anaheim in Game 3 5 – Mark Stone’s OT goal against Pittsburgh The Hamburglar run was one of my favourite stretches covering this team And the improbable comeback against Pittsburgh in the final regular season game at home was the perfect metaphor for the entire magic carpet ride Just like with Bobby Ryan’s emotional hat trick there are times when you believe in the power of hockey gods Craig Anderson’s shutout in Edmonton – which came on the heels of the announcement of his wife Nicholle’s battle with cancer – is one of the most powerful and poignant moments in franchise history I left the arena that night in New Jersey absolutely positively convinced that Ottawa was going to win this series And the Senators players celebrating along the boards – with Zdeno Chara leading the dogpile – is something that is etched in my mind forever 2 – Domination over Montreal in Game 3 of the 2013 playoffs Have Sens fans ever walked out of their own rink feeling better than they did after this game Jean-Gabriel Pageau netted a hat trick and Ottawa players dominated a late game fight all part of a 6-1 throttling of the Canadiens In a series that was filled with emotionally-charged incidents on and off the ice (remember “bug-eyed 1 – Alfredsson sends the Senators to the Cup There really wasn’t a debate over the top moment of the past 25 years The NHL Quarter Century Team fan vote is now open with several current and former Senators on the ballot Cast your vote here burbling across the aisles as shoppers debated what to buy slightly buck-tooth smile and hunch at his piano to give them more This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “SĂ©rgio Mendes” Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents The most open-minded pope for many years died on April 21st—Easter Monday—aged 88 The Peruvian novelist and liberal died on April 13th, aged 89 The Bletchley Park “secretary” died on March 31st, aged 101 The two-time heavyweight champion of the world died on March 21st, aged 76 The KGB officer who spied for Britain died on March 4th, aged 86 Best Dressed at Met Gala 2025 - Top 32 Red Carpet Looks Revealed! Rihanna Pregnant, Expecting Baby No. 3 With A$AP Rocky! Every Celeb at Met Gala 2025 - See All Red Carpet Photos & Full Guest List (Updating Live All Night) Shawn Mendes prepares for his upcoming Lollapalooza performance by greeting fans The 26-year-old “Treat You Better” singer stepped out in Buenos Aires five days before his headlining Lollapalooza Argentina set the former Vine star embraced the sun by wearing his hair back in a headband and adorned khakis and a gray tank top while clutching a large water bottle He also smiled and waved to fans while stopping to sign autographs and take pictures with the crowd Back in December 2024, Shawn revealed that he briefly considered pursuing a career other than music after cancelling his Wonder Tour in 2022 to focus on his mental health. Browse through the gallery to see the photos of Shawn Mendes in Buenos Aires, Argentina before his upcoming Lollapalooza performance… The singer-songwriter joined the internet in thirsting over the pop star's new Calvin Klein ad. Anthony Devlin/Getty; Directed and Photographed by Mario Sorrenti Directed and Photographed by Mario Sorrenti With the release of his self-titled album “Shawn,” Shawn Mendes proves that men with abs can sing folk. The album, Mendes’ fifth, represents a marked shift from his previous work and is well worth a listen. To sell his more mature sound, he’s grown out stubble this time, though the shirt has stayed off (thankfully).  In a quiet and confessional voice, Mendes opens the album in a fitting way, singing: “Sorry, gotta do it, gotta let you down /Cause I don’t really know who I am right now.” His disillusionment and emptiness is reflected in the song’s simplicity — plain acoustic guitar and honest lyrics which make clear how he feels.  Mendes isn’t finding himself in this album. Instead he muses on the consequences of stepping away — from amorous entanglements and professional responsibilities — in order to find himself. He still doesn’t really know who he is, and this album is, in many ways, a celebration of this uncertainty. He interrogates his past, harnessing a folkier sound popularized by the likes of Noah Kahan, Hozier and Zach Bryan.  In “Nobody Knows,” Mendes infuses his folkier sound with soul, as he tries to ascertain “where the love goes”. The result is lustful and elongated phrases sung over choir-like background vocals, coupled with beautiful acoustic guitar riffs which remind us of his new sound. Mendes’ musical exploration continues in “Isn’t That Enough.” The song is heavily influenced by country music, and I found that his nasal tone and the unignorable presence of the mandolin made the song a skip.  “Heavy” is the album’s best song. In it, an exasperated Mendes declares that he’s finally rewady to listen and let himself be helped. The song features a strong downbeat, percussive guitar and shakers which keeps the song aurally interesting. In the chorus, Mendes reaches into his upper register effortlessly and the gospel choir backing vocals give it an ethereal quality.  “Heart of Gold” is also exquisite, though it has a more conventional pop sound than the rest of the album. About the death of his childhood friend, Mendes’ delicate and breathy singing contrasts nicely with the fast-tempo acoustic guitar and drums at the song’s core. While the lyrics are sorrowful, the upbeat and catchy rhythm brings a joyfulness to the song, rendering it a fitting celebration of his friends’ life.  The album concludes with a cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”; it’s a perfect song to highlight his voice. The song finishes with a series of “hallelujahs” sung over each other and elided together. To end the album in such a celestial way is fitting; as listeners, we are left confused but also at peace — much like Mendes himself.  Please note All comments are eligible for publication by The Rice Thresher. And instead of shutting down rumors or ignoring the gossip altogether the singer is taking the discourse in stride and opening up about it all mid-concert In the middle of his For Friends and Family Only intimate concert held in Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre on October 28 Shawn Mendes took a minute to pause and get candid with the audience about his sexual orientation admitting he went back and forth on whether he should comment on it during his setlist “I went right into working a lot and traveling but the truth is that I didn't get to do a lot of 15-year-old things and discover parts of myself that you do at 15.” Shawn Mendes performs on Mundo Stage as part of the Rock In Rio Festival at Cidade do Rock on September 23 there's been this thing about my sexuality and people have been talking about it for so long," he continued "I think it's kind of silly because I think sexuality is such a beautifully complex thing and it's so hard to just put into boxes It always felt like such an intrusion on something very personal to me Something that I was figuring out in myself something that I had yet to discover and still have yet to discover." "The Mountain," off his forthcoming self-titled album Shawn which features a line about the rife speculation surrounding his sexuality "You can say I'm too young / You can say I'm too old / You can say I like girls or boys / Whatеver fits your mold / You can say I'm a fool," Mendes sings in the song's last pre-chorus Mendes admitted that writing "The Mountain" felt "really important" to him because he could "address [his sexuality] in a way that felt close to [his] heart." He added: "I guess I'm just speaking freely now because I just want to be closer to everyone and just kind of be in my truth." who famously dated on and off between 2019 and 2023 performing during the 2021 Global Citizen Live festival on September 25 "The real truth about my life and my sexuality is that I'm just figuring it out like everyone," he continued It feels really scary because we live in a society that has a lot to say about that and I'm trying to be really brave and just allow myself to be a human and feel things And that's all I really want to say about that for now." Of course, this isn't the first time Mendes has addressed the speculation about his sexuality. Back in 2016, he said: "[I] noticed a lot of people saying that I give them a 'gay vibe.' First of all it shouldn't make a difference if I was or I wasn't 'You f*cking guys are so lucky I'm not actually gay and terrified of coming out.' That's something that kills people Who cares if I'm gay?" 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As a mom to two daughters, Esmeralda Amada (10) and Amada Lee (8), whom she shares with longtime partner Ryan Gosling, Mendes recently opened up about a personal parenting struggle that many can relate to: yelling In a candid conversation on the Parenting & You podcast with Dr shared how hard it’s been for her to break the habit of raising her voice despite her best efforts to create a calm home “I think one of the hardest patterns for me is yelling,” she admitted I yell… The rushing and the yelling for me.” Mendes’ story hits close to home for so many moms who feel the pressure of keeping up with the pace of family life Between the chaos of getting everyone out the door and juggling a million other tasks it’s easy to find ourselves raising our voices more than we care to admit What makes Mendes’ reflection even more relatable is the way she connects it to her own upbringing but it was definitely like raising us by fear,” she shared “I hope I’m not going to look back in 20 years and go I did that.’ Because I really don’t want to raise by fear.” That vulnerability resonates with so many of us who are trying to break the parenting patterns we were raised with Mendes’ concern—that her own habits might unknowingly put pressure on her daughters—is something countless moms can relate to “I hope that I’m not unknowingly putting some kind of pressure on [my daughters] through fear like I was raised… through threats and fears.” but Mendes’ raw honesty about her struggles is a reminder that none of us are alone in this journey During a recent appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show Mendes also shared how motherhood has transformed her identity If you’ve ever felt like you’re losing yourself while raising your kids breaking generational habits takes time and patience—but it’s one of the most important things we can do for ourselves and our children the celebrated Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global superstar and helped launched a long has died after months battling the effects of long COVID READ MORE: Scientists are piecing together the puzzle of long COVID. Here’s what to know The death Thursday of the Brazilian pianist songwriter and arranger was confirmed in a statement by his family as were his loving children,” the statement Friday said “Mendes last performed in November 2023 to sold out and wildly enthusiastic houses in Paris and studied classical music at a conservatory before joining jazz groups he began playing Bossa Nova as the genre was heating up in Rio’s nightclub scene with Antonio Carlos Jobim they traveled to New York for a Bossa Nova festival at Carnegie Hall Cannonball Adderley invited Mendes to collaborate on the album “Cannonball Adderley and The Bossa Rio Sextet,” leading to his first American record “The Swinger from Rio,” after signing with Atlantic Records Mendes moved to California and formed Brazil ’64 which evolved into Brazil ’66 after he added two female vocalists featured “Mas Que Nada.” Sung entirely in Portuguese “Mas Que Nada” was a mid-tempo Samba number originally released in 1963 by composer Jorge Ben Sor who had been playing the song in clubs and gave it a jazzier “I put a band together called Brasil ’66,” he told The Guardian in 2019 but when I added the two female singers – Lani Hall and Bibi Vogel – it made a different kind of sound Mendes’ version was a worldwide hit that helped perpetuate the Brazilian music boom of the 1960s It was included in his album “Timeless,” produced by will.i.am and also featuring Stevie Wonder “Sergio Mendes was my brother from another country,” trumpet player Alpert wrote on Facebook “He was a true friend and extremely gifted musician who brought Brazilian music in all its iterations to the entire world with elegance.” Mendes’ other hits were an eclectic blend ranging from covers of the Beatles’ “The Fool on the Hill” and “With a Little Help from My Friends,” to his own Brazilian chant “Magalenha.” Mendes also composed the soundtrack for the film “PelĂ©,” featuring saxophonist Gerry Mulligan and even produced an album recorded by the great Brazilian soccer player Mendes won the 1992 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album for “Brasileiro” and two Latin Grammy Awards He also received an Oscar nomination in 2012 for Best Original Song for “Real in Rio,” from the animated film “Rio.” and songwriter Marcos Valle told GloboNews about Mendes’ music Valle also noted that it was Mendes who helped open doors for other Brazilian artists of his generation Mendes’ family said they will provide details regarding funeral and memorial services at a later date © 1996 - 2025 NewsHour Productions LLC PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization Subscribe to Here's the Deal with Lisa Desjardins Eva Mendes thinks it’s about time you find out The American actress took to Instagram to call for the removal of artificial food dyes in Kellogg's cereal "I grew up on cereal. I still love it but I won’t eat @kelloggsus anymore after I found out that so many of the ingredients they use here in the US are BANNED in other countries Because they’re harmful for children," Mendes posted on Instagram Oct she encouraged her followers to join in on a "peaceful march to Kelloggs HQ to ask them to REMOVE artificial food dyes." The reactions were swift: “YES Eva!!!! Thank you for speaking out about this and advocating for safer products for our kids!” wrote @barenaturals. Follower @angelise_rivera disagreed: “You guys will believe there's some big conspiracy theory here instead of accepting the FACT that artificial dyes are tested for safety." Kellogg's most recent Instagram post from Sept 25 has been flooded with over 2,000 comments demanding better ingredients "Our products – and the ingredients we use to make them – are compliant with all applicable relevant laws and regulations," Kellogg's said in a statement to USA TODAY "We remain committed to transparently labeling our ingredients so consumers can easily make choices about the food they purchase." Who’s right when it comes to the issue of food dyes Kellogg's Froot Loops uses Red Dye No. 40, Yellow Dye No. 5, Yellow Dye No. 6, Blue Dye No. 1 and butylated hydroxytolune (BHT), which according to WebMD, is a lab-made chemical added to foods as a preservative. BHT can also be used to treat genital herpes, AIDS and cold sores. However, research on BHT as a carcinogen has mixed results depending on the animal and parameters tested Meanwhile, in Canada, the company uses concentrated carrot juice, watermelon juice, huito juice and blueberry juice to color Froot Loops more than 85 percent of their cereal sales contain no colors from artificial sources "We continuously innovate new cereals that do not contain colors from artificial sources across our biggest brands offering a broad choice of nourishing foods for our consumers," the company said Some artificial dyes could be banned from California schools "There's a strong suggestion that there is a relationship between intake of these materials and changes in behavior… particularly in children that are susceptible a professor and chair of University of California Merced's public health department who worked on the California review "Exposure to the dyes seems to exacerbate the symptom." Scientists can't say for sure that there is a proven link, but food dye opponents often point to concurrent rises in artificial coloring consumption and rising ADHD diagnostic rates among children "The reality is these have no nutritional or other benefits Red 3 has also been linked to cancer in animal studies the FDA prohibited its use in cosmetic products due to these concerns yet it is still permitted in food items.California recently banned six dyes from use in public schools Other state lawmakers are making similar pushes It shouldn't have to," Pennsylvania State Rep The FDA completed its last exposure assessment of the six chemicals banned in the recent California bill in 2016 the agency told USA TODAY in late September The FDA will host a public meeting to take "a fresh look at the process" of assessing chemicals in food products after they hit the market Do food dyes make ADHD worse? Why some studies' findings spur food coloring bans Contributing: Cybele Mayes-Osterman and Eduardo Cuevas courtesy of Calvin KleinBad Bunny's Calvin Klein ad has taken the world by storm and nobody seems immune to the Puerto Rican star's charms — not even Shawn Mendes In case you've been living under a rock, Bad Bunny whose real name is Benito Antonio MartĂ­nez Ocasio is the latest celebrity to star in one of Calvin Klein's underwear campaigns Shot and directed by legendary photographer Mario Sorrenti Bad Bunny is the face of the brand's spring 2025 campaign and poses wearing the brand's new Icon Cotton Stretch underwear Mario Sorrenti, courtesy of Calvin KleinMario Sorrenti, courtesy of Calvin KleinThe videos and photos from Bad Bunny's Calvin Klein ad have gone more than viral, grabbing the attention of fans and celebs alike — chief among them Shawn Mendes who dusted off his Spanish skills to comment “guapo” (a.k.a handsome) under the reguetonero's post on Instagram courtesy of InstagramThough Bad Bunny's campaign was unveiled on March 18 it wasn't until March 20 that Mendes left his comment under the star's post Mendes's comment has racked up thousands of likes and hundreds of comments since it was posted precisely how I feel about Bad Bunny's Calvin Klein campaign This tale of two British army sergeants who filmed the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp uses their profoundly disturbing footage It’s TV that could alter your whole world view the first documentary by the film and theatre director Sam Mendes The film straightforwardly combines two precious artefacts held at the Imperial War Museum in London: 35mm film shot by Sgt Mike Lewis and Sgt Bill Lawrie of the British Army Film and Photographic Unit before and during the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near the town of Celle in northern Germany in April 1945; and audio interviews given by the cameramen in the 1980s Lewis and Lawrie did not record sound when they visited Belsen; the words they spoke years later are the only sounds we hear Lewis and Lawrie do not arrive at Belsen until almost halfway through the film’s 36-minute running time we hear how they came to be army photographers and we get a flavour of their prewar civilian life This is particularly pertinent in the case of Lewis a son of Jewish immigrants from Poland who looked on in dismay in 1936 as fascists held rallies in his parents’ adopted home country “But the world began to assume a shape more real than those things we were taught about it.” filming devastating destruction caused by aerial bombardment: what used to be streets are now discernible by spotting where the rubble is not heaped quite so high There they meet a handful of Belsen inmates who have already left the camp and are wandering but apparently not significantly more damaged than other displaced civilians On hearing about more “political prisoners” who have just been liberated nearby Lewis thinks this sounds like a less dangerous assignment than the frontline: the term “political prisoners” strikes him as “a bit vague and rather dull” but who have not before encountered moving images of the unique terror of Belsen what Lewis and Lawrie are about to see will change them and stay with them for ever face up and face down on the open space between the camp’s buildings the camera catching juxtapositions of the dead in the foreground and the living behind Then come the pictures no one can ever forget Belsen contained thousands more dead who had to be moved by the truckload to mass graves Lewis and Lawrie are there as these figures – more shocking because they are naked more grotesque because starvation has robbed them of a recognisable human shape – are transported to 20ft-deep holes and then thrown their fragile limbs twisting unnaturally as they fall and join the pile surely among the most disturbing images ever shown on British TV are more or less the whole piece: everything on either side is context and the austerity of the format – if Lewis and Lawrie don’t explain something it is not explained – can make What They Found slightly perplexing Existing knowledge or post-viewing research is required to provide details on why the Nazi camp guards – described with bitter British reserve by Lawrie as “arrogant” – are still present or why the corpses were disposed of in that way or why the buildings were all firebombed when the liberation was complete What was there about the Germans that made them do this?” muses Lewis before the tape runs out and the last moments of the film play to blank silence [It was] not only the Germans: any race was capable of it the camera formed a barrier between him and what he saw “It pushed the reality of the sights away from me But What They Found forces us to glimpse the clearest and most terrible truth What They Found aired on BBC Two and is on BBC iPlayer now This article was amended on 8 April 2025 because it was Lawrie who called the Nazis “arrogant” rather than Lewis as an earlier version said Brazilian musician best known for his hit Mas Que Nada who popularised bossa nova worldwide who has died aged 83 after suffering from the effects of long Covid was one of the most successful Brazilian artists of all time he enjoyed a lengthy career that began in the bossa nova boom of the early 1960s and continued for six decades – long after the bossa craze was over His success was based on his skill in matching Brazilian songs and rhythms against different western styles, from jazz and rock to funk and hip hop. In the 60s he recorded with the American jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley and then notched up hits with covers of songs by the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel In 1971 he played at the White House for President Richard Nixon; and in 1982 was back to play for Ronald Reagan In the 90s he became a hero for the easy-listening market and in 2006 he won over a new audience when he collaborated with will.i.am and other members of the American rap group Black Eyed Peas Unlike JoĂŁo Gilberto or AntĹŤnio Carlos (Tom) Jobim Mendes was not one of the original creators of the bossa style when this romantic reflective fusion of Brazilian samba-cancĂŁo western classical influences and American “cool jazz” first emerged in Rio de Janeiro in the late 50s but he rapidly became one of its finest exponents When the American jazz stars Charlie Byrd and Herbie Mann visited Rio in 1961 to check out this new music Mendes was one of those with whom they played And when Brazil’s bossa heroes were invited to Carnegie Hall in November 1962 to collaborate with Byrd and other American jazz musicians The visit transformed his career. While in New York, he met Adderley, who invited Mendes to record with him, and he also met Nesuhi Ertegun, the president of Atlantic Records, who signed him up and would release his album The Swinger from Rio. In 1964, Mendes decided to move to the US, but chose California rather than New York The first two albums he recorded there were unsuccessful but he then changed labels and styles with dramatic results He met the trumpeter Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss And he hit on the formula that would make him a superstar their album Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 (1966) was a massive hit It included Brazilian-influenced covers of western pop songs including the Beatles’ Day Tripper, with lyrics in English, but was most remarkable for the reworking of the Jorge Ben classic Mas Que Nada and Mas Que Nada reached No 5 in the singles charts – the first song in Portuguese to do so and in 1968 played his first concerts in Japan His career dipped in the 70s, but he kept touring and recording – he would release more than 40 albums during his career. In 1980 Sinatra invited him for a second major tour, which included a show at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and three years later he notched up another hit with Never Gonna Let You Go it reached No 1 in Hungary and the Netherlands and No 2 in the UK Hip Hop/R&B charts Following its release, Mendes played a show at the Barbican in London at which he switched from his 60s hits to breezy easy listening and he ended by performing the hip hop version of Mas Que Nada twice In 2015 he played to more than 100,000 fans at Rock In Rio and in 2020 released the album In the Key of Joy A 2021 documentary about his life, Sergio Mendes: In the Key of Joy, included contributions from Alpert, Harrison Ford, PelĂ© and will.i.am Mendes last performed in November last year when his European tour included a return to the Barbican my mother’s side was Portuguese.” As a child he had to wear a cast for three years as he was suffering from osteomyelitis He found “a new life” when his mother gave him a piano and he studied classical styles at the NiterĂłi music conservatory He became fascinated by jazz after first hearing Dave Brubeck at the age of 15 and began playing at tea dances and parties before becoming a key figure in the bossa scene performing at the Bottles club in Copacabana with whom he recorded Dance Moderno in 1961 The band played around Brazil and were hired by a textile company as the opening act for fashion shows in Europe Then came the invitation to join the bossa elite at Carnegie Hall and he went on to change the face of Brazilian music from an earlier marriage that ended in divorce: and by seven grandchildren born 11 February 1941; died 6 September 2024 photographed earlier this year in his home in Jerusalem there is never enough earth to refill it.” He replied “from Jerusalem/al Quds” (his own valediction): “It is almost sinful to speak of oneself in these dire times.”  He also wrote: “My heart bleeds with sadness for all those — Israelis (among whom are also Muslims and Pagans) and Palestinians (including several hundred children as a result of the bombs raining upon Gaza) who have lost their lives in the past four days The cycle of revenge must somehow be brought to an end.” Anyone who knew him knew that all his emails were like that he became “Mendes-Flohr” upon marrying his wife whom he would tell you at the drop of a hat was related to the 17th-century Sephardic arch-heretic Baruch Spinoza But the familial connection to Spinoza was not Mendes-Flohr’s only heritage from modern Jewish thought where he studied with the refugee historians Alexander Altmann and Nahum Glatzer These scholars were not just experts in the German-Jewish intellectual tradition but representatives of it Glatzer had taught at the Freie Judisches Lehrhaus at the invitation of Franz Rosenzweig and studied under Martin Buber and Mendes-Flohr made it his life’s mission not just to study and teach these figures but to embody their Geist Mendes-Flohr trained generations of scholars in the philosophical theological and historical intricacies of German-Jewish thought He became the world’s foremost Buber scholar published widely on modern Jewish intellectual history which has been used in countless introductory college classes But what innumerable students of his remember most is his soft voice and earnest effort to personify the dialogical thought he studied he would ask about his students’ families with such sincerity and persistence that they would sometimes forget what they had come to talk to him about I still remember when I arrived at my first class with him ready to impress my teacher and classmates with my intellect I had come for Herr Doktor Professor and what I got was a bubbe when I received his Rosh Hashanah greetings May your path in the New Year be blessed with good health creative wisdom and a horizon of hope for our tormented world It kills me that he passed away on Shemini Atzeret on what my colleague Liora Halperin resonantly calls the “secret anniversary” of the date known to the world as “Oct 7.” It kills me because his dreams were bombed and reduced to rubble first and foremost by the State of Israel and secondarily by the “resistance movement.” On Oct 11 he was already referring to the “hundreds of children.” As the hundreds became thousands I wondered whether he despaired of his life’s work When he spoke of torment in his New Year’s greeting cards because of what he meant to me and how he changed my life I discovered his edition of Martin Buber’s A Land of Two Peoples when I was in college I honestly don’t know where I would be now I probably wouldn’t have gone to graduate school I wouldn’t have written a book — at least a study of Buber’s concept of “theopolitics.” I lost track of how many opportunities came my way because he went to bat for me it felt like too much — did I really need to edit not one but two volumes of the Martin Buber Werkausgabe the collected critical edition of Buber’s works in German That only happened because Mendes-Flohr signed me up for it the critical edition of the very book that changed my life Because make no mistake: although it is a collection of Buber’s writings A Land of Two Peoples is Mendes-Flohr’s book Any student of Buber and modern Jewish thought generally knows the importance of an editor to an anthology of a Land of Israel/Palestine in which two peoples dwell together on terms of full equality there is never enough earth to refill it.” May the memory of Paul Mendes-Flohr bless us with a horizon of hope Perhaps there we will find the missing earth Samuel Hayim Brody is Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Kansas He is the author of Martin Buber’s Theopolitics and co-editor of Volume 21 of the Martin Buber Werkausgabe: Schriften zur zionistischen Politik und zur judisch-arabischen Frage I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward American Jews need independent news they can trust At a time when other 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"Paris Saint-Germain doesn't tolerate racism antisemitism or any other form of discrimination," the club said "The racial insults directed at Nuno Mendes are totally unacceptable .. we are working with the relevant authorities and associations to ensure those responsible are held accountable for their actions." Portuguese Football Federation president Fernando Gomes has expressed his solidarity "It is deplorable that in the 21st century we still have to deal with so many prejudices and racist attitudes," Gomes said in a statement.