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and mouthwatering food beckon us to explore this charming border town
a source of inspiration for acclaimed filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos
a city with a rich tradition in the visual arts
Florina is well worth the journey – even during the chilly winter months
Start your exploration with a stroll along the tranquil banks of the Sakoulevas River
The riverside road is lined with grand neoclassical buildings
This area holds a unique part in cinematic history: in 1991
it was the site of protests by supporters of then-Bishop Avgoustinos Kantiotis against the filming of Theo Angelopoulos’ The Suspended Step of the Stork
chose the town as the setting for seven of his films
seamlessly weaving its atmospheric charm into his narratives
Follow in the director’s footsteps to his beloved Diethnes (78 Megalou Alexandrou
this charming cafe has hardly changed over the years
Florina’s pedestrian streets are a food lover’s paradise
the city’s signature dish is kebapia – small
tender kebabs made from a blend of three types of minced meat
immerse yourself in Florina’s thriving arts scene
starting from the Museum of Contemporary Art (8 Tagmatarchi Fouledaki
Established in 1977 by the Florina Art Society
this museum is housed in a beautifully restored neoclassical building and boasts a remarkable collection of over 700 works by both Greek and international artists
The city’s creative spirit has been further invigorated by the establishment of the School of Fine Arts in 2006
whose influence is evident throughout Florina
you’ll encounter one of the city’s most distinctive landmarks: “Contralto,” the whimsical statue of a bear playing a double bass
Created by local artist Giorgos Bardakas as part of his thesis project at the Department of Visual and Applied Arts
this striking piece greets visitors at the city’s entrance
make your way to Aerino Wine Bar (9 Grevenon
where you’ll find an exceptional selection of Greek wines
including 30 varieties available by the glass
perfect for pairing with curated platters of local cheeses
you might catch a live performance by one of the local ensembles
which continues the local musical tradition with a touch of Balkan flair
Keep an eye on their Instagram page for upcoming performances (valkanis_brass_band_florina)
Florina also makes an excellent base for nearby excursions
protected traditional village of Nymfaio is only 26 kilometers away
For a slightly longer – but always rewarding – excursion
you can make the trip to the breathtaking Prespa National Park
where you can immerse yourself in a stunning sanctuary of natural beauty and tranquility
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beloved Mom and Omi left us on September 10
2024 to be with our Dad and Jesus in the glory of heaven where her body and her soul will hurt no more
Ontario with her beloved parents Howard and Madonna
Gail moved to Toronto in 1963 to attend Shaw Business College to become a secretary and that is where she met her life-long sister friend
Clara and quickly became part of the Heim family
Gail moved in with Clara and her Donauschwaben family
With them she learned how to cook (she made THE BEST soup) and how to speak Donauschwaben German
They introduced her to The Toronto Donauschwaben Club and that is where she met Mike
They married in 1966 and in 1968 bought a home on Presley Avenue in Scarborough where they created and raised their family until Dad passed away in 2023
Most of her long career was at Toronto District School Board as a public school secretary where she enjoyed her work and was loved by all
What she treasured most in her life were her roles of &ldquo;Mom&rdquo; and &ldquo;Omi&rdquo;
Gail was the embodiment of a &ldquo;mama bear&rdquo;
there were very few people who actually used her given name
and putting ketchup on absolutely everything
loved immensely and always put everyone and everything before herself
She leaves behind her daughters Christina (Rob) and Michelle (Dan); her grandchildren Zachary (Kelsey)
Maddy and bonus granddaughter Sarah and her cherished great-granddaughter Amelia
Gail will be deeply missed by her sister Gloria
in-laws Bruce and Helga; niece Erin (Ryan) and nephew Craig
great-nieces Lauren and Simone and cherished &ldquo;framily&rdquo; Clara
She will be overjoyed to be reunited in eternity with Dad
her parents and so many other family members and friends
Christina and Michelle would like to thank the staff and residents at Four Elms Retirement Residence for providing Mom with such a great last year of her life
A very heartfelt thank you and so much gratitude to Kensington Hospice for the exemplary care on Mom&#39;s final day
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A Celebration of Life will be held at the same location on Friday September 20th at 11am followed by refreshments
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Chika Madu was named director of Staten Island University Hospital Florina Cancer Center, which is part of the Northwell Health Cancer Institute.
Two years before the role of EGFR mutations was understood, ODAC recommended accelerated approval of Iressa for NSCLC
Christian Rolfo named director of Ohio State Division of Medical Oncology
Authorities are investigating whether a potential construction flaw in the heating system led to a mass carbon monoxide poisoning at a hotel in Florina
noted that the hotel had recently been fully renovated with a new heating system installed
“I believe there was a serious construction error that allowed carbon monoxide to seep into the rooms,” he said
who appeared before the Florina prosecutor on Monday
has been released but faces charges of bodily harm through negligence
which may be revised as the investigation continues
Authorities are also examining the roles of other individuals connected to the incident
with doctors set to reassess his condition on Tuesday
The incident reportedly occurred on Saturday night when guests turned on the radiators due to cold weather
14 people were hospitalized with symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning
Fourteen people exhibited symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning on Sunday morning at a hotel in the village of Limnochori
were transported to hospital with respiratory issues
likely due to a carbon monoxide leak from the hotel’s heating system
Firefighters and police promptly arrived to evacuate the building
At least two individuals are reported to be in serious condition
The hotel owner was arrested and is currently in custody
The town of Florina got a first taste of a wintry weather front sweeping into Greece on Tuesday morning
as temperatures in the northwest dropped to -2 degrees Celsius and heavy snowfall caused schools to open an hour later
the cold front will spread south and east over the course of the day
causing temperatures to drop well below seasonal averages in many parts of the country on Tuesday and Wednesday
The cold snap is not expected to linger but it will be quite sharp for as long as it does last
Two courses at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine help students learn professional skills and examine how biases could affect their medical judgment
It’s a valuable lesson in implicit bias.&nbsp;
About 100 veterinary students sit in a lecture hall at <a href="https://vet.tufts.edu/" target="_blank">Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine</a> at Tufts University
He has long gray hair and a matching bushy beard
He’s dressed casually and greets everyone with an enthusiastic
To some, he may appear disheveled. He tells the class that people have called the police on him because they thought he was trespassing on private property. But <a href="https://facultyprofiles.tufts.edu/gregory-wolfus/about" target="_blank">Gregory Wolfus</a>, D.V.M., V98, is director of the <a href="https://vet.tufts.edu/tufts-tech" target="_blank">Tufts at Tech Community Veterinary Clinic</a> and associate clinical professor at Cummings School
He’s there to teach the students about implicit bias
or a prejudice they hold of which they may not be aware
What did they think to themselves when they first saw him
It’s exactly the kind of exercise that course director <a href="https://vet.tufts.edu/people/faculty/florina-tseng-dvm" target="_blank">Florina Tseng</a>
wanted for the students in her&nbsp;Diversity and Professional Perspectives (DPP) I and II&nbsp;courses
for first- and second-year veterinary students
“The two classes grew out of a course on professionalism
and they began because we felt a need for our students to have basic knowledge of diversity
which would set the stage for expectations of professional conduct throughout their time here and after they graduate,” said Tseng
who is the&nbsp;associate dean for diversity
Tseng discusses systemic racism through a lens of veterinary medicine
including how racism throughout the history of the profession has resulted in a largely white field with Black veterinarians making up just 2%&nbsp;of veterinarians in the United States today
She also talks about different forms of identity—gender
etc.—and puts students through exercises that encourage them to discover and challenge their biases
And she outlines anti-racist steps students can take on their own path
from being an ally against racism to being an advocate for the kinds of changes necessary to reduce such issues
Students also learn about power dynamics and microaggressions—which can be verbal or behavioral and communicate indirect
or unintentional discrimination—including how they manifest and how they can handle conflicts that can arise because of them
noted Tseng—microaggressions are not things people do deliberately
and it’s a matter of making people aware that
even if their intent was not to offend or hurt other people
that does not necessarily correlate with the impact their comments or actions had on another person.&nbsp;
“This is where the class discussions got meatier,” said Jenna Yoshimi
while working in a veterinary clinic at a time when a lot of anti-Asian hate was going on
some clients refused to see or have their pets touched by Asian members of the staff
I could see that it was difficult for her to bring this up with me in the discussion circle—I'm Japanese
and creating that space to acknowledge it is the first step toward greater understanding.”
students were asked to envision that they were newly graduated from veterinary school and working in a small animal general practice
they overhear a receptionist tell a client
I'll make sure you are seen by the lead veterinarian.” The students had to imagine what feelings would come up
if they would give feedback to the receptionist
If students expressed feelings of discomfort or a desire to avoid such an interaction
the course instructors encouraged them to dig deeper as to why.&nbsp;
students write a one-page essay about their thoughts on their implicit biases and how they think they may handle those biases in the future
and Tseng says she is often inspired to see how deeply students are thinking about these issues
“My essay was about expanding perspectives,” said Sasha Fong
“It's easy for many of us to go about our lives without putting ourselves into someone else's shoes or taking a minute to understand their perspective and realizing that life for each individual is different
and we all come from very different backgrounds
And to be exposed to people that come from all different walks of life and learning their personal stories and really listening to the lessons that they took from that experience I think was really important.”
Tseng said the discussion of racial bias can help the students apply the principles to address other kinds of biases in their second-year course
during which they focus on things that are associated with accommodations
Accommodations for preclinical students can include extra time to take exams or complete assignments
or seating solutions for students who aren’t able to stand for long lab exercises.&nbsp;
“We wanted to expose the students to this early on in their careers here
because some are not even aware that they can have some of these accommodations,” Tseng said
“About 20% of our students have an accommodation
so it's good for students to see that they do not provide an unfair advantage
accommodations bring some students to the same level as non-disabled people and neurotypical people.”
Fong said she was surprised by the breadth of resources available to students
she anticipated learning core skills like biochemistry and physiology
but did not expect “the important ‘soft skills’ that we all need to have as adults and professionals,” as she called them
“I hope the students take the material seriously and use it to think about other people
how they as individuals are affected by biases
and how they can be an ally both while they’re here and after they graduate,” said Tseng
Two bear cubs have been killed after being hit by a vehicle in the northwestern prefecture of Florina
The remains of the two bears were found on Monday morning by motorists on the Florina-Kozani national road
the Florina-based environmental group that specializes in the protection of Greece’s bear and wolf populations
went to the scene and found that the bears had been born his year and were 6-7 months old
The scientists noticed that the cubs’ mother was nearby and may not have been aware that her cubs had been killed
Arcturos representative Panos Stefanou said that “they immediately removed the two dead animals from the scene
in order to avoid further involvement with the mother
who refused to leave the scene while she saw her two cubs on the road.”
Boston is arguably one of the East Coast's most Italian cities
While the city might have been settled and initially populated by British colonists
and the mascot of its NBA team is a leprechaun
every corner of Boston is seemingly brimming with the flavors and culinary ethos of Italy
I've had the pleasure of experiencing Boston's vivacious pizza scene first-hand for many years. And while I'll be the first person to admit that I am one of the biggest pizza snobs out there, I've also grown to love and appreciate the various <a href="https://www.tastingtable.com/1552373/pizza-styles-ranked-worst-best/" target="_blank">pizza styles</a> and topping combinations that the city has to offer
I've created a list of some of the best spots to pick up a whole pie or just a slice in the Boston area based on this experience
as well as recommendations from pizza-loving friends living in the city
All of these spots hone-in on the craftsmanship and skill required to craft the perfect
and offer an array of high-quality ingredients that make their pies unique
No tour of Boston's pizza scene would be complete without a stop at Florina Pizzeria in Beacon Hill. This shop specializes in tantalizing Sicilian-style and standard, <a href="https://www.tastingtable.com/928454/what-makes-new-york-style-pizza-so-unique/" target="_blank">New York-style pizza</a> slices — although its menu also boasts an impressive array of hot and cold paninis
If I'm traveling through the Boston area and craving pizza
this is one of my go-to stops — and it's easy to see why
If you order a single slice; you won't have to worry about walking away hungry because Florina serves you a quarter of a pie
The Sicilian selections are also drool-worthy; the crust is perfectly soft and fluffy
and the shop adds the perfect amount of cheese to each pie — not too much
<a href="https://www.florinapizza.com/" target="_blank">florinapizza.com</a>
The best word to describe Union Park Pizza is "sophisticated." This isn't a greasy slice joint; its pies are only available in 10-inch and 16-inch sizes and covered in some of the tastiest toppings that Boston's pizza scene has to offer
The highlight of this spot, besides its creative medley of pre-built pie options, is its crust. The dough is made with flour imported from Italy. It has that perfect flavor balance that won't send you reaching for the salt shaker. This is also a great restaurant for folks who like a <a href="https://www.tastingtable.com/949867/what-makes-neapolitan-pizza-unique/" target="_blank">Neapolitan-style pizza</a> with some separation of crust and state (meaning
I also admire how the pizzaiolos at Union Park are able to get a light color and slightly soft (yet still sturdy) bake on the bottom of the crust
and something that you just have to experience (and eat) for yourself
<a href="https://www.unionparkpizza.com/" target="_blank">unionparkpizza.com</a>
Chelsea is a relatively small town located right across the Mystic River from Boston
It's home to a delicious wood-fired pizza joint
which boasts some of the best Neapolitan pies that the Boston area has to offer
You'll find many pie options adorned with house-made fennel sausage
which are perfect for any carnivores that you may be dining with
so you can order one for yourself and eat it in a single sitting
take a piece of advice for me and order several different pies for your party to share
And if you're still feeling hungry at the end of your meal
<a href="https://www.ciaopizzaandpasta.com/" target="_blank">ciaopizzaandpasta.com</a>
Area Four is also widely known for adding creative spins to classic pies
it uses soppressata on its Not Pepperoni pizza and adds a refreshing heat to its Clam Oreganato pie with chilis
<a href="https://www.areafour.com/" target="_blank">areafour.com</a>
If you're passing through Back Bay or East Boston
you're primed to stop at one of Dirty Water Dough's locations
The menu at each restaurant varies slightly
so you're better off taking a peek at the website before you make the trek over
The pizza dough here is soft and perfectly risen
thanks in part to the addition of the brand's in-house Dirty Water IPA
The selection of specialty pies at Dirty Water Dough is quite extensive
but it's clear that this shop doesn't sacrifice quantity for quality
You can order Boston-inspired pies like the Big Papi
Dirty Water is also very accommodating of different dietary preferences; you can order your pie with a gluten-free crust
or turn any of its signature pies into a hand-held calzone
<a href="https://www.dirtywaterdough.com/" target="_blank">dirtywaterdough.com</a>
it's many Somerville residents' go-to spot for pizza
While the sub sandwiches at this joint are no joke
the pizza is one big draw for visitors far and wide
Its pizza menu is absolutely loaded with both white and red pies — as well as the option to go Roman rather than round
Roman-style pizza has a more focaccia-like base that comes out of the oven crispy
topped with feta and house-made gorgonzola sauce
The same goes for the Cousin Vinny: a white pie covered with a garlic cream sauce
<a href="https://mortadellahead.com/" target="_blank">mortadellahead.com</a>
Max and Leo's is a newcomer on the Boston-area pizza scene
This restaurant has four locations in Chelmsford
who only began their pizza making journey in 2010
Max and Leo's focus is on coal-fired pies — which have a noticeably sootier flavor than wood or gas-fired pies
This flavor really meshes well with Max and Leo's selection of quality toppings
This is not the spot you go if you have a problem with char on your pizza
but this just adds to the magic of biting into a slice served by one of Boston's best pizza spots
<a href="https://www.maxandleospizza.com/" target="_blank">maxandleospizza.com</a>
so time is of the essence if you want a cheesy
Equally as famous as the pizza at this spot are the arancini — fried rice balls — and the potato panzerotti
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/galleriaumberto/" target="_blank">instagram.com/galleriaumberto</a>
Although Source is well-known for its pepperoni pizza
there are also other equally tantalizing pies on its menu
Folks who love seafood will enjoy the One If By Clam
Two If By Sea — featuring fried whole clams
if you're lucky enough to stop by for brunch
Guests can also choose between Neapolitan and New York-style pizzas for the restaurant's build-your-own offer
they can opt to transform one of their favorite signature pies into a calzone
The pairing of perfectly blistered pies and creative toppings is just one of the many things that sets Source apart from other Boston pizzerias
<a href="https://sourcerestaurants.com/" target="_blank">sourcerestaurants.com</a>
If you like a perfectly bubbly crust accented with char marks
you'll love the pies at Si Cara in Cambridge
It also offers select varieties of pan pizza
but the draw for many eaters to this chic spot is undoubtedly its Canotto-style pie — a variety that's not quite Neapolitan
Canotto means "inflatable boat," and refers to the ballooning
Besides the obvious difference in appearance
this pizza style is also often made with a preferment (such as poolish)
that helps add to the flavor and ensures a long
The long story short is that Canotto is all about patience and craftsmanship — and Si Cara is at the intersection of it
The toppings on Si Cara's fluffy pizzas are not too-far-out-there
is made with a deliciously flavored leek kimchi
which complements the smoked mozzarella that also adorns the pie
which is kind of like a pizza-fied version of an eggplant parm — plus burrata and arugula on top
<a href="https://sicarapizza.com/" target="_blank">sicarapizza.com</a>
the real draw to this cozy spot is the pizza
Its toppings scream true Italian — which makes sense
considering it imports the ingredients for its pies
While you can order a plain cheese by the slice or as a whole pie
the better option would be to try its more exciting options
prove that pineapple isn't the only fruit that belongs on pizza
Pizzeria Rustico is closed on Sundays and only serves dinner from 4 p.m
But it is open for lunch and dinner starting at 11 a.m
<a href="https://www.rusticoboston.com/" target="_blank">rusticoboston.com</a>
Regina Pizzeria is one of the most talked-about pizza spots in the city — and for good reason
It's been serving customers for nearly a century and opened locations across Massachusetts and New England
which opened its doors in the North End in 1926
features an extensive brick-oven pizza menu with nearly every topping under the sun
you can't find a pre-built pizza that you like
you can always build your own with one of three sauces and an impressive lineup of traditional and premium toppings
There's seemingly no wrong choice on Regina's menu
But its cheese pizza alone has gained attention from patrons
who professed his love for Regina's during one of his pizza reviews
<a href="https://www.pizzeriaregina.com/" target="_blank">pizzeriaregina.com</a>
What's more perfect than pizza and ice cream
you can have this heavenly combination — and more
Its pies are made with a cold-ferment sourdough
which means that each has a delectably soft bite and subtle tangy flavor
Picco's pies are also set apart from others by their distinguished char
or its mushroom and Brie pizza with caramelized onions and arugula
And if you can't decide what to order for your pizza
fear not; many of its pies can be made into half-and-half options so you can enjoy two of your favorite pizzas on the same charred base
And don't forget to get a scoop or hand-packed quart of ice cream or sorbet on your way out
<a href="https://www.piccoboston.com/" target="_blank">piccoboston.com</a>
Ernesto's Pizza is your quintessential Boston slice joint
It has a location right on the Boston Freedom Trail in the North End
which makes it the perfect stop on your tour of the historic city
Ernesto's menu is relatively pared down; its whole pies only come in one size: extra-large (18-inch)
you'll have a bounty of single slices to choose from
The chicken ranch is a great option for when you're pregaming for a night of partying in the city; it's topped with copious amounts of ranch
<a href="https://www.ernestosnorthend.com/index.html" target="_blank">ernestosnorthend.com</a>
Brewer's Fork also offers a lunch menu during the week
which includes many of the same pizza and small plate options
The food at Brewer's Fork is sophisticated
which makes it a perfect spot if you're a pizza snob or just seeking a great slice
<a href="http://brewersfork.com/" target="_blank">brewersfork.com</a>
is a modern and youthful place to sit back
and take in all that the city has to offer
But its pizzas are equally as notable as its vibrant patio space
Although its options seem to reflect back to the classics
you'll see that there is some serious thought and intentionality infused into all of its toppings
You'll find a cheeseburger pizza topped with Wagyu beef crumbles and a traditional pepperoni pie made with artisan smoked meat
Lily's also offers an impressive drink menu
complete with an array of draft beers from breweries across New England
It's yet another spot on this list where you can visit for late-night bites
or when you're craving a pie that takes a step up from the classic slice joint
<a href="https://www.lilysboston.com/" target="_blank">lilysboston.com</a>
Quattro is a brick-oven pizzeria that channels the energy of the North End into every plate that comes out of its kitchen
while the other parts of the menus are brimming with Italian ingredients and flavors
The pies are simple and anything but new age pizzeria
but they are always cooked to perfection and place a big emphasis on flavors
to be a popular option for eaters of all ages
If you're feeling something a little more sophisticated
you can always go with a white pizza topped with figs
The airy space and its large windows are perfect for watching the city around you go by as you chow down on delicious pizza and fine wine
<a href="https://quattro-boston.com/" target="_blank">quattro-boston.com</a>
This roundup highlights an array of different pizza styles and locales across the greater Boston area. Although many of the Italian restaurants in the city are centered in the North End, I wanted to highlight spots in other neighborhoods and parts of the city. The reality is that there are top-notch spots for slices and whole pies in every corner of the city — but you just have to know where to look.
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A group who conspired to burgle homes in north Cumbria have today (20 November) been jailed after appearing at Carlisle Crown Court.&nbsp;&nbsp;
of no fixed abode was sentenced to&nbsp;17 months&nbsp;
Shrewsbury was sentenced to&nbsp;two years and four months&nbsp;
of no fixed abode was sentenced to&nbsp;three years and two months&nbsp;
London was sentenced to&nbsp;two years and eight months&nbsp;
Coventry was sentenced to&nbsp;17 months&nbsp;
Hayton and Bothel between 29 May and 4 June 2023.&nbsp;&nbsp;
On the evening of 4 June officers received a report of burglary after three men were disturbed in an address on Longlands Road
The men left the scene via Rickerby Park.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Detectives obtained CCTV from the property which showed the three men entering the garden and forcing entry to the property via a kitchen window before being disturbed six minutes later and can be seen running out of the property.&nbsp;&nbsp;
the homeowner informed officers of being followed home earlier that week by a silver VW golf.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Investigations were carried out and the vehicle was found to have been in the Carlisle area at the time of the incident along with another vehicle - a red Toyota Yaris.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Information on the vehicles was passed to neighbouring police forces and Lancashire Police stopped the silver VW Golf in the early hours of 5 June
The vehicle was being driven by Baja and Avramoaie was also in the vehicle
In her possession was a Louise Vuitton bag
Also found was a beige cap which matched that seen on CCTV at the targeted property
The wallet matched the description of that taken from the property.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Also found in the vehicle was a black suitcase containing a number of items including vintage cameras
an ornamental gun and antique maps / documents.&nbsp;
The red Toyota Yaris was tracked by Cheshire Police and CCTV found three occupants leaving the vehicle
Items found in the hotel room were bank cards in the names of the victims and other items that had been taken.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Items found in the VW Golf were confirmed as connected to burglaries at properties on Park Road Estate in&nbsp;Bothel between 29 May and 1 June and in Hayton on 1 June.&nbsp;&nbsp;
PC Joseph Tidmarsh from Cumberland CID aid: &ldquo;Those committing burglary offences
can expect us to work with other forces to track down those involved and be put before the courts to face prosecution.&nbsp;
&ldquo;We continue to target burglars with Operation Themis
our response and focus on burglaries.&nbsp;&nbsp;
&ldquo;Being a victim of burglary can be incredibly traumatic and we are committed to working with communities to bring offenders to justice.&nbsp;
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I came home from school one afternoon to find my babushka’s warm cheese blintzes waiting for me on the kitchen table
a former special-ops officer in the Israeli Defense Forces
a self-defense system that combines boxing
It made sense that a 4-foot-10-inch grandma would want to learn how to defend herself in 1980s New York City
But my babushka didn’t just plan to ward off perps on the mean streets of Queens
She was also intent on socking it to her personal enemies
the worst of whom was her son-in-law—my dad
He was a boxer-turned-taxi driver with a filthy mouth
Though he was a Jew born during the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.history.com/news/the-siege-of-leningrad__;!!Ivohdkk!wFZ77dfEITzNqfCj0-aT_TQ0bv43a5YI1S1E6HJUVJeparP2TZNY8UlIjCHe5-uq_Q$">Siege of Leningrad</a>
in which he lost his brother to the Nazis at the front and other relatives to starvation at home
Babushkas have endured war, famine, and genocide, so they have zero tolerance for fools. They will send you to your grave with a <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/jewishunpacked.com/our-favorite-over-the-top-yiddish-curses/__;!!Ivohdkk!wFZ77dfEITzNqfCj0-aT_TQ0bv43a5YI1S1E6HJUVJeparP2TZNY8UlIjCHIAdfBJw$">Yiddish curse</a> as easily as they will strangle you with their bare hands
they will fight to the death for their homeland
like babushkas are doing right now in Putin’s barbaric war on Ukraine
At our Forest Hills apartment building full of striving immigrants
the bosses were the babushkas who marched through the streets with grocery bags filled with pierogies
caviar and other delicacies—and hunted vragi all the way from Woodhaven Boulevard to Grand Central Parkway
After my babushka had taken a few classes with Avi
My cousins and I peeked into Avi’s apartment a few times a week to see our babushkas shielding
they were strutting through Key Food with a Krav Maga swagger
Because Krav Maga teaches people to constantly anticipate attacks and to think strategically in an instant
it made my already suspicious babushka extra paranoid and combative—especially when it came to my dad
What was even worse than his living and breathing was his overblown generosity
The common refrain among my dad’s friends was “Vlad pay.” Vlad pay for restaurant
my dad allowed leeches in the tri-state area and beyond to suck the blood out of our bank account
“He isn’t just taking food out of his family’s mouth. He’s <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.history.com/news/ukrainian-famine-stalin__;!!Ivohdkk!wFZ77dfEITzNqfCj0-aT_TQ0bv43a5YI1S1E6HJUVJeparP2TZNY8UlIjCFyD-q4lQ$">orchestrating</a> mass starvation of the Ukrainian people!” my babushka proclaimed
Opinions on the cold war brewing in our apartment were mixed
Some friends and relatives believed my babushka should’ve kicked my dad’s ass already
while others thought he was a saint for letting my grandparents live with us
and this was one situation in which elder abuse would be justified
and having secretive conversations on the phone
My babushka heard from her spies Esther and Bella that he was “shtupping a shluha”—screwing a slut—who lived in nearby Rego Park
they wouldn’t divulge her name to my babushka
The hang-up calls soon had a baby crying in the background
which meant my dad had fathered a ubludok—a bastard
Because he was “carrying out a pogrom on his own family,” my babushka prepared for combat
my babushka and I were buying some brisket at Key Food
Standing in line next to us was a plain young woman with a stroller
When her baby started crying and she picked him up to comfort him
“I don’t think he looks that much like him,” I whispered as she sneered at me
she turned to the young woman and asked her
Because he looks just like a ubludok!” The woman gasped
shielding her baby from an imminent attack
“You can’t hurt a baby—that’s a war crime!” I exclaimed as I grabbed the brisket and ushered my babushka out of Key Food
she waited for my dad to come home from work while my pulse quickened at the thought of my tiny babushka fighting my boxer dad
He put her in a bear hug to immobilize her
He’d never hit a woman—especially a babushka—and she knew it
she went in with a horizontal elbow strike as he tried in vain to block her
counted for 10 seconds as my dad lay there
while my mom knelt next to him with smelling salts
my dedushka raised my babushka’s fist in victory
The hang-up calls stopped and my dad started spending more time at home
Having a son turned my dad into a family man
Though he eventually started partying again
my babushka’s watchful eye and iron fist reined him in
A couple of days ago I sat at my kitchen table
eating the cheese blintzes I made with my babushka’s recipe and thinking of the badass babushkas currently defending Ukraine with iPhones
I fear that they’re no match for Russia’s military strength and savagery
But in recalling my dad passed out on the floor
I realize that we shouldn’t underestimate the power of one’s love for their family and homeland
As defense expert John Arquilla recently <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.seattletimes.com/opinion/grandmas-with-iphones-can-trump-satellites-modern-warfare-in-ukraine/__;!!Ivohdkk!wFZ77dfEITzNqfCj0-aT_TQ0bv43a5YI1S1E6HJUVJeparP2TZNY8UlIjCFGjbQwKg$">said</a>
“Grandmas with iPhones can trump satellites.” Putin should know better than to mess with babushkas
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From 2005 to 2009, I was a New York City Teaching Fellow on a mission to close the achievement gap for students who endured what <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/topic/george-w.-bush" data-sys="1" class="multivariate">George W. Bush</a> called "the soft bigotry of low expectations" because they were Black and Latino
Far from the deadbeats I expected to encounter at the Washington Heights high school where I taught English
The teachers' lounge was an echo chamber of adoration for Michael Moore documentaries
diatribes about America's hunger for war&mdash;accompanied by the refrain "Bush lied
people died" repeated ad nauseum&mdash;and promises to move to Canada
I suspected that this ideology seeped into the classroom
A couple of my colleagues showed their students documentaries like Why We Fight
which I believe portrays America as a prison industrial complex with no redeeming qualities
Others repeatedly said that their students couldn't pass Advanced Placement exams even when they'd taken AP classes
In the Herculean effort to prepare students for college
I believe there is no room for the unchallenged belief that our country is irreparably broken and the system is rigged against people of color
where the student population was mostly Hispanic and African-American
Therefore, I told my students that they were architects of their own destiny, hard work and good choices matter, and America is the only country in the world where you can grow up without electricity or hot water and become <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/topic/oprah-winfrey" data-sys="1" class="multivariate">Oprah Winfrey</a>
While there were many "culturally responsive" books in my independent reading library that students read in their own time
So-called "anti-racists" may be surprised to learn that Thornton Wilder's Our Town
set in the fictional rural town of Grover's Corners
was especially popular with my urban sophomores
Two of my students played George and Emily when we read the play aloud
then students wrote heartfelt stories set in towns of their choosing that incorporated the play's universal themes of family
they embraced the challenge of mastering how to write analytical essays
90 percent of them passed in an English department whose pass rate was 60 percent
I'll never forget the pride on their faces when I told them that their scores were comparable to scores in much wealthier and whiter schools
we talked about the specific steps they could take to become successful
such as attending Columbia University's Double Discovery Program or Minds Matter
first-generation students get into college
Through casual conversations that we had a few minutes before class, most of my kids also developed their own version of the "<a rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/the-power-of-the-success-sequence/#:~:text=The%20%E2%80%9CSuccess%20Sequence%2C%E2%80%9D%20a,and%20marry%20before%20having%20children." target="_blank" class="multivariate">success sequence</a>." It looked something like this: Graduate from high school and college
and don't have kids until you're married and/or can support them without handouts
A couple of my colleagues side-eyed me for my anti-wokeness
They thought that when I said things like "don't have kids until you can support them without handouts" I was being judgmental about my students' families' lifestyles
Some of my colleagues thought that I lacked empathy
but I think I was just encouraging common-sense behavior
I didn't talk to my students about politics explicitly until the 2008 presidential election when "hope and change" posters adorned our school's walls
and the teachers' lounge resounded with breathless chatter about the charismatic young senator from Illinois who would hopefully become the first Black president
In preparation for a pre-election assembly, I had my students research both <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/topic/barack-obama" data-sys="1" class="multivariate">Barack Obama</a> and <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/topic/john-mccain" data-sys="1" class="multivariate">John McCain</a>'s positions on issues
as well as their strengths and weaknesses as candidates
making sure to read the Wall Street Journal
American Spectator and National Review&mdash;not just the New York Times
They then wrote persuasive essays on the candidate of their choice
I picked Amalia's piece about McCain's decades of public service and numerous military awards to represent our class at assembly
I heard that some kids from another class were planning to "jump" her after school if she read her essay aloud
but I wasn't going to sacrifice a child for even the inalienable right of free speech
I believe culture wars have hijacked the classroom
schools are training "anti-racists" by creating "affinity groups" for students and parents of certain ethnicities
while also teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT) and concepts such as white privilege
some politicians are limiting discussions of race in the classroom
trying to rewrite curriculum standards to align with a "patriotic" mindset and banning books
The left accuses the right of fascism while the right accuses the left of indoctrination
students should learn about CRT and "antiracism," but as ideas
and these ideas should be balanced with other perspectives
Kendi's How to Be an Antiracist and Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility
they should also read John McWhorter's Woke Racism and Shelby Steele's White Guilt
they should read historians' criticisms of it as well
Students should learn about America's sins as well as its exceptionalism
I wish I'd been a little more measured in my approach
When I left the school and my students graduated
One of them opened up to me about the fact that I'd been so set in my mission and confident in my beliefs that she was hesitant to disagree with me
She believed that I should have recommended more kids for opportunity programs that helped them get into college
She said she didn't tell me this at the time as she was afraid I would no longer like her
But I believe I would find today's conditions untenable because of the extreme positions on the left and right
Some say that politics doesn't belong in the classroom and maybe they're right
but it might be impossible to keep it out completely because teaching is a values-driven profession
Florina Rodov is a former public and charter school teacher whose work has been published at CNN, The Atlantic, Shondaland and others. She's working on two books. Follow her on Twitter <a rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/florinarodov" target="_blank" class="multivariate">@florinarodov</a>
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Carnegie Mellon University Associate Professor of Computer Science
gave a talk on her research titled &#8220;Machine Learning: New Challenges and Connections.&#8221; This talk is part of the Cyber Alliance Distinguished Speaker Series and was held at the Kilachand building
she spoke machine learning&#8217;s far-reaching influences
Machine learning is now doing tasks for us more quickly and efficiently
it can help detect what is spam email in a mailbox or can categorize many data points
She also noted that while machine learning is changing the world
our world is also changing machine learning
The high demand for vast amounts of complex data is calling for new learning protocols such as interactive learning
In this fast-paced and sophisticated society
there is a need for Machine Learning to learn more complex objects and process information even faster
Maria-Florina went on to detail a new learning approach: interactive machine learning
The goal of this approach is to be able to take massive amounts of raw data
While interactive machine learning is very useful in practice
she spoke of the usefulness of learning algorithms for solving combinatorial problems
Algorithms can be applied in various fields
A number of items for sale with a number of buyers can be inputted to achieve an assigned price as the output in order to maximize revenue
This event was a huge success as Maria-Florina delivered her talk in a completely packed auditorium with an actively engaging audience eager to learn more about the growth of machine learning
Conservation organisations have urged police to investigate the shooting of a bear cub in the Florina regional unit of northern Greece
A local farmer spotted the body of the young animal near Xino Nero and informed the forestry service
The cub was only a few months old and had not been separated from its mother
Environmental organizations Arcturos and Kallisto described the killing as another serious crime against biodiversity
noting that a year ago three more bears were killed in the same area by persons unknown
The two organizations are participants in an EU-funded project “LIFE Bear-Smart Corridors,” an international collaboration between the Netherlands
Italy and Greece that aims to conserve brown bear populations in Central Italy and Greece
by maintaining and ensuring important corridors of movement and connections between bear populations and the creation of “smart communities of coexistence” of humans and bears
The brown bear is protected under Greek and EU legislation
A new spot for Italian food opens its doors today on Beacon Hill. <a href="http://www.florinapizza.com/">Florina Pizzeria and Paninoteca</a> took over the former Derne Street Deli space (16 Derne St.) and will shower the neighborhood in pizza
The new restaurant, located behind the Massachusetts Statehouse, has 19 seats and is open for lunch and dinner, according to a City of Boston <a href="https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/document-file-08-2016/08152016113247.pdf">licensing board agenda</a>
Florina serves pizza available by the slice or the pie
There are a few starters on the menu as well
Items range in price from $2.50 to 8.75 for starters
Florina is open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m
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STRUTHERS &#8211;Florina &#8220;Flo&#8221; Creaturo
in Struthers,a daughter of Carlo and Antoinette Pompeo DeChellis
She worked at Hutch Manufacturing until she retired
She was a member of Christ Our Savior / St
David (Darcy) Creaturo of South Carolina and Christopher (Janelle) Creaturo of Texas; two great-grandchildren
Angie DeChellis of Struthers; and many nieces and nephews
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband
Louis and infant Albert DeChellis; and four sisters
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m
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In the latest in our ‘Pentathlon Personalities’ series
Swiss sisters Katharina and Florina Jurt talk 2028
Florina and Katharina Jurt finish each other’s races
the 18-year-olds from Switzerland also do the sentence thing and they do it a lot
That’s what happens when you spend 24 hours a day with the person you’ve pretty much never been separated from — ever
The only time that the Jurt twins would appear to be apart is when they’re competing in Relay events
When it came time for the decisive Laser Run in the Women’s Relay on the opening day of the UIPM 2023 U19 Pentathlon World Championships
Florina had to stand and watch as Katharina ran away from her
They reconnected briefly at the changeover and by the time Florina came back to the finishing line
there was her technically older sister waiting with open arms
By finishing one another’s race so brilliantly on that day
Even for a family as remarkably sporting and successful as theirs it was a big
But it would appear that winning while twinning is sweetest of all
“It is still kind of hard to realise what we have achieved in this year but we’re really happy to achieve what we have
“It was the highlight because we could start together and come together on the finish line and celebrate together.”
“It’s always better together!” interjects Florina
live together and we’re 24 hours a day together … so to win together is so special.”
Over 30 minutes of lively conversation between the Jurts and UIPM News
They talked about a hunger to defend their world title
dreams of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games
their potent prowess in the new Obstacle discipline and what their brief down time looks like
While the twins often jump in to agree or expand or emphasise something the other is saying
That part surely comes when they leave the calm of the bedroom which they share
Because though they may be world champions
once they step into their home the twins are just two-ninths of a big and raucous Jurt family
Sixteen years separate the oldest of their seven siblings and the youngest
with the twins landing right in the middle of the nine children
Eldest sister Anna is an elite pentathlete ranked inside the world’s top 40
Marlena was also on that track until serious injury intervened
The full family list goes a little like this: Christian (24)
You ask Florina and Katharina if there are more Jurt pentathletes in the pipeline after them and both nod vigorously and smile
At least part of the sports influence comes from mother Barbara
With Anna hunting a place at the Olympics in Paris and the twins having put in the best season of their young careers
you wonder how much Pentathlon talk there was when the family all gathered in Bern over the festive period when Florina and Katharina also celebrated their 18th birthdays
“Actually when we have family time it’s more family talk rather than Pentathlon talk,” smiles Katharina
“All of us are of course very sports-focused but with family it’s more about relax and games time.”
“Our birthday gift was to relax in a hotel and there was a jumping room where you could do challenges and so we of course had to be the best,” adds Florina
“At Christmas we had challenges with groups
a team event because we were I think 20 people with boyfriends and grandparents
We did a lot of games together and it was very cool but very competitive.”
It would be natural for some level of competition between the twins too
As well as their Relay excellence they put in brilliant individual performances at the UIPM 2023 Laser Run World Championships in Bath (GBR)
where they took home Biathle silver and bronze
“We don’t see each other much as competition
it’s more of a push for each other,” insists Florina
Katharina agrees: “For the World Cup in Fencing
she qualified but I did not because I didn’t perform good
But I was so grateful and happy for her because of what she achieved so I think I can handle a situation like that
Their Laser Run prowess — Katharina also teamed up with Paris-bound Alexandre Dallenbach for a Mixed Relay gold at the Laser Run Worlds last year — is to be expected
Anna is also a formidable talent in the combined discipline
But where the twins already have a head start on their sister
The entire Jurt family enjoy a gathering over&nbsp;Christmas
When they soared to Relay gold in Istanbul (TUR) it was a blistering performance in the newest discipline which helped catapult them into contention
“We did many sports disciplines when we were younger apart from Pentathlon and one of those was gymnastics
So we had a connection to that kind of challenge: we knew that the strength and the grip in our hands was good
It’s a lot of upper body but also feeling your body
You really have to feel the movements on the Obstacles and I think that’s a big plus point for us.”
In the euphoria of that winning moment last July both twins spoke of dreams of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics
But it was only later in October that the IOC
thanks in part to UIPM’s successful integration of Obstacle
confirmed that Modern Pentathlon would indeed be on the programme in Tinseltown
but now with Obstacle in we really know that we can target it,” says Katharina
it’s a new discipline and we’re good at it.”
But first there is a Jurt chasing Olympic dreams in 2024
every single one of us in the family will go — for sure,” smiles Florina
And there is also a World Championship for the twins to defend
“We’re looking forward to that probably the most,” says Florina
“We’re so proud to be there as world champions but it also puts a little bit of pressure on you
there are then maybe people who think that we’ll do it again
That puts a kind of pressure but it’s a good pressure.”
The Jurts can finish each other’s sentences
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Waiting for the morning train to Thessaloniki
This is the seventh part in a series about a journey across what used to be called Macedonia
To get from Bitola (North Macedonia) to Thessaloniki (Greece)
after yet another fruitless due diligence visit to the railway and bus stations
I decided to hire a taxi to travel the twenty miles across the border to Florina
I arranged for the taxi to collect me at the Hotel Theatre at 7:45 a.m.
which allowed me a last breakfast in the lobby restaurant
not knowing if the North Macedonia &#8211; Greece border would involve some extra steps around the bureaucratic dance floor
On the train line in the Vardar valley from Skopje to Thessaloniki
the border crossing can take several hours
given that the frontier town of Gevgelija is an entry point into the European Union
My taxi driver had some English and used the ride south (about 35 minutes) to bemoan the political situation in North Macedonia—the crummy schools
He went on: wages are 300 euros a month; the Greeks resent the name and presence of North Macedonia (and have taken over its territory); all the money is in the hands of local mobsters; casinos are springing up; Albania has the Slavic warm water and beaches; tourists only go to Ohrid
if they come at all to North Macedonia; and the train line to Florina has yet to start running
When I asked him more about the €19 million EU cross-border train link
he gave the standard local reply: “Who would use it anyhow?”
the road passage through customs between North Macedonia and Greece was a breeze
A few minutes later the still talkative taxi driver dropped me at the Florina train station (decorated with graffiti)
where a cold rain was slanting against the foggy windows
I thought of going to a nearby café for coffee
Nor can I say that Florina in the rain had much appeal for a walk
I ended up spending about hour in the gloomy waiting room until the inbound train arrived from Thessaloniki (Florina is the last stop) and outbound passengers were allowed to board
I was still unsure of my plans for the day
I wanted to spend the day in Thessaloniki and then catch a sleeper in the direction of Turkey
Those plans only existed in my “ideal train world” (Nirvana with waiting rooms…)
running in any direction in which I am headed
I knew from my timetables that the night train from Athens and Thessaloniki no longer ran to Edirne and Istanbul
At some point it had become a casualty of deteriorating foreign relations between Greece and Turkey
Lacking detailed information on trains heading east from Thessaloniki
I decided to wait on my pending travel decision until I could check the departure board in the Thessaloniki main station
For the train ride in the rain, I had a thermos of hot tea, maps of Greece and Turkey, and Alan Furst’s novel, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812977386/counterpunchmaga">Spies of the Balkans</a>
which is set in Thessaloniki at the start of World War II
I had read it before but carried it along on my Kindle to be reminded of the political intrigue between Germany
his beat is the human emotion and political courage that followed the outbreak of the European war in 1939
while sometimes professional spies or politicians confronted with the fascist threat
men and women thrown into a desperate situation that requires them to deliver refugees to Istanbul or stolen documents to MI5
the hero is a laconic Greek police official
who in 1940 watches as Thessaloniki begins to fill up with German
and Turkish operatives—all of whom are scheming for the collapse of the wobbly Greek state
While most of Furst’s plots feature Nazi rapacity (not to mention night trains
the pleasure of his novels are his historical asides
such as this description in Spies of the city the Greeks would prefer to call Constantinople
And the Turkish armies had retaken Smyrna in 1922: burned the town
slaughtered the Greek population and changed the name to Izmir
In the following year a treaty was signed: three hundred and fifty thousand Turks left Greece
and a million and a half Greeks came to Greece from Turkey
where they hadn’t lived for a thousand years
there was still a taverna called Smyrna Betrayed
located on what had once been known as Basil-the-Slayer-of-Bulgars Street
Easy enough to find new names in a city where the wars outnumbered the streets
If you’re ever looking for memorable and affordable European travels
buy a few Furst novels and ride a succession of trains
and plotting on my maps the next stage of my journey
At this point my only fixed booking was a return ticket home from Istanbul in a week’s time
I would have decided to linger in Thessaloniki for a few days
but it was now December and the trade off was this: if I stayed a night or two
I would have to skip the battlefields of Gallipoli at the Turkish end of my trip
Maybe after a brief stop in Thessaloniki (where I had been several times before) I could get to the Greek city of Alexandroupolis in eastern Macedonia
I was drawn to the distant port city as it made cameo appearances in many histories I had read about the Balkans—sometimes as the Turkish city of Dedeagach but other times under Bulgarian control
The current name dated to the Greek “liberation” in 1920
when the Allies used the 1919 Peace of Paris and the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine to take Dedeagach from Bulgaria and give it to Greece
which it serves as a port in eastern Macedonia
Florina is on the southern side of the mountains that now define the border between North Macedonia and Greece
the train snaked through defiles and valleys that no doubt had seen heavy fighting in the campaigns of World War I
Now they form a landscape of small farms and rolling hills that bake in summer and freeze in winter
After about an hour the train emerged onto a broad plain and passed not far from Pella
but there was no easy connection from the rail line
So I satisfied myself with a later reading of Mary Renault’s fine biography
in which she writes: “To the end of his days he [Alexander] kept the Iliad under his pillow
along with the dagger for self-defence which was the commonplace bedroom furniture of a Macedonian king.”
In the meantime all I could so was look out the window and read Furst (“…the train was classified as an express
just chugged slowly south across the… plain
past snow-covered fields where crows waited on the bare branches of the trees
like a countryside in a poem or a dream….”)
He captures the Byzantine politics of the Second World War in the Balkans with this long passage
Britain severed diplomatic ties with Roumania
because the government had allowed Germany to concentrate numerous divisions of the Wehrmacht
it was reported that Hitler met with certain Yugoslav heads of ministries at his alpine retreat in Berchtesgaden
Note the position of the minister’s head – is he bowing
The ministers had been informed that their country would have to comply with certain provisions of the Axis pact
To wit: increased economic cooperation with Germany – sell us what we want
we’ll name the price – permission for the transit of German men and arms through Yugoslavia
and passivity in the event of a German occupation of Bulgaria
What wasn’t in the newspapers: BULGARIA CALLS FOR GENERAL MOBILIZATION
was: BULGARIA SIGNS NON-AGGRESSION PACT WITH TURKEY
Zannis read a quote from the agreement about the two countries’ intention ‘to continue their policy of confidence towards each other
which policy assures the security of peace and quiet in the Balkans in a most difficult moment
through mutual consideration of their security.’ Which meant: When Bulgaria invades Greece
And the phrase ‘peace and quiet in the Balkans’ did not originate with either Bulgarian or Turkish diplomats
No wonder Zannis sleeps with his service revolver at this bedside
graffiti-ed train pulled into Thessaloniki’s hulking (almost Germanic) main station where I checked my bag and found a ticket window to explore my options for heading east
The agent on duty said that the last train of the day (needless to say
not a sleeper with a dining car) departed at 3:25 p.m
and that I would arrive on a replacement bus in Alexandroupolis around midnight
On this day the train was only running as far as the town of Drama (near the ancient city of Philippi
which was fought over in the Roman civil wars that followed Caesar’s assassination)
I didn’t love the replacement bus connection or the arrival time
but I bought a ticket on the afternoon train (was it The Mark Antony?)
figuring that it’s what a character in a Furst novel would do if heading for the Turkish border in December rain
Next: Around Thessaloniki and the struggle for Macedonian independence. Earlier installments can be found <a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/author/be2uyeta/">here</a>
(KGTV) — A Carlsbad teacher is asking for the community's help after her car was stolen and taken to Mexico
It was always Florina Fernandez's dream to live in San Diego
I was hired to teach at La Costa High School
Fernandez said last week as she left her apartment in Mira Mesa to go to work
she realized her 2021 Honda Civic was missing
"[I] started to freak out a little bit," she said
Fernandez was able to track her MacBook left in the car to Tijuana
she said there was nothing police could do at the moment since it was across the border
Fernandez added her car has a LoJack system
which notifies police when a car has been stolen
"They just send a radar to the police but as my car's in Mexico
they can't track it and I have both my keys so I'm honestly not sure how they did it," she said
Since she does not have comprehensive insurance
her insurance will not cover the costs so she's still responsible for paying down a $19,000 loan
Fernandez said with living expenses high and a fixed income
"I do live by my budget and I live by my means
I can't afford to take out another car payment or even a loan since I still have a $19,000 loan out," she said
However, Fernandez remains positive. She started a <a class="Link" href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/g7fcq-stolen-vehicle?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unknown&amp;utm_campaign=comms_85bw+g7fcq-stolen-vehicle" data-cms-ai="0">GoFundMe</a> to help pay for the car
She said she's already received an outpour of support
"Just the amount of support has been overwhelming and that's what I'm grateful for," Fernandez said
which was campaigned by her daughter Mette Dahl on the British junior rider team
Florina was an 11-year old Hanoverian mare by Furst Romancier out of Donna del Mondo (by Donnerhall)
Florina made headlines from the start of her career
As a 3-year old she won the 2013 German Elite Mare championship
Under Claudia Ruscher the dark bay mare came back into the spotlight this year
She won the Bundeschampionate qualifier in Wipperfurth and obtained a spot on the German team for the 2015 World Young Horse Championships in Verden
At the World Championships Florina finished 18th in the preliminary round with 8.52
but then won the consolation round with 9.06
 In the Finals she finished fourth with an 8.82 total
One month later the mare also placed fourth at the 2015 Bundeschampionate in Warendorf
In October 2015 she <a href="https://www.eurodressage.com/2015/10/31/andreas-helgstrand-acquires-florina">sold</a> to Danish horse dealer Andreas Helgstrand
It took Helgstrand a year and a half to sell Florina to a forever home at Fiona Bigwood's in the U.K. In the spring of 2017 the sale was <a href="https://eurodressage.com/2017/04/10/fiona-bigwood-acquires-fidelio-van-het-bloemenhof-and-florina">announced</a>
The dark bay mare was first competed in the U.K
A year later her husband Anders Dahl took over the ride at shows and presented her in her first FEI level CDI competition at 2019 CDI Keysoe
As of the spring of 2019 their daughter Mette Dahl began showing the mare
first at the local show Step Aside Dressage at E-level
and in 2020 they moved up to Advanced Medium and by 2021 they were doing junior riders' level
Mette and FlorinaMette made her international show debut on Florina at the 2021 CDI Wellington Heckfield
placing fourth in the team test and second in the freestyle
They were selected on the British team for the 2021 European Junior Riders Championships in Oliva Nova
where they landed 62nd place in the team test
The horse was pulled from further competition in Spain the next day
Dahl and Florina competed at the British National Dressage Championship in this Mixed Youth Division (JR/YR) and placed third with 68.48%
on 19 December 2021 the lovely Florina sustained a career ending injury and had to be put to sleep
"I am absolutely devastated to say that tragically Flo had to be put down yesterday morning after a freak accident whilst turned out in a sand paddock," Mette explained
" Flo has given me so much and I will always remember this special mare; I am so thankful for everything she has done for me
my first junior international and then to my first Europeans
I always ended up smiling when I was with her and I will be forever grateful for that
So all I have to say is thank you Flo for everything you have done and you will be missed by all of us
I wouldn’t be where I am today without you."
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&#8220;I felt really bad.&#8221; The words of Destination Eurovision singer Florina Perez on Instagram.
On Sunday evening the &#8220;In the Shadow&#8221; singer finally posted on the app again — some 24 hours after a difficult result in Paris.
A fan favourite from the moment her song snippet was released, Florina faced the indignity of coming dead last with the professional jury on Saturday, receiving the dreaded nil points.
It left much of the fandom shook. But their shock pales in comparison to the ordeal their queen has faced.
&#8220;Hello to everyone, I am sorry to not have talked to you earlier,&#8221; she says on Insta. &#8220;I felt really bad but want to thank you for your support and your votes&#8230; it was unbelievable. I wanted to make you proud and represent the colours of my country.&#8221;
&#8220;To be the only contestant to receive zero points from the international juries is something I can&#8217;t understand. Right now, I&#8217;d just like to know why the response was this negative.
&#8220;For the next few days I will take some time off social media and stay with my family. I&#8217;ll get back on track and recover even if it&#8217;s not always easy and become stronger. I want to thank Vidaa, Christophe Willem and André Manoukian for putting me in your top four and giving something back to me, it means a lot to me. I love you.&#8221;
 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BsljKGtFB5S/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Pourquoi je me retire&#8230;</a>
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Florina&#8217;s message has been received with great sympathy, with fans and even fellow contestants encouraging her to keep singing.
Semi-Final 1 winner Bilal Hassani wrote: &#8220;You were splendid, wonderful Florina.&#8221;
&#8220;It was unfair and I give you all the courage to move forward — keep shining bright!&#8221;
&#8220;You did your part perfectly, you didn&#8217;t let yourself down&#8230;.in life I never lose — either I win or I learn. Never forget this phrase!&#8221;
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The song was nice but sounded derivative of Diamonds and Chandelier
it would be hard to imagine her representing France
she sang terribly wrong during the contest
She couldn&#8217;t handle the tone of it&#8217;s own song
During her presentation cutscene she confesced to have never followed any music lesson to know how to sing properly
On that point one of her team member say that she have an &#8220;intuitive voice&#8221;
you cannot be part of such a contest if you don&#8217;t know how to sing
there were a lot of similarity between her song and Chandelier of Sya and maybe the&hellip;&nbsp;Read more &raquo;
It wasn&#8217;t a mature enough song (&#8220;shadow of the world&#8221; would never be a lyric in a chart-topper
obviously her voice could&#8217;ve used some work
Good production and a good outline but those lyrics didn&#8217;t deserve to qualify
Lol did you just compare &#8220;1944&#8221; to this generic &#8220;Diamonds&#8221; rip-off sung by an amateur singer??
I&#8217;m not going to say she deserved the final
The professional jury made a big mistake there
rest and return in the near future with more energy
but those 0 points from the jury had to be staged
The voting makes almost impossible to not get a single point
The song is a bit bland and her vocals were pretty bad
I honearly think it is not her but the song
but probably she is suffering from levina syndrome
nobody hated the performance and nobody cared enough for the song to vote
it happens even to much more experienced performers
If it was tough to get zero points from the juries
it was also great to get so many from the televote
But she probably had received rude comments on her social networks and I believe taking a break from them and getting surrounded by her loved ones is indeed the best way to recharge her batteries
Tip: The best way to find out why the jury feedback was so negative is to ask them
As for what went down on social media&#8230; from what I saw
there were some harsh critiques of the song and of the vocals on the night
but there was also plenty of praise from those who liked the song as well
It’s almost always about balance with an audience for music
A reaction can be 50/50 between like/dislike
but it doesn’t always happen.&hellip;&nbsp;Read more &raquo;
Hopefully she&#8217;ll be able to learn from the experience and take the good from the bad
The juries could have smelled a strong contestant and think they shouldn&#8217;t give her a chance at all
I listened to the video and its moreso the fact that she received 0 points from the jury what upset her
I mean I can kind of understand why she&#8217;d feel that way
She went from being a top favourite to receiving NO POINTS from the jury
They are just so inconsistent and ruin the &#8220;contest&#8221; element
It was a shame because it was a good song but come on she butchered them high notes
If it&#8217;s clear you can&#8217;t hit the notes either don&#8217;t try them or cover them up as best u can like Greece and Azerbaijan did in previous contests lol
Silvan spoke 3/4 of the time and the 1/4 of the time he sang you could hear the recorded vocals more clearly than his own
I like his song and the staging as well but his vocals are nothing to rave about tbh
Destination Eurovision (most especially their juries) is starting to get a reputation where in they are robbing female artists with a good song and a good amount of vocals
See Lucie&#8217;s &#8220;My World&#8221; from last year for example (zero in jury votes and televotes)
Florina is somewhat lucky that some televoters appreciate her song and voice yet the juries on the other hand are bringing her down this year
Who knows who they&#8217;ll victimize in the second semi final because it is gradually getting obvious due to a pattern they are making
Taking a break from social media is always a good idea
because sometimes there are very rude comments and you are shocked of the stupitidy
Critic is very good if it is adressed in the *right language* &#8211; a problem you also see on YouTube and on some ESC fanpages
I left a German one exactly because of that
couldn&#8217;t read the rude language there anymore
but if this is her reaction to a poor semifinal performance at Destination Eurovision
I suspect girl never would have made it through the Eurovision gauntlet
I highly doubt if this song went to ESC it would finish below the top 10
especially considering how unusually weak this year is starting off
Not saying it will continue but by now we normally have a few good songs
We litterally have 1 song and a few national finals and you say this is a bad year
Negativity you bring ruins the whole spirit of Eurovision
That&#8217;s an easy one: Terrible live vocals
No one hates Florina and even though the entire thing was a bit embarrassing
there&#8217;s always the chance to learn from one&#8217;s mistakes and improve
the sound throughout all performances wasn&#8217;t good
But she and Battista suffered the most&#8230;
One of my favourites after Gabriella and Badi
The key notes were off but last time I saw vocals were only 1 part of the performance alongside staging and the song lyrics
In my opinion the juries from other countries have their own interest to make sure that their countries have less competition at ESC so I would not be surprise if they place some stronger songs on the lower end
The international juries gave her about as much as she would&#8217;ve gotten at Eurovision
Who gives Italy their 12 points at ESC2019
I just have eyes and ears that I occasionally use to make an educated prediction
Just like I can already guess that English ain&#8217;t your strong suit
So Florina might have been around 15th-19th with &#8221;In The Shadows&#8221;
And always remember: the professional jury is not really a group of professionals
But her performance was absolutely catastrophic
I can&#8217;t recall how many times I cringed
What I don&#8217;t understand is how she did that well with the televoting
I wasn&#8217;t surprised that she didn&#8217;t qualify and scored poorly because she kinda reminds me of June the Girl from last year &#8212; an early fan favourite who couldn&#8217;t translate live and flopped
The only weird part is how she was a qualifier with the French jury but got 0 points from the international jury
taste isn&#8217;t that drastically different depending on what country you&#8217;re from
Perhaps the sound in the studio wasn&#8217;t that bad
Because my ears were bleeding during that performance
Call me old fashioned but I like singers to actually be in key
If you can&#8217;t be understanding about this situation then don&#8217;t comment at all
You don&#8217;t need to post unnecessary negative bs
You&#8217;re probably one of those petty listeners who would instantly generalize a person&#8217;s entire ability to sing if they don&#8217;t get to reach a key in a particular part of a song alone
And it&#8217;s not old-fashioned as you are being ridiculous about it Funnily enough
Florina was more tolerable compared to Bilal&#8217;s tired vocals throughout her performance
I must say she looked so broken after the results
I hope she takes the time she needs because she truly didn’t deserve that result
I expected 4th place qualification at LEAST
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The 3-year old Broadmoars Leonora and the 4-year old Florina MBH became the winners of the 2019 Austrian Warmblood Mare Championship held in Stadl Paura
Six dressage bred 3-year old mares were invited to compete in the Champion's ring
who is by KWPN stallion Eye Catcher and bred and owned by Broadmoar
scored 9.0 in both rounds and claimed the title
She was able to impress from the first moment
She is nicely built uphill ticking all riding horse boxes that we wish to see," said judge Hans Heinrich Brüning
The reserve champion was Fenomenal (by Van Vivaldi)
She scored 9.5 for type and was praised by the judges for her substantial body that was elegant and long-lined
This mare went on to win the 2019 Austrian Warmblood 3-year old riding horse championship on Sunday
Forina MBHIn the 4-year old dressage mare division
six mares qualified for the champion's ring
strong and substantially built mare," said judge Florian Solle
The 4-year old reserve champion is Cascara L (by Ramiro's Bube)
Photos © <a href="https://www.facebook.com/team.myrtill/">Team Myrtill</a>
Results - 2019 Austrian Warmblood Mare Championship
EU funding has enabled the upgrading of the water supply infrastructure serving 41 settlements in the communities of Meliti
part of the West Macedonia region of northern Greece
The upgrades are aimed at reducing the waste of drinking water
ensuring adequate provision of water for local residents and protecting public health through quality control and disinfection of the water supplied via the network
Achievements of the project include efficient operation of and real-time troubleshooting in water supply networks
24-hour monitoring of water quality and all critical parameters
reduced operational cost of drilling and an increase in users of the network
will be converted into local control stations and 5&nbsp;155 new local metering and remote monitoring stations will be established
A central control station will monitor the local control stations
The project will supply the control station’s equipment
software and information and communication technology
the project entails the acquisition of portable leakage detection and programming equipment
This comprises a programmable logic controller (an industrial digital computer adapted for the control of network processes)
six programming and data-gathering units for the local metering and remote monitoring stations
and a pipe inspection system for leak detection
A 6-month test period will be used to confirm that the entire system functions smoothly and to train staff
the operation of the water supply infrastructure will be automated and made more efficient
24-hour monitoring of all critical parameters related to water quality and the functioning of the network will support active leak detection and rapid troubleshooting
This will reduce the incidence of problems
thereby helping to cut the running costs of technical teams
as well as costs related to maintenance of
the system.Energy consumption and the environmental impact of water supply will be reduced
partly due to the installation of solar panels to provide electricity for remote pumping stations
Indirect benefits of the work come through more rational management of resources
which will save water and address water shortages and ensure adequate supply
and through improved inspection of leaks and a greater balance between flows of water into and out of the network
The higher standard of service provision generated by the upgrades will benefit in excess of 10&nbsp;000 inhabitants
Total investment for the project “Upgrading of water infrastructure in the Municipal Units of Meliti
Perasma and Kato Kleines of the Municipality of Florina” is EUR&nbsp;2&nbsp;023&nbsp;050
with the EU’s European Regional Development Fund contributing EUR&nbsp;1&nbsp;618&nbsp;440 through the “Western Macedonia” Operational Programme for the 2014-2020 programming period
The investment falls under the priority “Energy Union and Climate”
Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Μακεδονίας / Ειδική Υπηρεσία Διαχείρισης Επ
Προγράμματος &quot;Δυτικής Μακεδονίας 2014-2020&quot;
Municipal Enterprise for Water Supply and Sewerage of Florina