Friday, August 31, 2018

ΜΝΗΜΟΣΥΝΟ ΓΙΑ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΟΓΡΑΦΟ

Το Διοικητικό Συμβούλιο της ΕΣΗΕΜ-Θ ενημερώνει τους συναδέλφους ότι την Κυριακή 2 Σεπτεμβρίου 2018 θα τελεστεί στο ναό Παναγίας Αχειροποιήτου τεσσαρακονθήμερο μνημόσυνο για τον δημοσιογράφο Δημήτρη Αδαμίδη, που πέθανε στις 26 Ιουλίου 2018.

Γεννημένος το 1946, ο Δημήτρης Αδαμίδης εργάστηκε ως διορθωτής στις εφημερίδες «Μακεδονία» και «Αγγελιοφόρος».

Η ΕΣΗΕΜ-Θ εκφράζει τα συλλυπητήριά της στους οικείους του εκλιπόντος συναδέλφου.

2015On his 70th birthday, Van Morrison plays two shows on Cyprus Avenue in Belfast, inspiration for his song "Cyprus Avenue."More

2004Green Day release the title track of their new album American Idiot as a single three weeks before the album is issued. Both the song and the album are wildly successful and highly acclaimed, with each nominated for multiple Grammy Awards (winning for Best Rock Album). American Idiot later becomes a successful stage musical.

1994R. Kelly, 27, marries 15-year-old Aaliyahat the Sheraton hotel in Rosemont, Illinois (her age on the marriage certificate is listed as 18). The marriage is annulled when Aaliyah's family finds out, and few details emerge as neither party will talk about it publicly. Kelly, who produced Aaliyah's debut album Age Ain't Nothing but a Number, which was released before their wedding, tells GQ in 2016: "I can tell you I loved her, I can tell you she loved me, we was very close."

1987MTV debuts Club MTV, their contemporary and far more lascivious version of American Bandstand.More

1971John Lennon leaves England to start a new life with his wife, Yoko, in New York City. He never returns to England.

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2014Survivor lead singer Jimi Jamison dies from a heart attack aged 63.

2014The Raskins, who have paid $1 million to join Mötley Crüe on tour, are accosted by members of the headliner's road crew who come on stage and spray them with urine during their set at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, according to a lawsuit filed by the band.

2012Eddie Van Halen, of Van Halen lead-guitar fame, is rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery on his digestive system. The surgery is to correct a severe bout of diverticulitis. He is expected to recover within six months. Tour dates with Van Halen are rescheduled.

2012Entertainer Max Bygraves dies after a battle with Alzheimer's disease in Hope Island, Queensland, Australia, at age 89.

2010Papa Roach release their first live album, Time for Annihilation. Alongside nine live tracks, the record contains five new studio tracks.

2001Aaliyah's funeral is held at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan, New York, six days after her death in a plane crash in The Bahamas. Hundreds of weeping fans march alongside the singer's casket, which is carried by a horse-drawn carriage to a private service with Gladys Knight, Lil' Kim, Sean Combs, Timbaland, and Missy Elliott in attendance. After the service, 22 doves are released in her memory, representing each year of her life.

1992Prince extends his contract with Warner Bros. in a deal reported as being worth $100 million, but worth far less in reality.More

1985The serial killer Richard Ramirez is captured in Los Angeles and later convicted for 13 murders. At one of the crime scenes, he left behind an AC/DC hat. The media dubbed him the "Night Stalker," and speculated that the band's song "Night Prowler" compelled him to kill, an assertion that is never substantiated, but unfairly links the killer to AC/DC, which is horrified by the association.

1980Karen Carpenter (of the Carpenters) marries her first and only husband, a California real estate developer named Thomas Burris. She files for divorce the following year.

1974The final Partridge Family episode airs on ABC, starring the musical family.

1973The Rolling Stones release Goat's Head Soup.

1970Pop singer/songwriter Debbie Gibson is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1969Acoustic rocker Jeff Russo (of Tonic) is born. Composer for the FX series Fargo.

1968Jefferson Airplane headline the first Isle of Wight Festival, a one-day event that grows to two days the following year and five in 1970.

1963Keyboardist/pianist Larry Waddell (of Mint Condition) is born in St. Paul, Minnesota. Wrote the group's gold-certified single "What Kind of Man Would I Be" (1996).

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George Harrison Guilty Of "Subconscious Plagiarism"

1976

George Harrison is found guilty of "subconscious plagiarism" in a bizarre lawsuit that leaves songwriters baffled.

A judge rules that Harrison's 1970 song "My Sweet Lord" is musically similar to "He's So Fine," a 1963 hit for the girl group The Chiffons, and orders him to pay nearly $1.6 million in damages.

The lawsuit was filed by Bright Tunes Music on February 10, 1971 as "My Sweet Lord" was falling down the charts. Bright Tunes is controlled by The Tokens, who set it up as part of their production company, which produced "He's So Fine" and owns the publishing rights. The song's writer, Ronnie Mack, died of cancer shortly after the song was released.

Harrison tried to settle the case, but Bright Tunes rejected the offer and the case was tried over three days in February 1976. After hearing all about musical motifs and chord progressions, the judge declares the songs "virtually identical," but admits Harrison didn't do it on purpose. Still, this "subconscious plagiarism" doesn't exonerate him, and he's on the hook.

Harrison mocks the case on "This Song," a track from his November 1976 album Thirty Three & 1/3. "This song... Don't infringe on anyone's copyright," he sings.

Frustrated and depleted from the case, Harrison doesn't release another album until 1979.

Στο αεροδρόμιο «Ελ. Βενιζέλος» το

μεγαλύτερο αεροπλάνο του κόσμου

-Χωράει και... διαστημικό λεωφορείο

-A +A

Στον Διεθνή Αερολιμένα Αθηνών «Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος»

προσγειώθηκε χτες βράδυ το μεγαλύτερο αεροπλάνο στον

κόσμο, Antonov 225.

Η επίσημη σελίδα του «αεροδρομίου Αθηνών» δημοσίευσε μάλιστα φωτογραφία του

στο Twitter αποδεικνύοντας έτσι πως το Antonov 225 είναι ένα αεροπλάνο-

γίγαντας, το οποίο είναι διαθέσιμο μόνο για εμπορικές μεταφορές βαρέων φορτίων.

Συγκεκριμένα, το αεροπλάνο σχεδιάστηκε για την μεταφορά του διαστημικού

λεωφορείου Μπουράν και είναι μεγέθυνση του An-124 Ruslan.

Στα Ουκρανικά σημαίνει «Όνειρο» και είναι διαθέσιμο για εμπορικές μεταφορές

βαρέων φορτίων λόγω του μεγάλου εσωτερικού χώρου της ατράκτου του.

Οι τροχοί του ρύγχους μπορούν να χαμηλώσουν προκειμένου να διευκολυνθεί η

φόρτωση/εκφόρτωση που γίνεται από το εμπρόσθιο μέρος.

Σχεδίαση και ανάπτυξη

Το An-225 σχεδιάστηκε για να μεταφέρει εξωτερικά την δεξαμενή καυσίμων του

πυραύλου Energia καθώς και το διαστημικό λεωφορείο Μπουράν, τα κύρια στοιχεία

του σοβιετικού προγράμματος ανάπτυξης διαστημικού λεωφορείου.

Αντικατέστησε σε αυτό τον ρόλο το Myasishchev VM-T. Πραγματοποίησε την

πρώτη του πτήση στις 21 Δεκεμβρίου 1988. Παρουσιάστηκε στο αεροπορικό σαλόνι

στο Παρίσι το 1989 και συμμετείχε στο αεροπορικό σαλόνι του Farnborough το

επόμενο έτος. Υπήρχε σχέδιο να κατασκευαστούν δύο αεροσκάφη, όμως μόνο ένα

(το CCCP-82060 αργότερα UR-82060[6]) ολοκληρώθηκε πριν την πτώση της ΕΣΣΔ.

Βασίζεται στο An-124, του οποίου αποτελεί επί της ουσίας μεγεθυσμένη έκδοση.

Έχει μεγαλύτερες πτέρυγες και έξι κινητήρες Ivchenko Progress D-18T.

Εντυπωσιακό είναι και το σύστημα προσγείωσης του που αποτελείται από 32

τροχούς. Οι τροχοί του ρύγχους μπορούν να χαμηλώσουν προκειμένου να διευ

κολυνθεί η φόρτωση/εκφόρτωση που γίνεται από το εμπρόσθιο μέρος.

Το An-225 μπορεί να μεταφέρει πολύ βαριά και ογκώδη φορτία της τάξεως των

250.000 kg εσωτερικά ή φορτία μέχρι 200.000 kg εξωτερικά, στην ράχη του.

Μπορεί να μεταφέρει εσωτερικά φορτία μήκους μέχρι και 70 m.


Thirty-four years later , former president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn, continue to lend their name and muscle to Habitat for Humanity’s global efforts to build homes for those in need .

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY

On August 30, 1967, Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. He served in that position for 24 years before failing health forced his retirement. Marshall was appointed by president Lyndon B. Johnson and served into the presidency of George H.W. Bush. He was succeeded by another African-American, Clarence Thomas.

Muslims living in United States are sharing the happiness and joy of the Eid celebration with non-Muslims, especially when Muslims sacrifice an animal and share the meat with the poor and needy. VOA recently visited a residential area in Silver Spring, Maryland, where a local Muslim organization distributed more than 2,700 kilos of meat to the community .


Hmong farmers in St. Paul, Minnesota have the best advocate for their business enterprises: themselves, working together. The Hmong, who are long time farmers, did what they knew best when they got to Minnesota. And by the late 1980’s they spearheaded the revitalization of local farmers’ markets, making them some of the most vibrant in the city .

As Indonesia’s health ministry undertakes a huge campaign to immunize 70 million children against rubella and measles, critics say those efforts have been complicated by an edict issued by the country’s top Muslim clerical body, Indonesian Ulema Council, declaring some of the vaccine’s ingredients as forbidden by Islam.

VIDEO: With no end to the crisis in sight , VOA contributor Greta Van Susteren looks at the unfolding tragedy among the Rohingya minority in Myanmar. One year ago, some 700,000 refugees from the Muslim minority group fled to Bangladesh to avoid violence .