20th Centuries

British Museum prints deal completes Picasso mission

Edit The Guardian 25 Sep 2016

Where can you see the most persuasive proof that Pablo Picasso was the finest graphic artist of the 20th century? A great French or Spanish art gallery? The unlikely answer is closer to home ... “It is very important that we were able to acquire this work ... “We have been playing catch-up really since the 1970s, because Picasso is the greatest 20th-century artist making prints, following on from the work of Dürer and Rembrandt and Goya .” ... ....

Margaret Rope: The 'genius' stained glass artist who became a nun

Edit BBC News 25 Sep 2016

The rebellious Victorian artist behind some of the world's most admired stained glass was forgotten after she gave up motorbikes and cigars to become a nun, an exhibition has revealed ... Born in Shrewsbury in 1882, experts say her work shows "startling modernism" ... "Margaret Rope was one of the greatest stained glass artists of the early 20th Century, and her works can be seen all over the world," he said ... ....

Self-driving cars will drive major changes in our cities

Edit Denver Post 25 Sep 2016

By Conor Sen, Bloomberg View. Self-driving cars got a green light from the U.S. government this past week, but still have their own challenges. erratic human drivers, compromised visibility, unexpected route changes ... zoning ... That’s where the conflict begins ... To neighborhood preservationists, this will represent the biggest threat to community character since the building of the interstate highways in the middle of the 20th century ... ....

From Jane Austen to Beatrice and Eugenie … the long reach of UK slave-owning families

Edit The Guardian 25 Sep 2016

Most royals are proud that they can trace their lineage back centuries ... The link comes through their maternal grandmother, Susan Barrantes, née Wright, Sarah Ferguson’s mother, who is descended from Sir Henry Fitzherbert, a fabulously wealthy aristocrat who in the 18th century owned sugar plantations and more than 1,000 slaves in Jamaica and Barbados....

Indonesia declares candidacy for UN Security Council

Edit Topix 25 Sep 2016

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia has announced its candidacy for membership on the U.N. Security Council, saying its commitment and contributions to the world's body make it a true partner for world peace. In his speech Friday before the U.N. General Assembly, the country's Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla said the United Nations needs reforms to make it stronger and more relevant to 21st century challenges and realities ... ....

Gabon court rejects opposition challenge to presidential poll result

Edit Topix 25 Sep 2016

Gabon's Constitutional Court rejected on Friday an opposition challenge to the results of an Aug. 27 election won by incumbent President Ali Bongo, whose family has ruled the central African oil producer for nearly a half century. Opposition candidate Jean Ping, who finished second according to results announced by the interior minister earlier this month, had alleged fraud in one of Bongo's principal strongholds ... ....

A Falcon flies in Week 2; Tannehill ekes into Top 20

Edit The Miami Herald 25 Sep 2016

Matt Ryan of Atlanta scored a Week 2-leading 48.80-point game to also take over the early season lead in the Miami Herald’s Passer Success System (PASS) quarterback rankings — a staple of our NFL coverage since 1998. The Dolphins’ Ryan Tannehill had a big week to soar 10 spots into 20th place ... Our rankings place a premium on consistently productive QBs who avoid injury or benching ... Player. LW. WK2. Season. 1. Matt Ryan, ATL. 8. 48.80. 86.50....

Radio 3 pushes rap and electronica in search of a younger audience

Edit The Guardian 25 Sep 2016

BBC radio station’s promo films will feature jazz-rapper Soweto Kinch, poet Alice Oswald and a deconstructed Beethoven quartet ... Davey said the campaign aims to let potential listeners know that the common misconception that Radio 3 is only for people who like music made by composers who have been dead for at least half a century is wrong, and always was wrong ... ....

4 tips to slash unnecessary monthly expenses

Edit Mashable 25 Sep 2016

Most of us pay our bills around the beginning of the month, and about this time the stack can get pretty high — as does the hit to your bank account. If you’re like me, you often think, “What can I do this month to cut my expenses, in a smart way, and waste less money while I’m at it?”. I’ve got some ways to do exactly that ... 1 ... Also look at your data usage ... 2 ... Come on now, we live in the 21st century, and almost everyone has a cell phone....

Fresh water scarcity is an issue in Canada too

Edit Toronto Sun 25 Sep 2016

Canadians have access to so much cheap and plentiful fresh water that we take for granted how valuable it is and have failed to protect our most important and essential natural resource ... It goes on to say. “Water use has been growing at more than twice the rate of population increase in the last century, and, although there is no global water scarcity as such, an increasing number of regions are chronically short of water ...  ....

Why Is Earth’s Atmosphere Leaking Oxygen? Scientists Can’t Explain Drop In O2 Levels

Edit Inquisitr 25 Sep 2016

Life-giving oxygen is leaking out of Earth’s atmosphere into the depths of space, and scientists don’t understand why or how to stop it, but don’t worry there’s no cause for panic ... (Photo by NASA/Newsmakers) ... Over the centuries, however, there’s a slight drop in oxygen production that could, given enough time, threaten to destabilize the Earth’s habitability and no one knows why ... The Inquisitr News ....

‘Political and bureaucratic pressure biggest threat to green cover’

Edit The Times of India 25 Sep 2016

Nagpur. Fifteen years back, Shrikant Deshpande left his job in Bangalore and came back to Nagpur to file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) to save Telangkhedi Lake from pollution. Since then, he has been fighting endlessly for environment, trees being his first love and priority. When he started, he wasn't expecting a big change ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... Apart from this, century-old trees are dying a slow death due to choking ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... Q ... Why?. A ... Q ... A ... Q....

A Trump presidency would be an ethical thicket

Edit Denver Post 25 Sep 2016

Gerald Herbert, The Associated Press. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds meeting in his offices at Trump Tower in New York on Aug. 25. By Richard Painter and Norman Eisen, Special to The Washington Post ... We have come to believe a Trump presidency would be ethically compromised for the following reasons.. Opacity ... Presidents for the past half-century have either converted assets to simple, conflict-free holdings such as U.S....

20th century

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20th Century Battlefields - 1951 Korea

20th Century Battlefields- Episode 2- 1942 Midway

Bert & Ernie - 20th Century Fox fanfare

Placebo - 20th Century Boy

20th Century Battlefields 1968 Vietnam

Assassin’s Creed | Official Trailer [HD] | 20th Century FOX

20th Century Fox

20th Century Undertale [Logo Parody]

T.Rex - 20th Century boy

20th Century Battlefields 1942 Stalingrad

20th Century Battlefields - 1951 Korea

20th Century Battlefields- Episode 2- 1942 Midway

Bert & Ernie - 20th Century Fox fanfare

Placebo - 20th Century Boy

20th Century Battlefields 1968 Vietnam

Assassin’s Creed | Official Trailer [HD] | 20th Century FOX

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T.Rex - 20th Century boy

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20th Century Battlefields- Episode 6- 1973 Middle East

20th Century Battlefields- Episode 1- 1918 Western Front

Art and Artists of the 20th Century : Documentary on 20th Century Artists (Full Documentar

20th Century Battlefields - Falklands War

America in the 20th Century The Cold War

20th Century Battlefields 1942 Stalingrad

20th Century Battlefields - 1951 Korea

20th Century Battlefields- Episode 2- 1942 Midway

Bert & Ernie - 20th Century Fox fanfare

Placebo - 20th Century Boy

20th Century Battlefields 1968 Vietnam

Assassin’s Creed | Official Trailer [HD] | 20th Century FOX

20th Century Fox

20th Century Undertale [Logo Parody]

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Columbia Pictures Logo 2014 & 20th Century FOX Logo 2011

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