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03.12.2020
Join the Mandela Remembrance Walk and Run from anywhere in the world this year
Covid-19 has put an end to all physical mass participation events this year - including the Mandela Remembrance Walk and Run. But while you may not be able to join us this year as usual in the shadow of the Union Buildings - where Madiba was inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratic President - you can still participate and be part of this special event in support of the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
This year, everyone is welcome, and we invite you to join us - wherever you are in the world - to remember Madiba and to honor those we have lost to the Covid-19 global pandemic.
Whether you are super fit, unfit or your fitness levels are non-existent, register and complete the event entry forms, walk or run your chosen distance of 5km, 10kms or 21kms, and you will be awarded a unique virtual medal and certificate to confirm your participation in the 2020 Mandela Remembrance Walk and Run.
Barack Obama surprises Chicago high school students with free copies of new book ‘A Promised Land’ and a virtual visit
Chicago high school seniors received an early holiday surprise Monday when former President Barack Obama personally delivered the news that all high school students in Chicago Public Schools will receive free digital access to his new bestselling memoir, “A Promised Land.”
Obama announced the gift in a virtual assembly with CPS CEO Janice Jackson, who earlier in the day notified high school students and educators that a surprise special guest had “an exciting announcement that is especially for you.”
Obama added during the virtual assembly he plans to hold follow-up conversations about his memoir with CPS students, potentially through “a little book club” in the new year where he can answer questions.
Outdoor recreational area for persons and children with disabilities opened
On the initiative of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the support of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the population in the sports and entertainment park complex in the Khatain district of Baku, a sports and entertainment area called "DOST Corner" opened.
For people with physical disabilities to engage in various sports and leisure activities, there are sports equipment, carousels and additional facilities that correspond to their capabilities. People using wheelchairs will also be able to play sports, and children with disabilities will be able to use these facilities.
The Heydar Aliyev Foundation has implemented a number of projects to support the state policy in the field of care for people with physical disabilities, improving their rehabilitation and integration into society.
https://heydar-aliyev-foundation.org/ru/content/view/59/5041/%D0%A1%D0%B...
COVID-19 keeps Truman Library closed
Months after it was expected to reopen, The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence remains closed due to COVID-19.
The 63-year-old space closed in July 2019 with hopes its year-long, $25 million remodel would bring visitors a more modern experience. Local leaders had also hoped to have the project finished in time to commemorate 75 years since President Franklin D. Roosevelt died, lifting then-Vice President Truman to Commander In Chief. However, in the midst of a growing pandemic the only experience visitors can get is online.
Today, The National Archives and Records Administration announced the library and museum would remain closed for public events through at least the end of the year, but possibly longer.
Access to full-text collections and databases
In November 2020, the Presidential library of the Republic of Belarus will provide its readers with access to full-text collections and databases. The Presidential Library of the Republic of Belarus is connected to the full-text collections of the EBS "Bibliorossika".
Bibliorossika is a modern electronic library system designed for researchers, teachers, and students. It presents collections of relevant scientific and educational literature on the humanities, technical and natural sciences. The catalog of the system is constantly updated and at the moment includes over 20,000 publications, united in basic, special and publishing collections on educational literature, literature from leading Russian scientific publishing houses, developmental psychology, nanotechnology, bioecology, management in the field of art and culture, pathopsychology, pedagogy, architecture, urbanism and other disciplines. In addition to scientific and educational literature, the catalog is widely represented by popular science, fiction and non-fiction. Access to the collections of the EBS "Bibliorossika" will last until 29.11.2020. In November 2020, the readers of the Presidential Library of the Republic of Belarus have access to test access to the resources of the IPR Media company, including the IPR BOOKS electronic library system.
https://www.preslib.org.by/news/type1/dostup-k-polnotekstovym-kollekciya...
Yeltsin Center hosts the programs of the XVII International Festival-Workshop of Film Schools "Kinoproba"
Yeltsin Center organizes the international festival-workshop of film schools "Kinoproba". For the first time, the festival will be a "hybrid" format - some events will be held online.
The Cinema House is traditionally used as the main venue, but some of the screenings, lectures and masterclasses will be held at the Yeltsin Сenter. Admission is free, upon registration. Age: 16+.
The Yeltsin Сenter will host presentation programs of the Wisla Festival (Poland) and the International Short Film Festival in Bengalore (India), screenings of films by Ivan Vyrypaev, Graziano Marraf, as well as short films by Tadeusz Kantor, master classes by directors Boris Maftsir, Boris Karadzhev, Maciej Drygas, lecture by TV columnist Arina Borodina and many other events.
Kinoproba includes competitive and non-competitive screenings, master classes, discussions, meetings with directors, animation artists, cameramen, actors, and retrospective screenings. Entrance to all events is free. However, this year viewers will need to register for offline events in advance.
https://yeltsin.ru/news/XVII-Mezhdunarodnyj-festival-praktikum-kinoshkol-Kinoproba
The Presidential Library's cinema club will be dedicated to the "human phenomenon"
On November 5, 2020, at 16:00, the next meeting of the Presidential library cinema club will be held. The program includes viewing and discussion of stories under the General title "human phenomenon" from the archive of the film studio"Lennauchfilm".
The event will be broadcast live on the Presidential Library's portal in the "Internet broadcasting" section, in the Presidential Library's cinema club group on the VKontakte social network and on the institution's YouTube channel.
For 80 years, the Leningrad film studio "Lennauchfilm" released more than four thousand films: scientific and educational. But they all relate in one way or another to a person, individuals and communities of people, their private lives and shared history.
A human being is the main subject of interest not only in science, but also in cinema. Translated from Greek, "phenomenon" means a phenomenon that can be imagined, realized, and studied. Even in ancient civilization, one can find examples of such an understanding of natural phenomena and the very "human phenomenon" - contradictory, complex, mysterious. This Greek term, but already in the meaning of "exceptional person", sounds directly in the names of some films, fragments of which will be seen by the participants of the film club.
The meeting of the film club will be held in the Multimedia Hall of the Presidential library.
https://www.prlib.ru/news/1305267