In 1829, an engineer named Francis Xaver Riepl and the Austrian banker Salomon von Rothschild decided that the Austro-Hungarian Empire was ready to enter the Railroad Era.
The two men went to the court of the Habsburg Emperor Francis I and requested permission and funds to build Austria’s first steam-powered railroad line.
But Francis was not blind.
His family dynasty had ruled large swaths of Europe and all of Austria for more than 550 years, and it hadn’t maintained its dominion for centuries by ignoring threats to its power.
The emperor knew exactly what was happening to the British monarchy and nobility as the industrial revolution overhauled Britain, and wanted no part of it.
California State Treasurer Fiona Ma is backing a plan by Nasdaq that aims to diversify corporate board membership, which includes seeing more LGBTQ people serving on the governance bodies.
The technology company filed its proposal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission December 1. It wants approval from the SEC to adopt new listing rules for its U.S. stock exchange that would require all companies listed there to publicly disclose consistent, transparent diversity statistics regarding their board of directors.
The new rules would also require most Nasdaq-listed companies to have, or explain why they do not have, at least two diverse directors, including one who self-identifies as female and one who self-identifies as either an underrepresented minority or an LGBTQ individual. Foreign companies and smaller reporting companies, however, could satisfy the requirement by having at least two female directors.
December 31, 1938 â December 25, 2020
Our wonderful, amazing, cherished wife, mother, sister, grandma, and most of all best friend joined her beloved husband Leroy, Viejo as she called him, on Christmas day from the comfort of her own home. Cora was a treasured soul whom instilled her loving touch on everyoneâs heart as soon as you met her or she spoke with you. She lived her life at her own pace and on her own time. She would seek knowledge at every turn and read encyclopedias when she ran out of books in the house to keep her mind sharp, and that it was to the very end. She graced this world with her presence on New Yearâs Eve (12/31), 1938 in Ute Park, Colfax, NM. Born to Nazario Esquivel and Teresa Romero. She was received in heaven by her parents, husband, and sister Teresa Reyes and heaven wonât ever be the same now that she joins her sister. She gets to meet and cradle 2 great-grandchildren, our belovedâs, Mateo Martinez and Maddox Romero, and cuddle
Five Lightweight Prospects the UFC Should Sign in 2021
Welcome to year eight of the annual “Prospects the UFC Should Sign” series, in which we’ll examine five MMA prospects per division the UFC should sign in the upcoming year.
This series started during my time as a writer for Bleacher Report, continued through my tenures at Today’s Knockout and FanSided, and now it stays alive another year here at Combat Press.
Let’s examine the lightweight division, a weight class that is loaded with talent and is constantly providing fans with new top fighters.
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In picking these prospects, I’ll try my hardest to stay away from fighters who are currently in top organizations, such as Bellator or the Professional Fighters League, but a couple may pop up. In the past, I’ve had some great picks on the list and some that haven’t worked out. Below are the previous year’s selections, followed by the five men the UFC should offer roster spots to in the coming year.
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From coronavirus to the environment, social justice to civic engagement, Princetonians rallied to make 2020 a year of purpose and achievement.
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Princetonians demonstrated incredible resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic fighting the virus, pushing forward academically and growing stronger as a community, as shown in the year-in-review video above.
The video features the song “I won’t sleep soundly,” written by first-year student Molly Trueman after attending a Black Lives Matter rally in June, and arranged and performed by Trueman and the Princeton University Glee Club.
The year began with a drumbeat of academic and co-curricular events. Students returned from winter recess, taking final exams in January for the last time before a change in the academic calendar, and then participated in Wintersession classes, and then the start of the spring term. Maya Lin’s new public art