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OLEKSANDR USYK is so confident of giving Anthony Joshua another battering he is not fussed about delaying his undisputed shot.

Had Brit hero AJ defended his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles against the 34-year-old Ukrainian on Saturday, he would have targeted the October 9 winner of WBC champ Tyson Fury versus Deontay Wilder.

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But Usyk, already a former undisputed cruiserweight king, outboxed and outbattled Joshua.

And, when Usyks promoter Alex Krassyuk explained AJ had a rematch stipulation blocking his shot at double immortality, instead of sulking the 19-0 ace grinned.

The new champ said: Oh cool, I get to beat up Anthony Joshua twice.

I have three of the main belts and Tyson Fury has the fourth, at the moment.

AJ promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed the UK is leading the race to host the rematch.

The Matchroom Boxing chief said: "We will work together to maximise (the income), Ukraine is very unlikely. I think it will be international or the UK, I would think it would be in the UK."

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Usyk's promoter Krassyuk earlier said the rematch clause has been 'activated' by AJ and Hearn.

He said: "The rematch was specified in the contract.

"It has already been activated in principle, from the side of Joshua.

"So I remember when we discussed with Oleksandr the issue of rematch, he was delighted and said 'Wow, cool, I will beat [Anthony] twice.'"

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[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Midnight Mass Season 1, Episodes 1-7.]

Talk about a blood bath.Things took a deadly turn in the final episode of Midnight Mass and were breaking down one of its biggest lingering questions. In case you havent tuned into the series quite yet, nows your chance to turn back and get bingeing because were heading straight for spoiler territory.

In the seventh installment, Book VII: Revelation, Father Pauls (Hamish Linklater) plan to free Crockett Island from its burdens and bestow its inhabitants with the gift of immortality through his Angel backfires. The vampire-like being he believed would save them instead helps spread an affliction that grows at the pace of a wildfire.

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Everyone dies except for two escapees, Leeza (Annarah Cymone) and Warren (Igby Rigney), who leave the island via a rowboat. But how do they survive the coming sunlight? As viewers who streamed the first six episodes would know, Father Paul helped infect St. Patricks parishioners with The Angels blood through communion wine. But the full effect of this ingredient isnt set in motion until the infected undergo a deadly change.

Inviting the islanders to midnight mass, Father Paul introduces The Angel to his church and has Bev (Samantha Sloyan) and his crew pass out trays of poison so that the infected could be blessed and reborn anew. When some of them do follow through and consume the offering, they die and are resurrected by the special blood coursing through their veins.

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When they do rise again, a hunger overtakes them and the churchgoers who didnt drink the poison either meet death at the hands of these bloodthirsty individuals or are equally afflicted with vampire-like qualities. Some individuals are able to escape, including teacher Erin (Kate Siegel), Annie Flynn (Kristin Lehman), her son Warren, Leeza, Dr. Sarah Gunning (Annabeth Gish), and Sheriff Hassan (Rahul Kohli).

Throughout the episode, each member of that group is picked off, beginning with Annie who slits her own throat to let the others get away from Bev and Sturge (Matt Biedel). The sacrifice leads to a feeding session and the eventual rebirth of Annie. While Leeza and Warren manage to get to the rowboat, Erin, Sarah and Sheriff Hassan work on torching the islands remaining shelters.

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Erin knew what would happen to any individual that came into contact with the sun because of witnessing Rileys (Zach Gilford) death. But what would that mean for Warren and Leeza, who also drank the tainted communion wine at previous masses before that fateful evening?

Every infected individual on the island perishes, and the sheriff succumbs to gunshots from Bev, similar to Sarahs wounds inflicted by Sturge. When The Angel gets hold of her, she decides to keep the monster distracted as she cut holes into its wings. Leeza and Warren watch as Crockett Island burns away, but they remain uninjured by the rising sun.

If any confusion remains regarding their survival, the simple explanation is that theyd need to die before The Angels blood would have its full effect, and tests done by Dr. Gunning earlier in the season suggested that small amounts could be burned out of the system over time. When Leeza tells Warren she can no longer feel her legs, its a sign that whatever effect the substance had on her paralysis is now gone, and the pair are free to carry on, wiped clean of the dark miracles that tore their town and families down.

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Those who lost their lives during last year's Karabakh war, also known as the Patriotic War, between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region were commemorated Sunday by the Azerbaijani Embassy in Turkey and the Turkish-Azerbaijani Friendship Cooperation and Solidarity Foundation (TADIV).

The latest large-scale clashes in Karabakh erupted last fall, on Sept. 27, 2020, when the Armenian army launched attacks on civilians and Azerbaijani forces and violated several humanitarian cease-fire agreements. The war showed who the true "friends and brothers" were and that they supported the just stance of Baku in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, Rashad Mammadov, Azerbaijan's newly appointed ambassador in Ankara, said at the event.

During a subsequent 44-day conflict that ended under a deal signed Nov. 10, Azerbaijan liberated several cities and nearly 300 settlements and villages from Armenias nearly three-decade occupation. The cease-fire is seen as a victory for Azerbaijan and a defeat for Armenia, whose armed forces withdrew in line with the agreement.

"The 83 million people of Turkey stood with the 10 million people of Azerbaijan. The flag of Azerbaijan was raised to the sky. It has been shown to the whole world that Azerbaijan is not alone," Mammadov said, wishing Allah's mercy on the fallen soldiers.

The envoy underlined that the foundation of relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan date back many years, noting that these relations, which "the two nations have been protecting with their lives," will continue.

"We will ... stand by each other in tough and difficult times, strengthen our economy, army and politics, and will move forward," he added.

Aygn Attar, head of TADIV, said she remembers the martyrs with respect and gratitude. "We commemorate the heroic army of Azerbaijan, which crowned a tremendous, unprecedented 44-day war with victory, and the wonderful people who achieved immortality with martyrdom," she said.

Touching on the unity amongst Turkic speaking nations, Attar said: "Today, we are linked with each other through our language, which unites us, brings this harmony, and which constitutes the essence of unity in words, ideas and deeds."

"May the unity of Turkey and Azerbaijan last forever," she said.

amil Ayrm, a Turkish lawmaker who chairs the Turkey-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Friendship Group, also speaking at the event, highlighted that Turkey supported Azerbaijan during the war with its people, civil society and Parliament.

"We stood by Azerbaijan like a fist with our Parliament in Turkey," he said.

Ayrm emphasized that the "heroic soldiers" of the Azerbaijani army liberated Shusha also known as the pearl of Karabakh something the international community "had been delaying" for 30 years.

He noted that the Azerbaijani lands were illegally occupied by Armenian forces despite United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolutions. Several U.N. Security Council and UNGA resolutions, as well as many international organizations, demanded the "immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal" of the occupying forces from occupied Azerbaijani territory since the early 1990s.

Prior to Azerbaijan's victory last year, about 20% of its territory had been under illegal occupation for nearly 30 years.

On Sept. 27 last year, Mustafa entop, the speaker of the Turkish Parliament, was among the first Turkish officials who reacted to the Armenian border attack on Azerbaijani settlements near the country's western frontier, vowing that Ankara will always stand by Baku.

"The recent attacks on civilians have shown that Armenia is not only a threat to Azerbaijan but an established terror state in terms of regional peace," entop said at the time on Twitter, adding that Armenia will solely be responsible for its consequences.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov also stated Monday that Azerbaijan ended the occupation in Karabakh as a result of 44 days of struggle, and added: "Azerbaijan's people, army and unity of the chief commander on the battlefield for 44 days showed that relying on the status quo in the occupation of Azerbaijani lands has no chance of success."

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It was a long time coming, but all bad things come to an end. The streak is over. Last Saturday, Worcester Warriors finally won a Premiership match.

By beating London Irish 36-24 at Sixways, Worcester ended a run of 18 straight league defeats, a sequence stretching back to the corresponding fixture last November. Amateurs. With the Premiership ringfenced now and for the foreseeable future, Worcester had the opportunity to do something incredible and set a losing run to last for the ages, but they threw it all away. And for what? To finish 10th or 11th when history was within their grasp? Pathetic.

If you want to see how it is really done then you should look over the Channel to Agen, the losers losers. According to some stats meticulously researched by (and shamelessly stolen from) my Francophile colleague, Charles Richardson, Agen's wait for the saccharine taste of a league victory will have stretched to 583 days by the time they play Mont de Marsan in ProD2, French rugbys second tier, on Saturday. For context, when they won won 30-16 away to Brive on February 22 2020, Covid-19 was firmly lodged in the foreign news section of the papers. Apparently there were fears that it could hit Primark and Asos supply chains. Thankfully nothing more came to pass...

But theres more. Their wait for a home league victory goes back even farther 700 plus days to October 19 2019 when Stade Francais were thumped 27-19, at which point most people would have thought the Wuhan lab was a hip-hop tribute group. It is quite remarkable to trace their form over this near two-year period. They start the Top 14 season strongly. At the start of the 2019-20 season, they beat Brive and moneybags Montpellier, draw away at Racing 92 and claim a number of bonus points. At which point, not only do the wheels start to come off, but the whole vehicle goes through the central reservation and bursts into flames.

Yet, despite this downward spiral, Agen were saved from relegation, with the pandemic curtailing the 2019-20 campaign. Once sport resumed in France, their trajectory continued in a vertical descent. The final standings read: played 26, lost 26, scored 315, conceded 1101. The only blot on their copybook was two losing bonus points, which prevented from gaining a big fat zero in the points column, but still set all manner of ignominious Top 14 records (although it was still one point more than London Welshs 2014-15 Premiership campaign).

Relegation can often allow clubs to press the regroup and reset. Reconstruction work at their Stade Armandie began over the summer which provided a decent enough metaphor. However, their new campaign began in the exact same manner the last as finished. Four games, four defeats, including to newly promoted Bourg-en-Bresse. To make matters worse, Saturdays opponents Mont de Marsan are top of the table.

Located in Frances south-west rugby heartland, Agen have a proud history. They have won the French league eight times and reached the final as recently as 2002. French icon Philippe Sella represented them for 13 years.

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Rejuvenating life and defeating the natural process of death may have been heard of in Marvel movies, until now, when Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, after conquering space, is now planning to seek immortality.

As strange as it may sound, Jeff Bezos, following his retirement and space expedition, plans to invest in an anti-aging research start-up focused on reprogramming human cells. According to MIT Tech Review, Altos Labs, a research-based business formed in early 2021, claims to have Jeff Bezos as an investor.

The firm is committed to figuring out how to reverse the aging process. It has been recruiting scientists with yearly salaries of $1 million for this reason.

But how will the Altos Labs function in the process of reverse aging? Lets go through it in greater depth.

While many age-focused biotech firms aim to tackle disorders linked with aging, Altos Labs aspires to postpone death by renewing the whole human body on a cellular level.

Reprogramming of human cells would include injecting proteins into a cell that directs it to revert to a stem-cell-like condition. After demonstrating the approach in mice, scientist Shinya Yamanaka was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2012.

The firm, which has been established in the United States and the United Kingdom, intends to extend its research by establishing institutions in the Bay Area, San Diego, Cambridge, the United Kingdom, and Japan.

Altos Labs will also investigate Biological Clock technology, which was pioneered by aging expert Steve Horvath and allows for reliable measurement of the age of cells or whole organisms. The aging indicator would aid in determining the efficiency and impacts of any Altos Labs age-reversal medications.

While researchers believe that the encouraging outcomes shown in reprogrammed mice could someday be transferred to people, the anti-aging process is not that easy. It is probable that years of study will be required before age reversal in humans becomes a reality.

Only a few articles have been published on the subject so far, and the results arent all positive; while some mice did live longer following biological reprogramming, others acquired tumors known as teratomas as a result of the research.

Death, for those researching ways to extend human life, is not an inevitability; rather, it is a problem to be solved. If a victory is feasible in the next decades, it would undoubtedly herald a new frontier in human health as well as a new industry in life sciences with potentially unlimited possibilities.

How feasible is it for all of us to live longer? While wrinkles, grey hair, weak bones, and fine lines are natural, can million-dollar research beat this natural process of death?

If scientists are successful in their research, we could add 50 years to the human lifetime. The more the research progresses, the more years one may add to ones age.

This is just the beginning of the end.

Thinking economically, beating death will be the total annihilation of the planet. With a high birth rate and extremely low death rate, soon, the planet will be suffering from overpopulation.

It will be impossible to live freely owing to high population density, low population quality, and heavy use of natural resources for livelihood, which will result in Global Warming, climate change, and questions about sustainability.

The COVID-19 pandemic is the most visible illustration of how a small virus can cause havoc on our lives. And vast projects like anti-aging missions can simply lead to destruction, if not planned properly.

What are your views regarding Jeff Bezos investment in this anti-aging Biotech Start-up? Let us know in the comments below.

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Writers write, according to some poet, to make themselves immortal. True or not, it was true for that writer because thats an unforgettable, maybe even immortal, line.

Most times, however, writers write out of compulsion; they see a story that needs to be told and they grab some paper and verbs to tell it. Below are four books that meet some measure of that description: each tells a story for the record, for our understanding, and even for our souls.

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the beef checkoff, the federal, mandatory assessment cattle growers lobbied Congress for to promote beef. "A Buck A Head," a large format, 245-page book by experienced investigative journalist Leesa Zalesky and Diane Henderson Gumaer, 15-year veteran of the Cattlemens Beef Board, traces the checkoffs less-than-honest beginnings and its subsequent, checkered history.

The books subtitle, "Did Greed, Envy, and a Thirst for Power Hijack Beef Research & Promotion?" telegraphs the authors theme. There are no sacred cows in this deeply-sourced, for-the-record history of the endlessly controversial checkoff.

And, better yet, Zalesky and Gumaer answer their question in the manner they write: clearly and honestly.

Coincidentally, a few roots of the federal checkoff movement lay in the farm crisis of the early 1980s. That crack-up led to massive hardship, especially in the Northern Plains where foreclosures by the U.S. Department of Agricultures Farmers Home Administration, the agencys powerful ag lender, threw gasoline on the fire.

Into that maelstrom stepped Sarah Vogel, an East Coast-trained attorney who began her legal career as a bureaucrat in Washington, D.C. But she was also a daughter of North Dakota and, equally important, the granddaughter of Frank Vogel, a key member of Nonpartisan League, the powerful force behind the states farm populism in the previous farm crisis, the Great Depression.

That pedigree and skill led Vogel home to take on what was an almost hopeless fight against FmHAs brutal foreclosure process. Vogel, twice elected North Dakotas commissioner of agriculture in the 1990s, chronicles the uphill-all-the-way fight in "The Farmers Lawyer," a well-written tale that reads like the true legal thriller it is.

Just before the 1980s farm crisis, Wes Jackson hit the Land Grant University establishment with a minor storm of his own; he opted out of a Big U and its feathery tenure to found what would become The Land Institute near Salina, Kansas.

Jackson, who has more accolades (Pew Conservation Scholar in 1990, MacArthur Fellow in 1992…) than most farms have acres, began The Institute in 1976 as what he calls an ideal school in his new book "Hogs Are Up: Stories of the Land, with Digressions."

The digressions part is the key: Although hes a scientist and pioneering geneticist--the perennial small grain kernza is The Land Institutes groundbreaking contribution to sustainable agriculture Jackson is a gifted storyteller. Hogs Are Up is filled with stories of his Kansas farm roots, his intellectual journey and, equally compelling, the stories and lessons he picked up along his wonderfully unplanned path.

Poetry is the epitome of storytelling. Very few do it well and even fewer in American agriculture do it at all. Daniel Smith, a one-time dairy farmer, is one of those gifted few.

Smiths lovely new volume of poetry, "Ancestral," is a diary of his many years on the land, in the milking parlor, and what he left with when he and his spouse, Cheryl, moved after decades of crops, children, and ghosts on the family farm. Most readers will find themselves in these sharp, powerful verses. I did on nearly every page.

Two quick notes. First, additional information on each of these exceptional books is posted on my website, farmandfoodfile.com.

Second, while all these writers are good friends, all also are accomplished professionals who tell important stories well. Well enough, in fact, to be read decades into the future.

The Farm and Food File is published weekly throughout the U.S. and Canada. Past columns, events and contact information are posted at http://www.farmandfoodfile.com.

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A 57-year flag drought, a late COVID-19 scare, the chance of AFL immortality welcome to the 2021 grand final between two storied Melbourne clubs in the Western Australian capital.

The Melbourne Demons last won the flag in 1964, and theyll enter Saturday nights decider at Optus Stadium as the sentimental favourites given their decades of pain and suffering.

Some say they have been cursed ever since they sacked the legendary and revered veteran coach Norm Smith midway through 1965.

Melbourne have made the finals just twice since 2006, but this year theyve been able to escape from years of mediocrity to be just one step away from winning a 13th VFL/AFL flag.

The Western Bulldogs broke a 62-year premiership drought in 2016, and nine players from that team now have a chance to add a second flag.

If they do that, they will etch their names in Bulldogs folklore, given the clubs only other flag was in 1954. In an echo of history and perhaps an omen, the Bulldogs entered that match as rank underdogs against Melbourne, which is how todays bookies figure the Perth clash will play out.

Against all expectations the Bulldogs not only won, they doubled the hapless Demons score.

Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge would be considered an immortal by the clubs fans if he can guide the side to a second premiership within the space of six years.

But talk of greatness has been largely avoided within the Bulldogs camp.

We dont talk about that a lot, if at all, Bulldogs head of football and former star Chris Grant said.

One of the things that Bevo has been really diligent, but also really focused on, is creating new memories, new history all the way through, Grant said. The reference to 2016 hasnt been very strong at all.

It wouldnt be grand final week without a few hard-luck stories on the team selection front.

Bulldogs duo Ryan Gardner and Laitham Vandermeer were axed to make way for Cody Weightman, who missed two matches due to concussion, and Alex Keath, who was off with a dicky hamstring.

Former Demons skipper Nathan Jones was the heartbreak story on the Melbourne front.

Unable to break back into the side for the finals, the 302-game veteran returned home to Melbourne to be present for the birth of his twins, announcing his retirement shortly after.

Jayden Hunt, Jake Melksham, and James Jordon all missed out on a spot in the 22 for the Demons, but one of them could get a chance on the big stage via the medical sub role.

Melbourne have enjoyed two weekends off in the finals series, the first after their qualifying final win and then again after their preliminary final triumph.

Demons Coach Simon Goodwin says his team is primed for success in their AFL grand final battle against the Bulldogs.

We have trained hard, we have done a lot of competitive work, Goodwin told reporters.

We feel like our game is good shape and our players are ready, he said.

It has been about preparing their mindset for the challenge ahead.

Melbourne finished the season at the top of the table, with Goodwin earning himself the honour of the AFL Coaches AssociationCoach of the Year Award.

Goodwin has selected the same team that thrashed Geelong by 83 points in their grand final qualifier.

Its certainly not lost on me, its not lost on our playing group, the privilege that we have got to play in this game and the opportunity that it presents, he said.

More than 60,000 fans will pack Optus Stadium for the decider.

A total of 10,250 tickets were made available for the general public and they sold out in nine minutes, with the online queue peaking at 180,000.

Grand final fever has well and truly hit Perth, but not without two COVID scares along the way.

The first came on Wednesday, when it was revealed a truck driver from NSW tested positive to the virus shortly after leaving WA.

Early signs suggest he didnt pass on the virus to anyone while in the state, but the WA Government is still nervously waiting to see if any community cases pop up.

The second scare came when a woman who flew from NSW to Perth tested positive.

Luckily, airport officials discovered she didnt have a valid exemption, and she was swiftly placed in hotel quarantine before she could pass on the virus.

The stage is all set for an epic grand final, and theres sure to be plenty of heartbreak and ecstasy once the final siren sounds.

For the majority of Australians unable to watch the game in Perth, pre-game entertainment for the big decider will start at 6.15pm AEST, with Birds of Tokyo, Baker Boy and Eskimo Joe among the acts confirmed to headline the show.

The first bounce will be at 7.15pm AEST, with coverage for pre-game and the main event available to watch free-to-air on 7 and 7HD.

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Students from many cultural backgrounds gathered in front of Farinon on Tuesday to celebrate this years Mid-Autumn Festival.

Observed on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 21 this year. It is an annual festival of harvest observed in several countries across East and Southeast Asia, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand and Japan.

The Asian Cultural Association (ACA) brought the Mid-Autumn Festival to campus in collaboration with the Chinese department, sharing this cultural experience and significance with the wider Lafayette community.

We usually celebrate it inside the Farinon Atrium. We put lanterns up inside. There are different game stations and you pick prizes. We also have musical chair[s], but its not feasible anymore [due to COVID]. Theres an origami station. Theres lantern painting. Calligraphy is a must as well, said Sophea Pa 22, the president of ACA.

Because Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated all throughout East and Southeast Asia, customs vary across different countries. Kevin Tzeng, the Fulbright teaching assistant for the Chinese department, said that people in Taiwan celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival by having barbecues, for instance.

Regardless of time and place, the Mid-Autumn Festival remains at its core a significant celebration of familial bond. Marked by outings, sharing of mooncakes and tea and an appreciation of the moon, it is an occasion that brings families and friends together.

No matter how busy we are, we will try to show up [on Mid-Autumn Festival] and celebrate it togetherThe circle of the moon symbolizes the reunion of familiesThe mooncake is also the symbol of the full moon, Tzeng said. We all cut the mooncake together so that we wont break the circle individually.

Over time, elements of the festival have undergone changes to accommodate the modern age.

Theres a lot of commercials and consumerism going on in the promotion of the mooncakes, Chinese Visiting Professor Yingying Huang said.

When I was little, we used to just walk out, and our neighbors and we went to the same lawn, and wed sit downWe dont see that anymore. People are busier. The cities are so busy. We dont find such places, she added.

Huang shared one version of the legend surrounding the festival. The myth follows the story of Change, the beloved moon goddess, and her tragic separation from her husband Hou Yi. After Hou Yi shot down nine of the 10 suns in the sky, saving the planet from scorching heat, he was rewarded by the gods in heaven with an elixir that would grant him immortality. Although Hou Yi hid the elixir, his curious wife Change consumed it, attaining the promised immortal life. Unable to control the elixirs powers, she then floated to the moon.

According to legend, the moon is cold because Change is living there alone without her husband. But theres a little bunny living with her there. People say in the middle of autumn when the moon is in its fullest and roundest and brightest, you can see shapes of a tree there, which is the tree that grows outside Changes palace, Huang explained.

In continuation of this spirit of cultural exchange and immersion, students on campus have a lot more to look forward to. The Chinese department plans to host a calligraphy event presented by Tzeng soon after midterms. Pa also shared plans of collaborating with the South Asian Students Association to recreate a celebration of the South Asian festival Diwali in November.

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Brand new limited three-part series We Are Legend comes to MagellanTV today! The new docuseries explores the profiles of iconic literary characters Dracula, Sherlock Holmes and Tarzan. Part one of the series, Dracula Never Dies will be FREE to stream for a limited time (September 9 - September 16). Count Dracula has lived a million lifetimes since his initial incarnation, like his counterparts featured in this series, they have transcended the stories from which they were originally conceived and "achieved fictional immortality." Each episode of We Are Legend will investigate the true stories behind these immortal characters and explore the secret to their timeless success. Here's a breakdown of the episodes in the limited series:

Tarzan: The Call of the Jungle(Part Two) Created in 1912 by author Edgar Rice Burrough, the unlikely tale of a nobleman who was raised by apes and grew up to defend the rights of the weak and disadvantaged has achieved worldwide popularity. Part Two ofWe Are Legendinvestigates how the beloved vine-swinging hero has evolved over time.

Sherlock Holmes Against Conan Doyle(Part Three) Sir Author Conan Doyle introduced Sherlock Holmes in 1887 and, in the years that followed, grew to resent his most popular creation. Despite Doyles disdain for the character, Holmes has lived on to be portrayed in hundreds of movies, shows, books and more.We Are LegendPart Three explores the true story behind the celebrated detective and his author.

We Are Legend was directed by Emmanuelle Nobcourt, Priscilla Pizzato and Erwan Bizeul; written by Michel Le Bris and Emmanuelle Nobcourt; and executive produced by Gedeon Media Group.

MagellanTV is an ad-free streaming service dedicated to premium documentary programming. Globally available, the service offers one of the deepest collections of factual content anywhere, with features and series encompassing true crime, history, science, biography, nature, the arts and a growing slate of 4k content.For more info, visit the official MagellanTV website.

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Rieu and his orchestra bid farewell to Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. Credit: Facebook/Andre Rieu

Known to millions around the world as the King of the Waltz Andr Rieu posted a tribute video to Mikis Theodorakis on Facebook that has exceeded 4 million views in a few days.

Thank you Mikis Theodorakis for your wonderful music! You will be greatly missed!, Rieu wrote, as his orchestra is playing Zorba, the song from the Oscar-winning film Zorba the Greek. Hundreds of people are seen dancing to the tune.

Andr Rieu is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra. He and his orchestra have turned classical and waltz music into a worldwide concert touring act, as successful as some of the biggest global pop and rock music acts.

Rieu created the Johann Strauss Orchestra in 1987 and began with 12 members, giving its first concert on January 1, 1988. Over the years it has expanded dramatically, as of 2020 performing with between 50 and 60 musicians.

Rieu and his orchestra have appeared throughout Europe, North and South America, Japan, and Australia. The size and revenue of their tours are rivalled only by the largest pop and rock music acts.

The two notes of Zorbas Dance are two of the most recognizable in the world, granting Mikis Theodorakis immortality.

Theodorakis biographer Guy Wagner made a comparison between the great Greek and Ludwig van Beethoven.

In Wagners Mikis Theodorakis: A Life forGreece (2002, Typothito Press), the biographer matches the music of Theodorakis with the greatness of Ludwig Van Beethoven.

Wagner wrote that if the listener hears four notes from Beethovens 5th symphony (The Symphony of Destiny), he immediately recognizes it. This way Beethoven achieved immortality.

WithTheodorakis Zorbas Dance,two notes is enough for one to recognize the music. In other words, according to the biographer, Beethoven achieved immortality with four notes, but Theodorakis with only two, and that makes Theodorakis better than Beethoven.

This is, of course, a compliment, German composer Henning Schmiedt says, but deep down Theodorakis themes are his footprint to which every one has access to.

I know that with his music, (Theodorakis) made the world more beautiful He generously gave the gift of his music to the world I am grateful I worked with him, Schmiedt added.

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