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Yahoo
7 days ago
- Business
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Eredivisie End of Season Review: Heracles Almelo
Finish position: 14th Overview: Heracles matched their 2023/2024 season with another 14th place finish in the Eredivisie. The side had been pushing for play-off positions prior to their relegation in 2022, and perhaps they are now setting themselves up as a side that could do the same next season. This year they finished with more points than last year and were closer to a top nine placing. However, with the likes of RKC Waalwijk and Almere City going down, two of the weaker sides in the league are now gone, so they will have to be careful that they do not succumb to another relegation battle next season. Head coach Erwin van de Looi has kept them up twice but is leaving the club this summer. Advertisement Player of the season: Brian de Keersmaecker 25-year-old Belgian midfielder Brian de Keersmaecker was a standout performer for the side and was their official player of the season. In 31 games he scored fie goals and provided three assists. At the other end, his ability to protect the defence and win the ball back for the side was evident, as he was involved in more successful defensive actions than 82% of players in his position across the league (according to FotMob data). Young player of the season: Mimeirhel Benita On loan from Feyenoord, Benita had a more enjoyable season than last year when relegated with Excelsior. The full-back played 32 games for the side and provided one assist. However, he was decent defensively, with the 21-year-old completing more defensive actions than 94% of his fellow Eredivisie right-backs, while also winning more aerial duals than 77% of his league compatriots. Advertisement Summer needs: The side have already made one signing, with Tristan van Gilst coming in on a free from De Graafschap. They will have to be active again this summer with a number of loanees returning to their parent clubs. Strengthening at the back could also be a viable option, with Heracles having conceded 63 goals in 34 games, only one less than bottom of the table Almere City. It gave them the third worst defensive record in the league. Grade: B GBeNeFN | Ben Jackson
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Milky Way galaxy to illuminate summer Kentucky skies
KENTUCKY (FOX 56) — The 'Silver River' is set to brightly flow across the Kentucky night sky, with peak conditions in place on Monday, May 26. According to Discover Magazine, the Milky Way Galaxy, aka the 'Backbone of Night,' according to the American Museum of Natural History, becomes more visible on Earth as summer approaches. Earth's galaxy gets its name from a Greek myth that states that the goddess Hera sprayed milk across the sky while nursing Heracles, the son of Zeus. (too TMI?) Two dead in Ashland house fire Milky Way galaxy to illuminate summer Kentucky skies Kentucky Lt. Gov. Coleman surveys Laurel County damage Discover Magazine noted that the moon is currently in a waning period and will enter the New Moon phase on Monday. When the moon isn't shining bright on the ground below, spectacles like the Milky Way are more vivid in the night sky. The rest of May isn't the only window to view the galactic river. Discover Magazine said the galaxy will show up clearly in the night sky into the fall, but only to those who can escape light pollution enough to clearly see the heavens. Travel to high altitudes away from the surrounding light and face south for the best chances to view the Milky Way. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Sport
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Potential Alexander-Arnold SUCCESSOR speaks out on Liverpool links
Givairo Read on Liverpool radar Read began this season as Feyenoord's fourth-choice right-back but owing to injuries and a transfer for Lutsharel Geertruida he has had to step up to the plate under Robin van Persie. Advertisement The young Dutchman has done so with aplomb, providing seven assists and a goal in 23 Eredivisie appearances. Read has also played in the Champions League, demonstrating his capabilities of playing at the highest level. Feyenoord saw fit to trigger a one-year option in Read's contract - extending his current terms to 2029. Liverpool said to be in the mix for his signature. 'It's nice to hear' - Read on Liverpool interest Following the weekend win over Heracles - with Read grabbing an assist in a 4-1 win - the question was put to Read about Liverpool's potential interest. 'That's a good sign," he told ESPN.
Fox News
21-04-2025
- Science
- Fox News
Archaeologists unearth millennia-old lecture hall from 'impressive' ancient high school
The lecture hall of an "impressive high school" from an ancient Greek settlement was recently uncovered in Italy – with the discovery highlighting the similarities between ancient and modern schooling. The Free University of Berlin announced the find in a press release on April 9. The excavation took place in Agrigento, Italy, on the southwestern coast of Sicily. Agrigento was founded in 580 B.C. as the largest Greek colony in Sicily. The settlement boasted both a high school and a grammar school – yet the lecture hall of the complex was only unearthed this past March. University officials described the hall as "a small covered theater that could accommodate around 200 people on eight rising, semicircular rows of seats," said a statement translated from German to English. It went on, "When the grammar school was built in the 2nd century B.C., no other currently known grammar school in the ancient world offered such a lecture hall. It was only 250 to 300 years later that the large high school in Pergamon (Turkey) received a theater-like auditorium." The hall was primarily used for intellectual activities such as lessons, as well as educational demonstrations and competitions. Schools in antiquity placed an emphasis on healthy minds and healthy bodies — and teachers ensured that young men were physically and intellectually ready for adult life. "From the 4th century BC, [Greek] cities built large complexes with running tracks, bathing facilities and rooms where young men could train and learn," the press release said. So far, the school in Agrigento is the only ancient structure in the western Mediterranean that offered a large swimming pool and 200-meter-long running tracks, according to officials. Excavators also found a semi-circular section of the lecture hall, where "teachers and students once performed in front of an audience." "[T]wo large blocks with a Greek inscription were found, the letters of which were engraved in the white-plastered soft limestone and highlighted with red paint," the press release noted. Archaeologists also came across an inscription indicating that the gymnasium was financed by a citizen who dedicated the structure to Greek gods. "Mention is made of a gymnasiarch, the head of the gymnasium, and the renewal of the roof of the apodyterium (changing room), which a generous citizen financed from his own resources and dedicated to the gods of the gymnasium, Hermes and Heracles," the statement read. The inscription is highly unusual, experts say, and helps to "provide insights into the social life of the city." "The letter form suggests that the inscription was engraved in the late 1st century B.C., when Agrigento had long been under Roman rule." the statement said. "Nevertheless, the Greek language, Greek offices and traditions continued to be maintained, and the Greek high school continued to be used and maintained as a central training center for young people." The site will be excavated again in 2026, according to the Free University of Berlin. Archaeologists are hoping to "uncover more sports and teaching spaces north of the auditorium and find more inscriptions that will reconstruct life in the ancient high school of Agrigento."
Miami Herald
10-04-2025
- Science
- Miami Herald
2,000-year-old Greek lecture hall discovered in Italy is first of its kind
Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Greek lecture hall within a gymnasium complex in Italy, making it one of the earliest known examples of a school-like facility in the ancient world, according to researchers. Built in the second century B.C., the Agrigento facility is believed to be among the first to combine physical health and intellectual pursuit, according to an April 9 news release from the Free University of Berlin. Agrigento is the largest Greek settlement in Sicily, founded around 580 B.C. and inhabited for more than 1,000 years, according to the release. Researchers said it is the only known structure of its kind discovered in the Western Mediterranean and that when it was built, no other gymnasium in the ancient world contained a lecture hall, according to the release. The closest example of a combined gymnasium and lecture hall was built at Pergamon in modern-day Turkey between 250 and 300 years after the Agrigento site, researchers said in the release. The auditorium, uncovered during excavations in March, appears to have been a covered theater with eight semicircular rows of ascending seats and could hold about 200 people, researchers said. The auditorium opened into a large hall with benches and was likely used for classes or performances, according to researchers. The unique gymnasium portion of the site had previously been excavated and featured 650-foot-long tracks and a large swimming pool, according to researchers. Gymnasiums were an important part of ancient Greek culture, particularly for young men, and an integral part of their cities' infrastructure, according to researchers. Archaeologists also uncovered two inscriptions at the site, one that mentions the name of the head of the gymnasium, and the other that appears to reference renovations funded by a citizen and donated to Hermes and Heracles, according to researchers. Very few inscriptions have been discovered at Agrigento despite its long history, according to researchers. The excavation was led by faculty from the Free University of Berlin in partnership with the Politecnico di Bari and the Parco Archeologico Valle dei Templi di Agrigento and funded by the German Research Foundation. Google Translate and TranslateGPT were used to translate the press release from the Free University of Berlin.
