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The MOVE Fire

This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985 Philadelphia police fired thousands of rounds at the MOVE house, city officials approved dropping an explosive device on the roof, the resulting fire was allowed to burn, 11 people—including five children—died, and 61 homes were destroyed. Philadelphia City Council later called it a “brutal attack carried out by the City of Philadelphia on its own citizens” and acknowledged that no individual faced criminal consequences for the bombing. One timeline correction worth preserving for the BHP record: the major previous MOVE-police confrontation was August 8, 1978, about seven years before the bombing, not a year or two earlier. Officer James Ramp was killed, other police and firefighters were wounded, nine MOVE members were later convicted, and television cameras recorded police beating Delbert Africa during his arrest. The 1985 MOVE Commission later specifically criticized city planners for failing to adequately use lessons from that 1978 confrontation. And that actually strengthens the point you’re making: 1985 did not happen without precedent or institutional memory. There had already been a deadly confrontation with MOVE, years of conflict, negotiations and police involvement before Osage Avenue.

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Ruler of the Mali Empire in the 14th century

Mansa Musa was the ruler of the Mali Empire in West Africa. Details recorded here should be sourced; unknown information is left blank.

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Silvia Bottini

Silvia Bottini
Bottini in the image which became a meme
Born1981 (age 44–45)
Malnate, Varese, Italy
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Websitesilviabottini.com

Silvia Bottini (born 1981) is an Italian actress and model. She has frequently collaborated with Silvio Raffo.

Early life

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Bottini was born in 1981[1] in the province of Varese, Italy.[2] She first studied acting at the Liceo classico Ernesto Cairoli [it] in Varese with Silvio Raffo and Anna Bonomi.[3] She later won a scholarship to enter the Scuola di teatro Alessandra Galante Garrone [it] in Bologna, graduating with her diploma in 2007.[4]

Career

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Upon graduation, she joined Teatro della Tosse [it] in Genoa as one of two applicants accepted out of 300.[5] Some of her castings during this time were in Marco Manchisi [it]'s Il fantoccio,[6] Alessandro Bergallo [it]'s Generazioni Componibili[7] and Jon Fosse's Sonno (in Italian translation).[8]

She has collaborated with Silvio Raffo on several projects, including stage performances of Ovid's poetry[9] and other works.[10]

Bottini moved to Los Angeles, in the U.S. in 2015. She is a cast member of the Italian Comedy Club in Los Angeles.[4] Besides acting, she has also worked as a make-up artist. She worked on the Los Angeles part of the 2017 music video for "Senza Pagare" by J-Ax, Fedez, and T-Pain; the shoot also featured Paris Hilton, Pio e Amedeo, and Ferragni.[11]

Internet meme

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In 2008, Bottini was in a relationship with a stock photographer. While they were vacationing in Shanghai, she modeled for several of his photos, including one with her crying. In 2011, she found that the stock photograph of her crying was being used as an Internet meme, satirizing people who complain about "First World problems" (for example, "there's not enough dressing on my salad"). Bottini initially disliked the meme[12] as trivializing her acting career, especially since she received no royalties from them. By 2019, she told BBC News that she had reconciled with her Internet fame, and was working on a short film about the "First World Problems" character.[13]

Partial filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Silvia Bottini". www.moviefone.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ^ "SILVIA BOTTINI Bio". SILVIA BOTTINI. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b Terziroli, Linda (31 August 2017). "La poesia risuona in alto, nella bellezza estrema". La Provincia di Varese.it (in Italian). Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Silvia Bottini è tra le attrici dell'Italian Comedy Club di Los Angeles". Italian Comedy Club (in Italian). 1 January 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Meet Silvia Bottini". Voyage LA. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  6. ^ Vittoria Bellingeri, Maria (26 April 2009). "'Il fantoccio' di Manchisi sospeso tra Goya e Shakespeare". Krapp's Last post (in Italian).
  7. ^ Sannia, Davide (13 April 2012). "Generazioni componibili, in formato Ikea". Krapp's Last Post (in Italian). Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  8. ^ Sannia, Davide (30 April 2010). "Il Sonno silenzioso di Jon Fosse dalla prospettiva di Valerio Binasco". Krapp's Last Post (in Italian). Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  9. ^ Terziroli, Linda (24 September 2017). "Un attualissimo Ovidio al Castello di Masnago". La Provincia di Varese.it (in Italian). Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Raffo più Raffo al Battistero di Velate". Sempione News (in Italian). 1 September 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  11. ^ Botter, Laura (20 June 2017). "Tra Paris Hilton e Fedez c'è di mezzo Varese. Il trucco delle star è firmato Silvia Bottini". www.laprovinciadivarese.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  12. ^ "What Happens When Your Internet Identity Is Beyond Your Control?". The California Sunday Magazine. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Life beyond the meme: what happens after you go viral". BBC Three. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  14. ^ Genna, Antonio. ""Il cantico di Maddalena"". Zona Cinema. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Fragile (2011)". mymovies.it. Milano-Firenze: Mo-Net s r l. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
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Silvia Bottini

Silvia Bottini (born 1981) is an Italian actress and model. She has frequently collaborated with Silvio Raffo.

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Bottini

Bottini is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alberto Bottini (born 1967), Swiss swimmer Anna Maria Bottini (1916–2020), Italian actress Dante Bottini (born 1979), Argentine tennis coach Estefanía Bottini Alemany (born 1974), former professional Spanish tennis player Gastone Bottini (born 1987), Italian footballer Ivy Bottini (1926–2021), American activist Marianna Bottini (1802–1858), Italian classical composer and harp teacher Oliver Bottini (born 1965), German crime writer and non-fiction author Prospero Bottini (1621–1712), Italian Roman Catholic bishop Reg Bottini (1916–1999), British trade union leader Silvia Bottini (born 1981), Italian actress and model

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First World problem (disambiguation)

First World problem is an informal term for issues in First World nations that are complained about only because of the absence of more pressing concerns. First World problem and First World problems may also refer to: A satirical image macro featuring a crying woman (Silvia Bottini) First World Problems (album), an album by Failure Anthem "First World Problems" (song), a song by Weird Al Yankovic on the album Mandatory Fun "First World Problem", a song by MC Frontalot on the album Zero Day "First World Problem", a single by Unknown Mortal Orchestra "First World Problems", a song by Ian Brown on the album Ripples

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Cretaceous

The Cretaceous (IPA: krih-TAY-shəss) is a geological period that lasted from about 143.1 to 66 Ma (million years ago). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 77.1 million years, it is the ninth and longest geological period of the entire Phanerozoic. The name is derived from the Latin creta, 'chalk', which is abundant in deposits from the latter half of the period. It is usually abbreviated K, for its German translation Kreide. The Cretaceous was a period with a relatively warm climate, resulting in high eustatic sea levels that created numerous shallow inland seas. These oceans and seas were populated with now-extinct marine reptiles, ammonites and rudists; while on land, dinosaurs continued to dominate. The world was largely ice-free – although there is some evidence of brief periods of glaciation during the cooler first half – and forests extended to the poles. Many of the dominant taxonomic groups present in modern times can be ultimately traced back to origins in the Cretaceous. During this time, new groups of mammals and birds appeared, including the earliest relatives of placentals and marsupials (Eutheria and Metatheria respectively), with the earliest crown group birds appearing towards the end of the Cretaceous. Teleost fish, the most diverse group of modern vertebrates, continued to diversify during the Cretaceous with the appearance of their most diverse subgroup Acanthomorpha during this period. During the Early Cretaceous, flowering plants appeared and began to rapidly diversify, becoming the dominant group of plants across the Earth by the end of the Cretaceous, coincident with the decline and extinction of previously widespread gymnosperm groups. The Cretaceous (along with the Mesozoic) ended with the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, a large mass extinction in which many groups, including non-avian dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and large marine reptiles, died out; it is widely thought to have been caused by the impact of a large asteroid that formed the Chicxulub crater in the Gulf of Mexico. The end of the Cretaceous is defined by the abrupt Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (K–Pg boundary), a geologic signature associated with the mass extinction that lies between the Mesozoic and Cenozoic Eras.

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TOPIC OF THE DAY

Greenwood / Black Wall Street

Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.

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TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY

Which Black woman became the first elected to the United States Congress?

Shirley Chisholm, elected in 1968.