Academy

An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education or higher learning, research, or honorary membership. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece.

The original Academy

Before Akademia was a school, and even before Cimon enclosed its precincts with a wall, it contained a sacred grove of olive trees dedicated to Athena, the goddess of wisdom, outside the city walls of ancient Athens. The archaic name for the site was Hekademia, which by classical times evolved into Akademia and was explained, at least as early as the beginning of the 6th century BC, by linking it to an Athenian hero, a legendary "Akademos". The site of Akademia was sacred to Athena and other immortals.

Plato's immediate successors as "scholarch" of Akademia were Speusippus (347–339 BC), Xenocrates (339–314 BC), Polemon (314–269 BC), Crates (ca. 269–266 BC), and Arcesilaus (ca. 266–240 BC). Later scholarchs include Lacydes of Cyrene, Carneades, Clitomachus, and Philo of Larissa ("the last undisputed head of the Academy"). Other notable members of Akademia include Aristotle, Heraclides Ponticus, Eudoxus of Cnidus, Philip of Opus, Crantor, and Antiochus of Ascalon.

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'This time last year he was in a coma' - The incredible journey of Man City's latest star

Yahoo Daily News 03 Oct 2024
Here, MEN Sport round up the latest stories from the academy. ... More youngsters sign first pro deals. As City players in the academy turn 17, they can sign their first professional contracts, so there is often a steady flow of youngsters announcing their first deals on social media....
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The baffling decision to defund a national academy for mathematics

The Spectator 03 Oct 2024
The government has shocked the mathematics community by announcing that it is withdrawing £6 million in grant funding from a new Academy for Mathematical Sciences. . The impetus for creating this Academy came from a 2018 review chaired by professor Philip Bond ... The ambition of the Academy for Mathematical Sciences was to replicate this. ....
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With unbeaten Army, Navy leading the way, it is a good time for service academy football

Colorado Springs Gazette 03 Oct 2024
Somewhat surprisingly, it is a good time to be a service academy in college football ... “I think it’s great recognition for our academies and men and women in uniform,” said Navy coach Brian Newberry when asked about the attention Army and Navy are garnering this year ... The academies ......
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The Newcastle United goalkeeping ‘oddity’ laid bare in the Carabao Cup third round as Eddie ...

FourFourTwo 03 Oct 2024
Like a scene out of Moneyball, Newcastle’s recruitment team did a deal with Nottingham Forest whereby Forest acquired Newcastle academy graduate Elliot Anderson for £35m (a player Forest wanted to sign and Newcastle didn’t want to lose) but the deal hinged on ......
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House of Spoils movie review: Ariana DeBose's culinary horror leaves a bitter aftertaste

Hindustan Times 03 Oct 2024
As if the trials and anxieties of working in high-pressure situations in the kitchen were not enough, the new Blumhouse offering throws in another element to deal with ... The chef in question here is Academy Award-winner Ariana DeBose, whom you might remember more as the BAFTA host ......
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Middlebury Police Log: Police cite man three times in a single day

Addison County Independent 03 Oct 2024
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police on Tuesday, Sept. 24, arrested the same man on three separate occasions for offenses ranging from disorderly conduct to retail theft ... 23 ... • Backed up a sheriff’s department deputy who was dealing with an aggressive driver on Cross Street on Sept ... • Were informed of the theft of a bike from the Academy Street area on Sept....
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FBI will pay $22.6 million to settle female trainees' sex bias claims

Usatoday 02 Oct 2024
The Federal Bureau of Investigation agreed to pay $22.6 million to settle a lawsuit by 34 women who allege they were wrongly dismissed from the agency's agent training academy because of their sex, a court filing said Monday ... A federal judge in Washington must approve the deal....
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Uncapped Yorkshire leg-spinner Jafer Chohan receives surprise call-up for England

The Daily Mail 02 Oct 2024
Chohan first drew attention two years ago as an England net bowler at Loughborough University, where he was a student, and the ex-Middlesex age group player was offered a rookie deal by Yorkshire following a South Asian Cricket Academy open trial in November 2022....
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Not a power-hitter but Jemimah’s got game

Hindustan Times 02 Oct 2024
In the last five overs it goes up to 170,” says Prashant Shetty, who has been coaching Jemimah from her early days at the MIG Academy ground in the Bandra suburb in Mumbai, along with Prithvi Shaw. When everyone around her was dealing in fours and sixes, it was not easy for ......
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Liverpool 0-0 Bologna - Champions League: Live score, team news and updates as Arne Slot ...

The Daily Mail 02 Oct 2024
Aspiring lawyer, 22, is a fashionista TikTok star who split from Oliver Bearman and is now back with his rival Franco ColapintoChampagne will return to grand prix podiums in 2025, as F1 bosses seal record-breaking deal worth more than $1BILLIONBukayo Saka did NOT impress while in ......
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Apprentice program aims to help fill Omaha inner city housing gaps, serve as statewide model

Yahoo Daily News 30 Sep 2024
But a friend’s suggestion prompted him to soak up Spark’s “developer academy” training in 2020. He promptly clinched a sweet financial deal on a row of lots in the heart of North Omaha, and is now hosting open houses for his first four newly constructed residences....
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Brian Williams is set to anchor election night coverage on Prime Video. Is Amazon getting ...

CNN 30 Sep 2024
Amazon also live streams the Academy of Country Music Awards and just struck a major $1.8 billion per year deal to carry NBA games starting next year (WBD is now suing the league over the deal.) In the future, Amazon could conceivably invest in live coverage of other major news events, though no such plans have been made....

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