and starring Rachel Weisz (pictured). It was inspired by the story of
Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska police officer who worked as a United
Nations peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina for DynCorp
International in 1999 and discovered a sex trafficking ring serving (and
being facilitated by) DynCorp employees, with the UN turning a blind
eye. The Whistleblower—a co-production between Canada, Germany, and
the United States—was filmed in Romania in 2009. It premiered on
September 13, 2010 at the Toronto International Film Festival. Samuel
Goldwyn Films distributed the film in theaters in the United States. The
film was advertised as a fictionalization of events occurring during the
late 1990s. Kondracki said that the facts are broadly accurate but some
details were omitted for the film. Despite garnering mixed reviews, The
Whistleblower received several awards and nominations, including three
nominations at the 2012 Genie Awards. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
hosted a screening of the film and promised action would be taken to
prevent further instances of human trafficking. The Guardian reported
that other UN officials attempted to downplay the events depicted and
that initiatives against trafficking in Bosnia were aborted.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whistleblower>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1260:
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines: Siena Ghibellines defeated
the Florence Guelphs at the Battle of Montaperti thanks to an act of
treachery, which was immortalised in Dante's Divine Comedy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Montaperti>
1774:
British explorer James Cook became the first European to sight
the island of New Caledonia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Caledonia>
1888:
American inventor George Eastman registered the trademark
"Kodak" after receiving a patent for his roll film camera.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastman_Kodak>
1964:
The Forth Road Bridge crossing the Firth of Forth in Scotland
opened to traffic.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Road_Bridge>
1984:
The Progressive Conservative Party led by Brian Mulroney won
the largest majority government by total number of seats in Canadian
history during the federal election.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Mulroney>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
snood:
1. A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place.
2. The flap of red skin on the beak of a male turkey.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/snood>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Washington acted as the representative of the needs, the ideas,
the enlightened men, the opinions of his age; he supported, not
thwarted, the stirrings of intellect; he desired only what he had to
desire, the very thing to which he had been called: from which derives
the coherence and longevity of his work. That man who struck few blows
because he kept things in proportion has merged his existence with that
of his country: his glory is the heritage of civilisation; his fame has
risen like one of those public sanctuaries where a fecund and
inexhaustible spring flows.
--François-René de Chateaubriand
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Ren%C3%A9_de_Chateaubriand>
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