Levy is a senior writer for "Wired". Previously, he was chief technology writer and a senior editor for "Newsweek". Levy has had articles published in "Harper's", "Macworld", "The New York Times Magazine", "The New Yorker", "Premiere", and "Rolling Stone". He is regarded (along with Walter Mossberg) as a prominent and respected critic of Apple Inc.. In July 2004, Levy wrote a cover story (which also featured an interview with Apple CEO Steve Jobs) which unveiled the 4th generation of the iPod to the world before Apple had officially done so, an unusual event since Apple is well known for its tight-lipped press policy.
Levy has won several awards, including the "Computer Press Association Award" for a report he co-wrote in 1998 on the Year 2000 problem.
In 1978, Steven Levy rediscovered Albert Einstein's brain in the office of the pathologist who removed and preserved it.
In 1984, he wrote a book called "", in which he described a “hacker ethic”, which became a guideline to understanding how computers have advanced into the machines that we know and use today. He identified this Hacker Ethic to consist of key points such as that all information is free, and that this information should be used to “change life for the better”.
Levy received his bachelor's degree from Temple University and earned a Master's degree in literature from Pennsylvania State University. He lives in New York City with his wife, Pulitzer Prize winner Teresa Carpenter, and son.
Afrika Korps
The German Africa Corps (, DAK ), or the Afrika Korps as it was popularly called, was the German army in Libya and Tunisia during the North African Campaign of World War II. The reputation of the "Afrika Korps" is synonymous with that of its first commander Erwin Rommel, who later commanded the Panzer Army Africa which evolved into the German-Italian "Panzer" Army ("Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee") and Army Group Africa, all of which "Afrika Korps" was a distinct and principal component. Throughout the North African campaign, the "Afrika Korps" fought against superior Allied forces right to the very end in May 1943 when it surrendered. The main composition of the "Afrika Korps" varied, but it was mostly made of the 15th Panzer Division, the 21st Panzer Division and several Italian armoured and infantry divisions, the composition of the "Afrika Korps" changed during the war.
Isonzo
The Isonzo/Soča ("Soča" in Slovene; "Isonzo" in Italian; "Lusinç" in Friulian) is a river that flows through western Slovenia and northeastern Italy.
An Alpine river in character, its source lies in the Julian Alps in Slovenia and enters the Adriatic Sea close to the Italian town of Monfalcone.
The Soča river has a length of , in Slovenia and in Italy.
Its drainage basin has a pronounced mountainous character with an average elevation of about above sea level, and an area of , (66%) in Slovenia and (34%) in Italy.
The watershed of this river is one of the few places where the Marble trout ("Salmo marmoratus") is found.
The source of the Soča lies in the Trenta Valley in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia, at an altitude of . The river flows through the Triglav National Park where is the mountain Triglav (2,864 m), the highest mountain in the Julian Alps and in the country. Then it flows to the south past the Slovenian towns of Bovec, Kobarid, Tolmin, Kanal ob Soci and Nova Gorica (where it is crossed by the Solkan Bridge); here, at an altitude of , the river crosses the border and gets into Italy.
In Italy, the Soča, now called Isonzo, flows through several "comuni" of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. Theses "comuni" are:
Finally, it flows into the Gulf of Trieste (Adriatic Sea) in the "Riserva Naturale della Foce dell'Isonzo" ("Natural Reserve of the Mouth of the Isonzo"), to the southwest of the town of Monfalcone.
The valley of the Soča river was the place where several battles were fought in World War I between May 1915 and November 1917, in which over 300,000 Austro-Hungarian and Italian soldiers lost their lives.
Heidenheim an der Brenz
Heidenheim an der Brenz (short: Heidenheim, Alemannic German: "Hoidna" or "Hoirna") is a town in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located on the border with Bavaria, approximately 17 km south of Aalen and 33 km north of Ulm. Heidenheim is the largest town and the seat of the district of Heidenheim, and ranks third behind Aalen and Schwäbisch Gmünd in size among the towns in the region of East Württemberg. Heidenheim is the economic center for all the communities in Heidenheim district and is the headquarters of the Voith industrial company. The town's population passed the 20,000 mark in 1925. Heidenheim collaborates with the town of Nattheim in administrative matters.
The residents of Heidenheim and its surrounding area speak in the distinct German dialect of Swabian.
Blaustein
Blaustein is a municipality in the district of Alb-Donau Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is on the Blau River, 6 km west of Ulm and has about 15,000 inhabitants.
It was created in 1968 after the union of Ehrenstein and Klingenstein. During the 1970s, the municipalities of Arnegg, Bermaringen, Dietingen, Herrlingen, Lautern, Markbronn, Weidach and Wippingen became part of the new municipality of Blaustein.
It is also the final resting place of the German officer Erwin Rommel.
Nikita Vitiugov
Nikita Kirillovich Vitiugov born 4 February 1987, Saint Petersburg, is a Russian chess grandmaster.
Vitiugov came second in the 2006 World Junior Chess Championship. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Russian team at the World Team Chess Championship 2009 in Bursa. In 2011, he tied for 1st-3rd with Evgeny Tomashevsky and Le Quang Liem in the Aeroflot Open.
Yulia Nachalova
Yulia Victorovna Nachalova (; 31 January 1981, Voronezh, Russian SFSR, USSR – 16 March 2019, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian singer, actress and television presenter.
From 2001 to 2004 Yulia was married to Dmitry Lanskoy. Then, from 2006 to 2011, Nachalova was married to . Had one child with Aldonin, a daughter Vera Aldonina (b.December 1, 2006).
In October 2011, she was in a relationship with .
On morning of July 27, 2012, during her flight from Moscow to Los Angeles, Yulia became ill. Upon arrival in Los Angeles, Nachalova was hospitalized in critical condition.
In March 2019, Nachalova was hospitalized due to a sharp rise in her blood sugar level. She died of a cerebral edema in a Moscow hospital on March 16, 2019, aged 38.
Sergei Milnichenko
Sergei Grigoryevich Milnichenko (; born on July 13, 1966 in Tomsk, Russian SFSR, USSR) is an Soviet and Russian composer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer.
In the 1990s, Sergei married Larisa Alina. They divorced in the 2000s. They had one child, daughter Rassveta Milnichenko (born in the late 1990s).
In October 2009 he married Natalya Milnichenko.
Between first and second marriages he was in a relationship from 2005 until 2008 with Valeria Kozlova.
Currently he lives with his wife in Moscow, Russia.
Javan rusa
The Javan rusa or Sunda sambar ("Rusa timorensis") is a deer which lives on the islands of Java, Bali and Timor. It is also an introduced species to Irian Jaya, Borneo (Kalimantan) the Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Sulawesi, Australia, Mauritius, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Réunion.
The deer lives in a habitat similar to that of the Chital of India, that is, open dry and mixed deciduous forests, parklands, and savannas. It is a close relative of the larger sambar deer. It is hunted in eastern Australasia. Javan Rusa deer breed in the rutting period in July and August. They are active in the early morning and the late afternoon.
Rusa deer are known by their large ears, the tufts of hair above the eyebrows, and antlers. Males are bigger than females. Males weigh 152–160 kg. Females weigh about 74 kg. Unlike most other types of deer, newborn fawns do not have spots.