The Mars Orbiter Mission 2, also called as Mangalyaan 2 is India's second interplanetary mission planned for launch to Mars by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). It is planned for launch for 2024 as per some reports. India successfully managed to be the first Asian Nation to reach Mars' orbit and the first nation to reach Mars' orbit on its first attempt when Mangalyaan 1 was launched in 2013 by ISRO. The MOM orbiter is now in its sixth year closing in on completing a seventh. The first mission only took $74 million and India is planning a low budget mission for Mangalyaan 2 as well.
Basic reproduction number
A very important number for describing whether a disease can become an epidemic or not is R, pronounced "R naught" or "R zero". It refers to how many people a person who has this disease is expected to infect on average. It is an abbreviation for basic reproduction number.
If R > 1, a disease can become an epidemic. If R < 1, it cannot. Many known diseases have R < 1 and cannot become epidemics. If they occur only occasionally, they are called sporadic. When there is a steady level of regular cases occurring in a region, the disease is called endemic. Doctors can use vaccines to make enough people immune in a population to stop epidemics from happening. We can also use other measures to make the effective reproduction rate (R, usually written R with "t" for time) lower than the basic reproduction rate (R).
An example of a vaccine that works really well is the smallpox vaccine, which stopped smallpox virus from spreading so well that it no longer exists except in laboratories. Examples of making the effective reproduction rate lower than the basic reproduction rate are using condoms to stop sexually transmitted diseases from spreading or not getting close to others (physical distancing, often called "social distancing") to stop respiratory diseases from spreading.
Euteleostomi
Euteleostomi is the largest group of Vertebrates. Except for hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous fishes all vetebrates are part of this group. All Euteleostomi have a skeleton made of bone, and a skull. In the case of several fish related to the sturgeon, most of the skeleton has again been transformed to cartilage.
Matthew Wolfenden (actor)
Matthew Wolfenden (born 5 May 1980) is an English actor best known for his role as David Metcalfe in the British soap opera Emmerdale.
Wolfenden was born in Norwood Green, West Yorkshire. He was educated at Brighouse High School.
Wolfenden was a member of the British gymnastics squad until, aged 16, he fell whilst practising on the rings and broke his back. This prevented his continuing gymnastics and he turned to acting.
County Dublin
County Dublin is a historical county of Ireland, containing Dublin, the capital of the Republic of Ireland. It is now divided into the counties of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal, and South Dublin, and the city of Dublin.
1986 World Snooker Championship
The 1986 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament that took place between 19 April and 5 May 1986. It was held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the sixth and final ranking event of the 1985–86 snooker season. It was the 1986 edition of the World Snooker Championship first held in 1927. The total prize fund was £350,000 with £70,000 given to the winner. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.
The defending champion was Northern Ireland's Dennis Taylor, who had defeated Steve Davis 18–17 in the 1985 final to win his first title. Taylor lost in the first round of the event 4–10 to Mike Hallett. The world number 16 Joe Johnson beat Davis 18–12 in the final to win his only ranking event.
The tournament featured a prize fund of £350,000 with a bonus of £80,000 if a player made a maximum break. The winner of the event won a total of £70,000. The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:
The numbers in brackets next to some of the players are their seeding. Players in bold denote match winners. Shown below are the results for the event:
There were 20 century breaks in the championship, the highest until 1991. The highest break was a 134 made by Steve Davis.
There were 12 century breaks made in qualifying. The highest was a 141 made by Stephen Hendry.
The Abductors
The Abductors is a 1957 American crime drama movie directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and stars Victor McLaglen, George Macready, Gavin Muir, Fay Spain. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Baby Face (movie)
Baby Face is a 1933 American drama movie directed by Alfred E. Green and stars Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook, John Wayne, Henry Kolker, Arthur Hohl. It was distributed by Warner Bros..
1984 World Snooker Championship
The 1984 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament. It took place between 21 April and 7 May 1984 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. The event was run by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), and was the eighth World Snooker Championship to be held at the Crucible since 1977. The event had 94 entries. The total prize fund for the event was £200,000, the highest total pool for any snooker tournament to that date; the winner received £44,000.
The defending champion was English player Steve Davis, who had won the title twice. He met Jimmy White in the final, which was played as a best-of-35-frames match. Davis won 18–16. Rex Williams made the event's highest break, scoring a 138. Eight century breaks were made during the competition, the fewest since 1978. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy, and broadcast by BBC and ITV.
The total prize fund for the event was the largest for any snooker tournament to that date. The prize fund was £200,000 with the winner receiving £44,000. The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:
Shown below are the results for each round. Numbering in brackets shows player's seed.
There were eight centuries in the championship, the fewest since 1978. The highest break of the TV stages was 138 made by Rex Williams. The highest break in qualifying was a 112 made by Jim Donnelly.
2002 World Snooker Championship
The 2002 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament. It took place from 20 April to 6 May 2002 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the final ranking event of the 2001–02 snooker season. This was the 26th year that the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible.
Peter Ebdon won his first world title by beating Stephen Hendry 18–17 in the final.This was Hendry's ninth and last appearance in a World Championship final. There was a total of 65 century breaks made during the tournament. The highest was made by Stevens, who made a 145 in his quarter-final match. Hendry made a total of 16 centuries during the event, a record for any individual tournament. The championships were sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy. A total prize fund of £1,615,770 was awarded at the event, with the winner receiving £260,000.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in brackets beside some of the players are their seeding ranks. Players in bold denote match winners:
There were 68 century breaks at the event. The highest break was 145, made by Matthew Stevens during his quarter-final match against Higgins. Hendry made 16 century breaks during the tournament, the record for most centuries at a ranking event.
Idolatry
Idolatry is the worship of statues or images as a god. It is also used as a metaphor for other extreme devotion to a person of thing.