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He is known for his works in integrable systems, fluid dynamics and shock waves, solitonic physics, hyperbolic conservation laws, and mathematical and scientific computing, among other fields.
Lax is listed as an ISI highly cited researcher.
Elements from his contributions to mathematics.
Popularised presentation of Peter Lax by Helge Holden, published on the Abel Prize website.
Abel Prize press release and biography
Robert Carswell "Bobby" Lowther, Sr. (
December 14, 1923 – March 23, 2015), was the only two-sport All-American athlete at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
In 1946, he earned the recognition in basketball and track and field.
In 1972 he moved to  KABC-TV in Los Angeles, replacing Alan Sloane, where he became a staple on the station's Eyewitness News broadcasts.
He retired from KABC-TV in 1990, but returned to television with a brief show at KCBS-TV from 1994 to 1997.
He became famous in Austria, Germany, German-speaking Switzerland and South Tyrol as the television presenter of Musikantenstadl on Austrian broadcaster ORF.
He presented Musikantenstadtl from 1981 to 2005 earning him the honorary title by fans as Mr Musikantenstadl.
John Renbourn (8 August 1944 – 26 March 2015) was an English guitarist and songwriter.
He was best known for his collaboration with guitarist Bert Jansch as well as his work with the folk group Pentangle.
Österreichischer Rundfunk (shortened to ORF, literally, Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) is the name for the state-controlled media agency producing radio and tv programmes.
In 2015, it produced four nationwide tv channels, 9 regional tv stations in Austria, plus one in Bozen.
There are also three nationwide radio channels, plus a number of regional ones.
It also takes part in 3sat, a  cultural programme and ARTE.
Jet Airways is a major airline from India.
It began flying in 1993.
It has a fleet of over 90 airplanes.
The airline is the second largest in India after Air India.
All Nippon Airways is an airline from Japan.
It was established in 1952 by the Goverment of Japan.
The airline's main competitor is Japan Airlines.
The Lède is a river of south-western France that flows through the Lot-et-Garonne department, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
It is a right tributary of the Lot river.
Its average yearly discharge is  at Casseneuil where the Lède joins the Lot.
The largest discharges are during winter, with  in February.
Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Casseneuil
The Lède starts in the place known as Capoulèze in the commune of Blanquefort-sur-Briolance at an elevation of about .
It flows generally to the southwestwest and passes through the communes, all in the Lot-et-Garonne department, of Blanquefort-sur-Briolance, Lacapelle-Biron, Paulhiac, Laussou, Gavaudun, La Sauvetat-sur-Lède, Monflanquin, Montagnac-sur-Lède, Salles, Lédat (it takes its name from the river), Villeneuve-sur-Lot and Casseneuil, where it flows into the Lot.
It joins the Lot on its right bank, at about  of altitude.
Laussou - 13.2 km;
Leyze - 12.9 km.
Banque Hydro -  Station O8584010 - La Lède à Casseneuil
SriLankan Airlines (marketed as SriLankan) is the flag carrier of Sri Lanka and a member of the Oneworld airline alliance.
It is currently the largest airline in Sri Lanka by number of aircraft and destinations and was launched in 1979 as Air Lanka following the termination of operations of the original Sri Lankan flag carrier Air Ceylon.
Following its partial acquisition in 1998 by Emirates, it was re-branded and introduced the current livery.
In 2008 the government of Sri Lanka acquired all the shares of the airline from Emirates.
After ending the Emirates partnership, it retained its re-branded name and logo.
Sri Lankan Airlines operates over 560 flights per week.
The Airline operates to 113 destinations in 51 countries (including codeshare operations) from its main hub located at Bandaranaike International Airport near Colombo.
SriLankan Airlines joined the oneworld airline alliance on 1 May 2014.
Air Lanka
Air Lanka was established as the flag carrier of Sri Lanka once the Sri Lankan government shut down the bankrupt Air Ceylon.
Air Lanka's initial fleet consisted of two Boeing 707, leased from Singapore Airlines.
One Boeing 737 was leased from Maersk Air and maintained by Air Tara.
On 24 April 1980, the lease ended; Air Lanka received a replacement Boeing 737 leased from Royal Brunei.
On 1 November 1980, Air Lanka commenced wide-body operations with a leased Lockheed L1011-1 Tristar from Air Canada.
On 15 April 1982, Air Lanka received its own L1011 Tristar purchased from All Nippon Airways.
With the introduction of Tristar aircraft, the Boeing 707s were phased out and sold.
Then another L1011 was leased from Air Canada whilst the third L1011 was purchased from All Nippon.
On 1 May 1982, HAECO took over the maintenance of the two Air Lanka-owned Tristars, while Air Canada maintained two leased Tristars.
On 28 March 1980, Air Lanka signed a purchase agreement for two brand new Lockheed L1011-500 Tristars, the most advanced wide-body aircraft in the world at that time.
The first Lockheed L1011-500 (4R-ULA) was accepted on 26 August 1982, at Palmdale, California.
It was flown to Amsterdam as UL flight 566P. On 28 August, 4R-ULA "City Of Colombo" left for its inaugural flight from Amsterdam to Colombo as UL566.
It reached Colombo on 29 August.
This was followed by second Lockheed L1011-500, 4R-ULB, "City Of Jayawardanapura".
On 8 June 1984 the airline received its first Boeing 747-200B "King Vijaya" and the second joined later.
The aircraft were used on flights to Europe and a few flights to southeast Asia.
Air Lanka, which was state-owned, was partially privatized in 1998, with investment by Dubai-based Emirates Group, when Emirates and the Sri Lankan government signed an agreement for a ten-year strategic partnership.
This agreement included exclusive rights for all aircraft ground handling and airline catering at Colombo-Bandaranaike airport for ten years.
Emirates bought a 40% stake worth US$70 million (which it later increased to 43.6%) in Air Lanka and sought to refurbish the airline's image and fleet.
The government retained a majority stake in the airline but gave full control to Emirates for investment and management decisions.
In 1998, the Air Lanka re-branded to SriLankan Airlines.
SriLankan acquired 6 Airbus A330-200s to complement its fleet of Airbus A340-300 and A320-200 aircraft.
The A330-200 aircraft joined the airline between October 1999 and July 2000.
The company's fourth A340-300 arrived at Colombo painted in the airline's new corporate livery.
SriLankan upgraded its existing A340 fleet into a two-class configuration (business and economy class) whilst overhauling the interior to reflect the new corporate image.
The airline gradually increased its number of destinations with more additions for regional markets, notably India and the Middle East.
Whilst continuing expansion in the region, SriLankan commenced flying to Jeddah, its third destination in Saudi Arabia, after Riyadh and Dammam, thus increasing the number of destinations in the Middle East to nine.
Jeddah became the airline's 51st destination overall.
In 2008, Emirates notified the Sri Lankan Government that it would not renew its management contract, which then expired on 31 March 2008.
It claimed that the Sri Lankan Government was seeking greater control over the day-to-day management of the airline.
Emirates sold its 43.63% stake in the airline to the Government of Sri Lanka in a deal that was finalized in 2010, thus ending any affiliations the two airlines had with each other.
In 2008 when Emirates pulled out, the accumulated profit of SriLankan was Rs.
9.288 billion in that financial year.
From 2008 to 2015, when the government administration ran it, the loss for the seven years was Rs.
128.238 billion (US$875 million).
Following the ownership transfer, SriLankan took the decision to promote Colombo as a hub for flights to Asia.
The first destination of the expansion plan was Shanghai; the route was initiated on 1 July 2010.
The airline commenced flights to Guangzhou on 28 January 2011.
SriLankan joined the Oneworld alliance on 1 May 2014.
During 2014 it started to renew and increase its fleet, with purchases of Airbus A330 & A350 models.
Currently, SriLankan operates an all-Airbus fleet except for its discontinued Air-Taxi services.
SriLankan phased out their last Airbus A340-300 on 7 January 2016 with its last scheduled flight from Chennai to Colombo.
The airline terminated three European routes – Frankfurt, Paris and Rome – by end of 2016.
The airline absorbed the operations of sister carrier Mihin Lanka in October 2016, in a bid to create a single stronger national airline for Sri Lanka.
Accordingly, SriLankan took over two of Mihin Lanka's aircraft and absorbed all of its route networks.
This move added ten new destinations to SriLankan's route network.
In October 2017, SriLankan launched direct daily non-stop flights to Melbourne, Australia, its first new long haul route in over five years and the most ambitious expansion to date.
The flights restore a regular direct air link between Australia and Sri Lanka after a hiatus of 16 years.
"Eyes of the Insane" is a song by American thrash metal band Slayer.
The song was released in November 23, 2006.
It was the second single on their ninth studio album Christ Illusion.
The song is based on an article in Texas Monthly entitled "Casualty of War".
The lyrics explore the mental torment of an American soldier after he returns home from the second Gulf War.
In 2007, the song won a Grammy Award in the category of Best Metal Performance.
Vocalist Tom Araya commented on the win, saying: "Jeff [Hanneman] and I put a lot into 'Eyes of the Insane' so we're thrilled that the Grammy voters took the time to listen to it, and then vote for it.
We're out here on the road and we're all really, really happy."
"Eyes Of The Insane" on YouTube
Oleg Bryzhak (October 27, 1960 – March 24, 2015) was a Kazakhstani-German bass-baritone opera singer.
He was born in Jezkazgan, Kazakh SSR.
Bryzhak died on March 24, 2015 along with fellow singer Maria Radner in the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash in France.
He was returning from performances of Richard Wagner's Siegfried at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.
Oleg Bryzhak's website
People in Germany of Ukrainian ancestry
William Grover "Bill" Slayback (February 21, 1948 – March 25, 2015) was an American professional baseball pitcher.
He appeared in 42 games, 17 as a starter for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1972 until 1974.
He later became a musician and singer-songwriter, releasing several singles such as "Move Over Babe (Here Comes Henry)".
Slayback was born in Hollywood, California.
He had two daughters, Samantha and Kelli.
Slayback died on March 25, 2015 at his home in La Crescenta-Montrose, California, aged 67.
He had been ill for some years before his death.
LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 was a scheduled international passenger flight by carrier LAM Mozambique Airlines from Maputo International Airport of Maputo, Mozambique.
It crashed on 29 November 2013 into the Bwabwata National Park in northern Namibia en route to Quatro de Fevereiro Airport of Luanda, Angola.
The wreckage of the aircraft was found the next day.
All 27 passengers and six crew members were killed.
It was later found out that the aircraft was crashed on purpose by the pilot, Herminio dos Santos Fernandes, in an act of murder–suicide.
Directorate of Aircraft Accident Investigations Namibia
Interim Report (Archive)
LAM Mozambique Airlines – Index of press releases related to the crash
Flight TM 470 (Archive)
Voo TM 470  (Archive)
"COMMUNIQUÉ." (
Archive) 30 November 2013.
"COMUNICADO." (
Murder-suicides
Michael Brandner ( born 13 February 1995) is a football player from Austria.
He started playing football for ASK Salzburg .
Then he went on to the Red Bull youth academy, where he played in all teams.
For the 2013/14 season he was transferred to FC Liefering.
In 2016 he went on loan to SV Ried, 2017 he went to SC Wiener Neustadt.
2019 he joined FC Blau-Weiß Linz, where he is still playing.
Michael Brandner also played for the Autrian football national youth teams from U16 up to U20.
With the U19 team he reached the 3rd place in the European Championship.
José Ron (born Édgar José Ron Vázquez, August 8, 1981 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico), is a Mexican actor known for his performances in telenovelas, series and theater.
Ron promotes the animal rights, he efforts to stop the hunt and human abuse of animals.
He is also involved in nature and environmental causes, as planting trees and raise awareness to people about that.
Mexican actors
Gentile Bellini (c. 1429 – February 23, 1507) was an Italian painter.
From 1474 he was the official portrait artist for the Doges of  Venice.
1420s births
1507 deaths
Stephan's Quintet is in the constellation Pegasus.
It is a visual grouping of five galaxies of which four are the first compact galaxy group ever discovered.
The group is about 280 million light years from Earth.
The brightest member of the visual grouping is NGC 7320.
This has extensive H II regions, seen here as red blobs, where active star formation is occurring.
These galaxies are of interest because of their violent collisions.
Four of the five galaxies in Stephan's Quintet form a physical association, Hickson Compact Group 92.
They are involved in a cosmic dance that will probably end with the galaxies merging.
Radio observations in the early 1970s showed a mysterious emission from the inter-galactic space between the galaxies in the group.
This same region also showed faint glow of ionized atomic hydrogen.
You can see this in the visible part of the spectrum as the magnificent green-blue arc in the picture to the right.
Two space telescopes have recently shown something about the nature of the strange filament.
It is now believed to be a giant intergalactic shock-wave (similar to a sonic boom but travelling in intergalactic gas rather than air).
This is caused by one galaxy (NGC 7318B) falling into the center of the group at several million miles per hour.
Bloodhound SSC is a supersonic land vehicle currently in development.
Its goal is to match or exceed .
This would mean a new world land speed record.
The pencil-shaped car is powered by a jet engine and a rocket engine.
It is designed to reach .
It is being developed and built with the intention of breaking the land speed record by 33% john has no dog
Runway testing of up to  is scheduled to take place in early 2015.
Bloodhound SSC will then be tested on the Hakskeen Pan in South Africa.
A track  long,  wide has been cleared.
Planomicrobium mcmeekinii is a species of bacteria.
The cells are rod shaped.
It doesn't form spores.
It grows from 0–37 °C.
Planomicrobium mcmeekinii belongs to the family Planococcaceae.
Marram grass is Ammophila, a genus of grasses.
They are xerophytes, which live in dry places.
Marram specialises in being the first line of land plants in coastal sand dunes.
Ammophila has roots up to metres long.
They find the moisture below the dry sand.
These plants are used to stop sand-blow, because their roots hold the sand, and stop the wind blowing it away.
Kimmo Samuel Timonen (born March 18, 1975) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman.
He has also played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Nashville Predators and Philadelphia Flyers.
He was drafted 250th overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.
He continued to play in the SM-liiga after the draft.
He helped Finland win the bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.
A little while after the Olympics, the Kings traded Timonen along with Jan Vopat to the Nashville Predators (who did not begin playing yet) in agreement that the Predators would not draft Garry Galley in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft.
Timonen would spend time between the Predators and their IHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals.
He was called up to the Predators during 1999-2000 season.
He played the next four seasons with the Predators before the 2004–05 NHL lockout.
He decided to travel back to Finland and play for KalPa during the lockout.
On October 3, 2006, the Predators named Timonen the captain for the 2006–07 season.
On June 18, 2007, the Predators traded Timonen along with Scott Hartnell to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Philadelphia's first round pick (Jonathon Blum) in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.
After he signed, he became the highest paid Finn in the NHL after he signed a six-year, $37.8 million contract extension.
Timonen and the Flyers faced the Washington Capitals in the first round of the playoffs.
Philadelphia was able to win the series 4–3.
In the second round of the playoffs, the Flyers played against the Montreal Canadiens and won the series 4–1.
On April 30, 2008, Timonen was hit by a wrist shot at his foot by Canadiens defenseman Andrei Markov.
He said that he had felt numbness in his foot but he didn't think it was anything but a twisted nerve.
On May 8, 2008, a doctor at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania who looked at Timonen's foot said that he had found a small blood clot.
This stopped Timonen from playing indefinitely and he missed the first four games of the Eastern Conference Finals against the rival Pittsburgh Penguins.
He returned in game 5 but the Flyers lost and they were eliminated from the playoffs.
On March 5, 2011, Timonen scored his 100th career goal against Ryan Miller of the Buffalo Sabres in a 5–3 loss.
On August 5, 2014, Timonen was diagnosed with blood clots in his right leg and both of his lungs.
He was ruled out from playing indefinitely and missed the first 62 games of the season.
Tomas Gösta Tranströmer (15 April 1931 – 26 March 2015) was a Swedish poet, psychologist and translator.
He was awarded the 1990 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Tranströmer was born in Stockholm.
He was married to Monica Bladh and had two daughters, Emma and Paula.
He had a stroke in 1990, leaving him with aphasia and without the use of his right hand.
Swedish psychologists
Pelvic inflammatory disease or PID is an infection.
It is an infection of the female organs:
uterus
fallopian tubes
cervix
ovaries.
lower stomach pain
burning feeling with urination
pain with sex
abnormal bleeding.
If this illness is not treated it can prevent a woman from having children.
It can kill the unborn child and it can be very painful.
This disease can be treated and the infection can be cured.
A woman with PID can feel sick.
Sometimes a woman with PID does not feel sick.
A woman with PID can have a fever, pain when the belly is touched, lower abdominal pain, vaginal discharge, painful sex, or unusual bleeding.
The infection is caused by microorganisms that enter the body through the vagina during sex.
The microorganisms travel up thorough uterus and into the inside of the body.
There are many microorganisms that cause infection in this way, such as:
Some mycoplasmas
Medical workers use different tests to find the infection.
They can perform a medical exam to see evidence of pus and find painful areas.
They can use a microscope to see the microorganisms causing the infection.
A blood test can detect PID.
Two thirds of women were not aware they had PID.
Even with no signs of infection, PID can cause serious harm.
Similar symptoms
Other causes can produce signs to PID symptoms including: appendicitis, a complicated pregnancy, swollen or twisted ovaries and endometriosis.
A woman is more likely to get Pelvic inflammatory disease if she has had it before.
She is more likely to have the infection if she has recently had sex, started menstruation, had an Intrauterine device put inside her uterus or if her sex partner has a sexually transmitted infection.
Medical testing for sexually transmitted infections is important for prevention.
The risk of getting PID can be lowered by:
Using condoms
Seeking medical help if you are experiencing symptoms of PID.
Seeking medical help after learning that your sex partner or someone you had sex with in the past had a sexually transmitted infection.
Seeking medical exams regularly to test for PID with no symptoms.
Asking your current sex partner if they have an infection.
Insist they be tested and cured before sex.
Avoiding sex after delivery, miscarriage, or abortion.
Practicing abstinence
If your medical provider thinks you are infected, treatment is usually started right away.
This is because  serious results may happen from delayed treatment.
Sometimes the medical provider will use a test to help find the infection.
Curing the infection with antibiotic medications is normal.
Improvement should occur quickly but if not, the woman is told to find more medical attention.
Treating sex partners for possible infections will help in treatment and prevention of getting the infection again.
The spread of the disease
About 106 million cases of PID occurred around the world in 2008.
About 1.5% of young women yearly get the infection.
One million women in the United States get PID every year.
Being cured
Although the PID infection may be cured the damage from the infection may not go away.
This makes finding the infection early so important.
Treatment by medical providers will prevent damage to the female reproductive organs.
NIH/Medline
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID; Salpingitis, Endometritis)
Salto Grande is a Brazilian city in the state of São Paulo.
Its population, in 2014, was 9.190 inhabitants and its area is 211,10 km².
Its name means Great Falls in Portuguese.
The Gélise is a river of south-western France that flows through the Gers, Landes and Lot-et-Garonne departments, in the Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions.
It is a left tributary of the Baïse river.
The Gélise starts in the place known as Cahuzères in the commune of Lupiac, Gers department, at an elevation of about .
It flows to the northwest and then, after Castelnau-d'Auzan, turns to the northeast.
It joins the Baïse on its left bank at Lavardac, at about  of altitude.
The Gélise flows through 21 communes.
Gers: Dému, Eauze, Labarrère, Ramouzens, Castillon-Debats, Castelnau-d'Auzan, Lupiac, Noulens
Landes: Parleboscq, Escalans
Lot-et-Garonne: Sos, Poudenas, Mézin, Barbaste, Sainte-Maure-de-Peyriac, Nérac, Lavardac, Andiran, Saint-Pé-Saint-Simon, Réaup-Lisse
Rimbez - 16.4 km;
Gueyze - 17.7 km;
Izaute - 37.5 km;
Auzoue - 74.1 km;
Osse - 120.2 km;
Banque Hydro - Station O6793310 - La Gélise à Mezin
Mi corazón es tuyo (English: My heart is yours) is a Mexican telenovela.
It is produced by Juan Osorio for Televisa.
It airs weeknights on El Canal de las Estrellas.
The telenovela is an adaptation of the Spanish telenovela Ana y los 7.
It was adapted in Mexico by Alejandro Pohlenz, Marcia del Río, and Pablo Ferrer.
Silvia Navarro and Jorge Salinas are the protagonists.
Mayrín Villanueva stars as the main antagonist.
Rockstar, Inc. (branded ROCKST★R) is a popular energy drink.
It was created in the United States in 2001.
There are over 25 different flavors of the drink.
It was founded in 1998 by Russell Weiner, the son of conservative talk show host Michael Savage.
The drink was produced by The Coca-Cola Company until February 2009, when PepsiCo took over.
Mar Dinkha IV (Syriac:  and , born Dinkha Khanania; 15 September 1935 – 26 March 2015) was an Iraqi-American Syriac Christianity cleric.
He was the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, from 1976 until his death.
Dinkha IV was born in Darbandokeh to an Assyrian family.
He was baptized.
He was also a priest in Tehran, Iran.
Wajid Khan (born 10 March 1981) is an Indian artist, portraitist, sculptor, inventor and patent holder.
He has specialized in carving canvas with nails.
Recognizing his outstanding nail art, Khan was named in the Guinness Book of World Records, Limca Book of Records, and Asia Book of Records.
Wajid Khan has been commissioned to design a unique sculpture for 2022 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Qatar.
One of his artworks is part of Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official home of the President of India.
In 1995, at the age of 14 he invented the world’s smallest electric iron.
After this invention, he went on to invent a water theft device and a centralized touch-activated switch for household appliances.
He also created a painting on canvas, which was apparently world’s first 3D painting.
He has also created a robot and then again, in 2003 he invented a Light sensor & Gear Locking.
From being a rugby player, animator and inventor, Wajid has also carved his niche in doing things differently.
Now, he is a famous nail-portraits.
Among his other works includes 200 of his inventions.
He invented world’s smallest ‘electric-Iron’, just when he was studying in V standard.
It was named in the Guinness Book of World Records.
He has been awarded three time by the late president Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.
A day before World Environment Day in June 2016, Wajid Khan painted the dried street trees in Indore and spread message to save environment.
Wajid Khan took workshop and taught spoon art to street children for free of cost so that they can earn money for living
Wajid Khan’s ‘Nail Art’ was included in the Limca Book of Records.
He invented world’s smallest ‘electric-Iron’, just when he was studying in 5th standard.
He has been awarded thrice by the former president APJ Abdul Kalam.
In June 2012, Recognizing his outstanding ‘Nail Art’, Wajid Khan was named in the Golden Book of World Records (GBWR).
He entered in India Book of Records for creating amazing real-like 3D portraits, including portraits of Mahatma Gandhi, Dhirubhai Ambani, Mother Mary and Jesus among others, by hammering iron nails on blank canvas.
His portrait of Mahatma Gandhi took a total of eight months and 150,000 nails to get completed.
On 4 November 2016, Wajid Khan was invited to deliver a lecture in Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh organised by Sir Syed Minority Foundation of India and he also shared about his inspirational life story to Aligarh Muslim University students.
He also nominated as lifetime member by Sir Syed Minority Foundation of India.
On 8 March 2015, Wajid Khan was invited to deliver a lecture in IIM Indore, on the subject of Innovation in Management.
He also shared his story to students from being a simple village boy to a record-holder nail-artist.
He delivered a guest lecture at two-day Inter University Arts & Crafts Exhibition organized in Lovely Professional University.
Analyzing 800+ art-works of LPU students and from 200 other participating institutions displayed at the exhibition center, Wajid Khan forwarded important pieces of advice to the budding artists.
Was invited as Guest of Honour at Manav Rachna International University’s four-day premier architectural convention Zonal NASA 2016.
Today's 'DA VINCI' Wajid Khan India
Artist Wajid Khan turns nails, bullets and automotive parts into art that tells tales
Wajid Khan's website
CIH (also known as Chernobyl or Spacefiller) is a Windows 9x computer virus which first appeared in 1998.
It was created by Chen Ing-hau, a Chinese student.
The name it was given is based on his initials.
After the virus is run on April 26, it will start adding random data to files on the hard drive.
On some computers it will also corrupt the BIOS.
This will leave the computer unable to operate until the hard drive is recovered with data recovery software and the BIOS is manually reflashed.
It does not infect Windows NT computers.
It resulted in over 1 billion USD worth in damages.
In 1999, IBM shipped some of their Aptiva computers with the virus already on the computer.
Some games, like Activision's SiN and Electronic Arts' Wing Commander came with the virus.
CryptoLocker is a file encrypting ransomware.
It first appeared in September 2013.
It was transferred using email attachments and botnets.
The ransomware encrypts most files on the computer (including connected devices), using an RSA encryption.
After infection Cryptolocker scan the victim’s folder structure for files matching a set of file extensions, encrypt them and display a message window that demands a ransom in order to decrypt the files.
Cryptolocker use RSA public-key cryptography.
Once it has encrypted the files, it will display a window asking for 2 bitcoin for the decryption program.
It will give the user 72 hours to pay the ransom.
If the user does not pay the fee in time, the ransomware will uninstall itself and ask the user to download it again.
It will then ask the user for 10 bitcoin, instead of 2.
A program to decrypt (fix) files was later made available.
Ransomware is a type of malware.
It restricts access to the computer system that it infects or the data that it stores (often using encryption techniques), and demands a ransom be paid to the creator(s) of the malware.
This is in order for the restriction to be removed.
Some forms of ransomware encrypt files on the system's hard disk.
Others may simply lock the system and display messages intended to persuade the user to pay.
Ransomware first became popular in Russia.
Now the use of ransomware scams has grown internationally.
In June 2013, McAfee said it had collected over 250,000 unique samples of ransomware in the first three months of 2013.
This is more than double the number of the previous year.
CryptoLocker, a ransomware worm that surfaced in late-2013, had collected an estimated $3 million USD before it was taken down by authorities.
In May 2017, a piece of ransomware called WannaCry spread around the world.
It lasted four days and affected over 200,000 computers in 150 countries.
Only about $130,000 (USD) was ever paid in ransom, but the attack affected a lot of large companies and organizations.
The United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) was hit hard by WannaCry.
Hospitals could not access their files, and so many surgeries were cancelled and patients had to be turned away.
The NHS was especially at risk because it was using a version of the Windows operating system called Windows XP that Microsoft no longer supported.
This meant that Microsoft had not been sending out security updates for this version of Windows, leaving it open to the WannaCry virus.
Other systems were affected even though they were running newer versions of Windows, because their users had not yet installed the most recent security updates.
Even though it was not designed to actually damage computers or their files, WannaCry led to a lot of wasted time and money, showing how vulnerable the world still is to ransomware attacks.
Christopher James Hardman (26 August 1990 – 23 March 2015), known by the stage name Lil' Chris, was an English singer-songwriter, actor, and television personality.
His career began in 2006, after appearing on the Channel 4 series Rock School.
Later that year, he released the single "Checkin' It Out", which charted at number 3, and a self-titled album.
He then joined the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1946 during World War II.
In 1947 was awarded the Albert Medal, then, with the George Cross.
Later, all holders of the Albert Medal were ordered to exchange that medal for the George Cross.
Andreas Günter Lubitz (18 December 1987 – 24 March 2015) was a German pilot for the international airline Lufthansa.
Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin, French and German authorities, as well as executives of Lufthansa, have issued statements that they believe that Lubitz intentionally crashed the Airbus A320 of Germanwings Flight 9525 (GWI18G & D-AIPX) into the French Alps, killing himself along with 149 others in a suicide on 24 March 2015.
Ivo Garrani (6 February 1924 – 25 March 2015) was an Italian actor.
Garrani is possibly best known for his role as Prince Vajda in Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960).
Richard M. (Dick) Bond (April 23, 1921 – March 25, 2015) was an American politician in the state of Washington.
He served the 6th district from 1975 to 1987.
Suart was a full-back at Blackpool, playing alongside fellow defenders George Farrow and Harry Johnston in a team which also included Stanley Matthews and Stan Mortensen.
Blackpool reached the 1948 FA Cup Final, but Suart missed it through injury.
He transferred to Blackburn Rovers in 1949, before retiring in 1955.
Luís Miguel Rocha (February 1976 – 26 March 2015) was a Portuguese author, television writer and producer.
Rocha wrote and produced television in London.
Rocha's second novel, The Last Pope, was published in 2006.
The novel examines the conspiracy theories about the death of Pope John Paul I.
Ṭhenphunga Sailo (January 1, 1922 – March 27, 2015) was the second Chief Minister of Mizoram, a state in northeast India.
He served as a member of the Mizoram People's Conference, across two stints between 1978 to 1984.
Prior to that he served as an officer in the British India Army and then the Indian Army, retiring as a brigadier.
Rodney Clark "Hot Rod" Hundley (October 26, 1934 – March 27, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and television broadcaster.
He played for the Los Angeles Lakers from 1957 to 1963.
He later became known as a broadcaster for the Utah Jazz.
Hundley was born in Charleston, West Virginia.
Country blues banjo player Moran Lee "Dock" Boggs (1898-1971) recorded the song in the late 1920s.
A recording from the 1938 National Folk Festival held in Washington, D.C. is on file with the Library of Congress.
Various folk music artists included Oh, Death on a variety of musical collections throughout the 1970s and '80s.
"Man of Constant Sorrow" (also known as "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow") is a traditional American folk song first recorded by Dick Burnett, a partially blind fiddler from Kentucky.
The song was originally recorded by Burnett as "Farewell Song" printed in a Richard Burnett songbook, about 1913.
An early version was recorded by Emry Arthur in 1928 (Vocalion Vo 5208).
It became popular again when it was played in the 2000 movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?.
Amaro Silva (c. 1957 – March 27, 2015) was a Canadian politician.
He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
He served on the Winnipeg City Council from 1992 to 1998.
Josef Sommer (born June 26, 1934) is a German-American stage and movie actor.
He was born in Greifswald, Germany, and raised in North Carolina.
He appeared as 38th President Gerald Ford opposite Gena Rowlands in the made-for-TV movie The Betty Ford Story (1987).
He is known for his role as Dr. Eaton in the 1998 movie Patch Adams.
The George Washington University Hospital is the hub of a major medical center in Washington, D.C. in the United States.
It is affiliated with the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
The current building was opened on August 23, 2002.
Since 1997, The George Washington University Hospital has been jointly owned and operated by a parnership between a subsidiary of Universal Health Services and The George Washington University.
Jack Higgins (born 27 July 1929) is a British writer.
He is one of the best-selling authors of popular thrillers and espionage novels.
His breakthrough novel The Eagle Has Landed (1975).
He is also known for his books;  A Prayer for the Dying (1987), The Eagle Has Flown (1991), Thunder Point (1993), Angel of Death (1995), Flight of Eagles (1998), and Day of Reckoning (2000).
The Unofficial Jack Higgins Homepage
Jack Higgins Blog
Author's page at HarperCollins Publishers
Sleep deprivation is the condition of not having enough sleep.
The condition affects the brain and its cognitive function.
The condition can be either chronic or acute.
Paradoxically, sleep deprivation can be used to treat certain disorders, such as clinical depression.
Sleep deprivation has also been used as a form of torture.
Multiple factors can cause or contribute to sleep deprivation including poor sleep hygiene, lifestyle choices, work obligations, sleep disorders, and other medical conditions.
Sleep deficiency may be caused by other sleep disorders or medical conditions.
For example, sleep apnea, a breathing disorder that induces dozens of nightly awakenings, may hinder both sleep duration and quality.
Other medical or mental health problems, such as pain or general anxiety disorder, can interfere with the quality and quantity of sleep.
aching muscles
confusion, memory lapses or loss
development of false memory
hand tremor
periorbital puffiness, commonly known as "bags under eyes" or eye bags
increased blood pressure
increased stress hormone levels
increased risk of diabetes
increased risk of fibromyalgia
nystagmus (rapid involuntary rhythmic eye movement)
temper tantrums in children
mania
symptoms similar to:
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
There are many reasons why a person may not get enough sleep.
meeting deadlines
a sleeping environment that is noisy or not the right temperature
using electronic devices close to bedtime or keeping them in the bedroom
medical problems, such as depression, sleep apnea, or chronic pain
caring for another person during the night
Types of Sleep Deprivation
Sleep deprivation and sleep insufficiency may be categorised in different ways depending on a person’s circumstances.
Acute sleep deprivation refers to a short period, usually a few days or less, when a person has a significant reduction in their sleep time.
Chronic sleep deprivation, also known as insufficient sleep syndrome, is defined by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine as curtailed sleep that persists for three months or longer.
Chronic sleep deficiency or insufficient sleep can describe ongoing sleep deprivation as well as poor sleep that occurs because of sleep fragmentation or other disruptions.
Both perception ("experiencing") and remembering are processes which involve the brain.
For this reason, errors do sometimes occur.
Errors in perception are commonly called illusions.
Emil Kraepelin used the term "Erinnerungsverfälschung" (memory falsification) to speak about false memories.
Perceptions need stimuli to be created.
A perception without a stimulus is called hallucination.
Much like the difference between illusion and hallucination, Kraepelin wanted to distinguish between a false memory and memories of something that did not really happen, which he called "Erinnerkungsfälschung".
Unfortunately, both German terms translate to the same English term.
Remembering events that did not occur
Using suggestion and hypnosis, it is possible to make people believe they experienced something, when they did not.
Such phenomena also occur spontaneously, for example in a stressful situation, or when someone is not sleeping enough.
Lost in the mall
To prove the existence of false memories, an experiment was conducted: People were given small stories of supposed relatives who told how these people were lost in a shopping mall, at age five or six, and how they had to be "rescued" by an adult.
The experiment was done with 24 people.
Afterwards, six people said that they remembered the event, even though it had never happened.
False memories can sometimes be shared by multiple people.
This is sometimes called the Mandela effect.
Examples include memories of the Berenstain Bears' name being spelled Berenstein, and of the existence of a 1990s movie entitled Shazaam starring comedian Sinbad as a genie.
Legal implications
Sometimes, people are accused of a crime, and often part of the evidence consists of facts other people remember.
It is a problem to convict someone of a crime, based only on such evidence.
In the case of sexual abuse or of child abuse these memories will usually be bad ones, and the brain will have changed them, as a measure of protection.
Before a conviction is done, the court needs to make sure that the conviction does not happen based on the recollection of only one person, as recovering the "facts" behind the memories can be difficult.
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" is a song by Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams.
The song was released on June 18, 1991.
It was the first single on his sixth studio album Waking Up the Neighbours.
It is also featured on the soundtrack for the 1991 movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
The song was able to peak at #1 on many different music charts.
It sold more than 15 million copies worldwide and is Adams' most successful song.
It is one of the best-selling singles of all time.
In 1992, the song won a Grammy Award in the category of Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television.
It was also nominated in the categories of Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male.
The song was also nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Song.
Vaginal discharge  is the fluid coming out of the vagina.
It can be clear or different colors, white, yellow or green.
It can be different thicknesses.
Most of the time clear discharge is normal.
Clear discharge is part of the menstrual cycle.
Some discharge can be from an infection, sickness or disease.
The discharge from a yeast infection (Candiditis) is white and thick with lumps.
Discharge can be a result of an infection that you get while having sex, sexually transmitted disease.
The term blennorrhea is often used to designate mucus discharge from the urethra or vagina.
Discharge from an infection called bacterial vaginosis has a 'fishy' smell.
The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright 2007 while blennorrhagia designates an excess of such discharge, often specifically referring to that seen in gonorrhea.
A fissure vent, also known as a volcanic fissure or eruption fissure, is a kind of volcano through which lava erupts.
The crack is usually linear (follows a fairly straight line).
It is often a few meters wide and may be many kilometers long.
Fissure vents can cause large flood of lava and later lava tubes.
After some time the eruption cools down gradually and builds up craters.
Malalai Bahaduri is a Senior Instructor in the Afghan National Interdiction Unit (NIU), with the military rank of Second Lieutenant.
In 2013, Bahaduri received an International Women of Courage Award.
Bahaduri worked as a telecommunications operator.
In 2002, the Taliban rule of Afghanistan ended, and Bahaduri decided to join law enforcement.
Her uncle did not want her to do this.
He threatened Bahaduri with death, and he physically abused her.
Bahaduri is the first woman in the Afghan National Interdiction Unit.
She worked in counternarcotics operations in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan.
2013 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr
Tsering Woeser (also written Öser; Han name Chéng Wénsà 程文萨; born 1966) is a Tibetan activist, blogger, poet and essayist.
She lives in China.
Woeser is a quarter Han and three quarters Tibetan.
She was born in Lhasa.
Her grandfather as a Han ethnic.
He was an officer in the Nationalist Army of the Kuomintang.
Her father was a high ranking Army officer in the People's Liberation Army.
When Woeser was a small child, her family moved to the Kham area of western Sichuan province.
In 1988, she graduated from Southwest University for Nationalities in Chengdu with a degree in Chinese literature.
She worked as a reporter in Kardzé and later worked in Lhasa.
In 2003, she moved to Beijing because of political problems.
Woeser is married to Wang Lixiong, a famous author.
Lixiong often writes about Tibet.
According to Reporters sans frontières, "Woeser is one of the few Tibetan authors and poets to write in Chinese."
Because the government refused to give Woeser a passport, Woeser sued the government.
Woeser wrote a book, Notes on Tibet (西藏笔记; Xīzàng Bǐjì).
According to the Tibet Information Network, unnamed sources say that the government banned the book about September 2003.
According to UNPO, Woeser lost her job shortly after the ban.
Radio Free Asia said that she continued to write poems and articles on her two blogs: Maroon Map (绛红色的地图, oser.tibetcul.net), which, according to the author, was visited mostly by Tibetans, and the Woeser blog (blog.daqi.com/weise), which was visited mostly by those of Han ethnicity.
According to RFA, on July 28, 2006, both blogs were closed by the government.
The blogs were probably closed because she wrote birthday greetings to the Dalai Lama and wrote about other sensitive topics.
Woeser said that she would continue to write and to speak.
During the Tibetan unrest of 2008, Woeser and her husband were put under house arrest after they spoke to reporters.
In December 2008, Woeser and her husband were among the first of the original 303 people to sign Charter 08, Now, thousands more have signed it.
Liu Xiaobo, the author of Charter 08, went to prison for 11 years.
He received the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.
In July 2009, Woeser and her husband, along with more than 100 other people, signed a petition for the Chinese govenrmnent to free ethnic-Uyghur professor of economics Ilham Tohti.
When Woeser won the Prince Claus Awards in 2011, the government did not permit her to receive the prize in the Dutch embassy.
In 2007, Tsering Woeser received the Norwegian Authors Union awards Freedom of Expression Prize.
In 2007, Woeser received the freedom of speech medal from the Association of Tibetan Journalists.
In 2010, International Women's Media Foundation gave Woeser the Courage in Journalism Award.
In 2011, she received the Prince Claus Award, with the theme Breaking taboos
In 2013, Tsering Woeser received the International Women of Courage Award
Xīzàng zài shàng 《西藏在上》(Live Tibet) (Xining, Qīnghǎi rénmín chūbǎnshè 青海人民出版社 1999), Woeser's first poetry edition
Xīzàng Bǐjì 《西藏笔记》(Notes on Tibet) (Guangzhou, Huāchéng chūbǎnshè 花城出版社 2003), .
Also published in Taiwan as Míng wéi Xīzàng de shī 《名为西藏的诗》 (Taiwan, Dàkuài wénhuà 大块文化 2006), .
Jiànghóngsè de Nímǎ Cìrén 绛红色的尼玛次仁, in: Mǎ Míngbó 马明博, Xiāo Yáo 肖瑶 (eds.):
Wénhuà míngjiā huà fóyuán 文化名家话佛缘 (Beijing, Zhōngguó dàng'àn chūbǎnshè 中国档案出版社 2004), .*
Jiànghóngsè de dìtú 《绛红色的地图》 (Taiwan, Shíyīng chūbǎnshè 时英出版社 2003), ; (Beijing, Zhōngguó lǚyóu chūbǎnshè 中国旅游出版社 2004), .
Bākuò Jiē de cāngsāng 八廓街的沧桑, in: Jīn Zhìguó 金志国 (ed.):
Xīzàng dāngdài lǚxíngjì 西藏当代旅行记 (Lhasa, Xīzàng rénmín chūbǎnshè 西藏人民出版社 2004), .
Shājié.
Sishi nian de jiyi jinqu《杀劫》(Forbidden memory.
Tibet during the Cultural Revolution) (Taiwan, Dàkuài wénhuà 大块文化 2006), .
Tibet’s True Heart.
Dobbs Ferry, NY, 2008 (Ragged Banner Press Exzerpts), .
Poems by Woeser (Weise), translated by A. E. Clark, Review 10−10−2008  (highpeakspureearth.com) Review 10−10−2008  (savetibet.org)
Tibet on Fire: Self-Immolations Against Chinese Rule Verso, London (2016)
“They Have Guns, and I, a Pen”: Highly Valuable New Source on the Tibetan Rebellion
Woeser's blog
High Peaks Pure Earth, English translations of writings by Woeser
Introduction to Woeser, See "Secret Tibet" on this web page, from the website Tibet Writes
An Eye from History and Reality — Woeser and the Story of Tibet
An Analysis of the Woeser Incident  by Wang Lixiong
Article from Woeser  about the film Dreaming Lhasa
Lone Tibetan Voice, Intent on Speaking Out
Julieta Castellanos (born 8 January 1954) is a Honduran sociologist.
She is the rector of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) since 2009.
Castellanos has worked against violence in Honduras, working mostly on drug cartels and police corruption.
She worked for reform of the courts and the police.
In 2004, Castellanos started the Observatorio de la Violencia (Violence Observatory) at UNAH.
The Violence Observatory analyzes crime statistics in Honduras.
She was also a member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
The job of this commission was to find the facts of the 2009 coup that removed President Manuel Zelaya from power.
Castellanos was born in San Francisco de Becerra, Olancho on 8 January 1954.
Her mother was Rafael Castellanos of Santa Bárbara, and her father was Ernestina Ruiz of Olancho.
She grew up in the sugar fields of rural Honduras.
In 1968, Castellanos' father gave her a test to be a student at the Normal School for Girls in the city of Tegucigalpa.
She entered the school and graduated in 1973 with a teaching degree.
In 1974, Castellanos won two scholarships to study social work at the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) and social sciences in the College of Teachers.
After several years of study, she finished her studies with a master's degree in economics from UNAH and a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Costa Rica.
After she finished her studies, Castellanos became a professor at UNAH in 1978.
She was head of the Social Sciences Department and President of the Association of Teachers from 1997 to 2001.