Tuesday, 24 April, 2018

16 Positive Things That Happened Over The Past 12 Months

16 Positive Things That Happened Over The Past 12 Months

Posted on Monday, 12 December, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

16 Positive Things That Happened Over The Past 12 Months.

Bad news make good news, but here are some good news that took place in the last twelve months: wild tiger populations increased for the first time; giant pandas are no longer endangered; mutant snail found love; GSK and Google combined to found bioelectronics research company; zika downgraded as a global threat; HIV cure closer after clinical trial; controversial world’s first three-parent IVF baby; man in coma work up after ultrasound waves applied; ice bucket challenge funded ALS breakthrough; Juno reached Jupiter’s orbit; plastic microbeads to be banned; Solar Impulse 2 worldwide flight; Paris Climate Change Agreement inaugurated; Pokemon Go went wild; Netflix went offline downloads; and finally, McVitie’s Rich Tea is the best dunking biscuit.

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http://www.wired.co.uk/article/good-things-2016

The Blue Horsehead Nebula in Infrared.
Image Credit: WISE, IRSA, NASA; Processing & Copyright: Francesco Antonucci. The Blue Horsehead Nebula looks quite different in the infrared light. A complex labyrinth of filaments, caverns, and cocoons of glowing dust and gas emerges, making it hard to even identify the equine icon. The nebula is catalogued as IC 4592 and spans about 40 light years, lying about 400 light years away toward the constellation Scorpius. The star that predominantly illuminates and heats the dust is Nu Scorpii, visible as the reddened star left of centre.

The flag of Libya was originally introduced in 1951, following the creation of the Kingdom of Libya. It consisted of a white star and crescent on a triband red-black-green design, with the central black band being twice the width of the outer bands. The design was based on the banner of the Senussi dynasty from Cyrenaica, which consisted of a black field and star and crescent design, and was later used as the flag of the region. The red was selected for the blood sacrificed for the freedom of Libya, black to remember the dark days that Libyans lived under the occupation of the Italians, and green to represent its primary wealth, agriculture, (Libya once being the 'breadbasket' of the Ottoman Empire) and the future prosperity of the country.

Philippines – Level 2: Exercise increased caution Friday, 13 April, 2018
Exercise increased caution in the Philippines due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, and a measles outbreak. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. Do not travel to: The Sulu Archipelago, including the southern Sulu Sea, due to crime, terrorism, and civil unrest. Marawi City in Mindanao due to terrorism and civil […]
Cameroon – Level 2: Exercise increased caution Wednesday, 11 April, 2018
Exercise increased caution in Cameroon due to crime. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. Do Not Travel to: North, Far North, Northwest and Southwest Regions, and Parts of East and Adamawa Regions due to crime, terrorism, and civil unrest. Violent crime, such as armed robbery and carjacking, is common. Local police […]

Canada Monday, 23 April, 2018
Latest Update: Summary - in an incident in Toronto on 23 April a vehicle struck a number of pedestrians near Yonge and Finch. Local authorities have confirmed that they are dealing with a number of casualties, and an investigation is ongoing. The area surrounding the incident has been sealed off, and disruption to local transport […]
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Saudi Arabia Monday, 23 April, 2018
Latest update: Terrorism section - addition of information on incident in Asir region on 19 April
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Eugène Galien-Laloue (1854–1941) was a French artist of French-Italian parents and was born in Paris on December 11, 1854. He was a populariser of street scenes, usually painted in autumn or winter, of the early 1900s, accurately representing the era in which he lived: a happy, bustling Paris, la Belle Époque, with horse-drawn carriages, trolley cars and its first omnibuses. Galien-Laloue's works are valued not only for their contribution to 20th-century art but for the actual history, which they document. The Paris Arc de Triomphe was painted in 1941. His work can be seen at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Louvier; Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Rochelle; Mulhouse, France.

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