![]() (5) Bonus surprising space fact for today: The largest black hole discovered so far is TON 618. Its mass is 330,000 greater than the mass of Earth. (4) Today's surprising space fact: The Sun is so massive that it accounts for 99.86% of the total mass of our solar system. Regional actor Kim Sullivan made it to the big time when he debuted on Broadway at age 70. Astronauts on the International Space Station witness around 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets every day. Siberia is warming at twice the rate of the Earth: Melting permafrost uncovers history & ancient viruses. Alaska Airlines grounds its 737 Max 9 fleet after one plane lost part of its fuselage during flight. US FDA authorizes Florida to import medications from Canada, where prices are significantly lower. (3) One-liners: Brief news headlines, happenings, memes, and other items of general interest. I won't be able to attend and write a report, so I am sharing the information for those who might be interested. (2) UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series on Iran: Maryam Sepehri's 86-minute documentary film "Alborz: We Climb Mountains" will be screened in Royce Hall 314. A talk on intellectualism in Iran (see the last item below). The exquisite tiling pattern of Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque, Shiraz, Iran. (1) Images of the day: Film screening at UCLA (see the next item below). Pedram Mousavi and their daughters, Daria and Dorina." This is how University of Alberta remembers a co-founder of its Microwave, Millimeter-Wave, and MetaDevices (M3) Laboratory.ħ (Sunday): Presenting selected news, useful info, and oddities from around the Internet. Mojgan Daneshmand, along with her husband Prof. (6) A final thought, on the fourth anniversary of the downing of Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS752: "Today marks 4 years since the tragic passing of our beloved colleague and co-founder of this lab, Prof. It ranges from a low of –173 Celsius at night to a high of 127 Celsius during the day. (5) Today's surprising space fact: The temperature on the surface of the Moon varies drastically. Ringo Starr continues the musical tradition of the Fab Four. A few celebs reaching milestone birthdays (60th, 70th, and 80th). Santa Barbara Channel Islands history finds a home in Carpinteria. A survey of ~3000 AI researchers indicates a 5% chance that AI will drive humans extinct. The complete list of 2024 Golden Globes winners: "Oppenheimer" shines with 5 awards. Boosting productivity and avoiding overload by streamlining the set of tech tools you use. (4) One-liners: Brief news headlines, happenings, memes, and other items of general interest. ![]() Tehran received more than 18,000 impressions on LinkedIn. (3) From time to time, I am surprised with the success of one of my social-media posts: A repost about a large language model trained in Persian at U. (2) NASA launches its first Moon-landing mission in 50+ years: The uncrewed commercial spacecraft is expected to land on the Moon on February 23, 2024. Remembering some of the victims of Ukranian Airlines Flight PS752 (see the last item below). Math puzzle: Find the area of the square. Celebrating my grand-nephew Aiden's first birthday over the weekend. Roya Heshmati, an Iranian woman who was punished with 74 lashes for refusing to wear the hijab, tells her story. (1) Images of the day: A few Iranian women TV announcers/hosts from the pre-Revolution period. Lately, non-book items (such as political news, tech news, puzzles, oddities, trivia, humor, art, and music) have formed the vast majority of the entries.Įntries in each section appear in reverse chronological order.Īrchived blogs up to 2011 Blog Entries for 2023Ĩ (Monday): Presenting selected news, useful info, and oddities from around the Internet. Given that the book introductions and reviews constituted a form of personal blog, I decided to title this page "Blog & Books," to also allow discussion of interesting topics unrelated to books from time to time. The rapid expansion of the list of books warranted devoting a separate page to it. This page was created in 2009 as an outgrowth of the section entitled "Books Read or Heard" in my personal page.
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