On this episode of Talk of the Town, Dave Clark sits down with members of an Oakland organization called ’12 Days of Christmas’, which helps children and families in need. They’ve got a.
Shafi Goldwasser is one of the key figures responsible for the success of modern cryptography in providing secure electronic data transmission and exchange. In , her work on probabilistic encryption with Silvio Micali demonstrated how to use randomness to define and achieve semantic security.
Once Were Warriors is a New Zealand tragic drama film based on New Zealand author Alan Duff's bestselling first novel. [4] The film tells the story of the Heke family, an urban Māori whānau living in South Auckland, and their problems with poverty, alcoholism, and domestic violence, mostly brought on by the patriarch, Jake.
Israel Zohar, 62, has played clarinet for the orchestra for 38 years. The highlight, he said, was a tour of Germany, the first visit there by the orchestra after the Holocaust and the.
Abdi Bile (Somali: Cabdi Bille Cabdi, Arabic: عبد الله بلي عبد الله; born 28 December ) is a former middle distance runner who holds multiple Somali national records for various athletics disciplines. In , he became world champion in the metres, the first Somali to do so.
Tulin Daloglu currently hosts KRT’s The World and US, a daily program focusing on foreign policy issues. She joined KRT in June with over twenty-five years of experience as a journalist.
Dr. Pasi Janne is the director of three cancer programs at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in addition to serving as a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Janne directs the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology, Belfer Center for Applied Cancer Science and Chen-Huang Center for EGFR Mutant Lung Cancers.
Ashoka was born around BCE to the second Mauryan king Bindusara, and his second queen Subhadrangi alias, Dharma. The word Ashoka means ‘without sorrow’ in Sanskrit. Being daughter of a poor Brahmin family, Maharani Subhadrangi, suffered a very tough period in her early life.
Mattia Battistini (27 February – 7 November ) was an Italian operatic baritone, referred to as the "King of Baritones" in multiple publications. [1] [2] Battistini in the s Battistini in the s.
Tu Nokwe describes her music as a spiritual new age African sound with influences of jazz and funk. In , Tu Nokwe founded the traditional music project that is positioned to play an important role in the preservation of indigenous African music and the transformation of music education in South Africa.
Sultan Ali Keshtmand (Persian), sometimes transliterated Kishtmand, born May 22, in Kabul, was an Afghan politician. He served twice as Chairman of the Council of Ministers during the s, from to and from to in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
Prehistory of the Mind, The cognitive origins of art, religion and science. by Steven Mithen () This work is about the evolutionary process. The author demonstrates how the human mind is a product of human evolution not a supernatural creation. I would add, it includes the ability to be inspired and to inspire.