Angel of Death

When your life is one big party, what's another one as an excuse for New Year's Eve? Nora Fatehi's dancing and fashion skills are at par with each other and when they both come together, expect a celebration like no other. An electrifying start to the new year ahead was on the cards for Nora Fatehi or at least her outfit choice of the night was indicative of it. It was a New Year's Eve bash in Goa and she grooved to her tunes dressed in an electric blue co-ord set that included a blue halter crop top and cutout cargo trousers. The blue co-ord set is strategically structured to cinch her waist further but with an extra dose of crystals that embellish her entire outfit. In case that wasn't already enough, her dancing shoes add a monochrome touch perfectly. Her confidence shines as always in anything she wears but her glamorous makeup and hair sure are a bonus. Unlike her signature minimal soft glam, it was glitter and curls all the way for this Bollywood beauty, to not just dance to her tunes but for others to groove to it too. Nora Fatehi loves all things glitter and would rather leave the room than have a dull moment. Her latest cover for Lifestyle Asia recognised her love for sparkle and ensured she did just that in an embellished sheer catsuit. No room is too dark for Nora Fatehi.When it comes to experiments with fashion, we're yet to find someone who does it better than Nora Fatehi. If she can make a feathered cover look like the most glamorous thing around town, she can practically do anything https://www.ndtv.com/lifestyle/nora-fatehi-had-the-most-electrifying-start-to-2024-in-a-blue-crystal-co-ord-set-4787079

Iman al-Masry is simply exhausted after giving birth to quadruplets in a hospital in southern Gaza, miles away from her home in the north of the war-torn Palestinian territory. Days into the Israel-Hamas war sparked by Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, the young woman fled the family home in Beit Hanun on foot with her three other children seeking safety. For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. They walked five kilometres (three miles) to the Jabalia refugee camp, looking for a means of transport that would take them to Deir al-Balah further south. Iman was six months pregnant and “the distance was too long,” she told AFP. “It affected my pregnancy,” added the 28-year-old mother, who gave birth by C-section on December 18 to daughters Tia and Lynn and sons Yasser and Mohammed. But Iman was quickly asked to leave the hospital with the newborns -- minus Mohammed who was too fragile to go with them -- to make room for other patients of the war. Now, with Tia, Lynn and Yasser, they live in a cramped schoolroom turned shelter in Deir al-Balah along with around 50 other members of their extended family. “Mohammed weighs only one kilogramme (2.2 pounds). He cannot survive,” she said of the child she left behind at a hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Lying on a foam mattress in a schoolroom turned shelter for her and her extended family, Iman recounts her journey from hell. “When I left home, I had only some summer clothes for the children. I thought the war would last a week or two and that afterwards we would go back home,” she said. More than 11 weeks later, her hope of ever going back are shattered. The Gaza Strip, home to 2.4 million people, lies in ruins from the north to the south. According to UN estimates, the fighting has displaced 1.9 million Palestinians internally. The conflict erupted when Hamas gunmen attacked southern Israel, resulting in the deaths of about 1,140 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli figures. Palestinian militants also took around 250 hostages, 129 of whom remain in captivity, Israel says. Israel retaliated with a relentless bombardment and a siege of Gaza followed by a ground invasion from October 27. The campaign has killed at least 21,110 people, according to the latest toll issued by Gaza’s health ministry, about two thirds of them women and children.Like other mothers, Iman had hoped to follow tradition and celebrate the birth of her babies by “dousing them with rose water”, she said. But 10 days on “we have not even been able to bathe them,” she said, because of the difficulty of finding clear water in the devastated territory, where there is a dire shortage of basic food stuff, including milk, medicine and hygienic supplies such as diapers. “Normally I would change babies’ diapers every two hours. But the situation is difficult and I must be thrifty,” she said, adding that the newborns get only a fresh diaper in the morning and another in the evening. Her husband Ammar al-Masry, 33, said he is devastated because he cannot provide for his family. “I feel helpless,” he said, surrounded by his six children in the foul-smelling schoolroom. “I fear for my children. I don’t know how to protect them,” he said, adding that he spends most of his days outdoors searching for food. “Tia (who has jaundice) must be breastfed and my wife needs nutritious food that contains protein. The children need milk and diapers. But I cannot get any of that.” https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2023/12/28/Gaza-mother-gives-birth-to-quadruplets-amid-war-displacement-fight-for-survival

and a cursor. After getting through the setup pleasantries, that's all you're left with when you start a new draft on the Freewrite Alpha. No spell check, no AI-powered notes on your grammar, and most certainly no other browser tabs to distract you from the ultimate goal of getting words down on the page. Instead, Freewrite has taken its already distraction-free writing experience and shrunk the price tag some by cutting the Alpha's screen down to almost nothing. I might not be a novelist, but between news posts and reviews, I write somewhere in the region of 20,000 words a week. So, I thought, what better way to test a writing machine than to use it exclusively for a full week, to see how it holds up to the rigors of the online journalist's grind? Freewrite, in fairness to it, wouldn't claim that this is the ideal plan for the Alpha—it's a writer's tool, sure, but it seems fairly clearly aimed at longer-term projects, on a grander scale. We're talking novels, memoirs, manifestos. Still, with cloud-storage syncing, I could have the Alpha immediately upload anything I write to Google Drive (or Dropbox, OneDrive, Evernote, or just its proprietary system called Postbox), so if I placed it on a desk in front of a computer monitor that I'd use to send drafts through to editors, there was nothing technically standing in my way. So, one work week later, here I am, impressed by how the Alpha held up, but also wishing I were a novelist, since this device would so clearly suit that calling. Writing Reformed The Alpha is a simple plastic slab, with a small kickstand on the back that can't be adjusted, and a mechanical keyboard on the front. It has a red power button, a few function keys on that keyboard, and a four-line LCD display. It's a word processor in the old-school 1980s sense of the word, capable of storing a large stash of drafts and syncing them over Wi-Fi when you're connected. Grey rounded rectangular shaped electronic device with a dark grey keyboard in the middle and small textonly screen... PHOTOGRAPH: FREEWRITE Moving between those drafts, changing your settings, and signing in and out can be a fiddly annoyance due to the lack of a touch interface or trackpad, but most people would find themselves doing that far more rarely than me, because, again, most people wouldn't write eight news stories on it in a day. Freewrite Alpha Freewrite Alpha RATING: 7/10 $369 AT AMAZON $349 AT FREEWRITE If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED Once you start up a new draft, though, that blank four-line space greets you, and you'd better be ready to write. An online journalist does their research almost in the same moment as writing, in many cases—deadlines are rapid, so it can feel like you don't always have time to sit and think of your piece's structure before starting. It's a game of alt-tabbing back and forth. Except, using the Freewrite Alpha, it's not. Instead, it's a game of reading what I need to read, digesting what I need to write about it, and then starting to type the words until it's done. That might not sound radically different, and it isn't on a mechanical level, but the Freewrite Alpha added a layer of friction in my routine that I actually appreciated. It imposed an extra step, one that forced me to have a beginning, middle, and end ready in my head before starting a piece. Sending Heaven Of course, it helps that it feels great to type on. The Alpha's keyboard is excellent, with Kailh Choc V2 switches that are nice and tactile, but not so clacky as to be completely obnoxious. The Alpha is also lightweight enough to be slipped into a bag easily. It's much lighter than my MacBook Air, albeit it also gets substantially more funny looks and unwanted questions. Top view of a rounded rectangular device showing the port PHOTOGRAPH: FREEWRITE While the Google Drive syncing was handy for me, the Freewrite also has a button I couldn't stop myself using—even after an automated email landed, reminding me it wasn't necessary: Send. This immediately sends your draft as a text file and PDF to the email linked to your Freewrite account, and nothing has ever felt more like ripping a sheet of paper out of a typewriter to me than hitting it at the end of a piece, that "Send" whipping it away from me. Freewrite Alpha Freewrite Alpha RATING: 7/10 $369 AT AMAZON $349 AT FREEWRITE If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED In reality, pressing Send only beckoned the next step, an editing pass, but with this sort of product there is a lot to be said for the emotional weight of a design decision, and I fell in love with that Send button. Still, that move through to the edit was also a step that the Alpha made more of a requirement than I'm used to. Every writer likes to imagine their copy comes out clean, and the rise of autocorrect has made that a lower bar than ever to clear. Well, the Alpha has no crutches of that sort, so almost every draft I checked was riddled with little typos and words without spaces between them. On an actual computer, using an actual web browser, clicking through these to fix them was generally a momentary job, but it still leaves me wondering how an 80,000-word document might look when reviewed for the first time. Of course, being tentative on the space bar could well be a "me" problem, not a Freewrite Alpha one. Just My Type That's how I feel about most of my time using the Alpha, in fact: Many of my hesitations stem from my own predilections, not the elegant hardware I was using. I went into this knowing I was bending the Alpha to my will to see how things went, but I came out regretting that my life isn't a nonstop writer's retreat where this thing would make perfect sense. Because, to be clear, Alpha is just ideal for that use case, or if you actually do have a novel on the simmer. Being able to lock up your phone, close your laptop, and get this out would be a perfect way to get in that zone. That experience is offered by all of Freewrite's writing devices, of course, but the Alpha is, crucially, its most affordable. That it also fixes the Freewrite Go's mistake of shipping without mechanical key switches is a bonus.That said, we're talking about a $349 (£275) writing tool here. You can get a capable laptop for that price and have so much more at your fingertips. Indeed, I'm starting to think that Freewrite's three writing options now look a little weird: The Alpha is the cheapest, and is light and convenient with mechanical switches. The Traveler, at $499, costs a chunk more for a truly portable design, but with an inferior keyboard and less room for your hands. Finally, the full-fat Smart Typewriter sits at $649, and has the best of all worlds with the bigger display, but is twice as heavy and thus doesn't make sense for frequent moving around. What I'd really like is a middle ground—a single device that brings the bigger screen, makes navigation easier, and keeps the mechanical keyboard, but doesn't weigh a ton. Whether that ever happens (given it would probably make the existing models redundant) is anyone's guess, but I can dream. In the meantime, the Alpha will sit for however long my loaner review unit remains with me. And every time I look at it I'll wonder why I'm not in a cabin, in a pine forest, writing something truly lasting. Send. https://www.wired.com/review/review-freewrite-alpha/#intcid=_wired-gear-right-rail_f2b8a8e7-0547-469e-8320-54a66a4ea99e_po[CENSORED]r4-1-reranked-by-vidi

Chinese tech giant Lenovo showed off a prototype laptop on Monday that has a see-through screen, underscoring how the world’s largest PC maker is trying to innovate after a brutal couple of years for the market. The laptop is equipped with a trackpad which features a touch keyboard and a stylus to draw or navigate with. The obvious question is: Why would you want this kind of device? Lenovo showed off some of its capabilities. A representative who ran a demonstration for CNBC placed an artificial sunflower behind the screen. The camera built into the laptop was able to identify the object as a sunflower then provide information about it, using artificial intelligence technology. Another use, the representative said, is in a construction scenario. For example, if an architect is designing an extension on a house, they could see the house through the screen, and use the stylus to draw their design to envisage what it may look like. Like all new technology, there may often be uses not yet imagined.The technology is similar to augmented reality in some senses. AR, which has been po[CENSORED]rized by glasses or headsets like Apple’s Vision Pro, is when digital content is superimposed on the real-world you see in front of you. Since the laptop is a concept product, Lenovo has no plans to sell the device. However, PC makers are looking toward the future after a difficult couple of years. PC sales spiked during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, but as people returned to work, they began to plunge. Last year, PC shipments fell nearly 15% year-on-year, The Chinese tech giant showed off the device at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the world’s biggest mobile industry trade show. Lenovo does have a history of teasing concept devices to prove its ability to innovate. Last year at MWC, https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/25/chinas-lenovo-shows-off-a-laptop-with-a-see-through-screen.html

It’s been a quiet year for desktop CPU launches—more of a drizzle than rain for new silicon. Intel’s launch of its 14th-generation processors was particularly subdued, with two of its three new chips offering similar performance as their predecessors. And yet we still got an interesting showdown: the Intel’s Core i7-14700K versus AMD’s gaming-focused Ryzen 7 7800X3D. With its strong gaming performance, the 7800X3D was a top contender for being the best CPU to launch this year. And in fact, if that’s all you’re planning to do, it’s still an excellent choice, especially if power consumption is a concern. But Intel’s Core i7-14700K managed to nudge it aside to take our recommendation, thanks to getting four additional efficiency cores—it handles content creation tasks much more easily than the 7800X3D, while still posting similar numbers in many games. When you’re spending $400 for a CPU, a well-rounded option is always welcome. The fact that compatible motherboards and RAM are still a bit cheaper and more plentiful in options helps, too. — Alaina Yee https://www.pcworld.com/article/2144388/the-best-pc-hardware-and-software-of-2023-2024.html

Pacific Drive is a driving game like no other. Not content with the race tracks and supercars endemic to the genre, Ironwood Studios’ debut outing is a ‘90s conspiracy thriller that blends crafting-survival elements with a roguelike structure and sports a New Weird aesthetic that’s guaranteed to delight fans of Remedy’s Control and the SCP Foundation. In short, you are a hapless driver transported into the forbidden confines of a fictitious government Exclusion Zone in Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. In your bid to escape, you quickly stumble upon your new best friend: a rusty old station wagon that isn’t quite what it seems. Our Pacific Drive review praises the “delicious friction between Pacific Drive’s tactility and [player] adrenaline” that fosters “emergent chase sequences laced with panic and amusement in equal measure.” While you’re in the driver’s seat, you must juggle the mechanical components of a car – the handbrake, wipers, and headlights – as you withstand fluctuating weather patterns as well as the hostile paranormal Anomalies that po[CENSORED]te the Zone. Your forays out into the PNW wilds will take you through dense forests and forbidding swamps, as you slowly puzzle out the mysteries of the Exclusion Zone and its mysterious Remnants. The roguelike loop brings you back to the garage at the end of each run, where you can repair any damage your iron horse has sustained. This forms the basis of Pacific Drive’s crafting-survival element, but its intriguing story is the fuel that propels you through to its end. It’s also got a seriously good soundtrack to boot. https://www.pcgamesn.com/new-pc-games

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The iconic competitive FPS is still going strong today with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Though CSGO has undergone significant changes over its lifespan, it's still very much the core Counter-Strike experience that revolutionized the multiplayer FPS genre in the 2000s. The standard mode of play is a five-on-five demolition-style match on carefully crafted maps that emphasize specific positioning, sightlines, and team strategies. But beyond that, there's a hostage rescue mode, gungame free-for-all, and tons of custom content from years of work by its player base.One of the most exciting things about CSGO is the high-intensity competitive matches where the slightest mistakes could spell doom for your team, or clutch plays could drastically shift the momentum of a match. Counter-Strike has historically been played with a level of precision in both the FPS combat and in its tactics, which makes a bit of a steep learning curve for newcomers. However, this classic game can be wildly rewarding, which you can see from its massive competitive scene. Recently, Valorant has adopted the Counter-Strike formula to great effect, but the high-stakes tactical combat of CSGO is still in a league of its own. https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/best-pc-games/2900-4143/

CES, or the Consumer Electronics Show, is one of the biggest tech trade shows in the U.S., which means it’s one of the best places to get an idea of the future of technology. You can preview products long before they hit store shelves, which can often make it hard to find new products that are available to buy now. I headed to CES to find the best new products as well as gadgets you can actually order today. Below are new and exciting products across tech home, kitchen, wellness and more. New products from CES 2024 that are available now We focused on products that are available for purchase or pre-order today. Products you can pre-order ship in January, February or March. If you miss the days of smartphones with physical buttons, this phone case may be for you. It is a silicone case that plugs into your phone and has a physical, backlit keyboard at the bottom. You can use the physical keyboard instead of your iPhone’s traditional touch keyboard. The case has a pass-through port at the bottom, so you can still charge your phone while using it. iPhone 14 Pro models ship in February, 15 Pro in March and 15 Pro Max in early spring. Anker debuted a bevy of charging devices using the new Qi2 standard, which promises faster charging rates and a secure magnetic hold while charging. This one doubles as a portable power bank, with 6,600mAh of battery while you are on the go. It charges with USB-C, just like the latest iPhone 15. https://www.nbcnews.com/select/shopping/ces-2024-best-products-buy-now-rcna133153

For much of the 21st century, software development has been an attractive career option. Now, however, there are perceived threats on the horizon as new tools seem set to fill the software development skills gap. Generative AI models are evolving quickly with the ability to generate functioning code from a few text prompts. Meanwhile, no-code and low-code tools and services — which offer people with minimal or even no development skills the ability to design and mani[CENSORED]te their own software applications — are becoming more sophisticated and widespread. Gartner predicted in 2021 that, by 2025, as much as 70% of new applications will be developed using low-code or no-code technologies. Generally speaking, these technologies are more likely to augment how software development is done than completely displace this work, but their adoption could still see some unwelcome changes from the sector’s heyday. Software developers may be expected to do more with less, and early-stage workers may be seen as less valuable and replaceable by anyone with basic skills who can leverage these new automations. Small companies with smaller budgets may even lean more on no-code tools and generative AI and be less likely to create new opportunities for developers. In other words, while software developers are still needed, demand may not continue to grow at its previous pace, and this may come with a decrease in salaries and benefits as the market becomes less competitive. But there are ways software developers can continue to secure high-paying roles as their career evolves. 1. Learn a high-paying language Not all programming languages are created equal. Some are more commonly used, and some are in higher demand in the job circuit. According to Indeed, the highest-paid programming languages are Java, C#, JavaScript, Python, C++, SQL, Rust, Scala, and Elixir. Each of these will have different applications and use cases, so developers can select the language best suited to the industry they’re interested in. It’s also important to be familiar with a range of supporting frameworks. This software developer role in Union Tank, for example, requires several years of practical experience with Java alongside knowledge of po[CENSORED]r Java frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate, and JavaServer Faces. 2. Learn to work alongside AI AI will have a significant role to play in the future of software development, so familiarity with new generative AI tools and how they intersect with the work of software development is essential. This C++ developer role at Websale, for example, involves working with tools such as ChatGPT and CoPilot. Those who stay ahead of the curve and learn how to best harness these tools, rather than rail against them, are likely to become the new standard-bearers of the sector. 3. Specialise in cybersecurity According to an analysis of the average salaries of cybersecurity specialists recorded by the Economic Research Institute, 10 of the top 15 highest-paying countries for cybersecurity jobs are in Europe. At the top of the list is Switzerland, where the average salary in cybersecurity is more than $150,000 per year. Security software developers need to add highly specialised skills to their development knowledge, but this is a career investment that could pay off massively in the long run. According to the World Economic Forum’s most recent Future of Jobs report, cybersecurity is a key growth area with a widening skills gap. 4. Take the reins with product management Bill Gates started his career as a software developer. Though he founded Facebook before he even finished college and started a career, Mark Zuckerberg’s entrepreneurial roots are certainly in software development. The trope of the software-developer-turned-entrepreneur continues today, and, if becoming your own boss and leading your own business is something you’d like on your career roadmap, consider a pivot to product management. These roles are often considered as ‘mini CEOs’ because of their broad base of skills, deep product knowledge and involvement, and cross-departmental interactions. That journey can begin in a software development role where you take the lead on common product management practices. For example, this senior Java developer role in SMA Solar Technology includes managing Agile development teams. 5. Develop your leadership skills Experience is highly valuable in the job market, but it can only come with time. To accelerate your salary progression, you’ll need to demonstrate that you aren’t just a team player, but a team leader. As with any career, team leads and heads of development will earn more than the employees reporting to them, and skillful leaders are scarce. Leadership and social influence are among the top rising skills cited in the World Economic Forum Future of Jobs report. Of course, with a salary often second only to the CEO, the top position to aim for is CTO. Start with taking on senior development roles with more responsibility for project delivery and mentorship, such as this C# role at Moldino Tool Engineering. You can also seek out positions at companies that will support your continuing professional development. For example, Mazars advertises its development and training opportunities and financial support for relevant qualifications in this posting for a cloud software developer. If you’re looking to take the next step in your software development career, check out some of the roles available now on the https://thenextweb.com/news/5-ways-boost-salary-software-developer-2024

I’ve researched the subscription-based hardware market for many years. I have the firm belief that: The storage infrastructure most naturally fits the subscription model. The server/VM ecosystem could fit but doesn’t as much. The major difference between these is that the storage vendors own the respective storage stack — hardware and software. It’s relatively easy for storage vendors to take on that cost and sell it via subscription. I am not underestimating the capital involved in that process. In contrast, the server vendors such as Dell, HPE, and Lenovo own just the hardware. The important ingredient — server virtualization software — comes from infrastructure software vendors like Citrix, Microsoft, Red Hat, and VMware. VMware, undeniably, holds the lion’s share in this virtualization market. Unless the vendor that front-ends deals is willing and the entire stack is available via subscription, the server subscription market will be stagnant. The Subscription Server Market Briefly Saw New Possibilities At the end of calendar year 2023, this market witnessed a growth catalyst. Broadcom/VMware announced that its software will be available as subscription-only. It raised hopes and possibilities for server vendors to build a subscription bundle. They would develop a back-to-back agreement with VMware and develop offerings based on it. This news could fuel growth in the subscription-based server market. But that hope fell flat on its face as Broadcom announced another change to its resellers program. Server vendors are no longer the distributors for VMware infrastructure software. As a result, Dell terminated its VMware reseller agreement. This means all server vendors that were once a major distributor/reseller of VMware software will now have to go through designated VMware distributors. The details of the new program are not public yet. Server vendors face more challenges and risks than they did in the past. What will be the result? Server vendors will have to front-end deals, underwrite (or buy insurance for) the subscription business, and assume risks. Would Broadcom be interested in taking on recurring revenue risks in partnership with server vendors? I believe that it’s not likely given Broadcom’s modus operandi. Server revenue will decline on account of lost VMware licenses — a significant drag on top-line and bottom-line revenue. What Does The Future Look Like? Server vendors have been facing challenges, as businesses have been migrating/moving to the public cloud where hardware is rarely provided by these same vendors. Server vendors have two possible paths: Join the larger distributors as resellers and settle with a lot lower margins. Explore alternatives to VMware hypervisor (and other infrastructure software) to stay in the game. What Do You Think? I am looking forward to publishing a few research reports on this market situation very soon. If you are a server vendor exploring future possibilities and wanting to discuss, submit an inquiry request. If you are a VMware customer and need to discuss the strategic options, please reach out so we can talk. https://www.forrester.com/blogs/2024-a-bittersweet-beginning-for-the-subscription-hardware-business/

In a speech marking the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday last month, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi warned critics not to hold protests on January 25, the fifth anniversary on the 2011 po[CENSORED]r uprising, saying a new revolt could destroy the country. “Why am I hearing calls for another revolution? Why do you want to ruin [Egypt]? I came by your will and your choice, and not despite it,” Sisi told the hand-picked audience of politicians, media pundits and members of Egypt’s newly elected parliament. KEEP READING list of 4 items list 1 of 4 El-Sisi sworn in for third term as Egyptian president list 2 of 4 Turkey and Egypt call for ceasefire in Gaza list 3 of 4 Turkey’s Erdogan, Egypt’s Sisi meet in Cairo list 4 of 4 Turkey’s Erdogan arrives in Egypt for first visit in more than a decade end of list Sisi’s words, greeted by a roar of applause, revealed the regime’s fears that another po[CENSORED]r uprising may be brewing.After the Spring – Egypt: 5 Years On As Egypt nears the fifth anniversary of the uprising that ended three decades of Hosni Mubarak’s rule, analysts and activists say the regime is imposing a “reign of terror” to deter people from marking the day. Security forces have stepped up their crackdown on activists: On January 7, police arrested three administrators of Facebook pages allegedly promoting anti-government protests on January 25. Four journalists, along with members of the April 6 Youth Movement, have also been arrested. In addition, earlier this week, security forces conducted mass searches of flats, primarily in downtown Cairo near Tahrir Square, the heart of the 2011 protests. Hundreds of Egyptian revolutionaries and regime opponents are already behind bars, and the religious establishment has described those calling for a new round of January 25 protests as “weak believers who carry extremist ideas”. “The spirit of the January uprising continues to pose a threat to the regime, despite the fact that none of the known revolutionary forces actually called for protests, to my knowledge,” Khalil al-Anani, a political science professor at the Doha Institute, told Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/1/24/is-another-revolution-brewing-in-egypt

The Egyptian jackal, which may have been the inspiration for the Egyptian god Anubis, is actually not a jackal at all but a member of the wolf family. New genetic research in the open-access journal PLoS ONE finds that the Egyptian jackal is Africa’s only member of the gray wolf family. The new wolf, dubbed by researchers as the African wolf, is most closely related to the Himalayan wolf. “We could hardly believe our own eyes when we found wolf DNA that did not match anything in GenBank,” lead author, Dr Eli Rueness, said in a press release. GenBank is an open-access nucleotide database. The genetic data also points to an early origin for the Egyptian jackal/African wolf. In fact, researchers believe the animal is older than well-known wolves of the northern hemisphere. According to the study, Indian, Himalayan, and the new African wolf, broke off from the gray wolf before it moved north, colonizing Europe, northern Asia, and the Americas, further subdividing into different subspecies. Ethiopian wolves, which are a unique species of canids, are older still. Long suspected by some biologists, genetic research has shown that the Egyptian jackal is actually a wolf. The study does not appear to make a recommendation whether or not this new wolf should be considered a unique species in its own right or another subspecies of the grey wolf (Canis lupus). Currently, gray wolf subspecies number in the thirties, and distinction between species and subspecies continues to be debated for a number of them. However the new African wolf is classified, researchers argue the discovery must change how the animal is viewed in conservation. The authors call for the African wolf to be assessed individually, especially considering evidence that the animal is rare. The animal is not protected in Egypt and is often persecuted as it is considered a threat to livestock. In good news, the researchers discovered that the African wolf, previously Egyptian jackal, is actually present in the Ethiopian highlands, expanding its known range considerably. “This study shows the strengths of modern genetic techniques: old puzzles can be solved,” Nils Chr. Stenseth, Chair of the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES) and an author of the paper, says. Citation: Rueness EK, Asmyhr MG, Sillero-Zubiri C, Macdonald DW, Bekele A, et al. (2011) The Cryptic African Wolf: Canis aureus lupaster Is Not a Golden Jackal and Is Not Endemic to Egypt. PLoS ONE 6(1): e16385. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016385 https://news.mongabay.com/2011/01/egyptian-jackal-is-actually-ancient-wolf/

GB Ghabbour Auto has begun cooperation with India’s Bajaj Auto Company to manufacture some components of tuk-tuks and motorcycles in the Egyptian market. Chief Investment Officer of GB Ghabbour Auto Menatalla Sadek told Daily News Egypt the company expects to begin construction of the “tuk-tuk” and motorcycles factory in March or April. The company is awaiting the government’s unified automotive manufacturing law to determine the local components proportion of vehicles such as cars, tuk-tuks, and motorcycles to make a full inventory for the factory. CEO of GB Auto Raouf Ghabbour announced in November 2015 the new factory’s production capacity will be 120,000 tuk-tuks and 120,000 motorcycles per year and that production capacity could be increased. Sadek said the company has entered into negotiations with a factory specialised in tyre manufacture to bring this technology to Egypt. According to previous statements by Sadek, the estimated cost of manufacturing tuk-tuks, motorcycles, and tyres will be about $300m. The company succeeded in raising its capital by EGP 1.2bn last year to collect the remaining finances through banks. Sadek ruled out an operational suspension of GB Auto factories re-occurring, like that of late September until October 2015 when operations were halted for 20 days due to the lack of dollars to purchase production components. The company is keen on collecting a good stock of foreign currency to avoid banks’ delay to provide dollars for a period of three weeks to a month until it can open a documentary letter of credit to purchase the production inputs. https://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2016/02/13/gb-ghabbour-auto-to-start-manufacturing-components-of-tuk-tuks-motorcycles-locally/

The BAL is back. This time, it's the Nile Conference, taking place from April 19 to 27 at the Hassan Mostafa Sports Complex in Cairo, Egypt. The teams in the running are hosts and defending champions Al Ahly, their Libyan namesake Al Ahly, Bangui Sporting Club and City Oilers. After the Kalahari Conference, it's time for the Nile Conference in this fourth edition of the BAL. In this league, defending champions Al Ahly of Egypt play at home to Libya's Al Alhy, who are new to the competition. Also taking part are Bangui Sporting Club from the Central African Republic and City Oilers from Uganda, who are taking part for the second time. Each team will face its three opponents twice. The two best teams will be at the BK Arena in Kigali, as will the two best third-placed teams from all the other conferences, for four classification matches, followed by eight play-off matches and the finals. These matches will take place from May 24 to June 1.

She haunts ancient Egyptian graveyards, co-hosts a Portuguese podcast called “Three Egyptologists Walk Into a Bar” and keeps a miniature mummy in her office. Last fall, Luiza Osorio G. Silva joined UC Irvine as an assistant professor of art history specializing in pyramids, sphinxes, pharaohs – and a splash of beer. Early Egyptians drank lots of ale, she says. They also believed statues were able to live and breathe after a ceremonial knife was used to open their mouths. “Art in Egypt was not just art,” Silva notes. “Statues of gods were considered living gods, and the verb for sculpting one translated to ‘birthing’ rather than ‘making.’” Originally from Brazil, Silva traces her fascination with the land of the Nile to watching mummy movies with her dad as a kid. And when she was 5 or 6, the family traveled to England and visited the British Museum’s Near East collection and giftshop – from which Silva returned with a small metal coffin and a figurine that she wrapped in gauze and placed inside. Today, the makeshift mummy rests on a shelf in her office. Armed with Egyptian archaeology degrees from Brown University and the University of Chicago, Silva has researched everything from “magical bricks” found in old tombs to how royalty was perceived by average citizens. She’s also involved with a trio of Middle East excavation projects. One of Silva’s goals is to demystify early Egypt for the general public and show its relevance to modern times. In 2022, she and two other scholars launched a Portuguese podcast called “Tres Egiptologues Entram num Bar” that uses pop culture portrayals of Egypt as a hook to introduce scientific studies of the civilization’s past. A spinoff book club discusses Egyptian-themed novels by the likes of Agatha Christie and Ellery Queen. In a similar vein, Silva’s UC Irvine classes have students create a virtual art museum exhibit, a podcast or a historical character study as a final project. Her inspiration for the assignments was a Brown University course in which she had to make a Facebook profile for an Egyptian queen named Ahhotep. As part of her presentation, Silva concocted Nile Valley parodies of modern slang and idioms. Instead of YOLO (“You only live once”) and “I love you to the moon and back,” her glossary featured YOLF (“You only live forever”) and “I love you to the land of the dead and back.” OMG was replaced by OMA, for “Oh, my Amun,” a famous old-world god. And #drinkbeer was a key hashtag. Hiring an Egyptologist is part of the art history department’s ongoing effort to expand its geographic and chronological depth, says James Nisbet, who chairs the program. Although the department has long included Egyptian art and architecture among its broad history classes, Silva’s courses – such as “Pyramids and Power” and “Imagery of Violence” – are the first Nile-centric offerings. Fittingly, her office is sprinkled with Egyptian kitsch, including a serpent-handled coffee mug, an itty-bitty pyramid and a fake papyrus painting of goddesses on a boat. “I have more at home,” she says. And, of course, Silva is ready to hold forth on all manner of Egypt arcana and trivia, from the 1922 discovery of King Tut’s tomb (a media circus) and creepy mummification methods (brains were removed through the nostrils) to maddening myths (no, the pyramids weren’t used to store grain) and her favorite beverage (karkadeh – hibiscus tea). When asked about the Bangles’ 1986 song “Walk Like an Egyptian” (a phrase that also turns up in the movie version of To Kill a Mockingbird), Silva pulls out artwork depicting a man with one crooked arm stretched forward and the other reaching back. Pointing out that his head faces sideways, but his eye faces the viewer, she says, “It’s not because Egyptian artists didn’t understand perspective. We think they were simply trying to show the most recognizable parts of whatever they painted. In this case, the eye is more recognized frontally.” As further evidence, she displays a second piece of Egyptian art – an aerial view of trees around a rectangular pool, except the trees look like they’re lying flat on the ground, and the fish and ducks in the pool are likewise seen from the side instead of from overhead. Silva’s Egyptomania has spread to her parents, who were skeptical when she switched majors in college but now love to watch documentaries about the civilization. However, their daughter doesn’t join them. “Seeing a documentary reminds me of work,” she says. “I prefer a good mummy movie.” https://news.uci.edu/2024/04/15/bringing-ancient-egypt-to-life/

The IMD said the heat wave in Delhi and several other parts of north India will likely continue for another four days. A severe heatwave has gripped Delhi and several other parts of north India, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a ‘red alert’ warning for Sunday, May 19. According to a bulletin by the weather department, a ‘red alert’ has been issued in Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Punjab, and West Rajasthan. An ‘orange’ alert has been issued in Uttar Pradesh and East Rajasthan.Notably, a ‘red alert’ is issued when extreme weather conditions are a "high health concern" for vulnerable people, including infants, the elderly and those with chronic diseases.According to the IMD, the brutal heat scorching northwest India will likely continue for another four days. Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh will likely bear the maximum impact. It also said that high humidity levels are likely in Goa and sub-Himalayan West Bengal over the next few days. Meanwhile, the weather department has also warned of heatwave conditions in some areas of Himachal Pradesh, a day after the maximum temperatures went two to 6.4 degrees Celsius above normal in several places. According to the IMD in its bulletin on Saturday, a heat wave is likely over the next 24 hours at isolated places in Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Solan, Sirmaur, Kangra, and Shimla.On Saturday, at least 20 places in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh recorded maximum temperatures of 45 degrees Celsius or above. In Delhi, Mungeshpur recorded the highest temperature of 46.8 degrees Celsius, followed by Najafgarh at 46.7 degrees Celsius, Pitampura at 46.1 degrees Celsius and Pusa at 46 degrees Celsius. IMD's rainfall alert The IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall over south Peninsular India till May 23 and extremely heavy rainfall from May 19 to May 21. “Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal and Kerala and Mahe on 18th and 22nd and South Interior Karnataka during 18th-20th May, 2024. Isolated extremely heavy rainfall also very likely over Tamil Nadu and Kerala during 19th-21st May, 2024,” the IMD wrote in its bulletin. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/weather-updates-may-19-2024-delhi-sizzles-at-46-degrees-imds-red-alert-for-heatwave-across-north-india-101716085839389.html

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