Elon Musk #USA #Engineer #philantropist #Canada #SpaceX #Reuse rockets

Elon Reeve Musk FRS is an engineer, industrial designer, technology entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is a citizen of South Africa, Canada, and the United States.

Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. As a child, Musk was so lost in his daydreams about inventions that his parents and doctors ordered a test to check his hearing.

At about the time of his parents’ divorce, when he was 10, Musk developed an interest in computers. He taught himself how to program, and when he was 12 he sold his first software: a game he created called Blastar.

In grade school, Musk was short, introverted and bookish. He was bullied until he was 15 and went through a growth spurt and learned how to defend himself with karate and wrestling.

Musk founded his third company, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or SpaceX, in 2002 with the intention of building spacecraft for commercial space travel. By 2008, SpaceX was well established, and NASA awarded the company the contract to handle cargo transport for the International Space Station—with plans for astronaut transport in the future—in a move to replace NASA’s own space shuttle missions.

His success story in a nice video. 

Coronavirus: How dangerous is lifting lockdown? #Covid-19 #lockdown #risk #dangerous

Across the UK we can meet more people, while in England some children are back in school and car showrooms and open-air markets have reopened.

But some scientists, even those advising government, have been in mutinous mood - saying ministers are acting too soon.

And the lifting of restrictions has been described as a "dangerous moment" even by England's deputy chief medical officer.

There were an estimated 100,000 new infections every day in England on 23 March, the day when Boris Johnson announced strict curbs on our daily lives.

That compares with around 8,000 daily infections at the moment.

Trump's former defence secretary denounces president #USA #DonaldTrump #JamesMattis

In rare public comments, Mr Mattis said the president had sought to "divide" the American people and had failed to provide "mature leadership".

He said he was "angry and appalled" by Mr Trump's handling of recent unrest.

In response, the president described Mr Mattis as an "overrated general" and said he was glad he had left the post.

Bollywood music composer Wajid Khan dies of suspected Covid-19: #India #Music #bollywood #wajidkhan

Bollywood composer-singer Wajid Khan of the popular sibling composer duo- Sajid Wajid who passed away in the early hours on Monday in a Mumbai hospital was a popular figure in the Bollywood circles. According to reports Wajid who had a kidney transplant a while ago developed an infection and was on ventilator for the last four days. He was 42.

Sajid-Wajid recently composed songs for Bollywood superstar Salman Khan during the ongoing lockdown, one of which was a number titled Pyaar karona, a pop anthem encouraging all to fight the coronavirus. The song released in April was sung by Salman and also featured the actor in the video.

Easing of some COVID-19 restrictions in Abu Dhabi: #UAE #AbuDhabi #Covid-19

Abu Dhabi Media Office has announced the easing of some restrictions on activities in the emirate in line with the National Screening Programme and the Abu Dhabi Emergency and Crisis Committee for the COVID-19, in collaboration with the Department of Health (DOH), it was announced Sunday.

Early years and childcare sector at risk: #UK #Coronavirus #lockdown #education #earlyyear

The future of the early years and childcare sector is at risk in England, the Early Years Alliance (EYA) has said, as fewer than half of parents with young children plan to take up their childcare places on 1 June, 2020.

Just over 40% of parents of under-fives say they will send their children back to nursery, preschool or childminders this week, according to a poll by the EYA (Early Years Alliance) of more than 6,300 care providers across the UK. A further 13% of parents say they are still “completely undecided”. 

Three in 10 parents gave the government the lowest possible rating on a scale of one to 10, when asked how clear the government has been on the rationale behind reopening childcare settings. The average rating from parents was 3.9 – where one is “very unclear” and 10 is “very clear”. The reason is only the stats below. Parents are really afraid of, as per poll by EYA. Govt is not designing any line to cater the situation in education early year education. 

Confirmed UK cases

274,762

 

New cases

1,936

 

UK deaths

38,489

England

152,176

 

Scotland

15,400

 

Wales

13,995

 

NI

4,716

Astronauts on historic mission enter space station: Mission Space X #NASA #SpaceX #mission #Astronauts

SpaceX flew a first demonstration of its new crew vehicle last year 2019, but that had only a dummy aboard. This sortie is the first to carry humans. Hurley's and Behnken's job on the mission is to test all onboard systems and to give their feedback to engineers. SpaceX and Nasa need a clean crewed demonstration so they can move swiftly to the next phase of the company's $2.6bn (£2.1bn) contract, which will encompass six astronaut "taxi" flights, with the first of these likely to occur at the end of August 2020.

Violence erupts on sixth day of protests in USA: #GeorgeFloyd #Violence #USA #Justice #black

Curfews have been imposed in nearly 40 cities of USA, but people have largely ignored them, leading to tense stand-offs and moved for justice for George Floyd. People are looting malls, banks, state is not position to control the position. 

Riot police clashed with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse the crowds.Police vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.

Cartoonist Priya Kurian illustrated well social distancing: #Corona #Covid-19 #Cartoon #Cartoonist #PriyaKurian #Banglore

Cartoonist Priya Kurian has drawn a series of pictures showing how masks became the new normal across India - even before a stringent lockdown was put in place on 25 March, 2020.

Priya Kurian says her art was inspired by her neighbours, as well as people she saw at the airport when she took a flight from the southern city of Bangalore to visit her friend in the eastern city of Kolkata, India. 

This was before masks were made mandatory and flights grounded. However, the threat of Covid-19 had just begun to emerge so some people had already begun wearing face coverings as protection. But no care about social distancing. 

The longest lockdown in the world: #Corona #Covid-19 #Manila #March

In this pandemic, Manila observing the  longest lock down since mid March. More than 12 million people from Manila are still isolated from routine life. Govt is allowing relaxation in lockdown gradually. 

ICC Cricket Ranking. #Cricket #Testmatch #ODI #T20 #top #Manformat

Test Championship Ranking, Australia at No 1.

Position	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Australia	26	3028	116
2	New Zealand	21	2406	115
3	India	27	3085	114
4	England	33	3466	105
5	Sri Lanka	27	2454	91
6	South Africa	23	2076	90
7	Pakistan	16	1372	86
8	West Indies	18	1422	79
9	Afghanistan	3	170	57
10	Bangladesh	17	939	55

ODI Ranking. England at No. 1

Position	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	England	38	4820	127
2	India	49	5819	119
3	New Zealand	32	3716	116
4	South Africa	31	3345	108
5	Australia	33	3518	107
6	Pakistan	32	3254	102
7	Bangladesh	34	2989	88
8	Sri Lanka	39	3297	85
9	West Indies	43	3285	76
10	Afghanistan	28	1549	55

T20 Ranking, Australia #1

Position	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Australia	19	5285	278
2	England	17	4564	268
3	India	35	9319	266
4	Pakistan	21	5470	260
5	South Africa	17	4380	258
6	New Zealand	23	5565	242
7	Sri Lanka	23	5293	230
8	Bangladesh	20	4583	229
9	West Indies	24	5499	229
10	Afghanistan	17	3882	228

US cities order curfews amid widespread clashes. #USA # George Floyd #Curfew

Widespread demonstrations have taken place, with riot police using tear gas and rubber bullets after their vehicles were set alight in several cities.

President Donald Trump blamed "looters and anarchists" for the violence. Mr Floyd, a 46-year-old African American, was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis on Monday May 25, 2020. Former policeman Derek Chauvin, 44 and white, has been charged with his murder and is due to appear in court on Monday. In footage that went viral online, Mr Chauvin can be seen kneeling on Mr Floyd's neck for several minutes. Mr Floyd repeatedly says that he is unable to breathe.

Tomb of Caliph Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz exhumed by militias in Syria #syria #idlib #prophet #caliph #miltantd

Militias fighting alongside the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al-Assad destroyed and desecrated the grave of the eighth Umayyad Caliph Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz yesterday, located in the north-west province of Idlib.

The most viewed photo in the world. #photo #viewed #windows # landscape #billgates #microsoft #XP

The Most Viewed Pic.

This photo was taken by American photographer Charles O'Reilly in January 1998. He was on his way to Napa Valley, north of San Francisco, from his home in St. Helena, California. He intended to meet his girlfriend Daphne, whom he later married.

In those days a storm had passed by and the weather was beautiful and the scenery was beautiful because of the rains. Passing through the Sonoma Highway, Charles saw a green-covered hill and stopped to take a few pictures with his old camera. He had a Mamiya RZ67 camera used by professional photographers. It had the Fuji film Valvia Rail, which was considered the best for taking pictures during the day. Charles later said the picture was good because the combination of camera and film was great. He offered the photo for sale through the photo company Westlight. It was a company like Getty Images that he founded with a friend. Westlight was later bought by Bill Gates' Corbus company. Charles said he was approached by Microsoft in 2000 to buy the image. They offered so much money that Charles lost consciousness. According to him, this was the second largest amount paid for any photo in the world.

 He never disclosed the amount because of a privacy agreement with Microsoft. But he is thought to have been paid several million dollars. When he tried to send the film to Microsoft by courier, all the companies apologized, because the picture had become more expensive than their insurance coverage. Eventually, Charles himself went to Microsoft headquarters and signed the deal with the film. He is the default wallpaper for Windows XP. titled the photo Bicolick Green Hills. But Microsoft named it 'Bliss' and made This photo is so fascinating that many people don't consider it real and consider it a feat of Photoshop. At first, some people thought that if it was a real picture, it would have been taken in New Zealand, Ireland, Switzerland, or some other beautiful place in Europe. Many people believe that it must have been edited. According to Charles, the photo was never edited and is presented as it was taken.

دنیا میں سب سے زیادہ دیکھی جانے والی تصویر

دنیا کی سب سے زیادہ دیکھی جانے والی تصویر نہکسی مصور نے تخلیق کی ہے، نہ کمپیوٹر پر بنائی گئی ہے، نہ کسی کرنسی نوٹ پر چھپی

ہوئی ہے اور نہ کسی کتاب کا سرورق بنی ہے۔ اس تصویر کا نام 'بلس' ہے۔ بہت سے لوگ یہ ماننے کو تیار نہیں ہوتے کہ کسی تصویر کو ایک ارب افراد پہچان سکتے ہیں۔ لیکن جب وہ خود اس تصویر کو دیکھتے ہیں تو تسلیم کیے بغیر کوئی چارہ نہیں رہتا۔

یہ تصویر امریکی فوٹوگرافر چارلز اورئیر نے جنوری 1998 میں کھینچی تھی۔ وہ کیلی فورنیا کے شہر سینٹ ہیلینا میں اپنے گھر سے ناپا ویلی جا رہے تھے جو سان فرانسسکو کے شمال میں واقع ہے۔ ان کا ارادہ اپنی گرلفرینڈ ڈیفنی سے ملنے کا تھا، جن سے بعد میں انھوں نے شادی کرلی۔ انھیں دنوں ایک طوفان وہاں سے گزرا تھا اور بارشوں کی وجہ سے موسم حسین اور منظر دلفریب تھا۔ سونوما ہائی وے سے گزرتے ہوئے چارلز کو ہریالی سے ڈھکی پہاڑی دکھائی دی اور انھوں نے گاڑی روک کر اپنے پرانے کیمرے سے چند تصاویر بنالیں۔ ان کے پاس مامیا آر زیڈ 67 کیمرا تھا جو پیشہ ور فوٹوگرافر استعمال کرتے تھے۔ اس میں فیوجی فلم کی ویلویا ریل تھی جو دن میں تصاویر اتارنے کے لیے بہتر سمجھی جاتی تھی۔ چارلز نے بعد میں کہا کہ تصویر اس لیے اچھی آئی کہ کیمرے اور فلم کا کمبی نیشن بہت اچھا تھا۔

انھوں نے وہ تصویر فوٹوکمپنی ویسٹ لائٹ کے ذریعے فروخت کے لیے پیش کر دی۔ یہ گیٹی امیجز جیسی کمپنی تھی جسے انھوں نے ایک دوست کے ساتھ مل کر قائم کیا تھا۔ ویسٹ لائٹ کو بعد میں بل گیٹس کی کمپنی کوربس نے خرید لیا۔ چارلز نے بتایا کہ 2000 میں مائیکروسافٹ نے ان سے رابطہ کیا اور تصویر خریدنے کی خواہش ظاہر کی۔ انھوں نے اتنی بڑی رقم کی پیشکش کی کہ چارلز کے ہوش اڑ گئے۔ ان کے بقول، یہ دنیا میں کسی بھی فوٹو کے لیے ادا کی گئی دوسری بڑی رقم تھی۔

انھوں نے مائیکروسافٹ سے رازداری کے معاہدے کی وجہ سے رقم کبھی کسی کو نہیں بتائی۔ لیکن خیال ہے کہ انھیں کئی لاکھ ڈالر ادا کیے گئے۔ جب انھوں نے مائیکروسافٹ کو کورئیر سے فلم بھیجنے کی کوشش کی تو تمام کمپنیوں نے معذرت کرلی، کیونکہ تصویر ان کی انشورنس کوریج سے زیادہ مہنگی ہوچکی تھی۔ آخر چارلز خود مائیکروسافٹ کے صدر دفتر گئے اور فلم دے کر معاہدے پر دستخط کردیے۔ انھوں نے تصویر کا عنوان بیوکولک گرین ہلز رکھا تھا۔ لیکن مائیکروسافٹ نے اسے 'بلس' کا نام دیا اور ونڈوز ایکس پی کا ڈیفالٹ وال پیپر بنا ڈالا۔ یہ فوٹو اس قدر سحر انگیز ہے کہ بہت سے لوگ اسے حقیقی نہیں مانتے اور فوٹوشاپ کا کارنامہ سمجھتے ہیں۔ ابتدا میں کچھ لوگوں کا خیال تھا کہ اگر یہ حقیقی تصویر ہے تو نیوزی لینڈ، آئرلینڈ، سوئزرلینڈ یا یورپ کے کسی اور حسین مقام پر کھینچی گئی ہوگی۔ بے شمار لوگوں کو یقین ہے کہ اسے ضرور ایڈٹ کیا ہوگا۔ چارلز کے مطابق، اس تصویر کو ہرگز ایڈٹ نہیں کیا گیا اور انھوں نے جیسی کھینچی تھی، ویسی ہی پیش کی گئی ہے۔

Corona virus deaths in US acrossed 100,000 #Covid-19 #Virus #USA #Deaths

It has seen more fatalities than any other country, while its 1.69 million confirmed infections account for about 30% of the worldwide total. President Donald Trump tweeted calling it a "sad milestone".His initial silence had been noted by critics who pointed out that Mr Trump has often sought to downplay the toll.

The president also expressed his "sympathy and love" for the families and friends of those who have died from Covid-19.

Forbes drops celebrity from billionaire list #Kylie Jenner #forbes #celebrity

Forbes magazine has struck reality TV star and entrepreneur Kylie Jenner from its list of billionaires, and accused her family of inflating the value of her cosmetics business.Forbes said the family went to "unusual lengths" to present its youngest member as richer than she was.

In tweets, Jenner dismissed the article as "inaccurate statements and unproven assumptions lol".

Clashes across US as protesters demand justice #GeorgeFloyd #death #US #USA #protest #justice

Hundreds of people rallied outside the White House, which was briefly put under lockdown on Friday May 29,2020, demanding justice over the death of George Floyd and African-American.

Demonstrations have been taking place in Minnesota, New York and California.

A former Minneapolis police officer has been arrested and charged with murder over Mr Floyd's death in custody. Derek Chauvin, who is white, was shown in footage kneeling on 46-year-old Mr Floyd's neck on Monday. He and three other officers have since been sacked.

Education. #Covid-19 #education #child #online #leasure #resources

This picture is saying a lot. Every child don't has equal opportunity in this world. Who wants to learn doesn't has gadgets and resources in this pandemic climax. Who has, enjoying this Lockdown.

Let voice for such children. 

Amazing World: Spiderweb Cocooned Trees in Pakistan #Amazing #world #web #spider #Pakistan

This eerie vision of ghost trees is actually an act of survival from millions of spiders in the village of Sindh, Pakistan.

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In 2010 massive flooding forced millions of spiders to seek shelter in the higher grounds of the tree tops, and over time the have created intricately beautiful webbed homes for themselves in the most peculiar of places.

Amazing World: Frozen Air Bubbles in Abraham Lake #amazing # #world #frozen #lake #Abraham #Canada

Abraham Lake in Alberta Canada is home to a rare phenomenon that needs to be seen to believe. Trapped under it’s frozen surface, methane gas creeps its way up creating beautiful air bubbles as it freezes and melts and freezes and melts as the flammable element searches for its way out.

The methane is created when plants, and animals in the lake sink to the bottom and react with the bacteria in the water. the bacteria begins to break down the organic matter, decomposing them, slowly releasing the gas. Usually the gas floats its way to the top of the lake where it is released in the air, but when the lake freezes over, methane struggles a little more to find it’s freedom. It’s hardship shapes moving images, leaving admirers breathless.