Tuesday, March 4
Aassmaa Akhannouch - Artist
Aassmaa Akhannouch (born 1973) is a Moroccan artist and photographer. She is the winner in 2021 of the 26th Prix HSBC pour la photographie [fr].
Born in 1973 in Meknes, Morocco, Aassmaa Akhannouch earned an engineering degree in France and an MBA in the United States, then worked in marketing for fifteen years. In 2013, to improve her knowledge of digital photography, she took a course at the Photo Academy Casablanca, Morocco, and decided to devote herself entirely to a career in photography in 2016. She works in the cyanotype process, an early monochrome photographic printing technique, to which she applies a variety of idiosyncratic processes such as tea baths and watercolor highlights.
She explains her approach to photography:
"My photography is an exploration of memory. Through my images and careful attention to the printing process, I tell stories, fragments of memories open to the viewer's associations and emotions. Rather than an intention to document the past, I attempt to reveal the emotions that dwell in me. What I try to extract from the past is an impression, intimate, lyrical and timeless."
In The NEWS
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Charli XCX wins top prizes of artist and album of the year at 2025 Brit Awards, the UK's highest-profile music awards show (More)
> The 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicks off from Fairbanks, Alaska (More) | MLB commissioner to review bid by Pete Rose's family to have Rose posthumously removed from baseball's ineligible list (More)
> David Johansen, frontman of the New York Dolls and actor, dies at age 75 of cancer (More) | Angie Stone, Grammy-nominated R&B singer, dies in a car crash at age 63 (More)
Science & Technology
> White House eliminates 18F program, which provided federal engineers and IT staff for agencies requiring digital services (More)
> Firefly Aerospace becomes the first private company to land a spacecraft on the moon without crashing or falling over; Blue Ghost rover will collect rock samples, measure heat flow on the moon, and more (More)
> New study dates the Los Chocoyos supereruption, which deposited ash across 2.3 million square miles, to 79,500 years ago; ice cores suggest global climate recovered within decades (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets jump Friday (S&P 500 +1.6%, Dow +1.4%, Nasdaq +1.6%); S&P ends February down 1.4% overall (More)
> US government to launch reserve cryptocurrency fund, calling out three—Cardano (ADA), Ripple (XRP), and Solana (SOL); all three see double-digit gains (More) | Everything you need to know about cryptocurrency and how it works (1440 Topics)
> President Donald Trump orders Commerce Department to probe international lumber markets, says he is considering 25% global tariff on lumber and wood imports (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Israel blocks humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, calls on Hamas to accept US-brokered extension of ceasefire; first phase of plan ended Saturday (More)
> Defense Department deploys roughly 3,000 additional troops, fleet of armored vehicles to US-Mexico border to support migration enforcement measures (More) | Federal judge blocks Trump administration's firing of head of independent watchdog agency; case expected to head to Supreme Court (More)
> Kurdish militants declare a ceasefire following four decades of fighting between the Kurdistan Workers' Party and Turkish government (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
Traveling
I was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, raised in Alexandria, Virginia and attended high school in Cairo, Egypt from 1962-1966.
After high school, attended college in Elon College, North Carolina, spent two years in the US Navy in Norfolk, Virginia before finishing college. Remained in Burlington, North Carolina until 1989 when I relocated to Greeneville, Tennessee in 1990 where I remained until now, moving from Greeneville to Morristown to Chattanooga, and finally settling in Jefferson City.
During 1962-1966, since Americans could not work during the summer months, a group of us would travel through Europe for a month to six weeks. The guide that we followed was published by SAS Airlines and was entitled, ERUPOE ON $3 a DAY... that price increased to $5 a day during those latter two years.
My relocation from North Carolina to Tennessee was positive for my career but resulted in a divorce. Five years later, I remarried and my second wife and I traveled multiple places outside of Tennessee, some of which included:
- East coast
- West coast
- Gulf coast
- Canada
- Alaska
- Hawaii
- Mexico
- Caribbean
- Mediterranean
- Europe
When COVID ravaged the world and the USA, my second wife and I stopped our traveling and had just as much enjoyment staying at home as we did traveling.
We saw a lot of places, some iconic, others not, but they are sitting in storage somewhere inside our memories.... if we ever need them.
Bill Gates & Four Issues
Bill Gates has laid out what he believes should be on the agenda for the next generation to address.
Having been born in the 1950s, the Microsoft cofounder said one of his greatest fears growing up was the threat of nuclear war.
And while this issue is far from resolved, the billionaire philanthropist also highlighted a handful of further issues that people his children’s age will need to address.
Speaking to Patrick Collison of the Computer History Museum last week, Gates explained: “A nuclear war or a super bad bioterrorism event, or not shaping AI properly or not bringing society together a little bit around the polarization. Those four things, yes, the younger generation has to be very afraid of those things.”
Gates, 69, then retrospectively added climate change to the to-do list for millennials and Gen Z to rectify.
But even with all of these major concerns on the horizon, the man worth $168 billion added that the headlines of life in the 2020s and beyond are only looking more positive. READ MORE...
Monday, March 3
SHRI KRISHNA GOVINDA
“Anyone who wishes the honor he gives to be reciprocated infinitely should honor Kṛṣṇa, the perfectly peaceful and perfectly complete Soul of all beings, the Supreme Lord, who views nothing as separate from Himself."
Srimad Bhagavatam 10.74.24
At A Glance
Glowing slugs top the month's best science images.
Researchers find a Mount Vesuvius victim with a "glassified" brain.
A new treatment gives hope to pancreatic cancer patients.
Visualizing the baby boom in seven charts.
Billionaire MrBeast says he's low on cash.
Inside the life of a beer sommelier.
Meet the "old ladies" taking on underwater garbage.
Citigroup briefly deposits $81T into customer's account.
Clickbait: We may have entered the era of flying cars.
Zara Maria Larsson - Artist
Zara Maria Larsson (Swedish: [ˈsɑ̂ːra ˈlɑ̌ːʂɔn] ⓘ; born 16 December 1997) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She first rose to prominence in 2008 after winning the second season of Talang, the Swedish version of the Got Talent format. She later attained international recognition with singles including "Lush Life" (2015), "Never Forget You" (2015), "Girls Like" (2016) with Tinie Tempah, "This One's for You" with David Guetta, "Ain't My Fault" (2016), "I Would Like" (2016), "Symphony" (2017) with Clean Bandit, "Ruin My Life" (2018) and "On My Love" (2023) with David Guetta.
In 2012, Larsson signed with the record label TEN Music Group and subsequently released her debut extended play, Introducing, in January 2013. The EP was supported by Larsson's first original single, "Uncover", which topped the charts in Scandinavia and was certified 6× Platinum in Sweden. Her debut studio album, followed in 2014.
Following her early success in Scandinavia, Larsson signed a three-year contract with Epic Records in the United States. Her debut international album and second overall, So Good, was commercially successful and was released in March 2017. Larsson's third studio album, Poster Girl, followed four years later in March 2021. Her fourth studio album, Venus, was released on 9 February 2024.
Following her early success in Scandinavia, Larsson signed a three-year contract with Epic Records in the United States. Her debut international album and second overall, So Good, was commercially successful and was released in March 2017. Larsson's third studio album, Poster Girl, followed four years later in March 2021. Her fourth studio album, Venus, was released on 9 February 2024.
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