Dr. Joseph E. Murray, the Nobel laureate who conducted the world's first successful organ transplant, died Monday at the Boston hospital where the pioneering surgery was performed. He was 93. On Dec. 23, 1954, in Operating Room 2 of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Dr. Murray took the healthy kidney of Ronald Herrick and sutured it into the donor's dying identical twin, Richard. With that 5½-hour operation, Dr. Murray and his team saved a life, sparked an ethical debate that still echoes today, and opened medicine to a new frontier. Murray, who focused on plastic and reconstructive surgery for most of his career, was recognized with the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1990.

Isolines

An isoline map is a map with continuous lines joining points of the same value. The prefix "iso-" means "equal."

This is a list of some common types of isolines.

isobar

A line representing points of equal atmospheric pressure

isobath

A line representing points of equal depth under water

isobathytherm

A line representing depths of water with equal temperature

isochasm

A line representing points of equal recurrence of auroras

isocheim

A line representing points of equal mean winter temperature

isochrone

A line representing points of equal time-distance from a point, such as the transportation time from a particular point

isodapane

A line representing points of equal transport costs for products from production to markets

isodose

A line representing points of equal intensity of radiation

isodrosotherm

A line representing points of equal dew point

isogeotherm

A line representing points of equal mean temperature

isogloss

A line separating linguistic features

isogonal

A line representing points of equal magnetic declination

isohaline

A line representing points of equal salinity in the ocean

isohel

A line representing points receiving equal amounts of sunshine

isohume

A line representing points of equal humidity

isohyet

A line representing points of equal precipitation

isoneph

A line representing points of equal amounts of cloud cover

isopectic

A line representing points where ice begins to form at the same time each fall or winter

isophene

A line representing points where biological events occur at the same time, such as crops flowering

isoplat

A line representing points of equal acidity, as in acid precipitation

isopleth

A line representing points of equal numerical value, such as population

isopor

A line representing points of equal annual change in magnetic declination

isostere

A line representing points of equal atmospheric density

isotac

A line representing points where ice begins to melt at the same time each spring

isotach

A line representing points of equal wind speed

isothere

A line representing points of equal mean summer temperature

isotherm

A line representing points of equal temperature

isotim

A line representing points of equal transport costs from the source of a raw material

Children's Day 

Children’s day is special day for the children. Universally, Children’s Day is celebrated on 20th November, every year as declared by the United Nations in 1954. 

But in India it is celebrated on 14th November, because the date marks the birth anniversary of legendary freedom fighter and independent India’s first Prime Minister – Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru. 

As a tribute to Nehru and his love for children, Children’s Day is celebrated on his birth date. This day reminds to each and every one of us, to renew our commitment to the welfare of children and teach them to live by their Chacha Nehru’s quality and dream.

World Diabetes Day

14 November 2012

World Diabetes Day raises global awareness of diabetes - its escalating rates around the world and how to prevent the illness in most cases. Started by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and WHO, the Day is celebrated on 14 November to mark the birthday of Frederick Banting who, along with Charles Best, was instrumental in the discovery of insulin in 1922, a life-saving treatment for diabetes patients.

WHO estimates that more than 346 million people worldwide have diabetes. This number is likely to more than double by 2030 without intervention. Almost 80% of diabetes deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.

The Constitution (118th Amendment) Bill, 2012 

Government today introduced in the Lok Sabha a bill seeking to amend Article 371 of the Constitution to grant special status to six backward districts of Hyderabad-Karnataka region, enabling local reservation in education and jobs, besides development.

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde introduced the Constitution (118th Amendment) Bill, 2012 which aims to insert a new Article 371-J, to provide for special provisions for the six backward districts of North Karnataka, namely Gulbarga, Yadgir, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal and Bellary.

The Constitution (117th Amendment) Bill, 2012

The Government recently introduced the 117th Constitution Amendment Bill in the Rajya Sabha. The Bill upon becoming an Act would amend the Constitution to provide reservation to members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in government job promotions.

The Constitution (One Hundred Seventeenth Amendment) Bill, 2012 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on September 5, 2012 by Mr. V Narayansamy, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
The Bill is necessitated to circumvent a Supreme Court verdict striking down reservation benefits for SCs and STs in promotions extended by the then Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh.

The Constitution (116th Amendment) Bill, 2011

The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 was introduced along with a Constitutional (116th Amendment) Bill during the winter session of the 15th Lok Sabha on December 22, 2011.

Courtesy: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India

snake-boat Jawahar Thayankari of Sangham Kannetti at Karunagapally beat three competitors to win the second President’s Trophy Boat Race held on the Asramam Creek of the Ashtamudi Lake on Thursday.

The race was cheered by thousands who had thronged the banks. The snake boat Sree Ganesh of Kumarakam Boat Club which won the trophy last year was pushed to the second position. Devas of Victory Boat Club, Karunagapally, and Ayaparambu Paandi of Kottayam Town Boat Club came third and fourth.

In addition to the coveted trophy the Jawahar Thayankari team also won a cash prize of Rs.1.50 lakh plus a bonus of Rs.1.75 lakh. Sree Ganesh won the trophy of the Kollam City Corporation and a cash prize of Rs.1.25 lakh. Devas got the R. Sankar Memorial Trophy and cash prize of Rs.1 lakh. Ayaparambu Paandi won the Younus College of Engineering trophy and cash prize of Rs. 75,000.

In the losers’ finals, Aanari Puthen of Jesus Boat Club, Kollam emerged the winner. In the Veppu A grade category, Kottaparappan of Saint Francis Boat Club, Kollam was the winner. In the Iruttukuthi category Saint Sebastian of Chepanam Boat Club won the race. In the Thekanodi category rowed by women the boat Devas of Victory Boat Club, Karunagapally was declared the winner.

Sania Mirza Inagurated President's Trophy Boat Race yesterday.