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C.V. Raman Biography
(Physicist)
Birthday: November 7, 1888 (Scorpio)
Born In: Tiruchirappalli, Madras Province
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, the Indian physicist who made his motherland proud by becoming the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize for Physics, was a scientist par excellence. He displayed a brilliant mind even as a child and passed his matriculation examination at a much younger age as compared to other students. As the son of a lecturer in mathematics and physics, the young Raman was exposed to an academic environment from the very beginning. A topper throughout his academic days, he was deeply interested in research; in fact he began his research work on optics and acoustics even while he was a student. Even though he started his career as a Deputy Accountant General, still he could not keep away from research, often staying up whole nights to discover new things in the field of physics. He was intrigued by the blue colour of glaciers and the Mediterranean sea and wanted to unravel the mystery that why water, a colorless liquid, appeared blue to the eyes. Thus began a series of experiments on the scattering of light which ultimately led to what came to be known as the 'Raman Effect' for which he won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Also Known As: Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Spouse/Ex-: Lokasundari Ammal
father: R. Chandrasekhara Iyer
mother: Parvati Amma
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Died on: November 21, 1970
place of death: Bangalore, India
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He was born near a small village in Tiruchirapalli to R. Chandrasekhara Iyer and Parvathi Ammal. His father, initially a school teacher, became a lecturer in mathematics and physics in a college in Vishakhapatnam.
Raman studied in St. Aloysius Anglo-Indian High School at Vishakapatnam. He was a brilliant student and passed his matriculation examination when he was just 11. At the age of 13 he passed his F.A. examination (equivalent to today's intermediate examination) with a scholarship.
He joined the Presidency College in Madras in 1902 and received his B.A. in physics in 1904. He topped the exams and won a gold medal. Three years later, he earned his M.A. degree in 1907.
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Though he was deeply interested in science, he appeared for the Financial Civil Service (FCS) examination at the insistence of his father. He topped the examination and went to Calcutta in 1907 to join the Indian Finance Department as Assistant Accountant General.
Still his heart was in scientific research and he began conducting research at the Indian Association for Cultivation of Sciences during his free time. His job was very hectic, yet he was so dedicated towards science that he often spent nights at research.
Even though the facilities available at the association were very limited, it did not deter Raman at all who went on to publish his findings in leading international journals like 'Nature', 'The Philosophical Magazine', and 'Physics Review'. During this time, his research was basically in the areas of vibrations and acoustics.
In 1917, he got the opportunity to join the University of Calcutta as the first Palit Professor of Physics. Raman happily resigned from his government post to take up this position though the new job paid much less than the previous one. Such was his dedication to science.
In 1919, he was made the Honorary Secretary of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, a post he held till 1933. He was very popular and many students gathered around him, attracted by his immense knowledge of science.
During the late 1920s he experimented on the scattering of light by observing the behavior of monochromatic light which penetrated transparent materials and fell on a spectrograph. This led to the discovery of what came to be known as 'Raman Effect' which he presented at a meeting of scientists in 1928.
He was invited by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore to become its Director. He accepted the post in 1933, becoming the first Indian to hold this post. He served as the director till 1937 though he continued as the head of the Physics Department till 1948.
In 1948 he established the Raman Research Institute (RRI) in Bangalore for conducting scientific research in different fields of physics. He continued with his research in the institute till his death.
He is best known for discovering the 'Raman Effect', or the inelastic scattering of a photon. He showed through experimentation that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the deflected light changes in wavelength. This was a ground breaking discovery in early 20th century physics.
He won the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the Raman Effect", becoming the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize in the sciences.
He was honored with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in 1954 in recognition of his invaluable contributions to the field of science.
He married Lokasundari Ammal in 1907 and had two sons with her—Chandrasekhar and Radhakrishnan.
He lived a long and productive life and was active till the very end. He died in 1970 at the age of 82.
This great scientist was the paternal uncle of another excellent scientist and Nobel laureate, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
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C.V. Raman Bio As PDF
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- https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/c-v-raman-5318.php
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Q: node.js event not listening after connection I have a code where, socket is connected to node server.
io.sockets.on("connection", function(socket){
// socket object is printed with full of data.
// console.log works
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but this emit is not received by client.
please help..
as well as, when i emit something from client side it is not recieved.
On the console, I can see whatever i emit in the server. but not getting listened on client side.
Client side code
 var socket = io.connect("http:///iag-stg.codewalla.com:8181");
 socket.on('same-event-name-as-in-server', function(data) {
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Starting server as -
var express = require('express')
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, io = sio.listen(server)
, events = require('events')
, redis = require('redis')
, config = require('./Config');

server.listen(8181);

running the node using following command
node filename.js

When i connect to client, this is on console.
debug - served static content /socket.io.js
debug - client authorized
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debug - setting request GET /socket.io/1/websocket/D4sz1PZoBhWgq-hzp8se
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13-year-old Zakariya Hussein Beshbash succumbed to his wounds on Monday, after being shot in the abdomen while participating in the Friday protests east of al-Bureij refugee camp.
A man was killed and several others injured at the Gaza-Israel border when a group of Palestinians approached the border fence constructed by Israel, leading to an explosion, in addition to drawing gunfire from Israeli soldiers.
Twenty-four-year-old Sabri Abu Khader died an hour after reaching the hospital, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, 13-year-old Zakariya Hussein Beshbash succumbed to his wounds on Monday, after being shot in the abdomen while participating in the Friday protests east of al-Bureij refugee camp.
These two deaths come against the backdrop of at least 130 Palestinian fatalitiesand injuries to nearly 15,000 protesters since the Great March of Return protests began on the Gaza-Israel border on March 30.
Also, on Monday, Israeli air force fighter jets carried out airstrikesin Gaza at nine different targets from where, it claimed, Palestinians were launching incendiary kites and balloons into Israel.
There have been no news reports yet of any injuries or deaths because of the airstrikes. Some Israeli politicians have issued calls for those Palestinians who are launching these kites to be targeted directly. Israel has also cut down the amount of helium gas supplies that it allows into Gaza, and now permits it only for medical purposes. Israel has also threatened to cut off Gaza's helium gas supply altogether if the kite and balloon attacks don't stop.
Since the March of Great Return demonstrations, Palestinians have been sending kites and balloons to which oil-drenched rags are attached into Israel. The resultant fires have caused some damage to farmland, but have not led to any loss of life.
Israel has tried to recruit civilians who own drones to deploy their devices to intercept the kites, but the tactic does not seem to have worked as many of the drones have been brought down.
Gaza has been suffering from a blockade by Israel and Egypt for the last 12 years, which has made life miserable for its approximately 2 million residents. The United Nations General Assembly last week adopted a resolution calling for protection of Palestinian civilians in Gaza and condemning Israel's use of excessive military force against unarmed protesters. The UN has repeatedly warned that Gaza will become unlivable by 2020 if the siege by Israel and Egypt is not lifted.


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The metal portion of the plinth is in excellent shape with some very light scuffing, only visible with the platters removed. (See pic) There is a dustcover in very good condition, however, please note it will NOTsit in place with the record weight and clamp in place. Custom dustcovers are available that fit the existing hinges and completely cover the turntable, even the platter system.
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X-Factor (1st series) #240
Run Layla Run
Peter David (writer), Neil Edwards (penciler), Craig Yeung & Rick Ketcham (inkers), Rachelle Rosenberg (colorist), VC's Cory Petit (letterer), David Yardin (cover artist), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (editor), Nick Lowe (X-Men group editor), Axel Alonso (editor in chief), Joe Quesada (chief creative officer), Dan Buckley (publisher), Alan Fine (executive producer)
For Layla Miller, knowledge of what is to come has a price of being forced to help facilitate what is to come. In one such instance, Layla decides to leave X-Factor HQ a full three minutes early to purposefully perform an act which she performed by accident in a previous timeline. However, to her horror, there is a traffic jam where there is not supposed to be, the result of a city-wide power outage caused by Guido, who is only alive in this timeline because Layla brought him back from the dead. Having seen a known villain, Guido leapt into action, leaving Monet in the middle of their date. The result of this was the damage of an electrical switching station, which in turn cases the blackout. In the aftermath, Monet breaks off the date, furious at Guido for breaking it first. Meanwhile, across town, Layla is now faced with the prospect of not being able to complete her mission. In a panic, she races across the city until she reaches the building where a young woman named Angelique Sasson was to jump to her death. Having arrived later than in the original timeline, where she managed to talk Angelique out of jumping, Layla's appearance causes the young woman to lose her balance and fall. Acting quickly, Layla leaps at Angelique and erects a forcefield around the two of them, which saves them from the fall. Having faced the prospect of dying, Angelique finds her attitude transformed and no longer suicidal in the least. Many years later, Mrs. Layla Madrox and her two sons are informed by the doctor that the operation of her husband, Jamie Madrox, has been a complete success, due to technique developed by Doctor Angelique Sasson.
(time in reverse)
Time runs in reverse for Layla Miller. Running backwards, she passes a woman whose spilled grocery bag reassembles, with its contents once again contained. She darts back past a group of thugs accosting a homeless woman until she eventually disappears into the front door of X-Factor's HQ, with the door closing before she ever burst forth from it.
(time in progress)
Layla Miller sits on the couch of the rec room considering her life. She knows stuff. That's her thing, but it comes with a price. It came with not being able to stop the things she didn't like. Instead, she had to facilitate them. Free will is a joke. And finally, she fought back and did what she wanted, not what she had to. And she angered destiny. Now nothing is certain. Not even when it has to be. She doesn't know what's what. Lives are depending on her and she's not sure where to look first. She supposes this is how other people exist. All the time.
At the moment, she's supposed to go to her favorite bookstore to buy a gift for Jamie. It's five minutes from there at X-Factor headquarters by cab, twenty minutes by foot. She has to be there in twenty-three minutes to save a teenage girl's life.
So decided, Layla darts from the couch for the front door, deciding to leave now so that she has time to spare. Earlier than she's supposed to, she muses, but you can't be too careful. A cab will pass the end of the street in sixty seconds. Cab #4F 35. It will take her to…
Wait, Layla thinks as she spies a group of thugs beating a homeless woman. She can't just leave her, but… she doesn't have time to help her. She hopes she's okay.
(timeline #1)
Layla continues on, racing passed the thugs and the woman. The woman suddenly fights back and grabs a gun from one of the thugs. She fires into the air, inadvertently shattering a streetlight overhead. A moment later, Manhattan goes dark in a city-wide blackout.
Layla breaks up the attack. However, the homeless woman notices that one of them has a gun. Her warning gives Layla enough time to erect a forcefield which deflects the bullet, which in turn shatters a streetlight overhead. A moment later, Manhattan goes dark in a city-wide blackout.
(now, elsewhere)
Near an electrical main switching station, Guido does battle with an immense mutant named Behemoth, whose head is shaped like an elephant's. Guido, who is supposed to be dead now, took Monet out this evening. He winds up taking out Behemoth with a punch through the switching station. Through a million-to-one coincidence of relays going wrong and fail-safes dialing… the city goes dark.
Images collide in Layla's mind, futures failing to cohere. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre. The falcon cannot hear the falconer. Things fall apart: the centre cannot hold. Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world".
A girl falls to her death. A woman stands with a bouquet of flowers at a grave.
Different places, same result: the punks on the run. The woman is safe. Now the cab. The cab should be there. It's not too… Oh, God. Oh, God, no, Layla thinks in wide-eyed horror as she comes across a traffic jam which shouldn't be there. Traffic flow on Broadway should be fairly even, but the traffic lights are out. Everything's snarled. Gridlock. Nothing's moving. So she has to.
With that, Layla launches herself over the hood of a cab, much to the anger of the cabbie within. Continuing to do this, car after car, as she makes her way across the stopped traffic, Layla thinks how it was just one thread, saving Guido. She just pulled on one single thread. She couldn't have known it would disrupt the entire tapestry. Except she did know, but chose not to care. And this is what happens. Gotta run. Can't let anything stop her.
Suddenly, Layla runs into another woman running the opposite direction. Layla apologizes profusely but the woman with short red hair replies angrily in German and then continues on her way. As she does the same, Layla wonders what her problem is. No time to worry about it.
Continuing, on her way, Layla approaches a subway entrance.
Two men emerge from the subway, one of which complains that it figures – a perfect end to a perfect day. As Layla passes to the left, the second man bumps into the first, who quickly realizes that his wallet has been lifted. He follows the second man, only to receive a knife to the stomach. He collapses to the sidewalk as other walk by him without regard.
Two men emerge from the subway, one of which complains that it figures – a perfect end to a perfect day. As Layla passes to the right, the man remarks that at least he's not stuck in a subway car. Suddenly, he is spied by another man who believes he recognizes him, but convinces himself it's not who he thought. The first man wanders into an abandoned store and sits down, remarking that there's no point in anything. He sits down on the floor in defeat, his back against the wall.
Two men emerge from the subway, one of which complains that it figures – a perfect end to a perfect day. As Layla tries to pass to the right, she knocks the man off his feet, apologizing as she does so. As tries searching for his glasses, a passerby stops to assist and realizes that he recognizes him. Recognizing him as Jack Flannagan, the passerby introduces himself as Bill Thrope from business school and asks how he's doing. Downsized with no prospects, Jack replies. Taken aback, Billy helps up his friend and declares that unacceptable for a guy with his smarts. He then promptly informs Jack that he's got a start-up in the hopper and he'd be perfect fit. Wanna grab a beer?
(present timeline)
Layla remarks that they say anything's possible. If that's true, then everything is possible. And if everything is possible… why bother with anything? She guesses it's because you never know. Except she does. Because she knows stuff. Too much stuff. In this case, it'd be bad enough if her saving Guido simply disrupted her sense of what was to come. But it gets worse. All the future knowledge she shoved in to the skull of her younger, past self was more than an info dump. It rewired her brain.
Tripping in her race, Layla skids to the street. A passerby stops to ask her if she's okay. Layla lies that she's fine and looks up to see someone offer her his hand. She sees reality but she also sees myriad other possibilities, myriad other people offering her a hand – all of them variations of the man before her.
Climbing back to her feet, Layla tells herself she has to run to keep up, knowing that they'll escape otherwise. It's why she's so perfect for Jamie Madrox. He's sometimes frozen by indecision. Since, as the Multiple Man, he can go many directions at once… he doesn't really understand why he shouldn't. The difference is, he's trying to choose which road to travel… and she's busy constructing it. In the dark. Half blind.
Across the city, his suit shredded by his battle, Guido chases after Monet, who is emphatically walking away in her pristine red evening gown. She hopes he's happy, she tells him. When he yells that it ain't his fault, she replies that they were supposed to be on a date. One that he rented a damned bus to convince her to go on. When Guido remarks that duty called, Monet counters that Behemoth wasn't doing anything! He just ran by the restaurant! Does he know how it makes him feel that her company wasn't sufficiently compelling? He had to go fight somebody?! Defending himself, Guido remarks that he couldn't ignore him, but Monet is undeterred. If he had just done so, the city wouldn't be blacked out!
Their argument continues to devolve until Guido tells her just to fergit it.
Guido storms away, declaring it a stupid idea anyways. Turning around, Monet calls out for him to wait. She touches his shoulder and then leaps up into his arms. No one's ever blacked out a city of impress her, she tells him. It's vaguely romantic in a bizarre way. As time progresses, Guido and Monet become lovers, enjoying each other's intimate embraces in bed.
Guido storms away, declaring it a stupid idea anyways. Turning around, Monet watches in silence until she eventually turns back. Declaring him a jerk, she tells herself that that'll teach her to go slumming. Storming off in anger, Guido kicks the top off of a fire hydrant. As time progresses, Guido and Monet become enemies, fighting each other in horrific battle.
Layla thinks to herself that, right now, it's a coin flip.
Now almost out of time, Layla reaches her destination: an alley. Seeing it empty, she realizes that she's not too late. Then looking up to the roof and seeing no one there, she notes that she's not there yet. Maybe she won't be at all. No, Layla corrects herself. She could be. She will. Her memory is her getting out of the cab, heading to the bookstore… spotting her… shouting up to her… talking her out if it… not knowing at the time she was saving her future… but that was the first time around. Her memory is of what was, but not necessarily what will be…
Jumping to the ladder of the fire escape, Layla pulls it down and climbs up to the roof. There she curses, as she indeed sees the woman for whom she was racing, albeit on the opposite side of the building as before. Layla calls out to the woman by name, Angeliquie Sasson. Turning around, the young woman is confused at the stranger who seems to know her name. Nevertheless, she warns Layla to get back. She swears to God, she's gonna do it! She…
Suddenly, Angelique twists one foot over another, losing her balance. Yelling NO!!, Layla launches herself at Angelique, tacking her in mid-air. As they fall to the alley below, Layla silently notes that it's not supposed to happen this way. She's supposed to give her this whole great speech… about how she can't let kids who are cyberbullying her get to her. About how she can't let the cretins win. She talked her out of jumping.
This time, however, the two safely impact in the alley below, protected by Layla's forcefield. As the sphere dissipates, Angelique is transformed. She… almost died! That… that was… oh my God, what was she thinking?! Who cares what those idiot kids say or do?! Screw 'em! Hugging Layla, Angelique tells her that she doesn't know how she did it, but thank you! Thank you!
Smiling as they embrace, Layla thinks that this words too. She can still see them… the two paths. Both still possible. But today, she managed one more step along the one she wants…
In the waiting room with her two sons, an older Layla Madrox is greeted by the doctor, who informs her that the operation was a complete success. Her husband's prognosis is excellent. Embraced by her two sons, Layla thanks the doctor. However, the doctor remarks that she can thank the one who developed the techniques that saved his life… Doctor Angelique Sasson.
In a graveyard, very much alone, an older Layla Madrox lays a bouquet of flowers on the grave of Jamie Madrox, whose tombstone reads "Loving Husband" and "Taken Far Too Young."
Destiny, Layla Miller tells herself, isn't what's handed to you. Destiny is what you try to seize with both hands… and never stop running towards.
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Angelique Sasson
Behemoth III
Homeless woman
Jack Flannagan
Billy Thorpe
Pickpocket
New Yorkers
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Layla Madrox
Two sons of Jamie & Layla Madrox
Doctor, hospital staff & patients
The title of the issue (and in a way the whole story) is an homage to the German film "Run Lola Run." In the film, Lola must race to stop her boyfriend from making a horrible mistake and the film depicts her run in three differing "timelines," showing how her choices in each timeline affect the people around her. Though not stated explicitly, the redhead into whom Layla runs during her race in this issue is in fact Lola. One of the streets is also named after Tom Twyker, the film's director.
Behemoth is a mystically transformed man, who was transmogrified by the Hindu god Ganesha via a gem, in an origin very similar to that of the Juggernaut.
"Turning and turning in the widening gyre. The falcon cannot hear the falconer. Things fall apart: the centre cannot hold. Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world" is an excerpt from William Butler Yeats' famous peom "The Second Coming".
Douglas Mangum.
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I have experienced mixed anxiety and depression on and off for years. For a long time, I did nothing – it was merely a mental black hole hidden deep under a 'shy' personality and good grades at school. I told no-one; I didn't even admit to myself how I was feeling for a long time. In this sense, finally opening up, going to counselling and 'talking about it' has helped a lot. It has also helped to see the discourse around mental illness becoming more and more mainstream, with a greater awareness that we all have mental health and must take steps to protect it, just as we might with a physical injury. Among many others, Matt Haig's book "Reasons to stay alive" and his Twitter feed give me hope for the normalisation of self-care habits and the ability to talk about the difficulties we face in this crazy world.
We are moving, I hope, towards a society where we take up the responsibility of checking up on the people we care about. A society where we feel able to speak about mental health without speaking in hushed tones and whispers. Where saying we are mentally ill is met with the same level of understanding and sympathy as if we were physically unwell. "Talking about it" is certainly a step in the right direction. But it is not enough.
There are parts of mental illness which cannot be solved by simply "talking about it" – illnesses whose effects are not so well known or not so commonly discussed. Illnesses which are incurable, lifelong, or poorly understood even by medical professionals. Illnesses whose symptoms make their sufferers appear as socially outcast, 'different', or which prevent people from maintaining stable jobs over a long period of time. As recently discussed in the Guardian by Hannah Jane Parkinson, mainstream conversations around mental illnesses still fall short of acknowledging how mental illnesses have an impact on the person that physical illnesses do not – we might start acting differently, lashing out at friends and family, or taking damaging risks that we would never take without being unwell. "Talking about it" might help defeat the stigma surrounding such illnesses and raise awareness of their existence. It might help people feel less alone and improve symptoms for some people. It might even be a way of collecting more information, to understand mental illness better.
But it won't make it go away.
Many mental illnesses can never be treated by talking therapies alone, and may require a complex journey of trial and error until the most appropriate combination of medication and other treatments is found. In the meantime, the symptoms may be extremely disruptive and difficult to face for not only the patient, but their family and friends. Talking about it will help cope with this, but it is not the only solution – and what is more, it is not the sole job of those friends and family to solve the patient's problems.
It is, ultimately, the job of the healthcare system.
When that system is underfunded and in crisis, 'talking about it' can only go so far. People who are struggling are told that they are not struggling "enough" to get help; they are left on waiting lists for months when even getting through a single day is difficult. They see doctors who do not know what is wrong with them and are overstretched to the point that they do not have the time, resources or patience to find out. They are pointed to therapies that do not work for them simply because the ones that do work are oversubscribed. They are sent home in tears because there is just not enough money to help them. This is why talking about it is not enough.
If we truly want to help, then we must go further than talking about it. We must acknowledge the links between mental illness and other social factors – gender, sexuality, ethnicity, class, education. Families from the lowest income brackets are more likely to experience common mental illnesses, as are minority ethnicities and sexualities where the greater risk of hate crime might lead to greater mental distress. These links cannot be solved just by talking about them.
We must talk about difficult truths. And then we must act.
The government must invest in healthcare and mental health services, with careful attention paid to the socioeconomic and geographic sectors which have the greatest need. We must vote for politicians who will not continue to leave the NHS overstretched and underprepared to cope with the burden of mental illness. We must, when it is possible, donate to mental health charities, research groups, or volunteer for support roles.
Above all, we must be there for those people in our lives who are struggling, all the while understanding that they might act in ways that are difficult or unfathomable to us. The mentally unwell do not act how they would if they had a broken leg, even though both ailments are equally valid. We must remember this, and remain supportive while they get professional medical help – preferably without a three-month waiting list.
Talking about mental illness is perhaps more important than ever. But when we talk about it, we must afterwards remain true to our word.


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New framework for universities to help improve student mental health
Universities UK has published a new framework to help improve the mental health and wellbeing of university students.
The step change framework – part of Universities UK's programme of work to help improve the mental health and wellbeing of students and staff in higher education – is aimed at supporting university leaders to help embed good mental health across all university activities.
With reported increases in the general number of young people suffering with mental ill-health, universities have seen increases in demand for student mental health support services.
The framework recommends universities work closely with the NHS to consider how mental health care services should be commissioned and delivered to student populations. It recommends also working in close partnership with parents, schools and colleges, as well as with employers and businesses.
Professor Steve West, Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West of England and chair of Universities UK's Working Group on Mental Health in Higher Education who advised on the framework, said: "Mental health matters to universities. University leaders care about their students and staff. We want to help them to thrive and succeed as well as to support them through mental health challenges.
"We can be proud of the work that higher education institutions do on mental health, the services they provide, the impact they have on those in distress or difficulties. We want to capture these positive activities, but also ensure that our response to this growing challenge is the right one."
The framework has been developed to help university leaders adopt a more comprehensive approach to mental health across the whole university population.
Professor Steve West added: "This framework is about getting universities to think about mental health and wellbeing across all their activities and people. From students to academics and support staff. From teaching and research to accommodation and relations with local communities. The step change in student mental health begins here."
Universities UK's new framework – #stepchange mental health in higher education – will be launched on Monday 4 September. It is part of Universities UK's wider programme of work – launched last December – to help improve the mental health and wellbeing of students and staff in higher education.
Universities UK has worked in partnership with the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) to strengthen the evidence-base on mental health in higher education. Their independent report – Not by Degrees: Improving student mental health in the UK's universities – is being published on 4 September.
As part of the Mental Health in Higher Education programme, Universities UK has supported a Student Voice Forum facilitated by StudentMinds and the NUS. Their report is available on 4 September as Student Voices in the development of a whole university approach to mental health and wellbeing.


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One version of the first Preakness date. Photo by The Racing Biz.
If you go by the June 3, 1908 Daily Racing Form, the first Preakness was in 1894, when Assignee won it.
Fourteen years later, the DRF revised its account, printing that the Preakness was first run in 1909.
And there are some observers, like racing historian and Mid-Atlantic dweller Kevin Martin, who might argue that this year is actually Preakness 127.
Don't go checking the websites for Pimlico or the Preakness for verification; both relate the history of the racetrack and to some degree the history of the race, but both also rather cagily avoid declaring the year of the race's inception, and neither has a list of the race's winners.
So just what is the dealio with the Preakness?
The winner that first year? A horse named Preakness.
His owner? Milton Sanford, aka Preakness Stables.
Know who finished last that year? A filly named My Maryland.
Three years later, a race named for Preakness debuted at Pimlico, and the rest, they say, is history. Sure. Easy for them to say.
In 1889, the Baltimore Sun, in an article with a sub-headline that read, "Abuse of a Noble Sports by Tracks Adjacent to Other Large Cities…The Past Glories of Pimlico," reported that Governor Bowie, who was also the president of the Maryland Jockey Club, had written to members of the club to inform them that the Maryland Agricultural Society had taken possession of Pimlico following the expiration of its lease, and that the MJC would no longer hold race meetings there.
But why? Bowie's reason might sound familiar: competition from other racetracks that made it difficult to attract horses to Pimlico. Since Pimlico had opened, a number of other tracks—Monmouth, Brighton Beach, Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay — had also been established. The number of days the New York tracks could run was limited by state law, but two tracks in New Jersey, Clifton and Guttenberg, were under no such restrictions.
That same year, Morris Park opened in what is now the Bronx. Called by the New York Times "the finest racetrack in the world," in 1890 it offered for the first time a race called the Preakness Stakes. Neither the Sun, nor the Times, nor the DRF makes any mention of the Pimlico race being transferred north. The Preakness simply disappeared from Maryland and appeared a year later in New York City—open to horses three years old and up.
The winner that first year? A five-year-old called Montague.
His owners? None other than Mr. Sanford's Preakness Stables.
Over the next three years, there is no record of a Preakness having been run at any track in any state. When the Preakness returned in 1894, it was run not at Pimlico, not at Morris Park…but out in Brooklyn, at the old Gravesend track, and it was at Gravesend that the erstwhile peripatetic race found a home for the next 14 years.
No less a turf writing luminary than Joe Palmer asked of the Gravesend Preakness, "Was it the same race, or were there two Preaknesses, or, as our Mr. Smith puts it with his Latin flair, Preaknii?" Kent Hollingsworth, too, interrogated the history of the race, at the same time offering a critique of a now-beloved Preakness tradition, tempering his acerbic observation with a pronouncement over the wisdom of which there can, unlike the history of the Preakness, be no dispute.
"…the traditional wreath of daisies painted like Black-Eyed Susans will be placed on the 92nd winner of the Preakness in front of a small replica of the Old Members' Clubhouse cupola which burned last year.
"These sorts of traditions are made, not born. They are unnecessary embellishment of one of America's great races.


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Pawieł Jefimowicz Dybienko, ros. Павел Ефимович Дыбенко, ukr. Павло Юхимович Дибенко, trans. Pawło Juchymowycz Dybenko (ur.  w Ludkowie w powiecie nowozybkowskim guberni czernihowskiej, zm. 29 lipca 1938 w miejscu egzekucji Kommunarka) – rosyjski i radziecki marynarz pochodzenia ukraińskiego, bolszewik, uczestnik rewolucji październikowej, jeden z organizatorów przewrotu w Piotrogrodzie w listopadzie 1917 r., a następnie rozpędzenia Zgromadzenia Konstytucyjnego w styczniu 1918 r. Uczestnik wojny domowej w Rosji, następnie dowódca Środkowoazjatyckiego i Nadwołżańskiego Okręgów Wojskowych, od 1935 r. komandarm II rangi Armii Czerwonej. W 1937, w okresie wielkiego terroru, brał aktywny udział w organizacji czystki w Armii Czerwonej, 26 lutego 1938 sam został aresztowany i w lipcu 1938 r. stracony.

Życiorys

Życie i działalność do 1917 r.
Pochodził z ubogiej rodziny chłopskiej pochodzenia ukraińskiego. Nie ukończył nauki w szkole średniej. Do momentu powołania do wojska i wcielenia do Floty Bałtyckiej w 1912 r. pracował jako doker.

Według niektórych źródeł od 1912 r. działał w partii bolszewickiej, jednak kwestia ta nie jest całkowicie jasna – być może Dybienko był jedynie sympatykiem rosyjskich socjaldemokratów, bez opowiadania się po stronie bolszewików lub mienszewików. Według Pawła Wieczorkiewicza nie prowadził żadnej działalności, tylko raz wziął udział w partyjnym zebraniu. Do 1915 r. służył na okręcie liniowym Imperator Paweł I. Według oficjalnej biografii został skazany za organizację buntu na okręcie, w rzeczywistości jednak nie był jego organizatorem. Po sześciu miesiącach pobytu w więzieniu został zwolniony i skierowany na front do służby w piechocie. Następnie przeniesiono go na transportowiec "Szcza".

Rewolucja 1917 r.
W czasie rewolucji lutowej został uwolniony i wybrany na przewodniczącego Komitetu Centralnego Floty Bałtyckiej. W marcu 1917 r. został również wybrany do rady robotniczej i żołnierskiej w Helsingforsie oraz do mieszanego, bolszewicko-mienszewickiego, miejskiego komitetu socjaldemokratów. Był przeciwnikiem Rządu Tymczasowego. 4–5 lipca 1917 r. brał udział w zamieszkach w Helsinkach (w tym samym czasie miały miejsce antyrządowe wystąpienia żołnierzy także w Piotrogrodzie). Chociaż nie był zwolennikiem wystąpienia marynarzy przeciwko rządowi, uważając, że nie miało szczególnych szans na sukces, podczas zamieszek publicznie odczytał fałszywy telegram z Piotrogrodu, w którym pisano o przejęciu władzy przez rady. 11 lipca Dybienko, Nikołaj Chowrin i 13 innych członków Komitetu Centralnego Floty Bałtyckiej po przybyciu do Piotrogrodu zostało oskarżonych o sprowokowanie powstania i zdradę stanu. Został aresztowany i osadzony w więzieniu w Piotrogrodzie. W sierpniu 1917 r. marynarze Floty Bałtyckiej zażądali od Rządu Tymczasowego zwolnienia wszystkich piętnastu. Żądanie zostało spełnione w odniesieniu do czternastu, ale Dybienko, uznany za głównego prowodyra buntu, pozostał w więzieniu do 4 września. Wyszedł na wolność po wpłaceniu kaucji w wysokości 5 tys. rubli. 16 września 1917 r. był przewodniczącym II zjazdu delegatów Floty Bałtyckiej, zdominowanego przez lewicowych radykałów. Proklamacja zjazdu wzywała do zawarcia pokoju, przekazania ziemi komitetom chłopskim i oddaniu fabryk pod kontrolę robotniczą.

Uczestniczył w przygotowaniu przewrotu bolszewickiego w Piotrogrodzie, będąc w kontakcie z przywódcami bolszewickimi w stolicy Rosji – sam przebywał w tym czasie w Helsingforsie. 24 października (6 listopada) otrzymał tam telegram od Władimira Antonowa-Owsiejenki, wzywający go do sprowadzenia marynarzy i okrętów do Piotrogrodu. Wiadomość ta była umówionym sygnałem do buntu przeciwko Rządowi Tymczasowemu. W odpowiedzi Dybienko zapewnił, że okręty pojawią się w rosyjskiej stolicy następnego dnia rano. On również przekonał przewodniczącego komitetu marynarzy krążownika Aurora, by okręt pozostał w Piotrogrodzie w nocy z 25 na 26 października (7 na 8 listopada) i wziął udział w obaleniu rządu.

Wspólnie z Antonowem-Owsiejenką brał udział w organizacji oddziałów marynarzy, które powstrzymały w Gatczynie marsz Kozaków dońskich generała Piotra Krasnowa na Piotrogród na wezwanie Aleksandra Kiereńskiego. Oddział marynarzy pod dowództwem Dybienki był bliski wzięcia samego Kiereńskiego do niewoli. Następnie Dybienko zdołał przekonać niezdecydowanych Kozaków do przejścia na stronę bolszewików.

Wojna domowa w Rosji
Dybienko wszedł do pierwszego rządu bolszewickiego (Rady Komisarzy Ludowych) jako członek triumwiratu kierującego Komitetem Spraw Wojskowych i Morskich. Odpowiadał w nim za marynarkę wojenną; pozostałymi członkami komitetu byli Nikołaj Podwojski i Władimir Antonow-Owsiejenko. Oprócz niego Najwyższą Radę Marynarki, która miała zarządzać rewolucyjną flotą, tworzyli przedstawiciel marynarzy oraz przedrewolucyjny oficer, Modiest Iwanow. W końcu stycznia Najwyższą Radę Marynarki zastąpił zarząd, do którego, poza jednym oficerem marynarki handlowej, weszli już tylko bolszewicy (obok Dybienki jeszcze Fiodor Raskolnikow i Wachramiejew). Współuczestniczył w rozpędzeniu w styczniu 1918 demokratycznie wybranego parlamentu Rosji – Konstytuanty. W tym samym miesiącu jego popularność wśród marynarzy zaczęła spadać. Krytykowano go za zapędy dyktatorskie, zarzucano ignorowanie oczekiwań załóg okrętów, niechęć do tłumaczenia komitetom okrętowym swoich posunięć. Dybienko był też uzależniony od kokainy i alkoholu, prowadził wystawny tryb życia.

Klęska pod Narwą i wydalenie z partii
Był przeciwny zawarciu traktatu brzeskiego. Obok lewicowego eserowca Isaaka Sztejnberga, ludowego komisarza sprawiedliwości, najgłośniej opowiadał się za wojną rewolucyjną. Po rozpoczęciu ofensywy wojsk niemieckich w 1918 r. wezwał część okrętów znajdujących się na Bałtyku do podjęcia działań obronnych, inne zaś do wycofania się do Piotrogrodu i Kronsztadu. Jego rozkaz, by podjąć walkę z wojskami szwedzkimi, które wylądowały na Wyspach Alandzkich, został jednak odrzucony. 23 lutego 1918 r. Dybienko na czele sformowanego przez siebie oddziału 1600 marynarzy Floty Bałtyckiej został oddelegowany do zatrzymania ofensywy wojsk niemieckich na Narwie, naturalnej linii obrony Piotrogrodu. Następnie miał przejść do kontrofensywy i odzyskać całą gubernię estońską, w tym Rewel (Tallinn). 28 lutego Niemcy, wykorzystując linie kolejowe, dotarli w okolice miasta Narwy. Marynarze stoczyli z nimi bitwę na zachód od miasta, po czym wycofali się. Dybienko wraz ze sztabem uciekł z panice do Jamburga. Odmówił wykonania rozkazu Parskiego, dowódcy miejscowych sił czerwonych, by wrócić i bronić miasta. Narwa została opanowana przez Niemców.

W marcu 1918 r. Dybienko, razem z lewicowymi eserowcami i tzw. lewicowymi komunistami Aleksandrą Kołłontaj, Władimirem Smirnowem i Walerianem Obolenskim odszedł z rządu. Na proces przed trybunałem rewolucyjnym w sprawie swojej postawy pod Narwą oczekiwał w Samarze. Jego rozprawa odbyła się w maju 1918 r. Ostatecznie, dzięki wstawiennictwu żony Aleksandry Kołłontaj i poparciu ze strony marynarzy, został uniewinniony (uznano, iż jego działania tłumaczył brak kompetencji wojskowych), jednak na kilka lat stracił znaczącą pozycję wśród przywódców rewolucyjnej Rosji. Usunięto go nawet z partii bolszewickiej.

Działalność na Ukrainie
Podczas ofensywy wojsk radzieckiego Frontu Południowego na Ukrainę, rozpoczętej na przełomie lat 1918 i 1919, Dybience powierzono dowodzenie 1 Dywizją Zadnieprzańską. 27 stycznia po kilkudniowych walkach zdobył Jekaterynosław. Jego dywizji podlegały oddziały anarchistów Nestora Machny, które po zawarciu porozumienia z bolszewikami zostały do niej włączone jako 3 brygada (następnie włączono je w skład Frontu Południowego), a także oddziały atamana Hryhorjewa, jako 1 brygada.

W kwietniu 1919 r. siły pod dowództwem Dybienki opanowały Krym, gdzie proklamowana została Krymska Socjalistyczna Republika Radziecka. Dybienko został w niej komisarzem spraw wojskowych i morskich oraz dowódcą Krymskiej Armii Czerwonej. Dowodzone przez niego siły brały udział w stłumieniu buntu Hryhorjewa. 1 kwietnia dowodzona przez Dybienkę Dywizja Zadnieprzańska włączyła się do bitwy o Donbas, opanowała Mariupol i zbliżyła się na odległość 30–40 km od Taganrogu, jednak już trzy dni później została zmuszona do wycofania się przez jednostki białej kawalerii gen. Władimira Maj-Majewskiego. W czerwcu 1919 r. Dybienko należał do rady kierującej obroną republiki krymskiej przed atakiem białych Sił Zbrojnych Południa Rosji, które 12 czerwca wysadziły na półwyspie desant. Czerwoni ponieśli klęskę i musieli ewakuować się z Krymu.

Dowodzone przez niego jednostki wielokrotnie dopuszczały się grabieży, gwałtów i rabunków. W lipcu-sierpniu 1919 r. jego 58 dywizji strzeleckiej, sformowanej w lipcu 1919 r. z resztek Krymskiej Armii Czerwonej, powierzono obronę Mikołajowa przed ofensywą Sił Zbrojnych Południa Rosji. Faktycznie jednak Dybienko i jego żołnierze zajmowali się głównie rabunkiem. Ostatecznie miejscowi bolszewicy aresztowali Dybienkę, a jego siły rozpierzchły się – czerwonoarmiści zbiegli do Odessy lub dołączyli do sił Machny. 21 lipca 1919 r. Dybienkę na stanowisku dowódcy zastąpił Iwan Fiedko. Fatalna postawa Dybienki i jego dywizji była jednym z powodów, dla których dowództwo 12 Armii z Ioną Jakirem na czele zdecydowało o rezygnacji z obrony Odessy i o wycofaniu się na północ.

W 1921 był jednym z dowódców pacyfikacji zbuntowanego Kronsztadu. Po stłumieniu buntu marynarzy został mianowany nowym komendantem Kronsztadu. Rok później został ponownie przyjęty do partii.

Dalsza kariera w Armii Czerwonej
W 1922 Pawieł Dybienko ukończył Akademię Wojskową. W 1928 r. został dowódcą Środkowoazjatyckiego Okręgu Wojskowego, gdzie organizował ekspedycje karne przeciwko basmaczom. W 1931 r. został skierowany na dalsze studia do Berlina, na których uznano go jako człowieka całkowicie niekompetentnego w sprawach wojskowych. Po powrocie do kraju objął stanowisko dowódcy Nadwołżańskiego Okręgu Wojskowego, gdzie w 1936 r. znalazł się w konflikcie ze swoim zastępcą komkorem Iwanem Kutiakowem, który odmawiał wykonywania jego rozkazów i publicznie się mu sprzeciwiał, pragnąć udowodnić niekompetencję Dybienki. Na własną prośbę Dybienko został w maju 1937 r. przeniesiony na inne stanowisko – członka Rady Wojennej Syberyjskiego Okręgu Wojskowego. W czerwcu tego samego roku mianowano go natomiast dowódcą Leningradzkiego Okręgu Wojskowego.

11 czerwca 1937 r. był w składzie Trybunału Specjalnego, który skazał na śmierć siedmiu wysokich rangą dowódców Armii Czerwonej: marszałka Michaiła Tuchaczewskiego, komandarmów I rangi Ionę Jakira oraz Ijeronima Uborewicza, komandarma II rangi Augusta Korka, komkorów Witalija Primakowa, Borisa Feldmana, Roberta Ejdemana i Witowta Putnę. Proces miał charakter pokazowy, a postawione zarzuty szpiegostwa i spisku antypaństwowego były całkowicie fałszywe.

Aresztowanie i śmierć
W Leningradzkim Okręgu Wojskowym Dybienko kontynuował prowadzenie czystek w Armii Czerwonej, osobiście wskazując oficerów do aresztowania. Równocześnie zarządzający leningradzkimi strukturami NKWD Leonid Zakowski dążył do zgromadzenia kompromitujących materiałów przeciwko samemu Dybience, gromadząc dawne donosy podwładnych, w tym takie zarzucające Dybience sympatie trockistowskie oraz obciążające, wymuszone zeznania niedawno aresztowanych oficerów. Do tego Dybienko nie radził sobie z obowiązkami dowódcy okręgu, które przekraczały jego kompetencje, nadal również pił i pogardliwie traktował podkomendnych. 25 stycznia otrzymał tekst uchwały KC WKP (b), w której zarzucano mu współpracę z wywiadem niemieckim i "podejrzane stosunki" z pracownikami wywiadu amerykańskiego, a także pijaństwo i niemoralny tryb życia oraz rozgłaszanie tajemnic wojskowych i państwowych. 30 stycznia w liście do Stalina usiłował przekonywać, iż zarzuty były bezpodstawne. Krótko potem otrzymał stanowisko wicekomisarza leśnictwa i przemysłu drzewnego oraz propozycję uzupełnienia studiów wojskowych w trybie eksternistycznym. Następnie odebrano mu również to stanowisko i wyznaczono na dyrektora trustu Kamlesospław. Podczas podróży służbowej za Ural 26 lutego 1938 został aresztowany przez NKWD.

Poddany torturom podczas śledztwa, przyznał się do stawianych mu zarzutów: pracy dla carskiej tajnej policji w latach 1915–1917, uczestnictwa w antypaństwowych spiskach Rykowa, Bucharina i Tuchaczewskiego oraz szpiegostwa na rzecz Stanów Zjednoczonych. Obciążył również swoimi zeznaniami całą grupę oficerów, w tym marszałków Aleksandra Jegorowa oraz Siemiona Budionnego i komkora Jelisieja Goriaczowa. 29 lipca 1938 został skazany pod zarzutem szpiegostwa na śmierć przez rozstrzelanie przez Kolegium Wojskowe Sądu Najwyższego ZSRR  i tego samego dnia stracony w miejscu egzekucji Kommunarka pod Moskwą, gdzie został pochowany anonimowo.

Zrehabilitowany 16 maja 1956 postanowieniem Kolegium Wojskowego SN ZSRR.

Rodzina

W latach 1918–1922 był mężem czołowej działaczki bolszewickiej Aleksandry Kołłontaj, która pomogła mu w rozwoju kariery wojskowej po rewolucji 1917 r. Ich małżeństwo rozpadło się z powodu licznych zdrad Dybienki, jego wystawnego trybu życia i nałogów. Następnie ożenił się z Walentiną Stiefanowską, z którą rozwiódł się na początku lat 30., podejrzewając, iż zdradzała go z Aleksandrem Siediakinem (który faktycznie został jej drugim mężem). Trzecią żoną Dybienki była biegaczka Zinaida Jerutina, jednak małżeństwo to trwało bardzo krótko. Po rozwodzie z Jerutiną Dybienko poślubił nauczycielkę Zinaidę Karpową. Walentina Stiefanowska-Siediakina została aresztowana i rozstrzelana podczas wielkiego terroru, natomiast Zinaida Dybienko, jako "członek rodziny wroga ludu", została skazana na pięć lat więzienia, a następnie skierowana do obozu.

Autor wspomnień Iz niedr carskogo fłota k Wielikomu Oktiabrju, uważanych przez historyków za mało wiarygodne.

Upamiętnienie
Do okresu "wielkiego terroru" Dybienko był w ZSRR jednym z najsłynniejszych, owianych legendą czerwonych dowódców okresu wojny domowej.

Imieniem Dybienki nazwano następnie ulice m.in. w Moskwie, Samarze i Petersburgu, gdzie jego imię nosi również most nad rzeką Okkerwil. W Symferopolu oprócz ulicy Dybienki znajduje się jego pomnik, upamiętniający jego udział w zdobyciu Krymu przez bolszewików w 1919 r.

Przypisy

Bibliografia, linki
 A. Adams, Bolsheviks in the Ukraine. The Second Campaign, 1918-1919, Yale University Press, New Haven & London 1963.
 E. Mawdsley, The Russian Revolution and the Baltic Fleet. War and Politics, February 1917-April 1918, The Macmillan Press, London-Basingstoke 1978, .
 A. Rabinovitch, The Bolsheviks Come to Power. The Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd, Haymarket Books, Chicago 2017, .
 A. Rabinovitch, The Bolsheviks in Power. The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd, Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis 2007, .
 J. D. Smele, The "Russian" Civil Wars 1916-1926. Ten Years That Shook the World, Hurst&Company, London 2015, .
 Paweł Wieczorkiewicz, Łańcuch śmierci. Czystka w Armii Czerwonej 1937–1939. Warszawa: Zysk i S-ka, 2016. .
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Deputowani do Zgromadzenia Ustawodawczego Rosji 1918
Komandarmowie II rangi
Deputowani do Rady Najwyższej ZSRR
Postacie rewolucji październikowej
Urodzeni w 1889
Zmarli w 1938
Ofiary wielkiego terroru w ZSRR
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In a strong inclination of the axis of Uranus is to blame for the collision with another celestial body
The strange orientation of Uranus in relation to all the other planets of the Solar system always remained a mystery to scientists. Its axis of rotation lies like "on the side" relative to the plane of rotation of this planet around the Sun. As a result, the planet is facing the Sunthe North pole, the South, the equator, the middle latitudes. A group of researchers, consisting of astronomers at the University of Durham (England), experts from the Ames Research center (NASA), Washington University, Los Alamos national laboratory and the University of California believes he has found the explanation to this unusual position of the planet.
The study was managed by an international group of astronomer Jacob Kegerreis. According to scientists, such a strong tilt of its axis Uranus could acquire as a result of a collision with a large object in space, weight and size at least two times more than our Earth. To set this probability helped by computer simulation. About the research, astronomers said in a press release published on the website Phys.org.
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Uranus is a unique planet. The plane of the equator of Uranus is inclined to the plane of its orbit at an angle 97,86 degrees — that is, the planet rotates retrograde, "lying on one side slightly head down". The measurement of "Voyager-2" has allowed to detect the Uranium in a very specific magnetic field, which is not directed from the geometrical center of the planet and tilted by 59 degrees to the axis of rotation, said researcher NASA Jim green. It is also the only planet in the Solar system, which is not observed thermal radiation emanating from the nucleus. And yet Uranus has rings like Saturn. However, no such distinct.
Computer modelling showed that for this metamorphosis could cause a clash of Uranium with other larger celestial body. Moreover, changes in the inclination of the rotation axis of the planet could just a few hours, the researchers said.
A fragment of a computer simulation based on open code, SWIFT presented an astronomer at the University of Durham Jacob Kegerreis. Here shows the moment of collision of a celestial object with a planet Uranium. Kegerreis, notes that scientists have created a detailed computer model demonstrates how the cosmic cataclysm that occurred 3-4 billion years ago, changed the inclination of the axis of Uranus, the planet turning almost 90 degrees relative to its initial position. With a more detailed image can be found here
It is possible that the object that blow on Uranus is still somewhere in the Solar system, but is so far from Earth that it is impossible to see, added the researchers. This could explain some of the peculiarity of the orbit of the planet, and could correlate with the hypotheses about the presence in our system of a "Planet X", whose orbit in the view of some scholars is located somewhere behind Pluto.
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"This polling was conducted in November, before the worst aspects of the current bushfire disaster had hit, but the results are still very clear. It will be interesting to see if the current crisis shifts opinions.
"Our research has shown that overwhelmingly, Australians think our country is facing a climate emergency and that less than one quarter of Australians disagree.
"Since the beginning of this fire season, the images of devastation spreading across the country have been distressing for many and most want to see all of society mobilised in response.
"The Government should start by introducing a levy on fossil fuel producers to create a National Climate Disaster Fund. Such a policy is supported by 62% of Australians and would help to shift the financial burden of these fires from Australian households, businesses and taxpayers."
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Tyson Gay runs year's fastest 100 metres
GENE CHERRY
Globe and Mail Update
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American record holder Tyson Gay ran the year's fastest 100 metres when he clocked 9.79 seconds in a tune-up meet at Clermont, Florida on Saturday.
The performance came hours before Jamaican training mate Steve Mullings sprinted 9.80 at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon.
Mullings held the yearly lead of 9.89 before Saturday's performances.
Gay's time came in a preliminary race at the NTC Sprint Series. He did not compete in the final, according to official results.
Both his and Mullings' performances were with allowable winds.
Jamaican Usain Bolt holds the world record of 9.58 seconds. Gay's U.S. record is 9.69.
The American is scheduled to make his Diamond League debut with another 100 metres at the New York Grand Prix next Saturday.
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