Get into the Christmas spirit with a visit to one of Devon's best events this festive season.
Whether you're looking for special gifts or just want a festive family day out, there's something for everyone to enjoy at the Christmas markets in Devon. Supporting and showcasing handcrafted and unique gifts from the south west's local traders, the Christmas markets are the perfect place to start your countdown to Christmas!
Plymouth really does LOVE Christmas. After deciding that previous organisers did not do enough to support the local traders or produce, the city has taken maters into its own hands. Running from Thursday 26 November to Sunday 6 December the city centre will be transformed into a winter wonderland offering vintage Christmas gifts, locally sourced festive foods and the NEW Christmas Market.
Join the festivities down at Hannah's Christmas Craft Fayre. Enjoy discovering the 12 doors of Christmas, or pay a visit to Santa himself. With lots of fundraising activities being held on both days, the Fayre is bursting with community spirit. It's being held on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 November.
Come to the award-winning urban village and enjoy browsing the selection of fine food, drinks and gifts. In addition to the many shops and stalls filling the street, the event will hold its very own fairground with entertainment from the local community. Highlights include St Leonards primary school, local singer Annabel Davis as well as Exeter's very own university acapella group, Semitoned. The Fair is on Saturday 5 December, 2pm – 6pm. Entry is free.
This winter Exeter city centre will burst to life for the Christmas Market on Cathedral Green. There will be a huge range of great food and a mix of more than 50 local and international traders offering quirky, handmade gifts, making the market an ideal way to spend a cold winter evening. Warm yourself up with the traditional hog roast, Belgian chocolates and a hot Gluehwein by the beautiful Exeter City Cathedral. Visit between 19 November and 19 December.
Just outside the city centre, this indoor event is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Westpoint will host an incredible diverse range for all ages, as the shopping centre is transformed from your well-known shopping centre into a magical winter wonderland, where you can browse for all your Christmas essentials. The event runs from Friday 27 November until Sunday 29 November, from 9.30am to 5.30pm. £3.50 for adults, £2.50 for over-65s, free for ages 16 and under.
Are you struggling for gift ideas this Christmas? Take some inspiriation from these top 10 best British rugby themed gift ideas that are perfect for sport lovers!
Could you get all your Christmas food and drink from Devon producers?
From cosy pubs galore to winter beach walks, there's plenty to enjoy in Devon at Christmas. We list 19 reasons you should come visit us this December.


The first video is about a woman and her partner making a game that takes the user on a journey of their sons battle with cancer.
The next video is about creating music with everyday objects.
How do you play a game that you can't win?
How can we use storytelling, technology, and gaming to understand the un-understandable?
Can anything be a musical instrument?
How do you use frequency and microphones to turn everyday objects into musical instruments?


So, first and before we get into anything else, DC has also released the first look at Titans. This new show will be exclusive to DC Universe, the company's new streaming service, and looks way better than you might've thought.
Not bad! I'm surprised at the language, and also the special effects to be honest. They look great, and that was something that I wasn't prepared for. I thought this was going to be much more low-budget looking.
Past the trailer though, there's also that heaping helping of "stuff" to do that I mentioned. And of course, if you're not going to be on-site, you can catch most of it streaming through DC's site. Being that there's so much by the way, we're not running it here, but instead sending you on over to the official listing from DC.
Trust me, there's way too much to page through here, and you're better off just clicking what you want over at DCComics.com. So with that in mind, click here.


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Get Counted: The Importance of Registries
Friday, June 25 | 4:00 PM – 5:00 pm ET
Registries are a critical way for researchers to monitor safety signals and other trends, learn from the patient experience and to predict future needs or concerns. Hear from a group of leaders from across bleeding disorders organizations in how registries or surveys inform the medical and scientific advances for our community and how your participation makes a difference.
Eric Iglewski, LMSW
Eric Iglewski, LMSW has worked as a licensed social worker for about 25 years. He earned his Master of Social Work from Boston College and has specialized clinical experience in trauma, loss and group work. He is honored to have served people and families impacted by bleeding disorders at the Mary M. Gooley Hemophilia Center since 2010. He provides a wide range of services to the bleeding disorders community, including individual counseling, advocacy and supportive-educational programming to groups and families. Eric has enjoyed working on many national committees and is a former chairperson of the National Hemophilia Foundation Social Work Working Group. His HTC actively participates in the World Federation of Hemophilia Twinning program – he has worked closely with providers and consumer organizations in both Kyrgyzstan and Nepal over the last several years.
HFA – Mabel Crescioni, DrPH, JD, LLM
Dr. Mabel Crescioni leads all patient- centered research initiatives as the Director of Public Health and Outcomes Projects at the Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA). She is also Professor of Practice and Instructor at the University of Arizona (UA), Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and the James Rogers College of Law, where she teaches "Public Health Policy and Management" and "Clinical Research Ethics" respectively. Mabel is currently a member of the Research and Clinical Trials Working Group of the Black Women's Health Imperative Rare Disease Diversity Coalition. Mabel has also served as a public health and evaluation consultant to state and tribal health departments, federally qualified health centers, public health institutes and other non-profit organizations.
Prior to joining HFA, Mabel was Director, Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome (ePRO) Consortium and Assistant Director, Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Consortium at Critical Path Institute (C-Path). Following a graduate internship at the Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Health Statistics and a post-doctoral fellowship at the UA College of Medicine (UA-CoM) where she focused on analyzing epidemiologic data and validating survey instruments, Mabel joined the UA-CoM faculty as Assistant Research Professor where she worked on a longitudinal study of refractive error among Native American children validating PRO measures.
After attending Rutgers University, Mabel earned a Jurid Doctor at Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, a Master of Laws (LLM) in Health Care Law at Saint Louis University School of Law, and a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) at the UA, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Prior to joining the UA, she also served as Health Policy Advisor to the Governor of Puerto Rico and Legislative Assistant in the Puerto Rico Senate.
NHF – Michelle Witkop, DNP
As the Head of Research, Dr. Witkop, a Doctor of Nursing Practice, leads the National Hemophilia Foundation's research initiatives. Previously the lead practitioner at the Northern Regional Bleeding Disorders Center in Traverse City MI, she is the 2015 recipient of the Nurse of the Year Award from the American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC) for Transformational Leadership, the past Chair of NHF's Nursing Work Group and the 2014/2015 Co-Chair of NHF's Annual Meeting. As well as being a charter member of the American Thrombosis & Hemostasis Network's (ATHN) National Hemophilia Program Coordination Center (NHPCC) Advisory Committee, Dr. Witkop is an ATHN/HRSA Demonstration Project of National Significance Grantee with the project, "Evaluating a Nurse Practitioner Medically Lead Hemophilia Treatment Center in Comparison to a Physician Medically Lead Hemophilia Treatment Center".
Dr. Witkop's background includes extensive experience and research in pain management including chronic pain and palliative care. Prior to joining the bleeding disorders community, Dr. Witkop was employed in a chronic pain practice and was Board Certified in Hospice & Palliative Care. She has been either the principal investigator or co-investigator for multiple hemophilia pain research studies including the National Pain Study and the IMPACT Quality of Life Studies. She has published multiple articles as well as lectured extensively. She is the immediate past-chair of the MASAC Pain Initiative Subcommittee.
PNS – Julie Birkofer
Julie Birkofer has 30 plus years of government relations and policy experience primarily focusing on the health care industry. Her areas of expertise include coalition building, strategic planning, Medicare reimbursement, public affairs, issue analysis, and grassroots networking. Ms. Birkofer assumed the leadership role as head of the North American division in October 2004.
The North America division is responsible for federal and state affairs, stakeholder relations, as well as communications within the United States. Among her accomplishments, Ms. Birkofer was awarded the "Unsung Hero" Award from the Hemophilia Association of New Jersey. Ms. Birkofer also received an Advocacy Award from the Alpha-1 Foundation.
Ms. Birkofer has been promoted several times during her tenure at PPTA and currently holds the position of Senior Vice President, Public Affairs. In this role, she is the liaison to the North America Board of Directors, coordinates the federal and state health policy activities of the Association, administers the North America programs – notably the Patient Notification System and has the distinct pleasure of coordinating outreach to patient organizations.
Prior to joining PPTA in 2001, as the Director of Health Policy she served in the office of former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge as the Associate Director of Domestic and Health Policy. Ms. Birkofer also served as a sworn member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability.
Ms. Birkofer was Senior Government Affairs Representative at Highmark, Inc., and focused on major health insurance issues such as the Patients' Bill of Rights and Medicare prescription drug coverage. In addition, she served as a Vice President at R. Duffy Wall & Associates, Inc., a government relations consulting firm. She also served the Senior Congressional Representative for the 20,000 member American Chiropractic Association. Early in her career, Ms. Birkofer was a Policy Analyst at the American Medical Peer Review Association, where she developed her Medicare policy skills.

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I metodi di individuazione di pianeti extrasolari sono diversi e si sono evoluti nel corso degli anni, permettendo oggi di scoprire nuovi pianeti a un ritmo sempre crescente. Le metodologie si possono dividere in due classi principali:
 rilevamento diretto;
 rilevamento indiretto.
Nella classe del rilevamento diretto si includono tutte le tecniche che permettono di osservare direttamente al telescopio questi pianeti. Nella classe del rilevamento indiretto ricadono quelle tecniche che permettono di individuare un pianeta a partire dagli effetti che esso induce (o vengono indotti) sulla (o dalla) stella ospite.

Per confermare un pianeta e meglio definirne le caratteristiche fisiche è necessario l'utilizzo di più tecniche differenti. Al momento attuale il metodo di ricerca più fruttuoso è quello delle velocità radiali che ha fornito 203 pianeti sui circa 500 noti, seguito da quello dei transiti. Già nel 1955 Otto Struve aveva prospettato la possibilità di scoprire sistemi planetari extrasolari proprio con questi due metodi.

Metodo delle velocità radiali
Una stella attorno a cui orbiti un pianeta può essere pensata come una binaria spettroscopica, di cui è visibile un solo spettro. In questa situazione le righe di emissione o di assorbimento non hanno più la lunghezza d'onda corrispondente ai campioni osservati in quiete in laboratorio, ma risultano spostate per effetto Doppler verso il rosso o il blu, a seconda che la velocità sia positiva (allontanamento) o negativa (avvicinamento). Se l'orbita del pianeta è inclinata rispetto al piano tangente alla sfera celeste, nel punto in cui si osserva la stella, allora lo spostamento delle righe varia a seconda del valore della velocità e oscilla tra i valori estremi assunti dalla velocità radiale. Una volta ottenuti degli spettri ben distribuiti nel tempo, e dedotte da questi le velocità radiali ad ogni istante, si potrà costruire la curva di velocità radiale.

Questo è il metodo che ha fornito la maggior parte dei pianeti scoperti durante la prima fase delle ricerche. Questo metodo è in grado di individuare facilmente pianeti molto vicini alla loro stella, ma per osservare pianeti di lungo periodo come ad esempio Giove sono necessarie osservazioni che coprano molti anni per poter osservare un intero periodo orbitale e quindi inferire un'orbita al pianeta. La tecnica è limitata alle stelle più brillanti della quindicesima magnitudine, poiché anche con i più grandi telescopi del mondo è difficile ottenere spettri di buona qualità che permettano di misurare queste piccole variazioni di velocità.

Transito

Il metodo più recente e più promettente è quello detto del transito.
Esso consiste nella rilevazione della diminuzione di luminosità della curva di luce di una stella quando un pianeta transita di fronte alla stella madre. La diminuzione è correlata alla dimensione relativa della stella madre, del pianeta e della sua orbita. Ad esempio nel caso di HD 209458, la diminuzione di luce è dell'ordine dell'1,7%.

Si tratta di un metodo fotometrico che funziona solo per la piccola percentuale di pianeti la cui orbita è perfettamente allineata col nostro punto di vista, però può essere utilizzato fino a grandi distanze. Il satellite francese COROT (lanciato il 26 dicembre 2006) e il Kepler della NASA (lanciato il 7 marzo 2009) svolgono osservazioni di questo tipo al di fuori dell'atmosfera terrestre, in quanto tutto il rumore fotonico indotto dall'atmosfera è eliminato e si possono ottenere curve di luce con precisione dell'ordine di 1 mmag, sufficiente in linea teorica per osservare pianeti come la Terra.

Variazione del tempo di transito

La variazione del tempo di transito (abbreviata TTV, dall'inglese Transit-timing variation) è un metodo per rilevare pianeti extrasolari osservando le variazioni dei tempi di un transito. Ciò fornisce un metodo estremamente sensibile in grado di rilevare pianeti aggiuntivi nel sistema con masse potenzialmente piccole come quella della Terra. In sistemi planetari numerosi, l'attrazione gravitazionale reciproca dei pianeti fa sì che un pianeta acceleri e un altro pianeta deceleri mentre compie la sua orbita, l'accelerazione fa cambiare il periodo orbitale di ogni pianeta. Il rilevamento di questo effetto misurando il cambiamento è noto come variazioni dei tempi di transito .. L'analisi della "variazione temporale", se esiste, permette quindi di rilevare la presenza di un pianeta non transitante in un sistema dove c'è almeno un pianeta che transita davanti alla propria stella.

Astrometria

Il primo metodo storicamente usato è l'astrometrico i cui primi tentativi risalgono al 1943. Con questo metodo sono stati individuati molti candidati, ma nessuno è stato confermato come pianeta, costringendo la maggior parte degli astronomi a rinunciare al suo utilizzo, a favore di altri metodi. Il suo punto debole è dovuto al fatto che richiede una misura molto precisa del moto proprio di una stella: nel caso essa abbia un pianeta, il moto presenta piccole oscillazioni periodiche. Sfortunatamente queste sono così piccole che i migliori telescopi esistenti non possono produrre misure abbastanza sicure. Inoltre le misure sono più facili quando le orbite dei pianeti sono perpendicolari alla nostra linea di vista (cioè sono viste di faccia invece che di taglio), cosa che rende impossibile l'uso degli altri metodi per confermare l'osservazione.

Nel maggio del 2009, questo metodo ha portato all'individuazione di VB 10b la cui reale esistenza è ora da verificare anche con altri metodi.

Microlente gravitazionale
L'effetto denominato microlente gravitazionale per la ricerca astronomica lo propose nel 1986 Bohdan Paczyński della Princeton University e nel 1991 suggerì che poteva essere utilizzato anche per cercare pianeti. I primi successi si ebbero nel 2002 quando un gruppo di astronomi polacchi  (Andrzej Udalski, Marcin Kubiak e Michal Szymanski da Varsavia e il polacco-americano Bohdan Paczynski della Princeton) perfezionarono un metodo che poteva essere utilizzato nell'ambito del progetto OGLE (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment), finanziato da NASA e NSF. In un mese di lavoro scoprirono 46 oggetti, molti dei quali potevano essere pianeti.

L'effetto avviene anche quando i campi gravitazionali di un pianeta e della sua stella cooperano per focalizzare la luce di una stella lontana. Per realizzarsi occorre che il pianeta e il suo sole e la stella lontana si trovino esattamente in linea prospettica con l'osservatore. Poiché un allineamento perfetto capita molto di rado (e l'effetto è molto piccolo da cui il nome micro) occorre tenere sotto sorveglianza un grande numero di stelle. Il suo studio funziona al meglio inquadrando stelle che si trovano tra noi e il nucleo galattico, in quanto si ha a disposizione un gran numero di stelle sullo sfondo.

Gli eventi-lente sono brevi, solo alcuni giorni o settimane, perché i corpi osservati e la Terra si muovono l'una rispetto all'altra. Comunque sono stati misurati più di 1000 eventi-lente negli ultimi dieci anni.

Questo metodo permette di scoprire pianeti di massa equiparabile a quella terrestre usando le tecnologie oggi disponibili, l'osservazione non può essere ripetuta poiché l'allineamento necessario capita raramente. La maggior parte di stelle osservate con questo metodo dista migliaia di anni luce il che rende problematica la scoperta di tali pianeti con mezzi più tradizionali, però osservando con continuità un sufficiente numero di stelle si può avanzare una stima della loro frequenza nella nostra galassia.

Dischi circumstellari e protoplanetari

Un approccio più recente consiste nello studio delle nubi di polveri. Molti sistemi solari contengono una quantità notevole di polvere dovuta a passaggi di comete e a collisioni fra asteroidi e pianeti. In tali casi la polvere si distribuisce come un disco attorno alla stella del sistema e assorbendone una parte di luce la riemette con radiazione infrarossa. Ma la pressione di radiazione esercitata dalla stella spingerebbe le particelle di polvere nello spazio interstellare in un tempo, su scala cosmica, relativamente breve. Pertanto una costante rilevazione di polvere può indicare un suo rimpiazzo dovuto a continue collisioni e fornisce evidenza indiretta della presenza di piccoli oggetti quali comete e asteroidi orbitanti attorno alla stella. Inoltre il rilevamento di una cavità interna a tale disco supporta l'ipotesi di un pianeta che ne abbia spazzato la polvere lungo la propria orbita. Anche la presenza dell'accumulo di un ammasso di polvere può essere conseguenza di influenza gravitazionale di un corpo planetario. Entrambe queste caratteristiche sono osservabili nel disco di polvere che circonda ε Eridani suggerendo l'esistenza di un pianeta con un raggio orbitale di circa 40 UA.

Questo tipo di rivelazione planetaria può effettuarsi con osservazioni dallo spazio, perché la nostra atmosfera assorbe la maggior parte della radiazione infrarossa, rendendo impossibili le osservazioni di quelle deboli fonti dalla Terra. Il nostro stesso sistema solare contiene una quantità di polvere diffusa pari a un decimo della massa della Luna. Pur se questa quantità è insignificante, paragonata alla massa totale del sistema, il volume su cui è distribuita è così elevato che, da grandi distanze, l'emissione infrarossa della polvere sarebbe 100 volte più intensa di quella di tutti i pianeti .

Il telescopio spaziale Hubble può svolgere queste osservazioni, utilizzando la sua camera NICMOS (Near Infrared Camera and Multi-object Spectrometer), ma non è stato possibile fargli svolgere questo compito a causa di un guasto al raffreddamento della NICMOS, che l'ha resa inutilizzabile dal 1999 al 2002. Immagini migliori sono state riprese nel 2003 da una camera "sorella", montata sul telescopio spaziale Spitzer (conosciuto prima come SIRTF, Space Infrared Telescope Facility). Lo Spitzer, progettato specificatamente per le osservazioni infrarosse è, per questo tipo di immagini, molto più potente di Hubble.

Variazioni degli intervalli di emissioni di una Pulsar
L'individuazione di pianeti extrasolari orbitanti attorno alle pulsar è deducibile dal passaggio dell'eventuale pianeta davanti al fascio di radiazione emesso dalla pulsar. Sapendo il periodo di rotazione della pulsar Il corpo orbitante può essere rilevato calcolando l'intervallo nella ricezione dell'emissione che esso provoca al suo passaggio.

Variazioni della frequenza di pulsazione di una stella variabile
Come le pulsar, alcuni tipi di stelle variabili pulsanti sono abbastanza regolari da poter determinare la velocità radiale in modo puramente fotometrico dallo spostamento Doppler della frequenza delle pulsazioni, senza necessità di uno studio spettroscopico. Questo metodo non è sensibile come il metodo di variazione degli intervalli di emissioni di una pulsar, poiché l'attività periodica è più lunga e meno regolare. La facilità di rilevare pianeti attorno a una stella variabile dipende dal periodo di pulsazione della stella, dalla regolarità delle pulsazioni, dalla massa del pianeta e dalla sua distanza dalla stella ospite.

Il primo successo con questo metodo risale al 2007, quando V391 Pegasi b fu scoperto attorno a una stella nana pulsante.

Rilevamento diretto

L'individuazione di pianeti extrasolari mediante imaging diretto è resa molto difficile dal fatto che l'osservazione di tali corpi celesti è sovrastata dalla luce di ogni stella intorno a cui ruotano, la quale ovviamente offusca la debole luminosità riflessa dei pianeti.

È meno arduo ottenere immagini dirette quando il pianeta è particolarmente massivo (in genere più di quanto sia Giove) e la sua orbita è molto lontana dalla sua stella ma è abbastanza caldo da emettere radiazione infrarossa percepibile. Proprio per merito di quest'ultima proprietà si possono captare direttamente nell'infrarosso immagini di corpi catalogabili come pianeti.

Prime osservazioni dirette
I primi tentativi di rilevare esopianeti mediante la visualizzazione ad alto contrasto sono stati effettuati con il telescopio Franco-Canadese, alle Hawaii, nei primi anni 2000. L'astronomo canadese Christian Marois, supportato dal collega René Doyon costruì una telecamera per infrarossi applicata al telescopio ma sebbene non riuscì a rilevare nessun esopianeta, fu il primo passo per comprendere le tecniche e migliorare la sensibilità per gli strumenti ad alto contrasto, sviluppando in seguito due tecniche: l'imaging differenziale angolare, o ADI, e la combinazione di immagini localmente ottimizzata, o LOCI. Queste nuove tecniche consentirono di effettuare una indagine a più ampia scala per quantificare percentualmente la presenza di pianeti giganti nel vicinato solare, non essendo ancora possibile l'imaging diretto di pianeti di dimensioni terrestri o nettuniani. L'indagine, condotta da David Lafrenière su un gruppo di giovani stelle appartenente all'Associazione Scorpius-Centaurus effettuata con il telescopio Gemini nord consentì  la prima immagine di un pianeta in orbita attorno a una stella simile al Sole, la stella 1RXS J1609-210524. L'oggetto, separato distante circa 330 UA dal proprio astro fu confermato nel 2010. Nel 2008 Lafrenière insieme ai due colleghi canadesi scoprì il primo sistema esoplanetario, HR 8799 rilevato con metodo diretto. I 3 pianeti del sistema hanno massa 10 e 7 volte quella di Giove. Lo stesso giorno, il 13 novembre 2008 fu data notizia che il telescopio spaziale Hubble aveva captato direttamente la figura di un pianeta extrasolare, orbitante attorno alla brillante stella Fomalhaut, con massa non superiore a 3 volte quella di Giove. Entrambi i sistemi sono circondati da dischi non dissimili dalla fascia di Kuiper.

Nel 2004, un gruppo di astronomi utilizzò il Very Large Telescope dell'ESO in Cile per ottenere un'immagine di 2M1207b, un compagno per la nana bruna 2M1207. L'anno successivo fu confermato che il compagno della nana bruna era di natura planetaria. Si pensa che il pianeta sia diverse volte più massiccio di Giove e il suo semiasse maggiore sia superiore a 40 UA.

Nel 2009 fu annunciato che l'analisi di immagini risalenti al 2003 avevano rivelato un pianeta in orbita intorno a Beta Pictoris.

Del 2012 è l'annuncio che un pianeta supergioviano, con una massa di circa 12,8 MJ in orbita attorno a Kappa Andromedae, era stato direttamente osservato con il telescopio Subaru alle Hawaii. Esso orbita intorno alla sua stella madre ad una distanza di circa 55 UA, equivalenti a quasi due volte la distanza di Nettuno dal Sole.
Un ulteriore sistema, Gliese 758, fu osservato nel novembre 2009, utilizzando lo strumento HiCIAO del telescopio Subaru; tuttavia non si scoprì un pianeta ma una nana bruna.

Altri oggetti affini sono stati direttamente osservati: GQ Lupi b, AB Pictoris b, e SCR 1845 b, ma senza venir confermati come pianeti, in quanto sembra più probabile possa trattarsi di piccole nane brune.

Strumenti di osservazione diretta
Per risolvere i problemi derivanti dalla luce della stella madre, l'osservazione diretta richiede particolari strumenti e tecniche, come, ad esempio l'uso di coronografi che bloccano la luce proveniente dalla stella madre e lasciano visibile quella proveniente dal pianeta.

Un approccio che potrebbe rivelarsi promettente è quello che fa uso dell'annullamento interferometrico (nulling interferometry) per oscurare la luce proveniente dalla stella madre.

Tra i progetti che potrebbero essere dotati di strumenti di osservazione diretta di pianeti esxtrasolari vi sono il Gemini Planet Imager del Telescopio Gemini, l'ottica adattiva SPHERE del Very Large Telescope dell'ESO, il Subaru-HiCIAO e il Project 1640 dell'Osservatorio di Monte Palomar.

È stato anche ipotizzato l'uso di telescopi spaziali che, invece dei tradizionali specchi, utilizzino rivelatori (Fresnel imager) che fanno uso di lamine a zona per mettere a fuoco la luce: questo permetterebbe di ottenere immagini a più alto contrasto e di risparmiare sui costi di missione, visto che le lamine a zona potrebbero essere ripiegate prima del lancio e aperte solo al raggiungimento dell'orbita.

Coronografi a vortice ottico

Una delle possibili tecniche di osservazione diretta fa uso dei cosiddetti vortici ottici.

Nel 2010, un team del Jet Propulsion Laboratory della NASA ha dimostrato che un coronografo a vortice potrebbe permettere piccole ampiezze di osservazione per osservare direttamente i pianeti.

La fattibilità è stata dimostrata non scoprendo corpi celesti sconosciuti ma osservando alcuni pianeti extrasolari già oggetto di rilevazione diretta, orbitanti attorno alla stella HR 8799: l'osservazione diretta è stata portata a termine usando solo una piccola limitata porzione  (1,5 metri di diametro) del telescopio Hale.

Nel 2016, L'utilizzo combinato di un coronografo Vortice con la NIRC-2 del telescopio Keck hanno consentito lo studio di un disco protoplanetario e di una nana bruna in orbita a circa 23 UA dalla stella compagna.

Tecnica di defocusing
Il defocusing è una tecnica recente di osservazione che consiste nel distribuire (sparpagliare) la luce proveniente dalla stella, mediante un micro dispositivo ottico, su una superficie maggiore di quella che si avrebbe senza diffusore. La luce così distribuita compensa i problemi dovuti alla scintillazione ed alla distorsione delle immagini, risolta parzialmente mediante l'uso di ottica adattiva. Inoltre gli errori di disomogeneità dei singoli pixel del rilevatore sollecitati dalla luce in ingresso diminuiscono in proporzione all'aumentare del numero degli stessi (la percentuale di errore è distribuita su un'area maggiore ottenendo un'immagine con qualità migliore). Questa tecnica è impiegata nei casi in cui il telescopio o il rilevatore non sia di ottima qualità e verrà utilizzata anche per la missione CHEOPS.

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Voci correlate
Pianeta extrasolare
Pianeti extrasolari confermati
Pianeti extrasolari non confermati o controversi
Esoluna
Spettroscopia Doppler
Lamine a zona
Vortice ottico

Collegamenti esterni

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April 25, 1969 Renee Kathleen Zellweger Katy, Texas, USA, Actress
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Renee Kathleen Zellweger was born on April 25, 1969 in Katy, Texas, USA. She is the daughter of European parents: her father is Swiss and her mother Norwegian. Zellweger was a cheerleader during her study in Katy High School. Then, she entered the University of Texas at Austin and majored in English. By the time Renee graduated from college (in 1991), she decided to pursue a career in acting. Her first film role was a high school senior in 1993's Dazed and Confused. With a height of 5 feet 5 inches (165 cm), Renee Zellweger never gave up her dream to be in the limelight. Hard work pays off. The starring role in The Whole Wide World won her praise at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival. Cameron Crowe was so impressed with Renee's work in this movie that he knew Zellweger would be the perfect choice to play the girlfriend of sports agent in Jerry Maguire. The film earned her many awards and a lot of recognition, including a Screen Actor's Guild Nomination for Best Supporting Actress, as well as being named Entertainment Weekly's Best New Movie Actress. Renee also landed the title role in the film Bridget Jones' Diary, beating out popular British actresses to play the role of a single British woman in her 30s.
Renee Zellweger is an Earth Rooster. When she speaks, she gives a frank and honest report. Acute expressiveness is the feature of both her words and her non-verbal communication. Zellweger probably has a wry sense of humor, meaning she has a clever and often ironically or grimly humorous quality. She tends to go about her work in the most efficient manner, aided by her keen eye for detail. At work or play enthusiasm characterizes Renee's attitude, and it's infectious. She exhibits the same zest when bragging about herself while criticizing others. In other words, she could be a show off. Too often Renee is insensitive, bossy and tactless. Sensitivity training was designed with the Rooster in mind. The best partner for her is someone she can truly respect, both for looks and abilities. The Earth person's approach to life's challenges is not unlike that of the tortoise in the fabled race with the hare. Methodically and inexorably Renee Zellweger marches towards her goals. Furthermore, she exhibits a great deal of common sense and practicality along the way. Renee realistically approaches daily life thinking about what needs to be done and the best way to do it. She tends to be industrious and hard working, the nose to the grindstone type who more often than not is very responsible and known at work for her reliability. These qualities together make her a valued member of any group.
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Philip Allen Emery (born 25 June 1964) is a former Australian cricketer. A wicket-keeper and valuable left-handed batsman, he represented Australia internationally and New South Wales domestically.

Born in St Ives, Sydney, Emery was educated at Newington College Preparatory School, Lindfield (1969–72), and Shore School, North Sydney (1973–1982). At Shore, he was captain of cricket and captain of rugby and subsequently represented GPS teams in both sports.  He was also a very good swimmer and diver in his early school years. Emery represented Gordon at the Sydney Grade Cricket level. He then made his debut for the New South Wales Cricket team during the 1987–88 season replacing the previous wicketkeeper Greg Dyer.

Emery captained New South Wales to their 42nd Sheffield Shield title during the 1993–94 season while regular captain Mark Taylor was absent representing Australia.

He played in one Test and one ODI, both in Pakistan relieving Ian Healy who was out due to injury. This makes Emery only the third wicket-keeper (together with the long-serving Healy and Adam Gilchrist) to keep wicket in an Australian Test cricket team to Shane Warne (1992–2007) and Glenn McGrath (1993–2007) during their long Test careers.

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One-Test wonder

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The ups and downs of investing in bitcoin
January 23, 2018 | Rob Burgess
Keywords Economy / Personal finance / Wealth Management & Financial Planning
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Have the eye-popping gains posted by bitcoin investors in the latter half of 2017 grabbed your attention? Has this made you consider adding cryptocurrencies to your wealth management portfolio? If you said yes, lawyers, investors and accountants say you're in good company.
However, they also warn you'll be in for bumpy ride.
Kieron Mitchell, an accountant who opened the state's first bitcoin ATM in 2015, said investors should calculate their own time horizon and propensity for risk before investing in one the hundreds of cryptocurrencies available. He said he has recommended clients take their total investment portfolio and allocate 2 percent to bitcoin.
"The volatility and the risk of that is the most that you can experience pretty much of any asset class that you would normally invest in for retirement purposes," he said. "So, it's not for the faint of heart."
In just the past six months, the price of bitcoin has swung wildly.
The price of one bitcoin was $2,839.18 on Aug. 1, 2017, according to bitcoin.com.
Cut to Dec. 17, 2017, and it had skyrocketed to $19,193.72, the highest price ever recorded. As the price sat at $782.79 exactly a year prior to that, it meant long-term investors were looking at 2,352 percent year-to-date return a week before Christmas.
In the month since that record-breaking day, the unpredictability has only continued as the market responded frantically to news of a government crackdown in South Korea.
The Korean won is the third most-traded currency for bitcoin, right behind the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen, according to Coinhills, which tracks values of numerous cryptocurrencies.
South Korean Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon said in an interview Jan. 16 with local radio station TBS that banning trading in digital currencies was "a live option," according media reports.
In reaction, between Jan. 16 and Jan. 17, the bitcoin price plunged from $13,571.21 to $11,504.56, a single-day loss of 15 percent in value.
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Jeff Gorham, a senior associate with Frost Brown Todd, does state-by-state money transmitter license analysis for bitcoin ATMs. He also works with companies bringing new cryptocurrencies to market. He said he encouraged younger speculators with greater risk appetites to get involved, but steered older investors away.
"Even my grandma at Christmas was asking me about bitcoin," he said. "I (told her,) 'At this point in your life, you're in retirement or you're nearing retirement, you don't need to invest in this stuff.'"
Intellectual property attorney Paul Overhauser said he has been investing in alternate currencies since 2012. He now often offers service workers bitcoin as a tip instead of cash. He became one of the first lawyers in the state to accept bitcoin as payment in 2014. He said he was so optimistic about bitcoin's potential he could easily see last month's record high price surpassed in the coming months.
"Nobody knows what it's going to do," he said. "Plenty of other people think it's going to go sky high."
Robert Ross is the founder and developer of his own alternate currency — FoldingCoin — and was an early investor in bitcoin. He said he encouraged potential investors to research the underlying technology before taking the plunge.
"You need to think of it more as gambling, because nobody knows what's going on," he said. "What I've been telling people is next time you plan on going to the casino, that's when you should buy bitcoin instead."
Nick Merker is a partner at Ice Miller where he is the co-chair of the firm's data security and privacy practice. Before that he was a computer scientist at the University of Illinois and later ran information protection at Cars.com.
"I'm kind of treating this like the gold rush, where a bunch of people are contemplating going out there and mining for gold," he said. "I'm not advising anyone to do that, but if they want to do that I'll sell them some shovels."
Security concerns
Japanese business Mt. Gox was the world's largest bitcoin exchange when it filed for bankruptcy protection in 2014. The company admitted hackers had stolen hundreds of thousands of customers' bitcoins worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Only some of these have been recovered in the years since.
Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP partner John McCauley pointed to this breach as a textbook example of the uncertainty inherent in such unregulated, decentralized, under-capitalized markets. Stock certificates destroyed in a fire can be replaced. Money deposited in banks is covered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Cryptocurrency lost to hacking, however, would be nothing more than a memory.
"You're not getting it back," he said. "That's an added layer of problems you don't have even with regular investments."
Adam S. Ira, an attorney with Kightlinger & Gray, said that while the exchanges may be hackable, keeping some bitcoin in a wealth management portfolio was a good insurance policy. He said ransomware attacks were often settled using a small amount of bitcoin.
"You don't have much time when you're hit with ransomware," he said.
Greg Duncan works with estate and wealth transfer and matrimonial law at Bingham Greenebaum Doll. He said because bitcoin wallets required passwords, investors should think about them the same way they would social media accounts and email addresses for estate planning purposes. Otherwise, surviving family members would be forced to "have to deal with somebody dying and nobody having the key," he said.
The Internal Revenue Service considers bitcoin property rather than currency, according to the most recent guidance issued in 2014.
"It's a barter transaction when you buy something for bitcoin," said Mitchell.
In the four years since the IRS issued these rules, the tax interpretations have varied. Many investors have been listing cryptocurrency swaps under IRC Section 1031 "like kind" exchanges. This would mean that one cryptocurrency could be traded for another with no tax. However, the recently passed Tax Reform and Jobs Act of 2017 limits these "like kind" exchanges to real estate.
Bitcoin holders' gains and losses are treated by the IRS as capital gains, similar to stock. Investors in the highest tax bracket who hold bitcoin for the long term capital gains period will pay a 20 percent tax when they cash out, "which is really favorable," Merker said.
"Since bitcoin is treated like property, that's been an advantageous investment for high-net-worth folks that can hold an asset for a long time," he said.•


Your heart is an amazing organ. It continuously pumps oxygen and nutrient-rich blood throughout your body to sustain life. This fist-sized powerhouse beats (expands and contracts) 100,000 times per day, pumping five or six quarts of blood each minute, or about 2000 gallons per day.
Blood is essential. In addition to carrying fresh oxygen from the lungs and nutrients to your body's tissues, it also takes the body's waste products, including carbon dioxide, away from the tissues. This is necessary to sustain life and promote the health of all the body's tissues.
Arteries. They begin with the aorta, the large artery leaving the heart. Arteries carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to all of the body's tissues. They branch several times, becoming smaller and smaller as they carry blood further from the heart and into organs.
Capillaries. These are small, thin blood vessels that connect the arteries and the veins. Their thin walls allow oxygen, nutrients, carbon dioxide and other waste products to pass to and from our organ's cells.
Veins. These are blood vessels that take blood back to the heart; this blood lacks oxygen (oxygen-poor) and is rich in waste products that are to be excreted or removed from the body. Veins become larger and larger as they get closer to the heart. The superior vena cava is the large vein that brings blood from the head and arms to the heart, and the inferior vena cava brings blood from the abdomen and legs into the heart.
This vast system of blood vessels -- arteries, veins and capillaries -- is over 60,000 miles long. That's long enough to go around the world more than twice!
Blood flows continuously through your body's blood vessels. Your heart is the pump that makes it all possible.
The heart is located under the rib cage, to the left of your breastbone (sternum) and between your lungs.
Looking at the outside of the heart, you can see that the heart is made of muscle. The strong muscular walls contract (squeeze), pumping blood to the arteries. The major blood vessels that enter the heart are the aorta, the superior vena cava, the inferior vena cava, the pulmonary artery (which takes oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs where it is oxygenated), the pulmonary vein (which brings oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the heart) and the coronary arteries (which supply blood to the heart muscle).
The right and left sides of the heart work together. The pattern described below is repeated over and over, causing blood to flow continuously to the heart, lungs and body.
As the ventricle contracts, blood leaves the heart through the pulmonic valve, into the pulmonary artery and to the lungs where it is oxygenated.
The pulmonary vein empties oxygen-rich blood from the lungs into the left atrium.
What are the coronoary arteries?
Like all organs, your heart is made of tissue that requires a supply of oxygen and nutrients. Although its chambers are full of blood, the heart receives no nourishment from this blood. The heart receives its own supply of blood from a network of arteries, called the coronary arteries.
When the coronary arteries narrow to the point that blood flow to the heart muscle is limited (coronary artery disease), a network of tiny blood vessels in the heart that aren't usually open called collateral vessels may enlarge and become active. This allows blood to flow around the blocked artery to the heart muscle, protecting the heart tissue from injury.
The atria and ventricles work together, alternately contracting and relaxing to pump blood through your heart. The electrical system of your heart is the power source that makes this possible.
Your heartbeat is triggered by electrical impulses that travel down a special pathway through your heart.
The impulse starts in a small bundle of specialized cells called the SA node (sinoatrial node), located in the right atrium. This node is known as the heart's natural pacemaker. The electrical activity spreads through the walls of the atria and causes them to contract.
At rest, a normal heart beats around 50 to 99 times a minute. Exercise, emotions, fever and some medications can cause your heart to beat faster, sometimes to well over 100 beats per minute.


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'There's this woman I know from bridge, Mona Hopkins, a lovely woman she is, even if I must admit I'm not that keen on her myself, and she said a great thing the other day. I was expecting her to say "Two no trumps," but instead she comes out with a saying about her children. She says, "Boys wreck your house and girls wreck your head." Isn't that a marvellous bit of wisdom – "Boys wreck your house and girls wreck your head!" And God knows it's the truest thing I've heard in a long time. I should know. I have five girls. Five daughters. And let me tell you, my head is wrecked from them.
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E is for 'Eejit-stick' I'm laughing here to myself but at the same time I'm a bit ashamed, because I don't know if I should tell you about this, I'm afraid it might show me in a bad 'light' but at the same time, we have to have a laugh now and again.
Right, I've made my mind up, I'm going to tell you what an Eejit-Stick is. You see, myself and my sister Bernadette were going to Lourdes and we were at Dublin Airport and the carry-on of people! They were all walking at the wrong speed. Much too slow, like.
And there and then the idea of the Eejit-Stick was born!
We decided it would be like a walking-stick except it would have a small 'doobry' on the end that would deliver a mild electric shock to a person – only a mild one, now, we're not trying to hurt people. Not exactly. Just to give them a bit of a start. And a small sting, maybe. We're not trying to get revenge on people exactly. It's more like we want things to be efficient.
So, say you're at the airport trying to get to your 'gate' and a crowd of people are walking ahead of you and they're going too slow, but there's too many of them for you to get past and you're getting 'irritated' and thinking, "Would you speed it up there, for the love of God!" And it's not like you're worried about missing your plane, it's just because it's vexing.
Under normal circumstances you'd have to shuffle along behind them, going at their speed, letting them 'set the pace' as it were. But if you had your Eejit-Stick, it'd all be different. You'd simply give one of the slow-coaches a touch of it to the back of their leg and they'd get a small electric shock and they'd realise they were being an eejit and they'd thank you for drawing their attention to it and they'd start walking faster. And once they were walking at the speed that suited you, you could stop giving them the shocks.


The tinder fungus par excellence (Fomes fomentarius) has been used both to light a fire and to carry fire from one place to another. If we collect a carpophore in the field, dry it in the sun or beside a radiator and set the area where it was attached to the tree on fire, a spark of fire will run through it for hours; this is how transhumant shepherds carried fire from one place to another.
Tinder fungus on an alive poplar.
If we impregnate a piece of this dried mushroom in saltpeter, it will start to burn with just a little spark: this is the tinder fungus.
Possibly the best known mushroom for its traditional use, the mushroom of the tinder fungus, Fomes fomentarius, can be easily found in dead poplar wood along the river banks.
Its use as a hemostatic and healing product has been known since Roman times. For this purpose, it was used by burning it slowly on the affected skin. Today it is known that it has antibacterial properties and that this use was completely correct.
With the "fabric" of these tinder mushrooms, hats, shoe soles, and other things have been made. Thus you can make an elastic mushroom leather with multiple applications by leaving slices of the mushroom in a caustic soda solution for several weeks and then beating them with a hammer.
At an ecological level, let us mention that woodpeckers make their nests in the trees that have been parasitized by this fungus. This is because the wood is softer thanks to the fungus and it also gives warmth to their nests, through the fermentation process that it produces in the wood.


A cleaning system perfected for true leather enthusiasts. Pure materials, sought-after designs, unique accessories to take good care of your product. Classic tools to keep your Pelle Frau® upholstery soft and perfectly conditioned. The package contains a water-based liquid cleaner to remove ordinary dirt from leather (Leather Cleaner) and water-based leather protection and maintenance cream (Leather Protector) that if used regularly, it will help protect upholstery from wear and oil, water and alcohol-based stains. Keeps leather beautiful and soft. Contains emollient agents that protect against ageing. It is important that treatment is always carried out completely, with both phases, following cleaning (Leather Cleaner) with suitable protection (Leather Protector). There is a pratical Ink Remover stick too, specifically designed to remove recent ink stains from leather. Please note, Ink Remover used can't be used on aniline or chamois/nubuck leathers.
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Washington, D.C. – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced its decision to grant an exemption that paves the way for the elimination of two rear vision mirrors in commercial vehicles.
FMCSA announced it is granting Stoneridge, Inc.'s application for a 5-year exemption to rules governing "Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation." Stoneridge applied for an exemption to allow its MirrorEyeTM camera monitoring system (CMS) to be installed as an alternative to the two rear-vision mirrors required on CMVs.
FMCSA believes that granting the exemption to allow motor carriers to operate CMVs with the Stoneridge MirrorEyeTM CMS installed as an alternative to the two rear-vision mirrors required by the FMCSRs is likely to achieve a level of safety equivalent to or greater than the level of safety provided by the regulation.
During the temporary exemption period, motor carriers operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) may utilize the Stoneridge MirrorEyeTM CMS installed in lieu of the two rear-vision mirrors.
The MirrorEyeTM CMS consists of multiple digital cameras mounted on the exterior of the CMV and enclosed in an aerodynamic package that provides both environmental protection for the cameras and a mounting location for optimal visibility. Each camera has video processing software that presents a clear, high-definition image to the driver by means of a monitor mounted to each A-pillar of the CMV, i.e., the structural member between the windshield and door of the cab.
The company explains that attaching the monitors to the A-pillars avoids the creation of incremental blind spots while eliminating the blindspots associated with conventional mirrors.
1. Greater field of view (FOV) than conventional mirrors – Mirrors are replaced by wide angle, nanow angle and look-down cameras expanding the FOV by an estimated 25 percent.
2. Fail-safe design – The CMS has independent video processing of multiple camera images so that in the unlikely event of an individual camera failure, the other camera images continue to be displayed. This ensures that real-time images are continuously displayed without interruption.
3. Augmented and enhanced vision quality – The use of high-definition digital cameras provides for color night vision, low light sensitivity and trailer panning capabilities. This assists with night driving, operating under other low lighting conditions, and provides for glare reduction.
4. Trailer panning – The CMS automatically tracks the end of the trailer to keep it in view while the vehicle is moving forward. Stoneridge believes this feature could eliminate collisions associated with the CMV driver making a right-hand turn, and incidents where the CMV strikes a pedestrian or bicyclist while making right hand turns.
MirrorEye says their system doesn't just make trucking safer, but it also will improve fuel economy. The company says by eliminating side mirrors and thereby reducing wind drag, drivers will be able to achieve a savings of 2-3% on fuel consumption.
Who Spoke Out In Favor Of Granting This Exemption?
Schneider states that its drivers using the MirrorEyeTM CMS have (1) "had an overwhelmingly positive experience," and (2) confirmed some of the benefits touted by Stoneridge in its application, including improved visibility in night driving and low light conditions, improved visibility due to auto tracking of the trailer, and reduced driver distraction due to light and glare reduction.
FMCSAs decision effectively legalizes the MirrorEyeTM CMS as an after-market product and now paves the way for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to begin gathering data on the new technology. This is key since the NHTSA regulates the products which can be installed on the factory floor in the production of new trucks by the commercial vehicle OEMs.
If and when the NHTSA approves the camera system for factory installations it could spell the end of rear vision mirrors as we have known them for generations.
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Ballerina cake for Yann Torng 21st birthday.
It's a white and pink theme. 3 tier ballerina cake for Yann Torng who is also a ballerina herself since she was 6 years old.
She also entered some ballet competition and help her teacher once a while as a replacement. She had her birthday party with some 100 invited guests in her parents posh house at Valencia, Sungai Buloh. She loved the cake…yay!


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We have been going to the park at night, trying to catch them ashore laying eggs. They are supposed to do it when the full moon meets the high tide. Wiki is not very clear about the exact timetable But solstice makes sense. Wiki is clear that, like turtles, they have to spawn in the water they were spawned in. (Which means they have been coming here a very long time.) In any case, they seem to do it in a straggly way. We have found five ashore since moving here, stuck in the sand, upside down. They die quickly that way, a delicious snack for sea-gulls. Husband and I have taken turns rescuing them.
This morning I found one that I thought was dead. The wet sand was covered with the drag marks from hundreds of tails. Maybe last night was egg-laying party time. There was one high up on the beach, I thought she was dead. She was clogged with sand, and not moving. I prodded her gently, and she moved her tail just a feeble little bit. I know the egg laying is done at night, so she must have been there for ages. I picked her up by the tail and ran down to the water with her. Not sure if she will live, but she seemed to be trying.
Hazel was not a bit interested. She had caught sight of Mr and Mrs Swan. They had been asleep in the sand, heads under wings, but at her approach they waded out and glided away a safe distance. They were not at all worried, Swans make me smile. As a kid I knew some that would eat from my hand. I am sure these are not that tame. They always look like they have black rubber feet.
Coney Island is a strange little place. I still feel as though I have come to live at the fair.
On a not so happy note, daughter's neurologist appointment is today. I will let you all know how it goes.
How grand, to live near a beach!! Enjoy!
Hope everything goes well with the dr.visit.
How wonderful to have so much wildlife around you! I am still in awe of your prehistoric horseshoe crabs. Do you have dinosaurs too?
Hope the appointment with the neurologist goes okay.


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Togetherall - Mental Health Community for those aged 16-24 (26 if care experienced)
Created: 26/11/2021, Updated: 30/11/2021
Togetherall is an evidence-based, clinically moderated, 24/7 online peer-to-peer Mental Health Community, commissioned by Fife Council and is freely available to those aged 16-24 (26 if care experienced).
What does it offer?
Members join the community anonymously for support with a wide range of mental health and wellbeing issues, from anxiety, depression, and isolation to relationship issues and lifestyle challenges.
Togetherall supports immediate and longer-term mental health or situational distress, enabling members to feel more in control of their emotional health. Its philosophy of early intervention aims to improve the mental wellbeing of our members, providing them with the necessary tools and resources to manage their own journey to improving their mental health.
In addition to the community, members have the safety and accessibility of Wall Guides who are trained mental health professionals and are there to make sure everyone remains safe and supported. They are available 24/7/365.
It offers a range of activities that allow you to work through what's troubling you:
Community: Forums where people help people. Share thoughts and join a Talkabout alongside fellow members to share and discuss what's on your mind, gain support and advice. There are also Drawings tools to enable the creative expression of difficult emotions.
Courses: In addition to the community, members have access to a wealth of resources and self-help courses covering all mental health and lifestyle topics from 'Coping with Grief and Loss, to Problem Solving, Health Anxiety and 'How to stop Procrastinating'.
Resources: access to a library of articles which can help you understand more about how you are feeling, learn new skills and improve your wellbeing, as well as Self-assessments, widely used in healthcare settings, to understand more about yourself and to track your progress, as well as online journaling and action trackers to personalise your journey.
Signposting: Information on Fife-wide resources, support, services and events that support the mental health of young people and their families.
Any young person living in Fife aged 16-24 (26 if care experienced) can sign up from the launch date on 29 November 2021 by visiting the togetherall website.
For further information, please contact [email protected]
Information materials:
Prescribing Togetherall
Referral Pack
Overview of service
Self-assessment overview
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Drinktec 2017 fue nuestra feria comercial más concurrida. En la feria comercial presentamos nuestra nueva solución Aseptic FoamControl, así como nuestro gen2 FoamControl existente para líneas de alta velocidad de hasta 2.000 cpm y la versión FoamControl Lite, adecuada para hasta 600 cpm.
BrauBeviale es una de las ferias comerciales de cervezas más grandes del mundo. Cavitus, una empresa innovadora enfocada en llevar la mejora de procesos a la industria de bebidas, está utilizando BrauBev de este año para crear conciencia sobre un producto presentado en agosto de 2015, BLE-FoamControl para líneas de llenado de latas.
Attendance numbers at this year's Expo Pack Guadalajara held from 10-12 March, 2015 reflected the quality and diversity of industries taking an interest in this developing major manufacturing and export event. Over 11,000 visitors and 300 exhibitors from over 20 countries attended during the three days, making it a truly international event.
The annual 2015 Cavitus Sales Conference was held recently at The Innovation Centre, a beautiful event location on campus at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Attended by Cavitus staff from its offices in Atlanta, USA, Zug, Switzerland and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and including distributors from Japan and Mexico, the five day event held from 17 – 22 February, was a resounding success, despite the cyclonic weather!
In mid November, Cavitus attended its first Brau Beviale exhibition in Nurnburg, Germany, a trade show showcasing all that is new in the brewing industry and related fields.
Senior Cavitus executives from Atlanta and Europe demonstrated equipment that increases plant throughput 5-10%, plus other innovations at North America's largest packaging and processing trade show, Pack Expo International 2014 in Chicago.
Representatives of Cavitus who in association with local distributor KPE Engineering attended the Propak Cape 2014 trade show held recently in Cape Town, South Africa, were delighted with the number and level of enquiries received at this 3 day event.
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TV Series, 73 Episodes
Oct 5, 2014 - Apr 3, 2016
Action, School, Sci-Fi, Shounen, Supernatural
The people of Earth are suddenly faced with the fact that worlds other than their own exist, and they're not friendly. An invading force with advanced technology called Neighbors, have threatened to overrun and conquer the world. Luckily, an organization named Border was established to stop them. They have set up a base of operations in Mikado City near the gate that acts as entry point of Neighbors.
In the action sci-fi anime World Trigger, middle-school student Osamu Mikumo meets mysterious transferee Yuuma Kuga four and a half years after the appearance of the gate. Osamu, who's secretly a Border member in training, finds out that Yuuma is not your typical student either.
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World Trigger Episodes List
World Trigger Episode 73
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You are here: Home / 2008 / February / 07 / Upping the creepy factor?
A few days ago, TTS company Cepstral announced it was providing services for the avatar-based virtual world/community IMVU Virtual World. I wrote a news story about this, but my searching didn't end there. A press release about the joint venture included a link to a YouTube video posted by IMVU, demonstrating how the program sounded.
Though Cepstral's Patrick Dexter says the video features rough-cut, demo-quality processing, I'm still convinced this is incredibly creepy. Especially the line, "I love your tats, are they new?" that pops up around 1:43 into the video. After I got my second tattoo, I'm pretty sure a guy said that to me, actually. Or, I could go my usual route and employ the line at 3:15 – "I can become a futuristic robot ready to blast alien evil doers out of the galaxy." Enjoy!
Tagged Borderline Creepy, Cepstral, IMVU, News, Product Releases, Speech Synthesis, TTS, Virtual Worlds, What the *&%$?!


What happens when a mother holds on to her son too long? That's precisely what we learn as this all star cast including Robin Givens, Johnny Gil, Nephew Tommy from the Steve Harvey morning show, Jackée Harry, Shirley Murdock, Robin Givens, Dawn Robinson and more unite to tell the story of a how a man is forced to change the life of a "Momma's Boy" and turn him into a grown man.
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Q: Need uploadcontrol in a ajax.beginform using asp.net mvc3 html5 razor I've been looking for a long time for this but I'm still stuck, I need to have an upload control where the user can upload a document and give additional information.
I've had to do this before without the upload control so what I do is I get an ajax.beginform that will give all the input from the user to the controller and than close the popup trough a onsucces function, so this looks like this:
view:
@using (Ajax.BeginForm("Save", "Documents", new AjaxOptions { HttpMethod = "Post", OnSuccess = "CloseDialog" }, new { @class = "form-inline", id = "FormId" }))
{
    @Html.Label("Description", "Description")
            <div class="span3">
                @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Description)
            </div>

}

I tried adding there an Html.BeginForm but then I found out that it is not possible to use nested forms so I deleted this.
In my controller I have:
public PartialViewResult Index(string description)
{
     var model = new DocumentsModel{ Description = description};

     return PartialView(model);
}

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult UploadFile(HttpPostedFileBase file, string description)
{
     if (file != null && file.ContentLength > 0)
     {
         var fileName = Path.GetFileName(file.FileName);
         var path = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath(@"D:\Documentds\"), fileName);
         file.SaveAs(path);
     }
     return RedirectToAction("Index", new { description = description });
}

Ofcourse because the html.beginform won't work this controlleraction won't work either
So my question is how to do this without having to use a html.beginform?

A: You need to have the file upload inside the form and also the enctype="multipart/form-data" property on the form that calls uploadfile. That could be one problem.
Also, you could use JavaScript to submit the form you want from another part of the page without having them nested and keeping your design.

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Matchups against Alabama…
Matchups against Alabama and Memphis highlight 2020 UT Martin football schedule
The UT Martin 2020 football schedule has been released which features road matchups at 17-time national champion Alabama and regional power Memphis, a home non-conference FCS matchup along with eight OVC matchups.
The Skyhawks tied for the second-best turnaround in the nation last season after posting a 7-5 record while going 6-2 in the OVC.
UT Martin returns seven players who earned postseason honors last season including JaQuez Akins, John Bachus III, Aries Davis, Colton Dowell, Jamarius Landers, Peyton Logan and Gavin Olson.
The Skyhawks open the season on Thursday, September 3 at Hardy Graham Stadium when playing host to Missouri Valley Conference foe Southern Illinois. The Salukis won last season's matchup 28-14 and narrowly missed out on a berth into the FCS Playoffs.
UTM opens OVC play on the road at defending league champion Austin Peay on Saturday, September 12.
UT Martin hosts Eastern Illinois (September 26), Jacksonville State (October 10), Southeast Missouri (October 24) and Tennessee Tech (November 7) during league play.
Meanwhile, the Skyhawks will travel to league foes Eastern Kentucky (October 3), Murray State (October 17) and Tennessee State (October 31) to conclude the OVC slate.
After league play, UT Martin travels to 17-time national champion and SEC power Alabama on Saturday, November 14. The contest will mark the first meeting between the two programs.
UT Martin will conclude the 2020 season with a matchup at in-state power Memphis on Saturday, November 21. The Skyhawks are 4-9-1 against Memphis all-time, including a 20-17 win over the Tigers back in 2012.


ELECTRICAL problems continue to plague me here at Peanut Road. I've pretty much concluded, however, that the root of my troubles is a bad breaker going to the pump. For one thing, I've used it far too frequently to turn the pump on and off and quite possibly have worn it out. I've lost power to the pump three times in the last couple weeks; the first two times, simply flipping the breaker off and on brought it back but this time it took longer to restore.
Anyway, it was definitely interacting with the four circuits that have been intermittent. Arcing would seem likely -- I'm hoping they don't need replaced as well but, if so, I'm capable of changing out breakers. I'll get a new one in for the pump as soon as I can and see how things go. The four troublesome circuits are turned off until I do the replacement.
Of course, I'll check out what I can when I pull the old one, look for signs of burns or arcing under it, clean out any debris, etc. Replacing any or all breakers is one thing -- replacing the entire box I would have to leave to an expert elctrician, I think.


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Can you remember what kind of wine drinker you were when you first saw Alexander Payne's iconic 2004 film Sideways , which takes place in Santa Barbara wine country? I do.
I remember who I saw it with, laughing uncontrollably, and how it lingered in my mind—not only the dialogue but also the seemingly impenetrable wine world. Looking back now, I remember thinking I had been there, done that in the most artificial of ways. I was the super goofy and unknowing Jack to my husband Lloyd's sophisticated Miles … So how in the decade in between have I come to know that world of wine and become more confident conversing about it? To me it's anthropology, and like field work you surround yourself with insiders and "locals." It's a way of thinking, doing and engaging with the world that leaves you ultimately transformed.
Still from Alexander Payne's SIDEWAYS.
Fast-forward seven years to 2011, and my 40th birthday party at Chez Panisse, when I still didn't know much about this cherished fermented grape juice; but I had taken classes with Jonathan Waters whilst doing an apprenticeship for three months at Chez earlier that year. Like the dialogue in the film, one gets the idea that the world of wine is just that—a world in its own right, but also one that parallels and intersects with the world of food. Both are seemingly complex and strangely simple—it depends which angle you see it from. For many people, wine is fairly straightforward and comes as a white, red or rosé, with not too much variation, but for many others, it is their living, their raison d'être, their obsession.
My interest in wine is two-fold—as Proustian madeleine and as an object around which people gather. The simplicity of the ritual around the act of drinking a glass of wine is fascinating to me and presents to the curious mind a world of discovery … so how does one enter it? My journey was slightly different and came from another way of thinking about wine. I make clothes with texture and silhouettes in collections that have a narrative thread. So once I used my own medium of fabric to interpret the idea of flavor, taste and the complexities of wine it brought me closer to apprehending its ambiguities, depth and structure—the way it changes over time.
For me, the art of gathering is all about the people; but bringing together guests for the salon dinners, which I started in February of 2012, meant weaving together personalities that overlap. Although many of the dinners have multiple thematic threads, one of the recurring themes is wine. The salonnières from the 18th and 19th century Italian and French salons used their gatherings to educate themselves. They brought together friends, but also people they wanted to learn from. The wine dinners are very much that—a community of people who intersect with that world. Over a dozen wine dinners later, I have gained an amazing amount of knowledge, and met many inspiring people who all have the common thread of a love of wine. Below is a collage of voices that speak around the role of wine in peoples' lives—the philosophical and the functional—from the meaning of wine and its continual allure of discovery, to the pragmatics of how one decides what to bring to a dinner party or a special occasion, and simple ways to think about the choices we make and the wines we choose to share.
Whether it's a return to a sacred space or song, the memory of a lover's scent or voice, the taste of a favorite vintage of wine or childhood cereal, or the re-watching and re-experiencing of a significant film, these poignant moments are the thread that make us who we are—they are our story.
Visit Cari Borja's blog to read more about Rajat Parr, Paul Draper, Josh Jensen and Bay Grape.
Come back to EatDrinkFilms next week for Justin Lowe's look at the Napa Valley Film Festival's recent 10th anniversary screening of Sideways and the resurgent popularity of Merlot.
Cari Borja began her career as a clothing designer while earning her PhD in anthropology and film at UC Berkeley in 2001. Since then she has created collections inspired by film and food and has become known for her salon dinners in her Berkeley atelier where she weaves together people from different disciplines and professions. Cari is currently writing a book with interviews with dinner guests featured on her blog, and also consults with start-ups and other companies curating dinners and connecting people. Read more about Cal Peternell, as well as other chefs, winemakers and guests at Cari's dinners on Cari's FashionFilmFood blog. Click here to read about Cari's salon dinners in Berkeley.
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While the Israeli side was disappointed by the US demands to curb settlement construction, the Palestinian side was pleasantly surprised by the approach of President Donald Trump's envoy Jason Greenblatt.
Jason Greenblatt (L), US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy, meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, March 13, 2017.
Alarm bells went off last week in Education Minister Naftali Bennet's right-wing HaBayit HaYehudi party during Jason Greenblatt's March 13-16 visit. The Israeli right expected the US president's representative for international negotiations to be a political messiah that would greenlight for the government the continuation of its settlement policy and its de facto annexation policies in Area C.
According to a senior Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official with direct access to Prime Minister (and Foreign Minister) Benjamin Netanyahu, Greenblatt's rhetoric was in fact very promising. Greenblatt pushed all the right buttons and used all the right terms, including references to the "unshakable alliance" between the two countries, "a new page in the US-Israeli relationship," "Israel's security being of paramount interest to the United States," "Israel the Jewish state," etc.
Yet the MFA official noted that for a government whose prime interest is to prevent at any cost a two-state solution, there were also some alarming statements of intention voiced by the US envoy. For instance, Greenblatt emphasized on several occasions during his visit President Donald Trump's interest in a regional deal and his interest in advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace. While a preference for a two-state solution was not uttered, the implication of a future Palestinian state was obvious. Greenblatt also alluded to a possible summit between Trump, Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, possibly in Cairo later this year.
As it turned out, Greenblatt follows in his master's tweeting footsteps. But the tweets of the envoy did not really please his hosts. Particularly disturbing were apparently two consecutive tweets he posted while in Jerusalem, one from a synagogue and one from a Palestinian house, with a similar picture of the Western Wall and the mosques.
The most difficult issue for the prime minister, according to the MFA official, was the hours spent on finding an agreed formula on settlement construction and restraint. While apparently Netanyahu showed some flexibility, it did not satisfy the Americans. Initially, the US envoy insisted on settlement construction continuing within the settlement blocs only in the already built areas, which the prime minister could not accept. Bennett — the elephant in the room — would not have been happy.
Still, this does not mean that this was a John Kerry-style mission by a Republican envoy. Contrary to the Barack Obama administration, the current one is generally more right wing, forceful and nationalistic, and a riddle in terms of its future plans.
Some in the Palestinian leadership are focusing on preparing policy proposals to be conveyed to the White House, bringing into account what they heard from the US envoy. The impression they were left with from the talks with Greenblatt was that the future of the settlers is the biggest impediment to a fair two-state solution along the 1967 lines.
The PLO senior official said that the main policy proposal that is currently being explored by PLO pragmatists close to Abbas offers most Israeli settlers to remain in their homes under Palestinian sovereignty within the framework of a two-state solution. The proposal draft is based on three basic elements. The first is that the border of the two states would be the 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital and a 2% land swap of the West Bank. Then there is the issue of the settlers. Some Israeli settlers would relocate into the 2% settlement blocs, mainly in the Jerusalem area; the others, if they wish, could remain in their houses under full Palestinian sovereignty, law and security jurisdiction. They would remain Israeli citizens. The third element is negotiating all other core issues toward a permanent status agreement on the basis of the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative.
Greenblatt's mission left some Israelis and Palestinians surprised, and it sparked some fresh thinking. Nevertheless, it left the parties with their traditional skepticism and suspicion about any real initiative for a historic compromise.


81 AD - Titus' death and succession.
After just two years as emperor, Titus dies of a fever. He is possibly poisoned by his doctor, Valens, on the orders of his brother, Domitian. The Senate declares Titus to be a god and he is succeeded by Domitian.


John was devastated to realize that his arrest and conviction had been discovered by a coworker and had been passed along to the Chief Pilot. What is even more amazing was how this co-worker had been able to find out this information.
Apparently John's arrest took place in a small town where EVERYTHING gets written about in the local paper. An acquaintance of John's, saw the small town article and asked another friend about it on Facebook/Twitter. Before long, several people on Facebook/Twitter were talking about the incident and one of the Friends of a Friend happened to be a co-worker of John's. As a result, the co-worker did some Googling on John and found the article regarding the original arrest. The co-worker then passed the information on to the Chief Pilot. Unfortunately, John was terminated on the spot.
Facebook, Twitter, and the Internet are all wonderful tools that allow us to learn, work, research and communicate with the rest of the world. The problem is that most everything is recorded on the internet. Whether it is pictures of our new baby, a snow storm in the Northeast, a School Teacher wins an award in the South, or a local resident gets arrested in a small town. Once the information is captured by the Internet, it is permanent; there is no getting rid of it. Never assume that just because your paper records have been expunged or sealed or because you have not spoken to anyone about the matter, that a situation will go unrecognized.
The good news is that John was able to find another flying position. With a lot of hard work, he was able to present himself and his past situation in a manner that allowed his current employer the opportunity to see that while John had made a big mistake he was well worth the effort for training and employing.
While this story is not meant to have you feeling like you are under a microscope, it is meant to make you think. With the anticipated hiring expected in the aviation community for this fall, there are some areas where pilots need to be cautious. Remember that potential employers are internet savvy. Use discretion in what pictures you post and what you say on your social networking pages. Do a Google/Facebook/Twitter search on yourself and see what others might find. If you have difficult areas in your background, be prepared to discuss them openly, take responsibility, and have your documents in order. And remember, being a pilot doesn't mean you have to be perfect, it just means that you have to prepare accordingly, present your background appropriately and accept responsibility for your actions.
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A collection of poems and conversations with poets at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival presents a fascinating picture of how poets create their art, in an anthology that explores the significance of poetry in modern live. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
A selection of children's poems and drawings reflecting their surroundings in Terezâin Concentration Camp in Czechoslovakia from 1942 to 1944.
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A pocket anthology of sonnets includes Milton's "On His Blindness," :Leda and the Swan" by Yeats, Frost's "The Oven Bird," and other works by Shakespeare, Sidney, Spenser, Dante, Petrarch, Wordsworth, Keats, and modern practitioners such as Wallace Stevens, James Merrill, and Elizabeth Bishop. 12,500 first printing.
Presents an anthology of some of the worst poetry ever created by some of the most important poets of the English language, featuring works by Dryden, Wordsworth, and Keats, among others. Original.


This collection represents a sample gallery of LCD-monitors interior case construction and electronic parts. There has been reproducted images from pcpop.com, ferra.ru, svethardware.cz, pconline.com.cn, www.d43d.ru sites, and some pictures from members of various forums.
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Q: Jira API: Add Comment Using Edit Endpoint Jira has a an /edit endpoint which can be used to add a comment. There is an example in their documentation that suggests this input body to accomplish this:
{
   "update": {
      "comment": [
         {
            "add": {
               "body": "It is time to finish this task"
            }
         }
      ]
   }
}

I create the exact same input in my Java code:
private String createEditBody() {
    JsonNodeFactory jsonNodeFactory = JsonNodeFactory.instance;
    ObjectNode payload = jsonNodeFactory.objectNode();
    ObjectNode update = payload.putObject("update");
    ArrayNode comments = update.putArray("comment");
    ObjectNode add = comments.addObject();
    ObjectNode commentBody = add.putObject("add");
    commentBody.put("body", "this is a test");
    return payload.toString();
}

but when I send this PUT request I get an error saying that the "Operation value must be of type Atlassian Document Format"!
Checking the ADF format it says that "version", "type" and "content" are required for this format. So although their documentation example doesn't seem to be ADF format, I'm trying to guess the format and change it. Here's what I accomplished after modifying my code:
{
  "update": {
    "comment": [
      {
        "add": {
          "version": 1,
          "type": "paragraph",
          "content": [
            {
              "body": "this is a test"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

the add operation seems to be an ADF but now I get 500 (internal server error). Can you help me find the issue?
Note that the above example from Atlassian documentation is for "Jira Server Platform" but the instance I'm working with is "Jira Cloud Platform" although I think the behaviour should be the same for this endpoint.

A: after tinkering with the input body, I was able to form the right request body! This will work:
{
  "update": {
    "comment": [
      {
        "add": {
          "body": {
            "version": 1,
            "type": "doc",
            "content": [
              {
                "type": "paragraph",
                "content": [
                  {
                    "type": "text",
                    "text": "this is a test"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

The annoying things that I learned along the way:

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*Jira's documentation is WRONG!! Sending the request in their example will fail!!

*after making a few changes, I was able to get 204 from the endpoint while still comment was not being posted! And I guessed that the format is not correct and kept digging! But don't know why Jira returns 204 when it fails!!!


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