On 7 May 2015 near 7:35 UT, the Catalina Sky Survey (MPC 703) in Arizona detected a bright mag. +17 fast moving object moving at about 12"/minute through Virgo. The object was reported as a potential Near Earth Asteroid and entered the NEO Confirmation Page (NEOCP) of the IAU's Minor Planet Center with temporary NEOCP designation WJ297AD.
Some 6 hours later, Peter Starr at Warrumbungle Observatory (MPC Q65) in Australia targetted the object with his 0.51-m Dall-Kirkham telescope, in order to confirm it and obtain more positions.
As he often does with NEOCP objects he images, Peter sent the imagery to me for astrometric processing.
After I measured the images (a part of one is shown above, showing the object as a short trail amidst the stars) and tried to fit an orbit to the astrometry obtained from Peter's images and the Catalina Sky Survey observations, the result was odd.
FindOrb suggested that this object was in orbit around the Earth, in a trans-lunar orbit with perigeum at 352 666 +/- 426 km, apogeum at 552 356 +/- 934 km, an orbital inclination of 41 degrees and an orbital period around the Earth of 35 days! The MPC itself, fitting several preliminary orbits, also presented solutions pointing to an object in an odd, very earth-like orbit with semi-major axis about 1.05 AU and a heliocentric orbital period of ~1.0 year.
At that time, after an initial "Huh? That's odd..." I already developed some feeling that this might perhaps be an artificial object, if this fit was not spurious. I was not sure though (preliminary orbit fits to small observational arcs can come out weird on occasion), so I sent Peter an e-mail mentioning that it was a "weird object that seems to be in a very Earth-like orbit".
Meanwhile, another asteroid observer, Jacques Cristovao, also thought that this NEOCP object was odd. Around the time Peter was doing his observations from Warrumbungle, Cristovao suggested in a message on the Minor Planet Mailing List that the object was artificial, and specifically was 2010-050B, the upper stage of the Chinese Chang'e 2 Lunar probe.
That turned out to be correct: WJ297AD indeed is the rocket stage from this launch.
This rocket stage moves in a very wide translunar orbit with perigeum close to one lunar distance, and apogeum at almost twice the Earth-Moon distance. At the time of the observations it was near apogee at a distance of about 535 500 km, well beyond the moon at almost twice the Earth-Moon distance.
The rocket stage was used to bring the second Chinese Lunar mission, Chang'e 2, into a temporary orbit around the moon. Chang'e 2 itself later left the Earth-Moon system for a journey to asteroid Toutatis, but the rocket stage it left behind is still in orbit around the Earth-Moon barycenter.
It was not the first time that the Chang'e 2 rocket was initially confused with a Near Earth Asteroid. The same happened in 2013 when the rocket was briefly known as 'asteroid' 2013 QW1.


TDW has commercialised the 4 inch (102 mm) magnetic flux leakage (MFL), deformation and internal versus external discrimination tool.
The inline inspection (ILI) tool helps ensure pipeline integrity by detecting pitting and general corrosion as well as interacting features such as dents with metal loss.
It produces comprehensive metal loss and geometry data in a single run and its design ensures the tool performs within the optimal inspection velocity range, producing high quality survey results with reduced flow conditions.
The tool generally requires a minimum operating pressure of 20.7 bar, although it is capable of lower pipeline operating pressures and flows on a case-by-case basis, with TDW validating the reliability of the tool in liquid and gas at pressures as low as 13.78 bar.
TDW Senior Product Manager Pipeline Integrity Tod Barker said that the tool can overcome some of the challenges in MFL inspections.
"ILI using MFL technology is one of the most common non-destructive inspection methods utilised for the detection of general and pitting corrosion in pipelines," said Mr Barker.
"The difficulty associated with conventional 4 inch MFL designs is, to sufficiently saturate the pipe wall with magnetic flux, the brushes must be short and thick.
"This creates drag that makes it more difficult for the tool to traverse the pipeline at optimal velocity.
"Slowing down, speeding up and stops and starts can all negatively affect the quality of the inspection data.
Mr Barker said that the ILI tool performed within the recommended speed of 3.05 m/s or less for 100 per cent of a recent low flow liquid pipeline inspection.
During tool development, testing covered more than 430 km of pipeline across more than 31 customer inspections.


Vasilii Fedorovich Malinovskii (1765-1814) is a reputation which has hitherto lacked real resonance within the background of Russian tradition. Tt is naturally a reputation identified to all scholars of Alexander Pushkin's biography, for Malinovskii was once the 1st Director of the recent Tsarskoe Selo Lyceum, if, unfortunately, for under the 1st 3 of the younger poet's years on the tuition. For these students conversant with the highbrow and literary lifetime of the "beautiful starting" of the reign of Alexander I's reign Malinovskii has his little area of interest for his amazing Rassuzhdenie zero mire i voine (1803) and no more for his Osennie vechera (1803), a little-known magazine restricted to an insignificant 8 weekly concerns and written totally through the editor. As regards the of his 'eighteenth-century' Malinovskii, who lived the 1st thirty-five years existence predominantly within the reign of the good Catherine, little info encumbers the reminiscence of even experts of the interval. certainly, his elder brother, Aleksei Fedorovich (1762-1840), is the prone to be remembered for his literary and translating paintings in addition for his later place as Head of the Moscow Archive of the Ministry of international Affairs, which introduced him into touch with Pushkin and, now not without warning, with Karamzin. Karamzin pointed out him as "one of my few outdated and real friends", yet one searches in useless for the same accolade for VasiIii Fedorovich.
Thomas Hardy used to be shy to a fault. He surrounded his condominium, Max Gate, with a dense curtain of bushes, refrained from exposure and investigative journalists, and while viewers arrived without notice he slipped quietly out of the again door with a view to stay away from them. in addition, following the demise of his first spouse Emma, he burnt, web page through web page, a book-length manuscript of hers entitled What i feel of my husband, including letters, notebooks and diaries - either his and hers.
In a journey de strength of highbrow historical past, Siep Stuurman rediscovers the awesome early Enlightenment determine François Poulain de los angeles Barre. A dropout from theology stories on the Sorbonne, Poulain embraced the philosophy of Descartes, turned confident of the injustice and absurdity of the subjection of ladies, and assembled a completely unique social philosophy.
Franco period fino y delgado, con unos ojos grandes, brillantes y curiosos. Decidido y siempre bien dispuesto para cumplir los deberes, por penosos que fueran, que imponía los angeles disciplina de los angeles Academia. Pero, a l. a. vez, inquieto, con un alma saltarina y alegre que le impulsaba a asociarse a las bromas y aventuras que son el fragrance de los años floridos de cadete.


Just created a whatsapp image that you can share with your friends and fellow engineers. Instead of just forward 'Happy Engineers Day', let's educate people about the reason.
I am going to broadcast this one ! I think this is best wish message for this day for me.
Yeah, shared it with few of my contacts and got 'thank you' back from them  . Better than only saying happy engineers day and not telling anything about the significance of the day.


Galway Announces Additional Positive Drill Results From Indian Springs - Galway Gold Inc.
Elko, Nevada: December 13, 2006 – Galway Resources Ltd. (GWY: TSX-V) ("Galway" or the "Company") is pleased to announce encouraging drilling results from the Indian Springs Tungsten Project. The Company recently completed it's 20 hole 7,000 foot reverse circulation program, and more recently finished a 3 hole 1,000 feet core program. Results for the first fourteen holes were reported on August 29, 2006, September 26, 2006 and on November 28, 2006. Receipt of the results for the last 4 core holes, are still pending.
"The results from our drilling campaign continue to be very encouraging. Not only has Galway's drilling confirmed the drill results from the major mining companies in the past, but the mineralized intercepts beginning at surface and continuing for significant depths add credence to the historical reports suggesting that this historical resource could have a low strip ratio. Moreover, the thick mineralized intervals at greater depths are also an excellent indicator of the project's potential for resource growth, and warrant more follow-up drilling for next year. This will all contribute to our 43-101 resource estimate to be completed in January 2007, followed by the scoping study in March." cites Marshall Himes the COO of Galway Resources.
New Areas of High Grade Mineralization: Hole ISR06-119 extended a known zone that lies close to the surface with 190 feet of mineralized intercept averaging 0.22% WO3. Similarly, ISR0-121 extended a lower zone with 145 feet averaging 0.24% WO3.
"I think our technical team has done a splendid job advancing the Indian Springs project in just over six months. With tungsten prices remaining very strong and holding steady at $13.00 per pound, coupled with strong fundamentals regarding the favorable outlook for tungsten, we believe that advancing this project will generate considerable shareholder value for Galway shareholders," stated Robert Hinchcliffe, CEO of Galway.
After trading between $45- $75 per short ton unit (as reported by Metal Bulletin and the United States Geological Service) during the 1980s and 1990s, a significant decrease in exports from China prompted prices to rise sharply at the end of 2004. Since October of 2005, tungsten prices have remained above $250 per short ton unit, with current pricing of $260 per short ton unit. Note, one short ton unit is equal to 20 pounds of WO3, which puts current tungsten prices at $13.00 per pound.
The Indian Springs Tungsten Project, located in northeastern Nevada (25 miles north of Montello), is an advanced stage exploration property that has been inactive since the early 1980's due to low tungsten prices. The open-pittable project represents an opportunity for Galway to bring a historical advanced tungsten property to the scoping study (expected March 2007) level in less than 1 year of acquisition by spending less than US$1 million.
The project had undergone extensive exploration drilling and metallurgical testing during the period of 1968 through 1986, including the activities of three major mining companies: Placer Amex, Union Carbide, and Utah International, for a total estimated expenditure of from US$3.0 to $5.0 million. To replicate this information, management estimates would cost more than $6 million. A historical tungsten resource was defined based upon 336 drill holes, representing over 82,000 feet of drilling and thousands of feet of trenching, geologic mapping, sampling, along with metallurgical testing. The drill-defined tungsten mineralization has exploration potential along strike to the northeast and southwest.
The most recent historical resource estimate, carried out by Utah International in 1984 (internal Company documentation), stated a reserve of 8.85 million tons @ 0.257% WO3 at a 0.17% cutoff and a strip ratio of 4.8. Additionally, using a lower cut-off grade on the same ore body, Utah International also reported a reserve of 21.94 million tons @ 0.179% WO3, at a 0.10% cut-off grade and a strip ratio 1.3. These historical reserve numbers should not be relied upon as they have not been classified according to CIM resource/reserve categories. There is insufficient documentation to categorize the historical "reserves" and therefore to reconcile them with current NI 43-101 resource/reserve categories. While current NI 43-101 compliant resources and/or reserves are not established for Indian Springs, Galway considers the project data to be substantial and relevant. Indications are that resource estimation is achievable using the large amount of existing historical drill data. Plans are in place for SRK Consulting U.S. to produce a N.I. 43-101 resource estimate sometime in January 2007.
The Company has implemented a quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) program to ensure collection and analysis of all drill samples is conducted in accordance with the best possible practices. Samples are stored in a secured area in Montello prior to transfer to lab personnel for shipping to the Chemex sample preparation facility in Elko, Nevada. Other QA/QC procedures include the insertion of blanks and control samples every 100 feet, and re-assaying duplicate pulps of 5% of all samples and 10% of samples assaying greater than 0.1% WO3. Duplicate samples are re-assayed at both Chemex and at a certified independent laboratory (SGS). WO3 is assayed at the Chemex Vancouver laboratory by two methods: (1) lithium borate fusion with an XRF finish and (2) pressed pellet XRF.


Can I Really Change My Smile?
Your smile is often the very first thing that people notice. The way your smile looks, including your teeth and your gums, can affect the way that others see you. Cosmetic dentistry is a type of dentistry that focuses on giving you a smile you have always dreamed of. Many patients wonder if it is possible to achieve a better smile. The answer is yes you can. At Noreen Goldwire, DDS Family & Cosmetic Dentistry, we offer a wide variety of different cosmetic dentistry procedures to help improve the quality of your smile and give you an added boost of confidence.
Discoloration has many causes, including foods, beverages, tobacco products, certain medications, genetics, tooth wear, aging and more. There are several over the counter whitening products, but these products rarely achieve the results they promise and typically only remove surface staining. Professional teeth whitening bleaches your teeth from the inside resulting in whiter tooth. This can be done in one of two ways. In office whitening is a procedure that takes one to two hours. We isolate your teeth to protect your gums and apply a strong bleaching agent and use a light to activate it. When your treatment is over, your teeth are several shades whiter. Take home trays enable you to whiten your teeth in the comfort of your own home. Trays can be worn during the day or while you sleep. Treatment times vary based on your needs and goals, but results typically begin to show within a few days. Many patients do both methods- in office to get an instantly whiter smile and then take home trays to maintain or further whiten their teeth.
Bonding is a procedure that involves the use of composite resin to correct a variety of different minor imperfections in your teeth. The composite resin, which is tooth colored, is extremely versatile and can be shaped and molded to meet numerous needs. This treatment is quick, often taking less than 30 minutes, and is completely painless. It is also very affordable.
Veneers are thin shells made of porcelain, which cover the front portions of your teeth, correcting the appearance of these teeth This particular treatment usually takes two separate appointments. It also requires that a small amount of tooth enamel be removed from the fronts of the affected teeth so that the restorations can sit naturally in with the rest of your smile. However, veneers are stronger and can last longer, than bonding.
Crowns are essentially small caps that cover over the entire visible portion of damaged teeth. They are frequently used in cases of more significant damage, where the health of the affected teeth is compromised. Ceramic crowns not only restore the health of damaged teeth, providing them with strength and protection, they are also ideal for restoring the appearance of your teeth and your smile. Like veneers, crowns require two appointments. They also require the removal of tooth enamel so that they can fit in naturally and comfortably with the rest of your smile.
Composite fillings use composite resin to fill cavities, restoring both their health and their appearance. Not only does composite resin blend in perfectly with your tooth color, but it also bonds with the tooth. This means that we do not need to remove as much natural tooth structure. Additionally, unlike amalgam fillings, composite fillings do not contain any metal or any mercury.
Your gums also play an important role in the quality of your smile. Issues such as gum recession, excessive gum tissue, or an uneven gum line can impact its appearance. There are a variety of different procedures that can give you a natural, beautiful gum line. Gum recession can be restored with a soft tissue graft. Excessive gum tissue can be removed with a crown lengthening procedure. Moreover, an uneven gum line can be restored with gum recontouring.
If your smile is not where you want it to be, cosmetic dentistry can help. For more information, and to schedule your consultation, call Noreen Goldwire, DDS Family & Cosmetic Dentistry today at (425) 230-4510.


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Cristina Nombela
Tomás y Valiente fellow
MIAS-UAM
Understanding Parkinson's disease: how integral cognition models are plotting a new roadmap
Cristina Nombela is a psychologist working for more than 15 years in understanding the cognitive disturbances in neurodegenerative diseases, particularly in Parkinson's disease, which is a priority within the Horizon Europe program. Her work has covered two main research lines: i) Cognition: description of characteristics that depict cognitive impairments in Parkinson's disease and healthy controls using Neuropsychological and Neuroimaging techniques; and ii) Treatment: assessment of non-pharmacological tools in cognition (Cognitive training and surgical treatment).
Her research has been performed in UK (University of Cambridge from 2010 to 2024), Italy (Università degli Studi La Sapienza di Roma), France (Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris) and Spain (University of Murcia, Hospital Clínico San Carlos de Madrid).
Future research aims regard exploring new cognitive paradigms by combining neuropsychology & neuroimaging, mainly focusing in cognitive and clinical profiles in patients with Parkinson´s disease.
Spain does age. Ageing is the main risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases, as Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonian patients debut with motor symptoms but 8 out of 10 patients present cognitive impairments that may eventually reach dementia status.
Clinical and cognitive features progress at different pace, creating varied profiles of the same disease. Each of these profiles is characterized by key specific cognitive impairments, high or low intensity in depressive mood or anxiety, variable motor patterns, different perception of quality of life or expectancies, etc. All these aspects determine the type of patients, being highly relevant to assess the treatment that better fits into each patient. In this context, the "treatment" gathers both pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches (meaning training, behaving therapy, group dynamics, among others).
The aim of this project is to integrate a comprehensive model of cognition in Parkinson's disease.
Sélection de publications
- 2019. Giné et al. (Co-last and corresponding author). The Women Neuroscientists in the Cajal School. Front Neuroanat 13, 72. Q1, IF: 3.152.
- 2014. Nombela et al. Genetic impact on cognition and brain function in newly diagnosed Parkinson's disease: ICICLE-Parkinson's disease Study. Brain 137: 2743-58. D1, IF: 9.196 .
- 2014. Nombela et al. Impulsivity in Parkinson's disease: A multidimensional conceptualization. PLoS One 9(1):e85747. Q1, IF: 3.234.
- 2013. Nombela et al. Into the groove: can rhythm influence Parkinson ?s disease? Neurosci Biobehav Rev 37(10 Pt 2):2564-70. D1, IF: 10.284
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Great series of posters from Crystal Zapata for Bricktown Sound Dance Party at The Hungry Brain, Chicago.
Ogg is also being used on these posters!
Ogg it is! Thanks, Connor.