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I  sono una catena montuosa nel centro di Honshū (Giappone), che costeggia le prefetture di Nagano, Yamanashi e Shizuoka. Sono chiamati anche , perché si uniscono con i monti Hida ("Alpi Settentrionali") e i monti Kiso ("Alpi Centrali") per formare le Alpi giapponesi.

Origine del nome
Il nome della catena montuosa deriverebbe dalla presenza di numerose pietre rosse (in giapponese ) nella montagna intorno al fiume Akaishi, un affluente del fiume Ōi, nella parte meridionale delle Alpi meridionali. Da questa circostanza la montagna avrebbe preso quindi il nome di monte Akaishi, che sarebbe poi stato esteso all'intero gruppo montuoso.

Vette principali
Quasi tutte le vette principali dei Monti Akaishi sono nel Parco nazionale delle Alpi Minami, fondato il 1º luglio 1964. La catena ospita le sorgenti di due fiumi, l'Ōi e il Tenryū, che sfociano nell'Oceano Pacifico.

Panorama

Flora e fauna
Piante alpine, come il pino nano siberiano, si possono vedere sopra la linea degli alberi. Anche la pernice bianca e la nocciolaia vivono nella zona alpina. Il capricorno del Giappone e il cervo sika vivono nella cintura delle foreste sulle pendici delle montagne. Il  è endemico del Monte Kita. Altra importante, e rara, specie endemica è Picea koyamae, scoperta nel 1960.

Walter Weston nelle Alpi giapponesi

L'inglese Walter Weston introdusse il mondo occidentale alle Alpi giapponesi nel suo libro Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps ("Alpinismo ed esplorazione sulle Alpi giapponesi"). Durante le sue visite in Giappone, scalò i Monti Akaishi. Parecchi monumenti in sua memoria sono stati eretti nelle Alpi giapponesi.

Weston scalò le seguenti vette:
 1892 Monte Akaishi - Il primo non giapponese a scalare questa montagna
 1902 Monte Kita
 1903 Monte Kaikoma
 1904 Monte Hōō e Monte Senjō.

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Bibliografia

Voci correlate
 Alpi giapponesi
 Monti Hida (Alpi settentrionali)
 Monti Kiso (Alpi centrali)
 Parco nazionale delle Alpi Minami
 Nihon hyaku meizan ("Cento montagne famose del Giappone")
 Walter Weston

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
  Giornale Yamanashi Nichinichi: sito ufficiale delle Alpi Minami

Akaishi

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One evil in exchange for another. For a Priest, no fate was worse than being transformed into one of Ozma's Imposters. Besides Nilvas, no one who became an imposter was ever able to transform back.
Until recently, when a group of powerful priests battling the Imposters were mutated into Imposters themselves. But their will was strong, and with the power of the Holy Spirit, they transformed themselves back. Surprised, the Order of the Priests studied them and were rewarded: They learned how to transform any mutated Priest back.
But those who were transformed back never fully regained their humanity. The voice of Ozma forever rang in their ears. They learned to utilize his power without giving in to his corruption. Nevertheless, they became outcasts from their Priestly Order.
They formed their own brotherhood and called themselves "Avengers", after Nilvas. They grew fervent in their eradication and rescue of Imposters.
Do not grow alarmed should an Avenger walk past and a chill runs down your spine, For Avengers are devoted Priests and agents of the Holy spirit still.
Wielding the power of Ozma and their demonic side, the Avenger can unleash many heavy blows upon their enemy and are able to use the power of demons to destroy everything in sight.
At level 50, the Avenger awakens as the Doom Guardian. At level 75, the Doom Guardian awakens as an Immortal.
His subclass cosmetic effect is Ozma's darkness pulsating off his being.
His 2nd Awakening cosmetic is where his entirety becomes pitch black and his eyes glow bright red.
I...I will not give in!
God! Where are you? Listen to my cries for help! My will...is weakening! Do not let me succumb... Give me courage. Show yourself to me, so that I can carry out your will once again!
- Your god ignores your prayers. Even if he were real, do you think he would bless you, knowing that you wield my powers? Your god favors the righteous. He has no room for the anguish you suffer. Your body and mind are soiled. Your god has cast you out!
If God has indeed left me... If I am no longer able to do His will with my corrupted body, then I will stamp out the darkness within me by the sheer force of my will. If that is not enough, I will vanquish all the darkness in the world and wait for the day he forgives me.
- Embrace ME and I will never leave you! I will wash away this tainted world full of lies, and only the truth will remain!
Darkness that tempts me, listen well! Even if my God has deserted me, even if I have become an outcast from my Order, even if all who I love betray me... I will destroy you. I will search the corners of hell itself and hunt you down, even if it consumes my very soul.
The Avenger must first reach level 50.
It scares me more to think that I may pity these unworthy foes who bleed, scream and squirm like a mere creature in pain.
Those who throw stones after being saved, who does the dark beast refer to? Those who been abandoned but still walk truth-seeker's path, for whom do you lead this life of loneliness?
Stop sobbing, poor little altar boy. He shall live an obedient and honest life. He shall be determined and on his knees to receive his ordination, under the clear ring of the bell.
The Doom Guardian must first reach level 75.


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Колобовщина — деревня в Кировской области. Входит в состав муниципального образования «Город Киров»

География
Расположена на расстоянии примерно 17 км по прямой на запад-северо-запад от железнодорожного вокзала станции Киров.

История
Известна с 1671 года как починок Поспелка Водопьянова с 2 дворами, в 1764 84 жителя, в 12 дворов. В 1873 году здесь (деревня Водопьяновская или Колобовская, Колобовщина) дворов 6 и жителей 51, в 1905 (Водопьяновская или Колобовщина) 39 и 228, в 1926 (Колобовщина или Водопьяновская) 47 и 278, в 1950 72 и 196, в 1989 88 жителей. Административно подчиняется Октябрьскому району города Киров.

Население
Постоянное население составляло 74 человека (русские 96%) в 2002 году, 70 в 2010.

Примечания

Населённые пункты муниципального образования город Киров


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The Intangible Economy
Here is an interesting story over at XEconomy on Royalty-based venture financing. According to the story, royalty based financing is a technique previously used in mining or other royalty-rich industries, which is now being applied to technology firms:
The concept of royalty-based financing is simple. Instead of buying equity in a young company, an investor agrees to receive a percentage of the company's monthly revenues–up to a limit of, say, three to five times his or her investment. Instead of waiting five or 10 years for a startup to go public or get acquired, an investor can start seeing returns almost immediately. This approach means investors should be able to fund a much wider range of startups than just those that typically receive venture backing–the ones that have potential to grow huge, fast. The downside is that your returns are capped, so if you do end up backing the next Google or Amazon, you still only get five times your investment back.
The story notes that this could be an alternative to VC funding for start-ups.
Royalty based financing is just one of a number of new alternative financing mechanisms that have developed over the past few years. Athena Alliance has been working on a new report on case studies on intangible asset financing. That report is due out shortly — so stay tuned.
Thanks to Technology Transfer Tactics for the heads up on this article.
Author intangibleeconomyPosted on October 30, 2009 Categories ArticlesLeave a comment on Alternative financing
3Q 2009 GDP
This morning's advanced estimate from the BEA of 3rd quarter GDP came out better than expected at 3.5% growth. Economist had expected a 3.2% growth rate, according to the Wall Street Journal. And some had recently been predicting an even lower number.
Many are crediting the upturn to the stimulus package, which boosted consumer spending. As the BEA notes:
The upturn in real GDP in the third quarter primarily reflected upturns in PCE [private consumer expenditures], in private inventory investment, in exports, and in residential fixed investment and a smaller decrease in nonresidential fixed investment that were partly offset by an upturn in imports, a downturn in state and local government spending, and a deceleration in federal government spending.
I would, however, note that the last point of government spending. State and local government spending actually declined and federal spending was less than in the 2nd quarter. I'm sure this will fuel both sides of the "next stimulus" debate.
I would also note that contribution of trade is based on incompletely trade data (from only July and August). Continued progress on the trade deficit depends heavily on the value of the dollar. As the Financial Times noted this morning, the dollar fell on the GDP news — which will help exports and hurt imports. Already, however, some of the US's major trading partners are complaining about the weaker dollar hurting their economies (i.e. their exports). As a story in this morning's Washington Post notes:
This week, a top aide to French President Nicolas Sarkozy called the value of the dollar "a disaster" for Europe, warning of dire consequences to the global economy if it remains at its current levels
However, as the story all points out:
the Chinese yuan, still closely pegged to the value of the U.S. currency, has fallen just as much as the dollar on world markets, serving up a double whammy to countries with fast-appreciating currencies like the euro. It also means that China, the country that enjoys the single biggest trade surplus with the United States, has actually seen that surplus grow during the recession.
So, be aware, as I noted with the 2Q data, these are advanced estimates subject to revision. The 4th quarter 2008 and the 1st quarter 2009 figures were substantially revised. The 2nd quarter 2009 number was revised from a -1% percent advanced estimate to a -0.7% final. Today's figure will be similarly revised as more complete trade and other data are available. The August trade numbers were unexpectedly positive (see earlier posting). The September trade numbers come out on Friday, November 13th.
Still, the data shows a healthy trend:
Author intangibleeconomyPosted on October 29, 2009 Categories Articles2 Comments on 3Q 2009 GDP
The patent wars – Nokia v Apple
By now, I'm sure you have heard of the latest headline patent case of Nokia suing Apple. To go beyond the headlines, I suggest you read Joff Wild's interesting analysis of the implications of the case over at IAM Blog – Nokia v Apple. His take is that, played right, it could be a PR boost for Apple. It could also change the dynamics of the standard setting for wireless.
By the way, Joff wonders what will happen to Apple's stock price today. The answer is that it immediately rose (along with the NASDAQ) but then dropped a bit. I wouldn't put to much emphasis on any short term price movements, however. The implications of this suit will take a long time to play out.
Author intangibleeconomyPosted on October 26, 2009 Categories ArticlesLeave a comment on The patent wars – Nokia v Apple
The intangible known as reputation
Reputation is an interesting intangible.
Take for example, the case of the Washington Redskins (or as some wits would say, yes, just take them, please). In a recent interview in the Washington Post, John Kent Cooke, son of the former owner Jack Kent Cooke said this about the current owner: "Dan Snyder destroyed the reputation of this franchise." Now Cooke was the loser in a bidding war with Snyder for the team after his father died, so there may be some "sour grapes" reaction at work here. And Snyder has doubled the value of the franchise from the $800 million he paid for it to an estimated value today by Forbes of $1.6 billion. Snyder has built the franchise into a marketing powerhouse. As Forbes notes:
The Redskins remain the most profitable team in the league, posting operating income of $90 million. FedEx Field has 91,704 seats, the most in the NFL, and even though the team has struggled on the gridiron it is hard to find an empty seat come game time. Premium seating is also a hot commodity in D.C., as the Redskins generated more than $45 million in luxury suite revenue for the Redskins last year, the most in the NFL.
However, Snyder has not produced a winning team, let alone come even close to the glory days many remember under the elder Cooke.
The timing of the Cooke interview is not coincidently, I suspect. The Redskins are off to a dismal season — to such an extent that I recently heard a Washingtonian tell people that he came from a city with no professional football team. In an unrelated WP article, Steven Pearlstein
summed up this situation like this:
What do you call a business that consistently overcharges its customers for an inferior product, hires the wrong people and pays them above-market wages, and yet still manages to be one of the most profitable and valuable franchises in its industry?
Here in the nation's capital, we call it the Washington Redskins.
(Pearlstein's piece was on the pending Supreme Court case on the NFL's anti-trust exemption)
The team may be a moneymaker right now. But I would note that the Forbes article was written about the past — and as the caveat goes, past performance is no prediction of future results. Reputation is built on performance. If a sports team fails to deliver, past reputation will only carry you so far. Yes, there will always be the diehards. But diehards don't fill stadiums (ask me about the new Nationals baseball park). A story in today's Post -"As Redskins fumble, some fans are saying, 'See ya'" describes how some fans are staying home:
In most cities, a few thousand fans skipping NFL games during a bad season wouldn't be remarkable. But in Washington, the empty seats reported recently at FedEx Field have raised a question long unthinkable in Redskins Nation: Are significant cracks appearing in one of professional football's most rock-solid fan bases?
So, even if you aren't a football fan, watch the progress of the Redskins. It may be an interesting case study in the nature of the intangible we call reputation.
Author intangibleeconomyPosted on October 26, 2009 Categories ArticlesLeave a comment on The intangible known as reputation
A different path to commercialization
Over at the Technology Transfer Tactics blog, there is a posting entitled Hospital TTO takes a different path to commercialization with private sale of IP. The story is about a pending IP sale:
The technology transfer office at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) is veering off the traditional path to commercialization, with a pending sealed-bid private sale of a portfolio of 10 issued U.S. patents and foreign patent applications for noninvasive substance detection, including a noninvasive blood glucose monitor. The TTO has hired the IP brokerage firm ICAP Ocean Tomo, LLC, in Chicago to conduct the private sale for the hospital. CHLA had tried the traditional commercialization route with this particular technology for several years, says Jessica Rousset, director of the hospital's TTO. However, the standard path was slow-moving, particularly given the limited availability of the inventor, who is also a healthcare professional, she reports.
What is interesting about this both the patent sale and the description of patent sales. At first blush, it sounds like patent auctions are a radical new concept to the technology transfer offices. The article uses terms like "veered off the traditional path" and contrasts the sealed-bid sale as different from "standard path." One wonders about why the concept of IP sales is such a non-traditional idea to technology transfer offices.
Turns out that the sale really is a different path. As the piece explains further:
CHLA worked with ICAP Ocean Tomo to negotiate a customized template license agreement, which in turn will be conveyed to potential bidders. The agreement is a hybrid between a straight sale and a standard license agreement with all of the reporting obligations and various triggers for payments to the IP holder, she explains. CHLA isn't granting the IP rights as an assignment, which is ICAP Ocean Tomo's traditional model, "but as an exclusive license, which is necessary for federally funded IP," she [Rousset] explains. "Furthermore, we were able to get the appropriate reservation of rights in the terms and conditions that is customary when licensing government-funded technologies," allowing CHLA and other academic institutions to continue to work with the licensed IP.
The way this is phrased it sounds like this is a model to overcome barriers for sale of federally funded IP. This may be variation of a sale-lease back arrangement OceanTomo has done before and the auction of some NASA patents earlier this year. I am especially interested in the restrictions allowing academics to work with the IP – which overcomes the sometimes problem of universities patenting a foundational technology.
So may be this really is a new approach after all.
Author intangibleeconomyPosted on October 23, 2009 Categories ArticlesLeave a comment on A different path to commercialization
and taxing patents
A new report from International Law Office – "Tangible Tax Relief for Intangible Assets" highlight changes being in Ireland's tax treatment of intangibles. The proposals dramatically broaden what qualifies for tax relief as an intangible asset. As the report cites, the definition will now include
• patents and registered designs, design rights and inventions;
• trademarks, trade names, trade dress, brands, brand names, domain names, service marks and published titles;
• copyright or related rights within the meaning of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000;
• certain plant breeders' rights;
• know-how generally related to manufacturing or processing;
• sale authorizations in relation to medicines or products of any design, formula, process or invention;
• rights derived from research prior to authorization, on the effects of items covered directly above;
• licences in respect of such intangible assets referred to above;
• any 'non-Irish' right similar to those outlined above; and
• goodwill to the extent that it is directly attributable to the items set out above.
These changes may also rekindle the debate on intangible tax havens. As the report notes:
It is anticipated that the changes to the tax regime will encourage more companies to develop and exploit intangible assets from an Irish base and should help to increase Ireland's portfolio of overseas investors.
It is this portfolio of overseas investors that is at issue. As we discussed in our earlier report Intangible Asset Monetization: The Promise and the Reality, the issue here is company transferring their intellectual property to subsidiaries located in countries where the royalty income is tax at a low rate or not taxed at all. The parent company "sells" the IP to the subsidiary and then pays royalties to that subsidiary for the use of the IP. Key is whether that "sale" is a fair market value and therefore the appropriately taxed.
As I noted in various earlier postings, the Obama Administration has highlighted this as something to be dealt with in a tax reform package. But that earlier report was a Treasury Department proposal. President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board (headed by Paul Volcker) has been tasked with coming up with a tax simplification plan. We will have to see if they take on this issue as part of their work.
Thanks to IP Finance for bring attention to this report.
Author intangibleeconomyPosted on October 22, 2009 Categories ArticlesLeave a comment on and taxing patents
Patenting taxes
In a posting a couple of years ago, I raised the issue of patents for tax strategies. Since then, the issue has been quietly percolating along. A ban on these types of patents (essentially a specific form of business process patent) was included in the House passed version of patent reform, but not in the Senate bill as reported out of the Judiciary Committee. Now an interesting coalition has written a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee asking that they move on a stand alone bill. The group is made up of consumer organizations, taxpayer rights groups and tax planners including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the American College of Tax Counsel, the American Society of Appraisers, Citizens for Tax Justice, US PIRG, and Consumer Action (to name a few).
This may be a useful strategy. The talk in Washington right now is about some stand alone tax bills passing this year, such as a jobs creation tax credit and extension of the first time homebuyers credit. Even if a stand alone bill doesn't pass, there are multiple avenues to enactment. There is the patent reform bill (which we continue to hear may be moving this year). The NY Times Economix blog also raises the question if the Administration's tax simplification efforts will take is on as well. And there is the Bilski case before the Supreme Court on the broader issue of business process patent. With all these venues, something may finally be done about banning patenting tax strategies.
Thanks to Tax Prof Blog for highlighting this letter.
Author intangibleeconomyPosted on October 22, 2009 Categories Articles2 Comments on Patenting taxes
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LOWELL -- For the first time in the last three years, Lowell's annual Winterfest festival will actually feel like a winter festival instead of the "Springfest" that Lowell's director of cultural affairs jokingly says he and his staff called it.
The forecast for opening night, which is tonight, looks to be a mostly clear and cool night with temperatures just above freezing. Saturday's forecast is better, with cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid-30s -- a far cry from the 50 degrees of Winterfests past.
Some of Winterfest's most-popular attractions are perfect for frosty weather.
Winterfest's opening ceremony will occur at 5 p.m., just as the sun begins to set and the air takes on a chill. Fire Gypsy Stilt Walking will be on from 5 to 7 p.m., and there will be a general fire show put on by the Fire Gypsy at 7:30 p.m. Marketplaces, the ice-skating rink and live music will also be set up from 5 until closing for the night at 10.
The second and final day of Winterfest runs Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Visitors have the Chocolate Festival, hay-wagon rides and children's entertainment to look forward to.
Marchand said the weekend's weather will be perfect for the carousel, which he calls the "centerpiece" of the festival.
"It's always great when you can get on a carousel in the middle of winter," he said.
Another "huge draw" for Winterfest is the annual soup competition, named for late restaurateur Richard Rourke. It currently boasts 15 vendors, the newest addition being downtown restaurant Life Alive, and will take place Saturday, from noon to 2:30 p.m., at the Masonic Center on Arcand Drive. Attendees will pay $6 and taste some of the best soup of local eateries.
For those who want to work off all that soup later, there is an artificial rink that will be set up in the JFK Plaza that was enormously popular at last year's Winterfest. There is a limited number of skates available for rental, but people may bring their own to the festivities.
Adults can escape the cold in two tents set up for live music and warm up with classic hot beverages that pack a bit of a surprise.
Marchand said the snowfall Lowell received Wednesday night has hardly affected festivities. He said cleanup crews were working hard to prep Arcand Drive for tonight's winter fun.
"Winterfest provides a wonderful cure for midwinter cabin fever," Mayor William Samaras said.


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All State Governments were asked by Railway Board to prepare its own Railway Development Scheme to assess the demand/requirement of Railway Infrastructure (both passenger and freight) in State to close the gap and develop the required level of infrastructure, an effective rail network & services needed to facilitate and catalyze economic development in the State. Accordingly, GIDB has already commenced the study for Preparation of Railway Master Plan for the State of Gujarat with following objectives:
Review the current railway capacity, and establish the gap between this capacity and the requisite railway infrastructure;
Assess the demand/requirement of Railway Infrastructure (both passenger and freight) in State in totality for next 30 years;
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Prepare a suitable organizational, regulatory, legal and financial structure to implement the Master Plan;
Assist State Government in implementation of the Master Plan.
Consultants M/s Ernst & Young LLP has been engaged for the Preparation of Railway Master Plan for the State of Gujarat for duration of 32 weeks.
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Feasibility Study of Ankleshwar-Jhagadia Gauge conversion. Sanctioned in Railway Budget with extension upto Rajpipla.
Feasibility Study of Mehsana-Patan Gauge conversion & new link between Patan & Bhildi. Mahesana Bhildi commissioned.
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1. Pre-Feasibility Study of Vayor to Koteshwar New Line Connectivity Project (43 Km) A Joint Venture (JV) process is already initiated for 101 km of Bhuj-Naliya Broad Gauge Conversion and 25 kms of new line (Naliya-Vayor). Now Industry Association and others have requested to extend this bhuj- Naliya Broad Gauge (BG) Line up to Koteshwar.Extension of bhuj- Naliya- Vayor Broad Gauge (BG) Line up to Koteshwar will benefit local communities, industries, Tourist as well as BSF. 430 Cr. August,2018 M/s. Aarvee Associates is the Consultants.Draft Pre-feasibility Report is submitted. The finalization is in progress.
2. Prefeasibility study for developing a Borad Gauge rail link between Ankaleshwar and Jhagadia Gauge conversion of the existing narrow gauge rail link connecting Ankaleshwar with Jhagadia. In that regard the consultants are required to prepare a prefeasibility report for the gauge conversion project on a commercial form at including operation and maintenance of the same. The study shall assess existing NG rail link and work out traffic demand, appropriate technical details and designs of the facility, revenue modelling, financial feasibility, economic feasibility, socio-economic and environmental assessment for the project. Completed (As on June,2006) M/s. Feedback Ventures Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi was the consultant. Indian railway had sanctioned Ankaleshwar - Jhagadia- Rajpipla (63 km) conversion of the estimated cost of Rs.99.7 crores. The Gauge Conversion work on Ankleshawr-Rajpipla rail route has been completed as on January,2013.
3. Prefeasibility study for developing a Broad Gauge link between Mahesana - Patan-Bhildi Govt. of Gujarat is keen to explore possibilities of developing a broad gauge rail link connecting Mahesana with Bhildi through Patan. In that regard the consultants are required to prepare a pre-feasibility report for developing a BG rail link on commercial form at including operation and maintenance of the same. The study shall assess alternative alignments and suggests options for appropriate alignment between Patan & Bhildi and work out traffic demand, appropriate technical details and designs of the facility, revenue modelling, financial feasibility, economic feasibility, socio-economic and environmental assessment of Mahesana - Patan – Bhildi rail link. Completed (As on June,2006) M/s. Consulting Engineering Services (I) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi was the consultants. Indian railway had sanctioned this work under their plan head and the gauge conversion work has duly been completed.
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Astronomie-History - NASA's First Stellar Observatory, OAO 2, Turns 50
Raumfahrt - NASA's Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space
Raumfahrt - ISS-ALLtag: NanoRacks Delivers Educational Research, CubeSats, and Novel Medical Science to the Space Station
Raumfahrt - NASA Seeks US Partners to Develop Reusable Systems to Land Astronauts on Moon
Astronomie - In Search of Missing Worlds, Hubble Finds a Fast Evaporating Exoplanet
Astronomie-History - Saving Hubble: Endeavour's ambitious mission to rescue the famous space telescope
Astronomie - STARRY EYES NASAs next dream telescopes
Raumfahrt - ISS-ALLtag: NASA TV to Air International Space Station Crew Landing
Raumfahrt - Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo successfully flew to suborbital space Dec. 13
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Astronomie - UNLV Study Unlocks Clues to How Planets Form Astrophysicists discover a large population of potential young planets in distant solar systems.
Mars-Chroniken - Martian methane—spotted in 2004—has mysteriously vanished
Raumfahrt - Spacecraft's anti-radiation electromagnetic shield may help humans fly to Mars
Raumfahrt-History - How Apollo 8 'Saved 1968' The unforgettable, 99.9 percent perfect, December moon mission marked the end of a tumultuous year
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Robert Zubrin is president of the Mars Society and Pioneer Astronautics and the author of "The Case for Mars." Homer Hickam is a former NASA engineer and the author of multiple books, including the memoir "Rocket Boys," which was made into the film "October Sky."
Late last year, President Trump directed NASA to "lead the return of humans to the moon." For most folks, the meaning of this was pretty clear: Americans would soon walk on the moon again.
The space agency, however, had another idea. In February, NASA announced that it is planning to build the Gateway, a mini-space station that would orbit the moon — for no apparent reason.
The vague description of the space station on NASA's website offers little clarity. There's no certainty as to when it would be built, what it would be used for or why it is needed. Half a billion dollars are already dedicated to the Gateway this fiscal year without any obvious plan to do anything with the money except spend it. Beyond that, the budget isn't known but is certain to be huge. NASA further revealed the obtuseness of the project by noting that it doesn't know whether it would be permanently crewed or only occasionally visited or what exactly the astronauts would do when aboard.
As for landing people on the moon, NASA is vague about that, too. Apparently, if we wanted to build a lander sometime in the future, it would rendezvous with the Gateway for some reason and then attempt a landing.
This is all just plain weird. It's like building a big, expensive aircraft carrier, positioning it off the European coast and requiring passengers going from New York to Paris to land there first and do something (although what isn't known) until another airplane is built to pick them up to carry them to their destination. This, we suspect, is not the best way to get to France.
Rather than build this murky Gateway, which we frankly doubt the American people will understand or support, we believe the best expenditure of time and money is to simply make it a national goal to build a base on the lunar surface. Such a base would be similar to the U.S. South Pole Station and constructed for the same reasons: science, exploration, knowledge, national prestige, and economic and technological development for the benefit of the U.S. taxpayer.
This plan, which we call Moon Direct, doesn't take rocket scientists to comprehend (although we both hold that title). And we could accomplish it in just three discrete phases: First, we deliver cargo to the lunar surface and initiate robotic construction. Second, we land crews on the base, complete construction and develop local resources. And third, we establish long-term habitation and exploration.
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy booster, which can launch 60 tons to Earth orbit and 10 tons to the moon, could easily handle the first phase. And NASA's Space Launch System, still in development, might eventually be used along with heavy lift rockets such as Blue Origin's New Glenn and the United Launch Alliance's Vulcan. (Blue Origin's founder, Jeffrey P. Bezos, owns The Post.) Rather than spend a fortune and take years to build a Gateway for obscure reasons, we could immediately go straight to the surface of the moon and set up shop.
The key to crew operations, the second phase of building our moon base, is a spacecraft we call the Lunar Excursion Vehicle, which would operate outside our atmosphere and therefore need no heavy heat shields or Earth landing systems. The LEV would fly from Earth's orbit to the lunar surface and back again. New York to Paris, Paris to New York. Nothing could be simpler. All we would need to do is get to the airport — in this case, low Earth orbit — where the LEV would be "parked" for refueling and used again and again, just like a passenger airplane.
"Paris," by the way, should be near one of the lunar poles — where sunlight shines nearly all the time and ice deposits sit in permanently shadowed craters. By combining solar energy with lunar water, we could produce rocket propellant for the LEV to use to fly back to Earth and to travel around the moon. This water would also be available to support human life.
A key goal of the second phase is to get propellant production going on the moon. Until it is, we would send the LEV with fuel for the round trip on a heavy-lift rocket to orbit, followed by a relatively cheap, medium-lift rocket with the crew. The crew would rendezvous with the LEV, park their capsule in Earth orbit and then ride the spacecraft to the lunar base. After they complete their mission, the crew would blast off from the moon with the LEV, fly back to their capsule in Earth orbit and journey home, leaving the LEV behind for its next crew.
It's simple, straightforward and very doable with the technology at hand.
The third phase would have continuous operations, including propellant production on the lunar surface. With this infrastructure, all it would take to get to the moon is a medium-lift rocket and the clear weather to launch it.
If we're serious about going to the moon, let's just go there. Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, reminding us of the sort of things we as a nation once accomplished. We should resolve now to do no less.
Let's put aside these murky plans to orbit the moon in a can for no good reason. Let's build a base on the moon where not only Americans can take small steps in the peaceful pursuit of knowledge, but also where the world can take giant leaps toward opening of a new frontier.
Quelle: The Washington Post


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Richmond 1: Epicentre of an unrivaled demographic explosion
Douglas Todd
Not long ago this bustling intersection in Richmond featured a gas station, parking lot and a low-rise commercial building. Now it's the centre of Richmond's "Golden Triangle," containing more than 50 Asian-themed malls and outlets. (Photo: Corner of Westminster Highway and Number 3 Rd.)
I wanted to do this series because it would be hard to find anywhere in the world that has undergone such rapid transformation in such a short time as a result of global migration shifts. I wanted to look at what's working and what might not be working in the new Richmond, since it is an unparalleled example of trends occurring across Metro Vancouver and in other major cities, particularly Toronto.
– Douglas Todd
Richmond series: Part one of three
The City of Richmond is the centre of a global demographic explosion virtually unprecedented in human history.
Documentary film crews from Asia and Europe are among those trekking to this West Coast Canadian suburb to discover what happens when a once-sleepy, semirural municipality suddenly turns into a buzzing city of more than 200,000 in which more than six out of 10 residents are born outside the country.
No other city in Canada has a population in which 62 per cent of permanent residents are foreign born. It is rare for most global cities to contain even a fraction of non-nationals. In Mumbai and Shanghai, for instance, only one per cent of the population is foreign born.
When a Fox News commentator caused an international uproar this year by claiming the British city of Birmingham had become a 'no-go zone' because it was overrun by foreigners (he was speaking of Muslims in particular), it turned out only about one in 10 residents of Birmingham were born outside the United Kingdom.
While there have been no race riots in peaceful Richmond, residents of the city have mixed feelings about the dramatic demographic and physical changes they've been witnessing in their city at the mouth of the Fraser River, commonly known before 1970 simply as Lulu Island.
Richmond's residents tend to say they like the city's parks, waterfronts, playing fields, public schools, coexisting ethnic groups and a pace that is a bit more relaxed than the neighbouring city of Vancouver, and especially less hectic than the ethnically homogeneous megalopolises of Asia.
Yet, though many Richmond residents talk about how polite most people are, they also admit tensions exist, including over language differences, skyrocketing housing prices, Chinese-language signs, political trends and ethnic self-segregation.
The RICHMOND Series:
Richmond 1: Centre of an unrivaled demographic explosion
Richmond 2: Migration's unexpected consequences
Richmond 3: Why does upscale neighbourhood appear 'poor' to tax officials?
Along with its rapidly growing ethnic populations, the physical shape of the city has grown – up.
Despite the general peace, Richmond residents admit tensions exist, including over language differences, skyrocketing housing prices, Chinese-language signs and ethnic self-segregation.
Three decades ago, the intersection at No. 3 Road and Westminster Highway featured nondescript one-storey commercial buildings, parking lots and a gas station (see before and after photos, at bottom).
Now, it's the centre of the 'Golden Triangle,' where University of Victoria urban geographer David Chenyuan Lai has counted more than 50 bustling Asian-themed malls and outlets.
Meanwhile, giant houses, which more than a few call McMansions, are steadily replacing small bungalows. And many residents are urging City Hall to deal with how much of the city seems to have turned into a cluttered, noisy construction zone.
Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, has expanded into a global hub, while the socalled 'Highway to Heaven' on No. 5 Road now features massive Christian churches side by side with grand Sikh, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist temples.
How is Richmond 'hyper-diverse?'
Once-leafy Richmond has transformed into what geographers call a "hyper-diverse" city.
Indeed, with more than six of 10 born outside the country, Richmond is a contender to be the most hyper-diverse city on the planet, measured by the proportion of immigrants.
Only Persian Gulf emirates such as Dubai and Qatar have more foreign-born residents than Richmond, but almost all are temporary migrant workers, often living in squalid conditions.
Richmond's demographics are unique. Based on ethnicity, Richmond is 47 per cent ethnic Chinese, 29 per cent white, eight per cent South Asian, seven per cent Filipino, two per cent Japanese and seven per cent 'other,' according to the 2011 General Household Survey.
Between 1981 and 2011, Statistics Canada figures show the ethnic Chinese population grew by almost 80,000 people, with the first wave from Hong Kong and Taiwan, followed more recently by those from Mainland China. In the same period, the white population of Richmond dropped by a total of 28,000 people.
Many factors go into Richmond's popularity among ethnic Chinese and other immigrants.
Chinese-language media have reported Richmond has auspicious feng-shui, referring to the ancient Asian practice that discerns energy patterns. In popular Chinese spirituality, the Vancouver International Airport is said to appear like a pearl in the mouth of a dragon.
UBC cultural geographer David Ley, author of Millionaire Migrants, adds that the chance to live near Vancouver International Airport is itself a big draw for immigrants, as airports tend to be around the world, especially if they're wealthy newcomers from Asia who travel a lot.
"It's been quite interesting to see that the districts around YVR have quite a high proportion of immigrants," Ley said.
Those high-immigrant neighbourhoods include north Richmond and Vancouver's Marpole.
"Both are very accessible to the airport."
Geographers also emphasize that Richmond is popular because of the desire many immigrants have of living among members of their own ethnocultural group. At least three diaspora communities, most obviously Chinese, but also South Asian and Filipino, have reached what cultural geographers consider a critical mass in Richmond.
Richmond City Councillor Alexa Loo, elected in 2014, says one of the reasons her Canadian-born parents came decades ago to multicultural Richmond was it generally seemed to enjoy "racial harmony."
That was unlike in northern Alberta, where she said her ethnic Chinese family had felt stereotyped. Loo thinks recent arrivals find comfort living in their own familiar ethnic communities, especially when, for the most part, they coexist peacefully with other ethno-cultural groups.
Richmond City Councillor Alexa Loo believes many ethnic Chinese have been attracted by the name, Richmond, because it includes the word, "rich." Cultural geographer David Ley says the international airport is also a magnet.
In addition, Loo believes many ethnic Chinese have been attracted by the name, Richmond, because it includes the word rich. Since Chinese people often see significance in the power of homonyms, particularly those to do with success, Loo said it's also a key reason they've been moving to Richmond Hill, Ont., which is 24 per cent Chinese.
Little-noticed trend
Despite the unprecedented demographic eruption that has occurred in Richmond, many urban Canadians seem hardly to have noticed what has happened.
That's in part because Canada has the world's second highest proportion of immigrants – at 21 per cent, after Australia at 26 per cent. And almost all immigrants to both countries choose to live in its biggest urban centres.
Metro Vancouver, with a population of 2.4 million, has for decades been growing by more than 30,000 new people each year, nine out of 10 of whom have been immigrants.
Indeed, demographers view the entire region of Metro Vancouver, of which Richmond is considered an 'ethnoburb,' as hyper-diverse, with 45 per cent of the region's population foreign born.
The population of the Metro ethno-burb of Burnaby, for instance, is 50 per cent foreign born. For the city of Vancouver proper, the figure is 44 per cent.
Coquitlam is 42 per cent foreign born, Surrey 41 per cent, West Vancouver 41 per cent and North Vancouver City 37 per cent. And these proportions don't include Metro's more than 100,000 international students.
In contrast, even the global financial hub of London is just 37 per cent foreign born.
In the rest of Canada, only a few urban Ontario cities come close to Richmond for their concentrations of international newcomers. In Metro Toronto, 46 per cent of residents are born outside the country. The metropolis' most hyper-diverse ethnoburbs are Markham, at 58 per cent foreign born, and Richmond Hill, at 55 per cent.
The migration-based changes that have struck the demographic epicentre that is Richmond offer, arguably, the most singular signs of what is happening to similar regions in Canada.
Not-so-quiet
What's it like to live in a formerly quiet suburb in which more than 62 per cent of the population is born outside the country?
The answers range from good to bad to indifferent. Changing Richmond elicits a range of feelings from residents.
Jiun-Hsien Henry Yao, 35, a first-aid teacher who moved No 3 Road: Top, the Canadian Bank of Commerce on No. 3 Road in Richmond in 1958. Right, the 2015 view from the same spot, with the Moore's clothing store where the bank stood. At right is the Canada Line.
with his parents to Richmond from Taiwan in 1990, is loyal to the place and believes Richmond residents have gone out of their way to welcome newcomers.
Yao said young ethnic Chinese people like him are caught trying to do two things at one.
"We want to protect our Chinese cultural identity. But we also realize we need to share with the mainstream culture."
Yao added: "At the same time, the city is becoming a bit cold. Richmond has a lot of ethnic groups, but very little is happening to connect them. … There's not a lot of interaction."
Smoking a cigarette on the sidewalk of one of Richmond's many mini-malls, David Yau, 69, said he has for the past 15 years been living partly in East Asia and partly in Richmond.
Yau likes Richmond for three reasons: The summers are not as hot and humid as in East Asia, "there's not too many people," and "you can talk freedom, not like in China." But he's also concerned there are too many big, empty houses owned by people who spend little time in Canada.
Greg Halsey-Brandt, who represented Richmond as mayor, councillor or as a B.C. Liberal cabinet minister for 23 years, thinks the demographic changes to the city in the past three decades have been fascinating, but "not particularly good."
"The volume of immigration was too large over too short a time period. The host community of Richmond and Metro Vancouver in many instances did not have time to adjust, nor did many of the immigrants have time to adjust to us. Many returned permanently (to their homelands) to work."
Halsey-Brandt, whose wife Evelina served on Richmond council for two decades until she chose not to seek re-election last year, said previous periods of immigration to Metro Vancouver and Canada may have gone smoother than what has occurred in the past three decades.
"The influx has created a lot of stress on the city in terms of cultural relationships, jobs, traffic, education, health care and communication amongst our citizens."
Still, Halsey-Brandt believes Richmond is a great city of parks and dikes "which has it all."
He confines the migration that has already happened into Richmond to history. Richmond politicians can't control immigration levels, he said; that's the responsibility of the federal government. Residents have "adapted as best we can to deal with this new reality."
Even though newcomers now make up the majority of Richmond's residents, Halsey-Brandt hopes they will fully embrace "the host culture."
But he knows integration is a two-way street.
He calls on long-term residents to continue to work with immigrants to reshape library collections with more foreignlanguage content, balance hospital staff, firehouses and police forces to reflect the city's ethnic make up and ensure as many residents as possible exercise their right to vote.
What kind of example is Richmond for the world?
The revolutionary changes in Richmond have caught the eye of journalists and documentary makers from around the world, including Japan, Hong Kong, Germany and Korea.
Sunghan Lee, a filmmaker from South Korea, said by email from Asia he had come to Richmond to make a documentary so Koreans can see what happens when an influx of house-buying wealthy Mainland Chinese move into a city.
Lee said his footage shows how new Asian money is "heating up the real estate market" in Richmond, including leading to the construction of empty mansions. Migration is creating a "huge gap between local Canadian people and new Chinese immigrants," Lee said.
A stream of rich Mainland Chinese, the Korean documentary maker said, is also buying up luxury housing in a region of Korea called Juju Island, as well in parts of Seoul.
Lee urged Canadians to follow Korean politicians' lead and bring in new immigration policies, including one that would deal with some empty houses by stopping migrants from owning property in Canada unless they can prove they live here more than 200 days a year.
Ramesh Ranjan, a digital marketer, said the city he grew up in is "becoming a place we've never seen before."
Although the 25-year-old Simon Fraser University economics grad thinks many of the younger offspring of immigrants are integrating into Canada, he acknowledged, "Some people say Richmond doesn't feel like a community anymore. They say it feels fractured. I understand that."
However, even though councillor Loo, 42, acknowledges "some of the pace of growth has been too fast" in Richmond, she still finds the city appealing.
Most Richmond residents are still friendly, Loo said. And the city is full of "fantastic restaurants." It's also replete with parks and green space and, in contrast to the city of Vancouver, it has "mostly free parking."
dtodd@vancouversun.com
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AWS launches data warehousing as a service in an effort dubbed Redshift and claims it can cut enterprise costs dramatically. The move is likely to be a headache for established data warehousing players.
Amazon Web Services will launch data warehousing as a service in a move to cut hardware, software and administration costs. AWS is now previewing Amazon Redshift, a datawarehousing service.
"Large companies feel like they are paying too much. And small companies can't afford data warehousing solutions. As a result, they throw out some of their data," said Andy Jassy, senior vice president of AWS.
Jassy made the comments at Amazon Web Services' inaugural re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. The powwow was designed to bring together developers and customers to talk cloud migration and other key topics.
The move is likely to be a headache for traditional datawarehousing players who combine hardware and software. Key players include Teradata, IBM and Oracle among others.
RedShift has been tested on Amazon. Amazon took 2 billion rows of data and ran on Redshift.
Two 16 TB nodes on RedShift cost $3.65 an hour or $32,000 and got faster queries for a tenth of the cost.
Redshift will work with all the current business intelligence tools.
Pricing is 85 cents an hour for 2TB nodes. Annual deals and reserved instances are cheaper.
Companies pay $19,000 to $25,000 a year per TB.
Limited preview starts today with full launch in 2013.
In a follow-up interview, Adam Selipsky, vice president of product marketing, sales, and product management at AWS, said he expected Redshift to disrupt both high-end data warehouse systems as well as midrange. "From a pricing perspective Redshift will be competitive with both. Redshift is the 10th of the price of a high-end data warehouse and significantly cheaper than midrange offerings," said Selipsky.
Selipsky also added that the drumbeat of customers wanting data warehousing as a service was picking up. The key catalyst: Big data. He also noted that Redshift represented what is likely to be a wave of data warehousing as a service offerings.
Indeed, companies like BitYota will take a SaaS approach to data warehousing and abstract the hardware layer completely. AWS will have its data warehousing infrastructure. And a number of other players are likely to add value to the space possibly built on AWS.
AWS also detailed Redshift on its blog. Here's a look at the pricing.
An active instance of Amazon Redshift is called a Data Warehouse Cluster, or just a cluster for short. You can create single node and multi-node clusters. Single node clusters store up to 2 TB of data and are a great way to get started. You can convert a single node cluster to a multi-node cluster as your needs change. Each multi-node cluster must include a Leader Node and two or more Compute Nodes. A Leader Node manages connections, parses queries, builds execution plans, and manages query execution in the Compute Nodes. The Compute Nodes store data, perform computations, and run queries as directed by the Leader Node.
Amazon Redshift nodes come in two sizes, the hs1.xlarge and hs1.8xlarge, which hold 2 TB and 16 TB of compressed data, respectively. An Amazon Redshift cluster can have up to 32 hs1.xlarge nodes for up to 64 TB of storage or 100 hs1.8xlarge nodes for up to 1.6 PB of storage. We currently set a maximum cluster size of 40 nodes (640 TB of storage) by default. If you need to store more than 640 TB of data, simply fill out [this form] to request a limit increase. Keep in mind that Amazon Redshift is a column-oriented database and that it is able to compress data to a higher degree than is generally possible with a traditional row-oriented database.


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Xunlei & Hong Kong University to Establish Blockchain Lab
Xunlei Limited, a leading innovator in shared cloud computing and blockchain technology, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) on June 20th signed a partnership to establish a blockchain research laboratory called 'the Joint Lab', according to a report by Asia Crypto Today.
Developing Blockchain Ecosystem for Guangdong, Hong Kong & Macau
The Joint Lab focuses on developing blockchain technologies that can be applied to different industries and creating a blockchain ecosystem for the Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau areas.
The signing ceremony took place on campus at HKUST to officially open the Joint Lab. Professor Tim Cheng, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering of HKUST, and Xin Lai, Chief Engineer of ThunderChain at Xunlei, signed the agreement on behalf of the two parties.
Collaboration for Better Blockchain Solutions
Leveraging HKUST's research capabilities and the industry experience of Xunlei, the Joint Lab is expected to carry out a series of blockchain technology initiatives and developments. Main research areas include consensus algorithms, cryptography, and data protection, supported by Xunlei's infrastructure of ThunderChain and Thunder Chain File System (TCFS).
The two parties will work to develop a blockchain encryption program that allows users to access data without risking personal information breach, establishing an overall blockchain system with a higher level of security.
Chen Lei, CEO of Xunlei and Onething Technologies, said the lab would contribute to technological and economic development.
"We are very excited to partner with world-leading institutions like HKUST to explore use cases of blockchain and translate these insights into impactful applications, together contributing to technological and economic development," Chen said. "We also hope young generation will join us in this endeavor to make blockchain technology widely used and working for a better future."
Source: https://www.asiacryptotoday.com


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Articles containing the keyword 'heavy metals'.
Hannu Fritze. (1992). Effects of environmental pollution on forest soil microflora - a review. Silva Fennica vol. 26 no. 1 article id 5471. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a15632
Keywords: acidification; heavy metals; pollution; lime; forest soil; microflora; soil respiration; litter decomposition; fungal hyphae
The article is a literature review focusing on the reaction of soil respiration, litter decomposition and microflora of forest soils to various pollutants like acidic deposition, heavy metals and unusual high amounts of basic cations. There is a great deal of evidence indicating that environmental pollution affects soil microbial activity and community structure. Much of the data originates from experimental designs where high levels of pollutants were applied to the soil under field or laboratory conditions. Furthermore, many were short-term experiments designed to look for large effects. These experiments have an indicative value, but it has to be kept in mind that environmental pollution is a combination of many pollutants, mostly at low concentrations, acting over long periods of time. There is therefore consequently a demand for research performed in natural forest environments polluted with anthropogenic compounds.
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Mirja Kortesharju, Jouko Kortesharju. (1989). Studies on epiphytic lichens and pine bark in the vicinity of a cement works in northern Finland. Silva Fennica vol. 23 no. 4 article id 5395. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a15553
Keywords: Bryoria; air pollution; bark; Parmeliopsis; calcium; cement; elements; heavy metals; lichens; Pinus sylvestris
The element content (Ca, Mg, K, Na, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Pb, S) of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) bark and Bryoria lichens, as well as the occurrence and coverage of epiphytic lichens and the length of Bryoria species, were studied in the vicinity of Kolari cement works, NW Finland. Fruticose Bryoria species had the highest coverage on pine trunks at a distance of 2 km or more from the cement works. At a distance of 1 km the foliose – or even crustose – Parmeliopsis species were most abundant, while nearer to the works lichens were almost completely absent. The length of Bryoria was reduced at distances of less than 2 km from the cement works. The calcium content in Bryoria species increased very steeply close to the works; by a factor of 60 at a distance of 1 km compared to 16 km. No corresponding increase in other elements was observed near the cement works. All the elements studied in pine bark showed a significant negative correlation with distance, and a significant positive correlation with the calculated dust deposition levels. There were only minor differences between the north and south of the pine trunks, or the side facing or away from the works. Pine bark analysis is recommended for element accumulation studies.
The PDF includes an abstract in English.
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Kari Heliövaara, Rauno Väisänen. (1989). Quantitative variation in the elemental composition of Scots pine needles along a pollutant gradient. Silva Fennica vol. 23 no. 1 article id 5367. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a15526
Keywords: air pollution; Pinus sylvestris; herbivores; heavy metals; nutrients; Finland; Harjavalta; needles
Quantitative variation in the elemental composition of living Scots pine needles was studied along an atmospheric pollutant gradient in the surroundings of the industrial town Harjavalta, south-western Finland. Two 9-km-long transects, each with nine sample plots, running to the S and SW from factory complex were delimited in a homogenous Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forest. Needle samples were taken from 10 trees at each site, and from two separate sites in Tuusula near Helsinki. There was considerable spatial variation in the elemental composition of the needles. Heavy metals (Cu, Fe, Zn) showed a clear pattern of exponentially decreasing concentration with increasing distance from the emission source. Sodium and potassium concentrations, as well as the ash weight and air-dry weight, also decreased. Magnesium, manganese and calcium concentrations increased with increasing distance.
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R. J. K. Rinne, A. I. Mäkinen. (1988). Regional and species variations in metal content of two woodland mosses Pleurozium schreberi and Hylocomium splendens in Finland and northern Norway. Silva Fennica vol. 22 no. 1 article id 5343. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a15500
Keywords: air pollution; Pleurozia shcreberi; Hylocomnium splendens; air pollution monitoring; heavy metals; mosses; bioindicators
The woodland mosses Pleurozia shcreberi (Willd. ex Brid.) Mitt. and Hylocomnium splendens (Hedw.) Schimp. were used in air pollution monitoring. During late summer and autumn 1977, 44 samples of Pleurozia shcreberi were collected in semi-open coniferous forests from Southern Finland (60°N) to Northern Finland and Northern Norway (70°N). Additional 26 samples of Hylocomnium splendens were collected in similar places south of 61°30'N. Analysis of both moss species revealed decreasing concentration gradients from south to north for Cu, Fe, Pb and Zn. Conversely, Mn and Mg levels increased with latitude, while Ca did not change significantly. Some decreasing west to east concentration gradients for Cu, Zn and Pb were measured in P. schreberi and in H. splendends collected from Southern Finland.
A comparison between these two mosses showed significant differences in Cu content (ave. 22% higher in H. splendends) and Zn content (ave. 8% higher in P. schreberi). However, the differences were considered minor in relation to regional differences in Finland.
In local study of emissions from the Koverhar steel works in Southern Finland, Fe and Zn concentrations in P. schreberi and H. splendens were found to decrease significantly with increasing distance up to 6 kilometres north and south of the source.
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Torleif Bramryd. (1981). Environmental effects of heavy metals distributed from power plants. Silva Fennica vol. 15 no. 4 article id 5145. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a15372
Keywords: air pollution; environmental impact; heavy metals; energy production; power plant; Finland; mosses; Scots pine needles; bioindicator; indicator plants; coal
Increased prices on oil have resulted in the search for alternative energy sources, e.g. coal, peat, biomass, different types of waste. Combustion especially of waste, coal and peat emits large quantities of air pollutants such as heavy metals but also harmful organic substances. Heavy metals are not easily separated from the smoke, and the concentrations are often high in the emissions even with advanced fly-ash separators.
Ecological investigations carried out around a coal burning power plant in Finland using mosses and pine needles as parameters are presented in the paper. Increased concentrations of Pb, Cd, Cr, Ni, Cu and V have been found near the plant. Often a clear gradient was found with increased concentrations at decreased distance from the power plant.
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Ib Johnsen. (1981). Heavy metal deposition on plants in relation to immission and bulk precipitation. Silva Fennica vol. 15 no. 4 article id 5143. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a15370
Keywords: accumulation; air pollution; environmental impact; heavy metals; vegetation; immission; deposition; heavy metal intake
Monitoring of heavy metal accumulation in plants has been used to reflect the deposition of heavy metals in terrestrial ecosystems. In some cases, the accumulation rates in plants are linearly correlated to deposition measured as bulk precipitation collected in funnel samplers. It is uncertain, however, how large the contribution due to adsorption/impaction of small particles is to this relationship. The need for design of enlightening experiments on deposition rates in different vegetation types and their relation to immission and bulk precipitation data is discussed.
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Keywords: air pollution; conifers; monitoring programme; Sweden; acid compounds; acidification; heavy metals; bioindicators; phosphatase activity; soil respiration; tree growth
A monitoring program is planned for the terrestrial environment around industries in Sweden, which emit acid compounds and heavy metals. Directions for the County Government Boards are being prepared. The paper deals with the present pollution situation in Sweden, based on recent scientific results, the justifications for local monitoring, and the organizing of the monitoring including the parameters suggested.
Four examples from a case study at an oil power station illustrate reporting of the data and the difficulties in interpreting the results. The examples are the distribution of a lichen indicator, heavy metal content and phosphatase activity in the moor layer, soil respiration and tree growth.
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China Launches Crackdown on Twitter Amid Calls For Protection of Accounts
Tweets by Chinese netizens who have been interviewed by state security police are shown in an undated photo.
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Now that government censors have reined in dissent on domestic social media platforms, China's "stability maintenance" regime is targeting critics of the ruling party and the administration of President Xi Jinping on Twitter, deleting a large number of accounts since last month, rights activists say.
"The Chinese government has been targeting Twitter users in China as part of a nationwide crackdown on social media, even though Twitter is blocked in the country," Yaqiu Wang, China researcher at the New York-based group Human Rights Watch (HRW) wrote in a recent report.
"Authorities have detained or summoned dozens or more Twitter users, forcing them to delete sensitive tweets or close their accounts," Wang wrote. "In some cases, authorities appear to have hacked accounts themselves."
State security police now appear to be targeting even those users with relatively few followers, with concerns expressed in interrogations and "chats" over the content of tweets, even though the content is visible only to Chinese users who have access to the right tools to circumvent censorship by the ruling Chinese Communist Party's cyberspace administration, Wang said.
Guangdong-based rights activist Wang Aizhong said the authorities had managed to cripple his Twitter account on Dec. 15.
"I discovered something was wrong when I tried to log onto Twitter ... on Dec. 15 but there was a problem," Wang said. "A bit later, I discovered that several thousand tweets of mine had all been deleted, and that my more than 1,000 followers had unfollowed me."
Wang is sure that his Twitter account was hacked by the Chinese authorities.
"I am certain that they did this via the accounts on my phone, because my phone number is tied to that Twitter account," he said. "They would have been able to use my phone to validate access to change my password and suspend my account."
"I wasn't able to regain control of my account until several days later, when I reset it using my e-mail address," he said.
Accounts deleted
Guizhou University professor Yang Shaozheng, who was fired after he made comments critical of the government on social media, said his Twitter accounts had been deleted outright.
"I wound up registering for three Twitter accounts, one after another, but I stopped using them one by one because I set them up using my mainland Chinese phone," Yang said. "I had previously thought that Twitter accounts couldn't be interfered with by anyone, but actually ... my Twitter accounts were hacked."
Last month, authorities in the eastern province of Shandong detained and questioned Hui Muslim poet Cui Haoxin, known by his pen name An Ran, after he tweeted about growing religious oppression in China.
According to a transcript of the interview posted to Cui's Twitter account, police wanted to know his aim in writing such a thing on Twitter, which is blocked in China in the absence of circumvention tools to evade government censorship.
"Police ordered me to delete my Twitter account," Cui tweeted after his release. "I defied them and said [social media] accounts [are] personal property."
'Compulsory treatment'
And in July, Shanghai-based Dong Yaoqiong was sent for "compulsory treatment" in her home province of Hunan after she streamed live video of herself splashing ink on a poster of President Xi in protest at "authoritarian tyranny."
Her Twitter account was deleted shortly after she tweeted that police were outside her apartment door.
Dong, who used the Twitter handle @feefeefly, is now being held as a psychiatric patient in a women's ward in Hunan's Zhuzhou No. 3 Hospital, where she was committed by her mother under pressure from the authorities, according to Dong's father.
According to HRW's Wang, the authorities seem keen not just to prevent critical tweets, but to expunge any record of previous critical tweets.
"Some of the tweets authorities pressured Twitter users to delete were posted years ago. Few would have viewed the tweets had they remained," Wang wrote, adding that Twitter had previously been "a refuge of sorts for those who can't bear the censorship on China's social media."
Beijing-based sociologist Wang Jiangsong called on the U.S. government and Twitter to take steps to protect the freedom of speech of Twitter users.
"This latest clampdown has been centralized and on a huge scale ... we're not talking just a few hundred or thousand people who have been ordered to delete their accounts," he said. "China is rectifying Twitter, a U.S. company."
"Their arm is very long, and travels across borders, exerting control even over the internet in other countries," he said. "Can't Twitter and the U.S. protect the speech of users who have scaled the Great Firewall?"
Reported by Qiao Long for RFA's Mandarin Service, and by Ng Yik-tung for the Cantonese Service. Translated and edited by Luisetta Mudie.
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The Rozsa Awards were created to honour the philanthropic efforts of Drs Ted and Lola Rozsa and are unique in the country, recognizing, celebrating and promoting the profession of Arts Management and the dedication of Board Chairs through the provision of a monetary prize, public profile, consultation and professional development benefits.
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The last Boeing 747 leaves the factory and ends a 50-year era
By Joey Lechene December 8, 2022 No Comments3 Mins Read
After 50 years in which the Boeing 747 innovated long-haul flights, making them more affordable for people, the last example of this model left the factory in Everett, Washington to go through its testing phase before arriving with the client.
The last Queen of the Skies, as this aircraft was known, is a 747-8F freighter with a length of 76.2m and a wingspan of 68.5m, dimensions that make it the largest variant of the 747. Its cargo capacity is of 133.1 tons at a cruising speed of 898km/h. Boeing explains it with a couple of practical examples: it could move 10,699 gold bars or 19 million ping pong balls at a speed of 3 football fields per second.
The last Boeing 747, with the number 1547, will be destined for Atlas Air, a cargo airline in the United States. Prior to delivery to this client, test flights will be carried out and it will be painted.
While still at the plant, engineers performed the final stages of the assembly process for the latest Boeing 747 such as balancing the landing gear and adjusting the cargo handling systems. The final details on the interiors were immediately polished.
Although no more units of the Queen of Heaven will be produced, these huge aircraft will continue to fly, as they are widely used by cargo airlines, governments and in specific cases by passenger airlines, with which some Boeing 747-200 carry almost 50 years active.
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During the 50 years that the Boeing 747 was produced, 1,574 units were manufactured. Although the end of this model had been announced since 2020, Boeing clarified that it would continue to maintain the aircraft.
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Boeing's main customers that have more than a dozen of these active units are Cathay Pacific, AirBridgeCargo and Cargolux. Proper maintenance and the corresponding regular inspections will allow these planes to continue flying for several more decades.
For its part, the White House made a contract of 3 thousand 900 million dollars to acquire two planes of this model and replace the old Air Force One used by the president of the United States. However, the delivery has suffered delays.
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The first 747 delivered for @cathaypacific and now retired after 3.1 hours in the air.
This model has a series of curious facts that make it an even more impressive and interesting model than it already is. Here we share some:
The tip, or nose, of the plane opens up because the engineers who designed it thought it would be made obsolete by supersonic planes. This design allows for fast charging.
Boeing borrowed more than 2 million dollars to complete the ambitious project that involved the Boeing 747, a huge amount of money for its time.
It was built at the Seattle plant, the company's largest.
It was the first twin-aisle widebody aircraft, and is twice the size of the Boeing 707, its predecessor.
In the 1960s, engineers thought of making the plane with 2 floors, but since the rules established that the evacuation of the plane in an emergency had to be done in less than 90 seconds, the idea was abandoned.
It transported neither more nor less than the NASA space shuttle!
What do you think of the Boeing 747? If you want to know more about other Boeing ships, we invite you to find out which model economy class passengers could soon sleep on flights with.
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