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March 2015

The Corrugated Galaxy—Milky Way May Be Much Larger Than Previously Estimated  

Findings Led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Researchers Published in the Astrophysical Journal

The Milky Way galaxy is at least 50 percent larger than is commonly estimated, according to new findings that reveal that the galactic disk is contoured into several concentric ripples. The research, conducted by an international team led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Heidi Jo Newberg, revisits astronomical data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey which, in 2002, established the presence of a bulging ring of stars beyond the known plane of the Milky Way.

“In essence, what we found is that the disk of the Milky Way isn’t just a disk of stars in a flat plane—it’s corrugated,” said Heidi Newberg, professor of physics, applied physics, and astronomy in the Rensselaer School of Science. “As it radiates outward from the sun, we see at least four ripples in the disk of the Milky Way. While we can only look at part of the galaxy with this data, we assume that this pattern is going to be found throughout the disk.”

Importantly, the findings show that the features previously identified as rings are actually part of the galactic disk, extending the known width of the Milky Way from 100,000 light years across to 150,000 light years, said Yan Xu, a scientist at the National Astronomical Observatories of China (which is part of the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing), former visiting scientist at Rensselaer, and lead author of the paper.

“Going into the research, astronomers had observed that the number of Milky Way stars diminishes rapidly about 50,000 light years from the center of the galaxy, and then a ring of stars appears at about 60,000 light years from the center,” said Xu. “What we see now is that this apparent ring is actually a ripple in the disk. And it may well be that there are more ripples further out which we have not yet seen.”
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Hexagram 36

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Hexagram 36: brightness hiding; R Wilhelm 36: darkening of the light; Hua-Ching Ni 36: the time of darkness; Human Design gate 36: gate of crisis, the darkening of the light; S Reifler 36: darkening of the light; J Blofeld 36: darkening of the light, injury; S Karcher 36: brightness hiding, calling bird; GeneKey 36: becoming human

12 inch laptop (geen netbook)

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Xxodd XNI728T (Clevo M728T) volwaardige laptop
met Windows Vista Business NL 32bit (incl originele CD en code)
Drivers en Manual op originele CD

Brushed aluminium deksel, zwart

Intel Core2Duo P8400 (2.26 Ghz) 25Watt 45Nm
(en extra silent mode knop)
DVD-RW Sata
320Gb 7200rpm Hitachi Travelstar 7K320 Harddisk Sata
3Gb DDR-2 SDRAM (1024+2048) intern geheugen
12.1″ WXGA (1280×800) TFT LCD
Intel GMA X4500HD grafische kaart
Intel ICH9M Chipset, Realtek Audio
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Hexagram 22

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Hexagram 22: adorning; R Wilhelm 22: grace; Hua-Ching Ni 22: adornment, beautification; HDS Gate 22: the gate of openness, grace; S. Reifler 22: beauty; J Blofeld 22: elegance; S Karcher 22: adorning, bringing home the bride; GeneKey 22: grace under pressure

Exhaust replacement

downtubes mounted
downtubes mounted

Astronomy Picture of the Day


Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2015 March 4

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Pillars and Jets in the Pelican Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Larry Van Vleet (LVVASTRO)

Explanation: What dark structures arise from the Pelican Nebula? Visible as a bird-shaped nebula toward the constellation of a bird (Cygnus, the Swan), the Pelican Nebula is a place dotted with newly formed stars but fouled with dark dust. These smoke-sized dust grains formed in the cool atmospheres of young stars and were dispersed by stellar winds and explosions. Impressive Herbig-Haro jets are seen emitted by a star on the right that is helping to destroy the light year-long dust pillar that contains it. The featured image was scientifically-colored to emphasize light emitted by small amounts of ionized nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur in the nebula made predominantly of hydrogen and helium. The Pelican Nebula (IC 5067 and IC 5070) is about 2,000 light-years away and can be found with a small telescope to the northeast of the bright star Deneb.

Strangers are not for the Opportunist

You always know that an opportunist has gone over the edge when they’re embracing strangers. They’re desperate and their network is falling apart. If you’re an opportunist, strangers are always going to be the most dangerous thing for you. They’re not for you. Anybody that’s new in your life has to come with a recommendation, with an introduction. To be a 4 and to truly be healthy you have to be very disciplined about your relationships. And it’s not easy. There is this natural comraderie that is in the 4th line. And given the construct of peoples designs, some of whom are quite social, it gets very easily confused.

In a sense, the 3-4 are very much about the material plane. The 3 is about the material itself. The 4 is about the resources of the material plane, the human resources and the way they work. One of the things about the opportunist is that they need to look at those beings in their life with a material eye. Given our various cultures and the way in which people consider these things, that wouldn’t be considered very nice or romantic or politically correct, but this is a heretical knowledge, after all, it’s just the truth of it. Are these people going to be good for me; and that often is something that is deeply material. Are they reliable? Can I count on them?

Because remember, it’s not just simply selfish, please understand that. I don’t want to give that impression. The 4 at the same time is doing something that is essential. They are externalizing that secure platform, whatever that secure platform happens to be. They’re the ones that are influencing others. Those that are in their network appreciate that at some level or another, whether they appreciate it to the point that it’s beneficial ultimately to the opportunist is another story, but it’s not like they are taking and not giving.

As a matter of fact, they are the foundation of transpersonal relationships. Everything about the nature of meeting the other in terms of the way the script is written begins at the line level in the 4th lines. If you want to see all of the social paraphernalia of human interaction read all 64 fourth lines and you will see the social dynamic of the transpersonal interaction and the way to bring about influence, those 64 different potential externalizations or influences that there in those 4th lines. – Ra’s Words of Wisdom – Post 130

Source: http://www.ihdschool.com/Blogs

Bankgeheimen van Joris Luyendijk

Journalist en antropoloog Joris Luyendijk bevond zich twee jaar onder bankiers en schreef er een boek over. Hij praat door waar het boek ophoudt.

‘Op een haar na heeft de financiële wereld in 2008 uw leven al onvoorstelbaar ontwricht. De diepere oorzaken hiervan zijn niet weggenomen, hoewel alle insiders weten wat ze zijn. Hoe kan dat?’. Dat is de grote vraag die Joris Luyendijk zich stelt in zijn recent verschenen boek ‘Dit kan niet waar zijn. Joris Luyendijk onder bankiers’.

In 2012 en 2013 schreef Luyendijk voor de Engelse krant The Guardian een ‘banking blog’ waarvoor hij op anonieme basis honderden medewerkers uit de financiële sector interviewde. VPRO Tegenlicht nodigde Joris Luyendijk uit om, met uitzicht op de Amsterdamse Zuidas, zijn bevindingen tegen het licht te houden. Zal een betrouwbare en veilige financiële sector voor altijd iets blijven waarvan wij alleen maar kunnen dromen?

Want wat is er nou daadwerkelijk veranderd sinds de val van de Amerikaanse zakenbank Lehman Brothers in september 2008? Wie Joris Luyendijk’s nieuwe boek leest, in feite een antropologie van ‘s werelds financiële sector, wordt er niet geruster op. Wie of wat houdt nu precies het bestaande systeem in stand?

Het DNA van de financiële sector is niet wezenlijk anders dan zeven jaar geleden en daadwerkelijk grote hervormingen blijven uit. Luyendijk maakt een levendige schets van de arena waarin de grote geldhandel plaatsvindt, en van de mensen die er onderdeel van zijn. De front-, middle- en back office; de snelle jongens, de tandenknarsers, en de twijfelaars.
Hij beschrijft het amorele karakter van de werknemers van Planet Finance waarin ongezond lange werkweken worden gedraaid met weinig tot geen baanzekerheid. Waarin de hoogte van salarissen en bonussen gelijkgesteld worden aan succes. Met als gevolg een totaal gemonetariseerde en op korte termijn een op gewin geënte kijk op de wereld.

Hoe kunnen we tot fundamentele hervormingen komen en weer greep krijgen op die losgezongen wereld van het flitsend kapitaal? Daarvoor zijn moedige politici nodig, verlichte nieuwe bankiers en kritische, dieper gravende journalisten. De eerste voorbeelden zijn er, volgens Luyendijk.

Regie: Marije Meerman
Research: William de Bruijn
Productie: Jeroen Beumer & Jessica van Beek
Eindredactie: Marije Meerman & Doke Romeijn

Source: http://tegenlicht.vpro.nl/afleveringen/2014-2015/bankgeheimen-joris-luyendijk.html

Why didn’t you try anything?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3502262

An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone’s secrets to spill out. The lives of the Pfefferman family are forever changed when three grown siblings learn that their father is transgender. As each child learns of their father’s secret, their own secrets start to become transparent.

Creator: Jill Soloway
Stars: Jeffrey Tambor, Gaby Hoffmann, Amy Landecker, Jay Duplass, Emily Robinson

Hexagram 63

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Hexagram 63: already fording; R Wilhelm 63: after completion; Hua-Ching Ni 63: after crossing the water; HDS Gate 63: gate of doubt, after completion; S Rifler 63: completion; J Blofeld 63: after completion; S Karcher 63: already crossing; GeneKey 63: reaching the source

Ça a l’air de lui plaire

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2053425

 

Rust and Bone (2012) “De rouille et d’os” (original title)

Put in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain’s bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.

Director: Jacques Audiard
Writers: Jacques Audiard (screenplay), Thomas Bidegain (screenplay), Craig Davidson (story)
Stars: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure