NASA’s Juno spacecraft enters Jupiter orbit

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Yesterday, NASA announced their spacecraft Juno has reached Jupiter orbit. It was launched almost five years ago to investigate the largest planet of the Solar System, especially its past.

Charles Bolden, NASA administrator, said, “Independence Day always is something to celebrate, but today we can add to America’s birthday another reason to cheer — Juno is at Jupiter”. He also added the spacecraft would help study the evolution of the Solar System and explore Jupiter’s radiation belts.

NASA spent US$1.1 billion for Juno. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) reported Juno was confirmed in Jupiter’s orbit at 0353 UTC. Including the camera, the probe has nine scientific instruments. Juno has covered 2.7 billion kilometres (1.7 billion miles) to reach Jupiter.

NASA said non-essential equipment was turned off for the approach. They expect photos in some days. The first orbital revolution period is 53 days. Juno is expected to orbit the planet 37 times keeping an altitude of 5000 kilometres (3100 miles) above the Jovian clouds and then fall into the planet in 2018.

NASA’s Galileo, launched in 1989, found evidence of saline water on Jovian satellites Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.

The electronics have been encased in titanium to protect them from high-energy radiation.

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2008 TaiSPO: Interview with Ideal Bike Corporation and Gary Silva

Friday, March 28, 2008

2008 Taipei International Cycle Show (Taipei Cycle) & Taipei International Sporting Goods Show (TaiSPO) not only did a best reunion with conjunctions of the launch of Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition and the concurrent cycling race of 2008 Tour de Taiwan but also provide opportunities and benefits for sporting goods, bicycle, and athlete sports industries to establish the basis of the sourcing center in Asia and notabilities on the international cycling race.

Although the Taipei cycle was split from the TaiSPO since 1988, but the trends of sporting good industry in Taiwan changed rapidly and multiply because of modern people’s lifestyles and habits. After the “TaiSPO Innovation Award” was established since 2005, the fitness and leisure industries became popular stars as several international buyers respected on lifestyle and health.

For example, some participants participated Taipei Cycle and TaiSPO with different product lines to do several marketing on bicycle and fitness equipments, this also echoed the “Three New Movements” proposed by Giant Co., Ltd. to make a simple bicycle with multiple applications and functions. As of those facts above, Wikinews Journalist Rico Shen interviewed Ideal Bike Corporation and Gary Silva, designer of “3G Steeper” to find out the possibilities on the optimizations between two elements, fitness and bicycle.

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Submitted by: Kevin Waddel

No one can deny the power and reach of social media. From consumer marketers to business-to-business companies, it has become an effective marketing tool. A chief growth area has been pharma social media as drug companies have come to embrace it.

As we all know the pharma industry and its marketing are highly regulated by the FDA and, while there are no clear guidelines governing pharmaceutical social media, many companies are finding ways to make use of it. For example, some healthcare companies are finding ways to connect physicians via secure social networks to improve information sharing for example.

Pharma social media should be about more than just product marketing Some companies are making use of pharma social media to focus on stories about employees, wellness information, and corporate content. They are extending their pharma social media efforts to include YouTube and Facebook pages and beyond.

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In absence of definitive social media policy from the FDA, pharmaceutical companies need to work closely with their legal team along with marketing professionals who possess a strong understanding of pharmaceutical social media engagement to ensure that the laws governing marketing and advertising are being followed.

Some things to consider when undertaking a pharma social media program:

– Tell human stories. The importance of health is a universally shared value. Pharma social media should strive to connect people with common experiences. Focus on compelling stories that highlight benefits of your companys product. Success stories should be reviewed and submitted in compliance with all applicable regulations and, once approved, shared through social channels to demonstrate real impact in the lives of consumers and enhance public goodwill toward the company.

– Educate everyone involved on the importance of pharma social media. Begin the process by highlighting the need to have a presence. Remember, you dont need to have every bell and whistle available when launching a pharma social media program. Choose a few vehicles and gradually add others to your pharma social media arsenal.

– Check with legal. Working with your companys legal counsel is essential in any pharma social media marketing effort. Think creatively on how to advance your brand goals and provide your legal team with multiple campaigns. Find ways to problem solve with your counsel.

– Stay on label. While the ways in which information is shared have changed, this doesnt mean that the overriding regulations are different. Disseminate all pertinent product information through your pharma social media efforts to avoid regulatory issues.

– Have a pharma social media policy in place. Create strong internal guidelines for your companys pharma social media campaign. Prior to beginning any pharma social media program, establish controls and expectations of staff that would be involved in public engagement. Create a list of regulatory boundaries and potential scenarios where legal counsel would be notified of consumer concerns. Once approved, schedule frequent reviews of the social media program to identify potential pitfalls around key regulations like patient privacy or adverse events.

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US drone strike kills at least fifteen in Pakistan

Monday, January 18, 2010

According to local officials, a United States drone attack in Pakistan’s South Waziristan province has killed at least fifteen people, although some reports put the death toll as high as twenty. The incident occurred in the Shaktoi region of the province.

“Now the death toll is 15. It could rise further. People are still busy removing rubble,” said a senior security official to the Reuters news agency. He commented that most of the dead were foreign fighters.

“The drones are apparently tracking and targeting Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, whose presence is frequently reported in the area,” said another official.

The United States has increased attacks using drones since a suicide bomber killed seven US intelligence agents in eastern Afghanistan in late December of last year.

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Dresdener Elbe Valley becomes UNESCO World Heritage site

Saturday, June 25, 2005

Since July 2, 2004 the Elbe Valley near Dresden has been in the process of becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Friday saw the hand over of the documents in Castle Albrechtsberg confirming the status. Today, mayor Roßberg and Professor Bandarin will unveil a plaque in the church of Loschwitz – starting the Elbe Valley celebrations.

The cultural landscape consists of an 18 km long strip along the Elbe between Soebrigen and the Dresden bridge Flügelwegbrücke. It includes the ancient city of Dresden, the many castles along the river Elbe, the town centres of the small villages near the river as well as the very famous Castle Pillnitz.

The city of Dresden sees the status as an internationally-effecting advertisement for investors and tourists in the acknowledgment as a site of world heritage. By this status it will give no further restrictions for the UNESCO. The possibility “of a developing culture landscape” granted itself.

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Volkswagen emissions scandal may affect thousands more cars

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

The Volkswagen emissions scandal continued yesterday with the company announcing 800,000 mainly diesel vehicles may also be affected by carbon dioxide emissions problems.

The company stated “the safety of the vehicles is in no way compromised”. They estimated potentially this could cost them €2bn on top of the €6.7bn set aside to pay for the cost of correcting 11 million cars affected when the scandal broke, in addition to fines by regulators.

the safety of the vehicles is in no way compromised

This follows Monday’s revelation that the emissions scandal has affected up to 10,000 vehicles sold in the USA by brands in the Volkswagen group, although the company refutes the allegation. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the regulatory body which has been investigating Volkswagen, claims the company fitted a number of recent Audi, Porsche, and Volkswagen models with technology that initiates secret components during emission tests to ensure the results are favourable.

The scandal began with damaging revelations that the car manufacturer has been using illegal software to enable diesel cars to cheat on mandatory emissions tests. This lead to a public apology on September 20 by then-chief executive Martin Winterkorn and the promise of an outside inquiry. He then resigned on September 23, and was replaced by Matthias Müller. The new allegation about Porsche is of particular concern for Müller, because he had previously been in charge of Porsche.

The company is expected to foot the bill for the recall of close to 500,000 VW and Audi cars affected at the time. There is also the possibility of Volkswagen having to pay federal fines of up to US$18 billion dollars because the US Clean Air Act sets a maximum fine of US$37,500 for each vehicle that contravenes the requirements of the Act.

An investigation into alleged breaches of environmental law was originally initiated on the advice of the International Council on Clean Transportation, a European non-governmental organisation. The EPA requested tests be carried out by West Virginia University, where the secret software was discovered.

The software, known as a “defeat device”, enabled cars to identify when they were being tested and to switch on the emission control system. The devices may have been adding urea to the car exhaust because that would reduce the amount of nitrogen dioxide. The car would release a fraction of the nitrogen oxide compared to when they were being driven normally. Emissions of nitrogen oxide contribute to smog and are thought to have caused a rise in respiratory illnesses like asthma.

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Acai Berry Information: Acai Berry Effects And Benefits

By Peter Nisbet

There is plenty acai berry information to be found online, but the real acai effects and health benefits come not just from its use in weight loss, but from the fact that it is highly antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. It these properties of the acai berry for which it is generally used, and its effect on weight loss is generally limited to its nutritional benefits.

However, that is not to say that such acai berry information is of little use to those seeking to use it to lose weight, because the way acai berry effects your health when you diet is not just restricted to it enabling you to lose weight while maintaining a healthy heart and immune system, but its vitamin B content helps support metabolism and the rate at which you burn fat.

In that respect, but in that way alone, acai can help you to lose weight. So let’s have a look at the various acai berry effects on your health, and discuss some of the acai berry information you are liable to come across online. What is true and what is not?

Acai Berry Information on Weight Loss

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There are insufficient acai berry effects on weight loss to render the berry specifically effective in promoting loss of weight. Its Vitamin B content is minor, although it could be argued that even the small amount of Vitamin B it does contain has some effect on your metabolic rate.

Your metabolic rate is the rate at which you convert glucose to energy while at rest. In other words, at which you generate glucose from carbohydrates and then oxidize that glucose to energy through the citric acid or Kreb’s cycle in the mitochondria of your body cells. The faster your metabolic rate, the more energy you use, and hence calories you use up, to maintain your essential life processes such as breathing and your blood circulation.

The acai berry effects on your metabolic rate are relatively minor, but they do have some affect on your calorie usage when at rest, such as when you are sleeping, The more calories you expend when sleeping, the easier you will find it to lose weight, and acai berry does have that affect.

Acai Berry Effects on Your Biochemistry

Acai berry contains anthocyanins, particularly cyanadin-3-glucoside, that take their name from the blue cyan color of the chemical. In fact most natural antioxidants and anti-inflammatories are highly colored, which is why you are recommended to include colored fruits and vegetables in your diet.

Most of the dietary acai berry information appertaining to weight loss is related to your diet and the acai berry effects on your health due to the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of the anthocyanins it contains. Naturally acai berries contain many more different phytochemicals, and the members of the vitamin B complex it contains are just a few of its beneficial components.

Others are tocopherols (forms of Vitamin E), which also contain antioxidant properties, sterols that can reduce the cholesterol levels in your blood and fatty acids, such as the Omega-6 and Omega-9 fatty acids that also help to reduce the levels of the LDL cholesterol in blood that can be so harmful to your arteries and your heart.

Most acai berry information relating to weight loss and dieting focuses on the health effects of its components, and how acai berry can be used as part of a healthy diet by providing these essential phytochemicals as part of certain types of diet such as a high protein diet. The Atkins Diet for example must be supplemented with ‘superfoods’ such as acai berry and broccoli because this diet is intrinsically very low in essential nutrition – one reason why Dr. Atkins made so much money selling supplements to back up his diet!

That acai berry information is sufficient to explain why it is generally associated with weight loss and diets. The acai berry effects on your weight, although fairly low, are nevertheless very significant in terms of the nutrition it offers to most dietary approaches to losing weight.

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Canadian city announces first Studios of Brampton tour

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Created by the Brampton Arts Council and the City of Brampton, the Studios of Brampton studio tour will allow residents a chance to view works by dozens of local artists at twelve locations.

The tour will run October 1 & 2 from 10 pm until 4 pm ET.

On the tour are the personal studios of watercolourist Jack Reid, sculpture Marion Bartlett, woodworker Rick Bino, ceramicist Eric Wong, calligrapher and fashion illustrator Rosemarie Gidvani, abstract painter Karen Darling, oil painter John Cutruzzola, stain-glass artist Darlene Robichaud, and watercolourist Gordon Stuart.

Also on the tour is the Art Gallery of Peel, which will be exhibiting Sydney Drum, a Canadian artist based in New York, and Kelly McNeil.

Visual Arts Brampton and Beaux-Arts Brampton will both have line-ups of local artist members. VAB has confirmed displays by William Band, Bridget Doughty, Betty Jean Evans, Marguerite Finlayson, Conrad Mieschke, Keith Moreau, Mary Noble, Olga Rudge, and Elizabeth Patrick.

Sample works representing each location on the tour will be shown at the Brampton City Hall’s Atrium Gallery.

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US President Obama celebrates his first Martin Luther King Jr. Day while in office

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

On Sunday, at a Bapist church originally founded by freed slaves, US President Barack Obama addressed the congregation about the “Dream” of slain civil rights activist Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—whom Obama credits with paving the way for his 2008 election—and about the importance of hope and faith in his own life.

On Monday, Obama, with his family in tow, served hot lunches at a local Washington soup kitchen—one of several ways America’s first black president planned to pay tribute to the late Dr. King on the federal holiday that honors his legacy and lasting impact upon society.

Later at the White House, Obama will host a gathering consisting of small selected group of African-American seniors and their grandchildren where they will discuss the meaning of the civil rights movement and how it still effects them to this day. Following which, that evening, the Obamas are slated to attend the “Let Freedom Ring” concert at the Kennedy Center. A musical event that will feature gospel artists and choir members from various area churches among other houses of worship.

Another prominent American politician, governor-elect of New Jersey, Chris Christie held a banquet on Monday evening to honor the importance of Dr. King’s message as well. Other commemorations included a march in Seattle where participants rallied for issues in the African-American community.

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Have You Ever Considered Having Botox Bergen County?

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Dr Michael Shulman

Most of us have heard of botox at one time or another. But while we typically associate botox with celebrities and movie stars, the truth is that it is just as available to the rest of us as well. And if you want botox Bergen County you need to find somewhere local that can provide you with this amazing treatment.

So what does botox actually do? Well, it helps to get rid of the most visible signs of aging namely facial wrinkles. These can occur anywhere on the face but most of the time you will notice them around the eyes. These are commonly called crows feet because of their appearance. While you might have a strict facial cleansing and moisturizing regime, you will eventually notice those wrinkles creeping up on you. And when that happens, botox Bergen County could be the answer you have been looking for to get rid of them.

The good news is that not only is this procedure routinely performed, it is also widely available. You will also be treated to a consultation before you have it done. The purpose of this consultation is to ensure you really want to go ahead with it, and also to see how best to use botox Bergen County to treat your facial wrinkles.

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While wrinkles occur in the same places for most people, it is also true that no two people are exactly the same. So when a consultation like this takes place, the cosmetic surgeon will check your face and the areas around your eyes to identify where best to make the injections.

Botox is delivered via injection and thus it is a fairly painless thing to have done. It is really no different to having any other kind of injection. And the good news is that this procedure doesnt have to interrupt your day. Once you have had the injections you can go about the rest of your business as usual.

Botox Bergen County will benefit you if you have crows feet or wrinkles that you are self conscious about. And since the cosmetic surgeon will consult with you prior to having it done you will get the chance to ask any questions you might have about how it works and what to expect.

The best way to view this procedure is to make a pact to have it done regularly though. It doesnt last forever so if you have one treatment and then you dont go back for any more you will eventually notice your wrinkles starting to appear again.

If you are now thinking about having botox Bergen County your first step should be to find a good cosmetic surgeon locally who provides this procedure. Remember to ask any questions you might have when you initially enquire about the service. This way, you will be able to figure out whether you want to go ahead with it or not.

But there is no doubt that botox Bergen County can make you look younger than you do already.

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