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Stars and Clouds over Artois
Artois is a region of northern France.
Credit: Jérôme Pouille
Jérôme's website: http://www.jeje62.fr
Location: Artois, France
Release Date: August 19, 2017
+Jérôme Pouille Photographe
+Commission for Dark Skies
#Astronomy #Space #Science #Stars #Atmosphere #Clouds #Panorama #Artois #France #Astrophotography #Photography #Art #STEM #Education #Nightscape
Artois is a region of northern France.
Credit: Jérôme Pouille
Jérôme's website: http://www.jeje62.fr
Location: Artois, France
Release Date: August 19, 2017
+Jérôme Pouille Photographe
+Commission for Dark Skies
#Astronomy #Space #Science #Stars #Atmosphere #Clouds #Panorama #Artois #France #Astrophotography #Photography #Art #STEM #Education #Nightscape
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With Bannon out, liberal Democrats seek to fill power vacuum -
https://www.infowars.com/will-the-termination-of-steve-bannon-shift-the-trump-administration-to-the-left/ #usa
https://www.infowars.com/will-the-termination-of-steve-bannon-shift-the-trump-administration-to-the-left/ #usa
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Large Asteroid to Safely Pass Earth on Sept. 1
Asteroid Florence, a large near-Earth asteroid, will pass safely by Earth on Sept. 1, 2017, at a distance of about 4.4 million miles, (7.0 million kilometers, or about 18 Earth-Moon distances). Florence is among the largest near-Earth asteroids that are several miles in size; measurements from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and NEOWISE mission indicate it’s about 2.7 miles (4.4 kilometers) in size.
“While many known asteroids have passed by closer to Earth than Florence will on September 1, all of those were estimated to be smaller,” said Paul Chodas, manager of NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. “Florence is the largest asteroid to pass by our planet this close since the NASA program to detect and track near-Earth asteroids began.”
This relatively close encounter provides an opportunity for scientists to study this asteroid up close. Florence is expected to be an excellent target for ground-based radar observations. Radar imaging is planned at NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar in California and at the National Science Foundation's Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The resulting radar images will show the real size of Florence and also could reveal surface details as small as about 30 feet (10 meters).
Asteroid Florence was discovered by Schelte "Bobby" Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in Australia in March 1981. It is named in honor of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing. The 2017 encounter is the closest by this asteroid since 1890 and the closest it will ever be until after 2500. Florence will brighten to ninth magnitude in late August and early September, when it will be visible in small telescopes for several nights as it moves through the constellations Piscis Austrinus, Capricornus, Aquarius and Delphinus.
Radar has been used to observe hundreds of asteroids. When these small, natural remnants of the formation of the solar system pass relatively close to Earth, deep space radar is a powerful technique for studying their sizes, shapes, rotation, surface features and roughness, and for more precise determination of their orbital path.
JPL manages and operates NASA's Deep Space Network, including the Goldstone Solar System Radar, and hosts the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies for NASA's Near-Earth Object Observations Program, an element of the Planetary Defense Coordination Office within the agency's Science Mission Directorate.
More information about asteroids and near-Earth objects can be found at:
https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch
For more information about NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense
For asteroid and comet news and updates, follow AsteroidWatch on Twitter:
twitter.com/AsteroidWatch
The Image
Asteroid Florence, a large near-Earth asteroid, will pass safely by Earth on Sept. 1, 2017, at a distance of about 4.4 million miles.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
#AsteriodFlorence #Flyby #NASA
Asteroid Florence, a large near-Earth asteroid, will pass safely by Earth on Sept. 1, 2017, at a distance of about 4.4 million miles, (7.0 million kilometers, or about 18 Earth-Moon distances). Florence is among the largest near-Earth asteroids that are several miles in size; measurements from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and NEOWISE mission indicate it’s about 2.7 miles (4.4 kilometers) in size.
“While many known asteroids have passed by closer to Earth than Florence will on September 1, all of those were estimated to be smaller,” said Paul Chodas, manager of NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. “Florence is the largest asteroid to pass by our planet this close since the NASA program to detect and track near-Earth asteroids began.”
This relatively close encounter provides an opportunity for scientists to study this asteroid up close. Florence is expected to be an excellent target for ground-based radar observations. Radar imaging is planned at NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar in California and at the National Science Foundation's Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The resulting radar images will show the real size of Florence and also could reveal surface details as small as about 30 feet (10 meters).
Asteroid Florence was discovered by Schelte "Bobby" Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in Australia in March 1981. It is named in honor of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing. The 2017 encounter is the closest by this asteroid since 1890 and the closest it will ever be until after 2500. Florence will brighten to ninth magnitude in late August and early September, when it will be visible in small telescopes for several nights as it moves through the constellations Piscis Austrinus, Capricornus, Aquarius and Delphinus.
Radar has been used to observe hundreds of asteroids. When these small, natural remnants of the formation of the solar system pass relatively close to Earth, deep space radar is a powerful technique for studying their sizes, shapes, rotation, surface features and roughness, and for more precise determination of their orbital path.
JPL manages and operates NASA's Deep Space Network, including the Goldstone Solar System Radar, and hosts the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies for NASA's Near-Earth Object Observations Program, an element of the Planetary Defense Coordination Office within the agency's Science Mission Directorate.
More information about asteroids and near-Earth objects can be found at:
https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch
For more information about NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense
For asteroid and comet news and updates, follow AsteroidWatch on Twitter:
twitter.com/AsteroidWatch
The Image
Asteroid Florence, a large near-Earth asteroid, will pass safely by Earth on Sept. 1, 2017, at a distance of about 4.4 million miles.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
#AsteriodFlorence #Flyby #NASA
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For Those Who Love, Time Is An Eternity... ❤
photography by Phil Koch on 500px.com/224328361
Sunrise on the shore of Lake Michigan. Wisconsin Horizon.
#nature #landscape #sunrise #dawn #morning #daybreak #sun #clouds #sky #horizon #waterscape #lake #reflections #flowers #flora #blooms #wildflowers #shore #lakeside #beautiful #amazing #outdoor #travel #michigan #wisconsin #usa #greatphotography
photography by Phil Koch on 500px.com/224328361
Sunrise on the shore of Lake Michigan. Wisconsin Horizon.
#nature #landscape #sunrise #dawn #morning #daybreak #sun #clouds #sky #horizon #waterscape #lake #reflections #flowers #flora #blooms #wildflowers #shore #lakeside #beautiful #amazing #outdoor #travel #michigan #wisconsin #usa #greatphotography
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UK scientists create world’s smallest surgical robot to start a hospital revolution
"British-built Versius device will slash costs, improve patient recovery times and help speed up keyhole surgery
British scientists have developed the world’s smallest surgical robot which could transform everyday operations for tens of thousands of patients.
From a converted pig shed in the Cambridgeshire countryside, a team of 100 scientists and engineers have used low-cost technology originally developed for mobile phones and space industries to create the first robotic arm specifically designed to carry out keyhole surgery..."
#future = #REALnews #health #medicine #medtech #wellness #tech #innovation #science #design #biotech #biology #singularity #engineering #ai #artificialintelligence #robots #automation
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/19/worlds-smallest-surgical-robot-versius-keyhole-hospital-revolution
"British-built Versius device will slash costs, improve patient recovery times and help speed up keyhole surgery
British scientists have developed the world’s smallest surgical robot which could transform everyday operations for tens of thousands of patients.
From a converted pig shed in the Cambridgeshire countryside, a team of 100 scientists and engineers have used low-cost technology originally developed for mobile phones and space industries to create the first robotic arm specifically designed to carry out keyhole surgery..."
#future = #REALnews #health #medicine #medtech #wellness #tech #innovation #science #design #biotech #biology #singularity #engineering #ai #artificialintelligence #robots #automation
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/19/worlds-smallest-surgical-robot-versius-keyhole-hospital-revolution
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Further Research into Artificial Wombs Brings Us Closer to a Future Where Babies Grow Outside the Body
“Designing treatment strategies for extremely preterm infants is a challenge,” lead researcher Matt Kemp said in a press release. “At this gestational age the lungs are often too structurally and functionally under-developed for the baby to breathe easily.” Their work, published in The American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, took a different approach. The key was treating the preterm infants not as babies, but as fetuses..."
#future = #REALnews #health #medicine #medtech #wellness #tech #innovation #science #design #biotech #biology #singularity #engineering #ai #artificialintelligence #robots #automation
https://futurism.com/further-research-into-artificial-wombs-brings-us-closer-to-a-future-where-babies-grow-outside-the-body/amp/
“Designing treatment strategies for extremely preterm infants is a challenge,” lead researcher Matt Kemp said in a press release. “At this gestational age the lungs are often too structurally and functionally under-developed for the baby to breathe easily.” Their work, published in The American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, took a different approach. The key was treating the preterm infants not as babies, but as fetuses..."
#future = #REALnews #health #medicine #medtech #wellness #tech #innovation #science #design #biotech #biology #singularity #engineering #ai #artificialintelligence #robots #automation
https://futurism.com/further-research-into-artificial-wombs-brings-us-closer-to-a-future-where-babies-grow-outside-the-body/amp/
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Sometimes, life gets you down.
2017 has been a hard year, the last few weeks especially. I've also been battling a bit of depression lately, and have learned that I can turn to art, specifically my art, to help. Art can be extremely therapeutic. I write all about it in my latest piece for Toy Photographers. Check it out here:
http://toyphotographers.com/2017/08/19/art-as-therapy/
#toyphotography #toy_photographers #lego #legophotography #depression #2017 #artastherapy
2017 has been a hard year, the last few weeks especially. I've also been battling a bit of depression lately, and have learned that I can turn to art, specifically my art, to help. Art can be extremely therapeutic. I write all about it in my latest piece for Toy Photographers. Check it out here:
http://toyphotographers.com/2017/08/19/art-as-therapy/
#toyphotography #toy_photographers #lego #legophotography #depression #2017 #artastherapy
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While Off Somewhere
I took this photo while Deep in the Wilderness of the Washington Cascade Mountains. The peaks that I climbed are visited once every three years or so. They are so seldom visited because of the remoteness, physical difficulty, navigation, difficult terrain void of trails...+Randy T
YouTube video of this trip: https://goo.gl/Rejqof (welcome to my world)
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Congratulations, You made it this far! For those who have been here, you already know this selection well. If this is your first time, I put together some climbing photo collections and videos.
The Ptarmigan Traverse https://goo.gl/photos/NNXKxzQXPrCLkv5e8
Wilderness Trip https://goo.gl/HVB0aV
Larch Trees at Horseshoe Lake https://goo.gl/TwZg7y
My YouTube Videos https://goo.gl/IJXBc0
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+Mountain Monday by +Michael Russell
#LandscapePhotography +Margaret Tompkins +Pamela Reynoso +Dave White +Sean McLean …
#hqsplandscape for +HQSP Landscape
#PhotoManiaUSA is curated by +David Pilasky, +Marjolein Schat, +Kris Rowlands & +Dorma Wiggin #promotephotography #cascades #cascademountains #climbing #randylikestoclimb #climbingjunkie #alpine #alpineclimbing #Trad
+Luci Westphal
I took this photo while Deep in the Wilderness of the Washington Cascade Mountains. The peaks that I climbed are visited once every three years or so. They are so seldom visited because of the remoteness, physical difficulty, navigation, difficult terrain void of trails...+Randy T
YouTube video of this trip: https://goo.gl/Rejqof (welcome to my world)
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Congratulations, You made it this far! For those who have been here, you already know this selection well. If this is your first time, I put together some climbing photo collections and videos.
The Ptarmigan Traverse https://goo.gl/photos/NNXKxzQXPrCLkv5e8
Wilderness Trip https://goo.gl/HVB0aV
Larch Trees at Horseshoe Lake https://goo.gl/TwZg7y
My YouTube Videos https://goo.gl/IJXBc0
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+Mountain Monday by +Michael Russell
#LandscapePhotography +Margaret Tompkins +Pamela Reynoso +Dave White +Sean McLean …
#hqsplandscape for +HQSP Landscape
#PhotoManiaUSA is curated by +David Pilasky, +Marjolein Schat, +Kris Rowlands & +Dorma Wiggin #promotephotography #cascades #cascademountains #climbing #randylikestoclimb #climbingjunkie #alpine #alpineclimbing #Trad
+Luci Westphal
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Just one
Herb paris (Paris quadrifolia)
Svartskog, Norway
This is such a unique species in that it has a preference for symmetry, as its most prominent feature is not its eye-catching flower which is barely noticeable.
I has 4 prominent leaves, and the inflorescence usually also has 4 sepals, and 4 petals.
Yet the most valuable of all comes in one. One flower. One fruit.
The autumn is around the corner, and several species are now with yellow, orange and red foliage, while this one simply has foliage that withers. This makes the fruit rather attractive, but you have to know where to look, and to sit on your knees to appreciate it, as it is a plant that does not ask for a lot of attention by intense colors and growing in prominent places.
Image Copyright © 2017 +Morten Ross
Image Capture Date: 18 August 2017 16:44
Altitude: 41 meters
#fruits #plants #autumn #svartskog #norway
#hqspflowers +HQSP Flowers
#BTPFlowerPro – +BTP Flower Pro , owned by +Nancy Dempsey , curated by +Иванка Гущерова
#flowerpower +FLOWER POWER
Herb paris (Paris quadrifolia)
Svartskog, Norway
This is such a unique species in that it has a preference for symmetry, as its most prominent feature is not its eye-catching flower which is barely noticeable.
I has 4 prominent leaves, and the inflorescence usually also has 4 sepals, and 4 petals.
Yet the most valuable of all comes in one. One flower. One fruit.
The autumn is around the corner, and several species are now with yellow, orange and red foliage, while this one simply has foliage that withers. This makes the fruit rather attractive, but you have to know where to look, and to sit on your knees to appreciate it, as it is a plant that does not ask for a lot of attention by intense colors and growing in prominent places.
Image Copyright © 2017 +Morten Ross
Image Capture Date: 18 August 2017 16:44
Altitude: 41 meters
#fruits #plants #autumn #svartskog #norway
#hqspflowers +HQSP Flowers
#BTPFlowerPro – +BTP Flower Pro , owned by +Nancy Dempsey , curated by +Иванка Гущерова
#flowerpower +FLOWER POWER
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KJ McDaniels is moving to his fourth NBA team in as many seasons after agreeing to deal with the Toronto Raptors. ASM Sports, McDaniels' representatives, confirmed he and the Raptors reached a deal, and ESPN.com's Adrian Wojnarowski reported the contract will be for one year. A second-round pick of the Philadelphia 76ers in 2014, McDaniels struggled to contribute in a meaningful way for the Sixers and Houston Rockets over his first two-and-a-half years. After the Rockets traded him to the Brooklyn Nets in February, McDaniels played the best basketball of his pro career.
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Mnuchin, facing calls for resignation, defends Trump - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday defended President Donald Trump and called out his critics amid growing condemnation of the president's response to racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend. "I don’t believe the allegations against the president are accurate," Mnuchin said in a statement. "I believe that having highly talented men and women in our country surrounding the president in his administration sho...
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The Most Common Symptoms Of Stomach Cancer, The Silent Killer, That You Mustn’t Ignore
Unfortunately, around 24,000 cases of stomach cancer are diagnosed yearly in the USA solely. The problem with this cancer is that the symptoms don’t appear up until the
#cancer #stomach #symptoms #health #healthy #healthyliving #explore #healthcare #healthycare #homeremedies #wellness
Unfortunately, around 24,000 cases of stomach cancer are diagnosed yearly in the USA solely. The problem with this cancer is that the symptoms don’t appear up until the
#cancer #stomach #symptoms #health #healthy #healthyliving #explore #healthcare #healthycare #homeremedies #wellness
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August 20 - Cassini Distant Flyby of Pandora, Pan & Daphnis - Orbit 289
Distant flyby (altitude = 121 000 km) of moon Pandora
Distant flyby (altitude = 76 000 km) of moon Pan
Cassini passage through ring plane - North to South - (60 000 km wrt Saturn)
Closest distance (62 000 km) to Saturn on rev number 289
Distant flyby (altitude = 115 000 km) of moon Daphnis
Cassini views the Earth as it passes behind Saturn's Rings
Distant flyby (altitude = 121 000 km) of moon Pandora
Distant flyby (altitude = 76 000 km) of moon Pan
Cassini passage through ring plane - North to South - (60 000 km wrt Saturn)
Closest distance (62 000 km) to Saturn on rev number 289
Distant flyby (altitude = 115 000 km) of moon Daphnis
Cassini views the Earth as it passes behind Saturn's Rings
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Genetic enhancement will be many times more powerful than steroids
"Clinical trials of CRISPR gene editing, when they start this year (2017), will edit existing cells in adults using an injection of a viral vector. It seems likely that CRISPR, or some improved version of it, will be established to be both safe and effective in the near future. Professor Stephen Hsu provides an analysis of the potential improvement from genetic editing compared to steroids..."
#future = #REALnews #health #medicine #medtech #wellness #tech #innovation #science #design #biotech #biology #singularity #engineering #ai #artificialintelligence #robots #automation #CRISPR
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/08/genetic-enhancement-will-be-many-times-more-powerful-than-steroids.html
"Clinical trials of CRISPR gene editing, when they start this year (2017), will edit existing cells in adults using an injection of a viral vector. It seems likely that CRISPR, or some improved version of it, will be established to be both safe and effective in the near future. Professor Stephen Hsu provides an analysis of the potential improvement from genetic editing compared to steroids..."
#future = #REALnews #health #medicine #medtech #wellness #tech #innovation #science #design #biotech #biology #singularity #engineering #ai #artificialintelligence #robots #automation #CRISPR
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/08/genetic-enhancement-will-be-many-times-more-powerful-than-steroids.html
2015 Player's PER Average from Regular Season and Playoffs. Those who didn't pass the 1st round don't count.
1. Stephen Curry - 26.25
2. Chris Paul - 25.85
3. James Harden - 25.75
4. LeBron James - 25.6
5. Blake Griffin - 23.8
2016's top 5 - https://plus.google.com/114649433706032813933/posts/8sx38XoUZQK
Does this seem accurate with your own?
1. Stephen Curry - 26.25
2. Chris Paul - 25.85
3. James Harden - 25.75
4. LeBron James - 25.6
5. Blake Griffin - 23.8
2016's top 5 - https://plus.google.com/114649433706032813933/posts/8sx38XoUZQK
Does this seem accurate with your own?
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This week in science: both siderism - It’s weeks like this that I’m glad my bailiwick focuses on science and technology. There’s plenty of both-siderism in science, or poly-siderism for that matter that’s a big part of science; it’s arguably the whole point. To offer up ideas for debate and experiment, regroup, reformulate, and repeat. But perhaps spineless politicians and furious pundits could learn something from how that scientific process unfolds and converges to a conclusion. There com...
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