Sunday, October 31, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
sounds from space (in real)
Only in last 15 years we found the "pulsars". previously was known as simple stars.
Pulsar planets are planets that are found orbiting pulsars, or rapidly rotating neutron stars. The first such planet to be discovered was around a millisecond pulsar and was the first extrasolar planet to be discovered.
in this video you may hear the sound of a pulsar... rotation speed is about 5-10/sec. Most of the pulsar have extreme speed and the are heard as string sound. You may have heard them... at night with you old AM (LW/MW/SW) radio receiver!
An artist's conception of PSR B1257+12's system of planets
Pulsar planets are discovered through pulsar timing measurements, to detect anomalies in the pulsation period. Any bodies orbiting the pulsar will cause regular changes in its pulsation. Since pulsars normally rotate at near-constant speed, any changes can easily be detected with the help of precise timing measurements. The discovery of pulsar planets was unexpected; pulsars or neutron stars have previously gone supernova, and it was thought that any planets orbiting such stars would have been destroyed in the explosion.
Pulsar planets are planets that are found orbiting pulsars, or rapidly rotating neutron stars. The first such planet to be discovered was around a millisecond pulsar and was the first extrasolar planet to be discovered.
in this video you may hear the sound of a pulsar... rotation speed is about 5-10/sec. Most of the pulsar have extreme speed and the are heard as string sound. You may have heard them... at night with you old AM (LW/MW/SW) radio receiver!
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In 1991, Andrew G. Lyne announced the first ever extrasolar planet discovered around PSR 1829-10.[1] However, this was later retracted,[2] just before the first real pulsar planets were announced.
In 1992, Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail announced the discovery of a multi-planet planetary system around the millisecond pulsar PSR 1257+12.[3] These were the first two extrasolar planets discovered, and thus the first multi-planet extrasolar planetary system discovered, and the first pulsar planets discovered. There was doubt concerning the discovery because of the retraction of the previous pulsar planet, and questions about how pulsars could have planets. However, the planets proved to be real.[4] Two additional planets of lower mass were later discovered by the same technique.
In 2000, the millisecond pulsar PSR B1620-26 was found to have a circumbinary planet (PSR B1620-26 b) that orbits both it and its companion white dwarf, WD B1620-26. This was announced as the oldest planet ever discovered, at 12.6 billion years old.[5] It is currently believed to have originally been the planet of WD B1620-26 before becoming a circumbinary planet, and therefore, while discovered through the pulsar timing method, it did not form the way that PSR B1257+12's planets are thought to have.
In 2006, the magnetar 4U 0142+61, located 13,000 light years from Earth, was found to have a circumstellar disk. The discovery was made by a team led by Deepto Chakrabarty of MIT using the Spitzer Space Telescope.[6] The disk is thought to have formed from metal-rich debris left over from the supernova that formed the pulsar roughly 100,000 years ago and is similar to those seen around Sun-like stars, suggesting it may be capable of forming planets in a similar fashion. Pulsar planets would be unlikely to harbour life as we know it, because the high levels of ionizing radiation emitted by the pulsar and the corresponding paucity of visible light.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM), when public service groups, medical professionals, government agencies and others work to promote awareness of the disease. Promoting awareness involves education about prevention and treatments, fundraising efforts to help find cures, and support for survivors and those dealing directly with the disease. Breast cancer is the fifth deadliest form of cancer worldwide, and on this 25th anniversary of NBCAM, the organization that started it wants to remind women everywhere to practice regular breast self-exams and to schedule regular visits and annual mammograms with their health care provider.
1. Chinese women distribute questionnaires to pedestrians for a campaign on breast cancer awareness, in downtown Zhengzhou, north China's Henan province on October 12, 2010. An increasing taste for Western-style junk food and unhealthy lifestyles have caused the rate of breast cancer among urban Chinese women to jump sharply over the past decade, a state-run newspaper said. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
2. The White House is bathed in pink light for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month October 14, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
1. Chinese women distribute questionnaires to pedestrians for a campaign on breast cancer awareness, in downtown Zhengzhou, north China's Henan province on October 12, 2010. An increasing taste for Western-style junk food and unhealthy lifestyles have caused the rate of breast cancer among urban Chinese women to jump sharply over the past decade, a state-run newspaper said. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
2. The White House is bathed in pink light for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month October 14, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Iraq War Logs: Browse the diaries and make complex searches. Browse the diaries, rate and comment the reports.
At 5pm EST Friday 22nd October 2010 WikiLeaks released the largest classified military leak in history. The 391,832 reports ('The Iraq War Logs'), document the war and occupation in Iraq, from 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2009 (except for the months of May 2004 and March 2009) as told by soldiers in the United States Army. Each is a 'SIGACT' or Significant Action in the war. They detail events as seen and heard by the US military troops on the ground in Iraq and are the first real glimpse into the secret history of the war that the United States government has been privy to throughout.
The reports detail 109,032 deaths in Iraq, comprised of 66,081 'civilians'; 23,984 'enemy' (those labeled as insurgents); 15,196 'host nation' (Iraqi government forces) and 3,771 'friendly' (coalition forces). The majority of the deaths (66,000, over 60%) of these are civilian deaths.That is 31 civilians dying every day during the six year period. For comparison, the 'Afghan War Diaries', previously released by WikiLeaks, covering the same period, detail the deaths of some 20,000 people. Iraq during the same period, was five times as lethal with equivallent population size.
Northern Cyprus, a hiding place for gangsters!
A reportage from French TV.
Chypre Nord, une super planque pour les gangsters!
Chypre Nord, une super planque pour les gangsters!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Ramadan 2010 - more pictures
1. An elderly husband and wife read from the Quran together near Orlando, Florida on September 5th, 2010. Along with prayers, reading from the Quran is especially emphasized during the last ten days of Ramadan. (© Sammy Abusrur)
2. My younger brother prays Salat, the obligatory prayer during Ramadan at our home in Toronto, Ontario. (© Qurrat Ansari)
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Oktoberfest !!! 2010
On Saturday, September 18th, with the tapping of the first keg by Munich Mayor Christian Ude and a cry of "O'zapft is!", Oktoberfest 2010 officially started in Munich, Germany. While this year marks the 177th Oktoberfest to be held, 2010 is the 200th anniversary of the very first Oktoberfest in 1810 (some years were missed due to war or cholera outbreaks). The Oktoberfest tradition started in 1810 to celebrate the October 12th marriage of Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig to Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. The citizens of Munich were invited to join in the festivities which were held over five days on the fields in front of the city gates. Collected here are a few images from this opening weekend.
1. A young woman wearing a traditional Bavarian "Dirndl" smiles as she receives a mug of beer in the Hofbrauhaus tent after the opening of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich, southern Germany, on September 18, 2010. (Thomas Kienzle/AFP/Getty Images)
2. Farmer assistant Mariusz Strzelecki reaps hops during the early morning hours in Ebrantshausen near Ingolstadt, southern Germany, September 20, 2010. Bavarian farmer Sebastian Hirmer reaps hops from 18 hectare fields annually. About four hectare of hops are enough for the production of beer for the entire Oktoberfest season. (REUTERS/Michaela Rehle)
3. A lion drinking beer, the logo of a brewery, and a ferris wheel silhouette over the Oktoberfest festival ground at the Theresienwiese in Munich, southern Germany, on September 16, 2010. (CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
4. Women decorate gingerbread Oktoberfest hearts with icing in the "Zuckersucht" bakery in Aschheim near Munich September 16, 2010. Zuckersucht produces about one million gingerbread hearts for very Oktoberfest season. (REUTERS/Michaela Rehle)
5. Alphorn blowers await the beginning of the opening ceremony of the "Historical Wiesn" in Munich on Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
6. Bavarian riflemen march in the traditional costumes at the riflemen's procession on the occasion of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
7. Men in traditional Bavarian outfits participate in the traditional riflemen's parade of the Oktoberfest on September 19, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Alexandra Beier/Getty Images)
8. Musicians of a traditional Bavarian brass band are reflected in the horn of a brass instrument as they take part in the traditional Oktoberfest costume parade through the streets of Munich on September 19, 2010. (CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
9. A tired Bavarian boy in traditional dress is pulled by two participants during the traditional costume and riflemen's procession of the Oktoberfest festival in Munich on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
10. Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer (right) applauds as Munich Mayor Christian Ude taps the first barrel of beer during the opening ceremony for the 177th Oktoberfest in Munich September 18, 2010. (REUTERS/Michael Dalder)
11. Revelers reach out for a spilling mug of beer in the Hofbrauhaus tent after the opening of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich on September 18, 2010. (Thomas Kienzle/AFP/Getty Images)
12. Overall view shows visitors crowding the Hacker beer tent on the opening day of the 177th edition of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich on September 18, 2010. (SEBASTIAN WIDMANN/AFP/Getty Images)
13. Men wearing traditional Bavarian clothes toast with beer during the opening of the 177th Oktoberfest in Munich on September 18, 2010. (REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger)
14. People wearing traditional Bavarian clothes raise a toast during the opening of the 177th Oktoberfest in Munich on September 18, 2010. (REUTERS/Michaela Rehle)
15. A young woman prepares a booth selling gingerbread hearts for the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich on September 16, 2010. (CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
16. Visitors enjoy a tall festival ride at the Oktoberfest in Munich on September 19, 2010. (REUTERS/Michael Dalder)
17. Women wearing traditional Bavarian Dirndls scream during an amusement ride at the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich on September 18, 2010. (SEBASTIAN WIDMANN/AFP/Getty Images)
18. Visitors enjoy a spin during the second day of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
19. Drunk visitors rest in the grass during the opening day of the Oktoberfest at Theresienwiese on September 18, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Alexandra Beier/Getty Images)
20. A bartender pours beer during the opening of the 177th Oktoberfest in Munich on September 18, 2010. (REUTERS/Michaela Rehle)
21. A man with a curled beard visits the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich on September 19, 2010. (ANDREAS GEBERT/AFP/Getty Images)
22. Girls celebrate and drink beer at the Hacker beer tent during the opening day of the Oktoberfest at Theresienwiese on September 18, 2010 in Munich. (Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)
23. A waitress carries a tray with Bavarian dishes through a group of visitors inside the Schottenhamel beer tent during day 2 of the Oktoberfest on September 19, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)
24. An overview of a crowded beer tent during the second day of the Oktoberfest on September 19, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Alexandra Beier/Getty Images)
25. A man and a woman pose for a picture behind a photo wall during the first day of the "Historical Wiesn" on September 17, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)
26. A waitress serves beer during the opening day of the 177th Oktoberfest in Munich on September 18, 2010. (REUTERS/Michaela Rehle POLITICS)
27. A visitor salutes with beer in a dark tent during the second day of the Oktoberfest in Munich on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
28. A man raises a toast with a beer mug during the second day of the Oktoberfest on September 19, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Alexandra Beier/Getty Images)
29. Visitors are seen on an amusement ride in front of St. Pauls church during the second day of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
30. Visitors crowd the Theresienwiese fairground for the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich on September 19, 2010. (CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
31. An Oktoberfest visitor shows off his might as he hits a strength-meter with a hammer during day 2 of the Oktoberfest on September 19, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)
32. The legs of Oktoberfest visitors dangle from a fun ride during day 2 of the Oktoberfest on September 19, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)
33. Visitors to the Oktoberfest beer festival ride on the "chairoplane" at the fairground at the Theresienwiese in Munich on September 19, 2010. (CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
34. Girls wearing traditional Bavarian Dirndl dresses scream on a fairground ride at the Theresienwiese fairgrounds at the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich on September 19, 2010. (CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
35. A little girl on her father's shoulders eats cotton candy on the Theresienwiese in Munich during Oktoberfest on September 19th, 2010. (Joerg Koch/dapd)
36. A couple rests during the second day of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
37. Visitors wearing historical dresses drink beer and eat during the second day of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
38. Young women cheer with beer mugs after the official opening of the 177th edition of the Oktoberfest beer festival in a tent at the Theresienwiese in Munich on September 18, 2010. (SEBASTIAN WIDMANN/AFP/Getty Images)
39. A chairoplane spins near a ferris wheel during the opening day of the Oktoberfest at Theresienwiese on September 18, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Alexandra Beier/Getty Images)
40. An overview of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich on the evening of September 18, 2010. (SEBASTIAN WIDMANN/AFP/Getty Images)
1. A young woman wearing a traditional Bavarian "Dirndl" smiles as she receives a mug of beer in the Hofbrauhaus tent after the opening of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich, southern Germany, on September 18, 2010. (Thomas Kienzle/AFP/Getty Images) 
2. Farmer assistant Mariusz Strzelecki reaps hops during the early morning hours in Ebrantshausen near Ingolstadt, southern Germany, September 20, 2010. Bavarian farmer Sebastian Hirmer reaps hops from 18 hectare fields annually. About four hectare of hops are enough for the production of beer for the entire Oktoberfest season. (REUTERS/Michaela Rehle)
3. A lion drinking beer, the logo of a brewery, and a ferris wheel silhouette over the Oktoberfest festival ground at the Theresienwiese in Munich, southern Germany, on September 16, 2010. (CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
4. Women decorate gingerbread Oktoberfest hearts with icing in the "Zuckersucht" bakery in Aschheim near Munich September 16, 2010. Zuckersucht produces about one million gingerbread hearts for very Oktoberfest season. (REUTERS/Michaela Rehle)
5. Alphorn blowers await the beginning of the opening ceremony of the "Historical Wiesn" in Munich on Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
6. Bavarian riflemen march in the traditional costumes at the riflemen's procession on the occasion of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
7. Men in traditional Bavarian outfits participate in the traditional riflemen's parade of the Oktoberfest on September 19, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Alexandra Beier/Getty Images)
8. Musicians of a traditional Bavarian brass band are reflected in the horn of a brass instrument as they take part in the traditional Oktoberfest costume parade through the streets of Munich on September 19, 2010. (CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
9. A tired Bavarian boy in traditional dress is pulled by two participants during the traditional costume and riflemen's procession of the Oktoberfest festival in Munich on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
10. Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer (right) applauds as Munich Mayor Christian Ude taps the first barrel of beer during the opening ceremony for the 177th Oktoberfest in Munich September 18, 2010. (REUTERS/Michael Dalder)
11. Revelers reach out for a spilling mug of beer in the Hofbrauhaus tent after the opening of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich on September 18, 2010. (Thomas Kienzle/AFP/Getty Images)
12. Overall view shows visitors crowding the Hacker beer tent on the opening day of the 177th edition of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich on September 18, 2010. (SEBASTIAN WIDMANN/AFP/Getty Images)
13. Men wearing traditional Bavarian clothes toast with beer during the opening of the 177th Oktoberfest in Munich on September 18, 2010. (REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger)
14. People wearing traditional Bavarian clothes raise a toast during the opening of the 177th Oktoberfest in Munich on September 18, 2010. (REUTERS/Michaela Rehle)
15. A young woman prepares a booth selling gingerbread hearts for the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich on September 16, 2010. (CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
16. Visitors enjoy a tall festival ride at the Oktoberfest in Munich on September 19, 2010. (REUTERS/Michael Dalder)
17. Women wearing traditional Bavarian Dirndls scream during an amusement ride at the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich on September 18, 2010. (SEBASTIAN WIDMANN/AFP/Getty Images)
18. Visitors enjoy a spin during the second day of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
19. Drunk visitors rest in the grass during the opening day of the Oktoberfest at Theresienwiese on September 18, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Alexandra Beier/Getty Images)
20. A bartender pours beer during the opening of the 177th Oktoberfest in Munich on September 18, 2010. (REUTERS/Michaela Rehle)
21. A man with a curled beard visits the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich on September 19, 2010. (ANDREAS GEBERT/AFP/Getty Images)
22. Girls celebrate and drink beer at the Hacker beer tent during the opening day of the Oktoberfest at Theresienwiese on September 18, 2010 in Munich. (Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)
23. A waitress carries a tray with Bavarian dishes through a group of visitors inside the Schottenhamel beer tent during day 2 of the Oktoberfest on September 19, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)
24. An overview of a crowded beer tent during the second day of the Oktoberfest on September 19, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Alexandra Beier/Getty Images)
25. A man and a woman pose for a picture behind a photo wall during the first day of the "Historical Wiesn" on September 17, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)
26. A waitress serves beer during the opening day of the 177th Oktoberfest in Munich on September 18, 2010. (REUTERS/Michaela Rehle POLITICS)
27. A visitor salutes with beer in a dark tent during the second day of the Oktoberfest in Munich on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
28. A man raises a toast with a beer mug during the second day of the Oktoberfest on September 19, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Alexandra Beier/Getty Images)
29. Visitors are seen on an amusement ride in front of St. Pauls church during the second day of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
30. Visitors crowd the Theresienwiese fairground for the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich on September 19, 2010. (CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
31. An Oktoberfest visitor shows off his might as he hits a strength-meter with a hammer during day 2 of the Oktoberfest on September 19, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)
32. The legs of Oktoberfest visitors dangle from a fun ride during day 2 of the Oktoberfest on September 19, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)
33. Visitors to the Oktoberfest beer festival ride on the "chairoplane" at the fairground at the Theresienwiese in Munich on September 19, 2010. (CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
34. Girls wearing traditional Bavarian Dirndl dresses scream on a fairground ride at the Theresienwiese fairgrounds at the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich on September 19, 2010. (CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
35. A little girl on her father's shoulders eats cotton candy on the Theresienwiese in Munich during Oktoberfest on September 19th, 2010. (Joerg Koch/dapd)
36. A couple rests during the second day of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
37. Visitors wearing historical dresses drink beer and eat during the second day of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
38. Young women cheer with beer mugs after the official opening of the 177th edition of the Oktoberfest beer festival in a tent at the Theresienwiese in Munich on September 18, 2010. (SEBASTIAN WIDMANN/AFP/Getty Images)
39. A chairoplane spins near a ferris wheel during the opening day of the Oktoberfest at Theresienwiese on September 18, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Alexandra Beier/Getty Images)
40. An overview of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich on the evening of September 18, 2010. (SEBASTIAN WIDMANN/AFP/Getty Images)
