Jennifer Ngo, now a special agent for the FBI, during her playing days at La Salle University
By Eve Tahmincioglu
Jennifer Ngo, 32, a special agent for the FBI, played basketball when she was in college. Elyse Darefsky, 54, an IT manager at Cigna, was a big collegiate volleyball and basketball player. And Sarah Ann Slater, 23, who starts graduate school at the London School of Economics in the fall, was a junior tennis champ.
All three women credit sports for their achievements beyond the playing field, and studies show playing sports in your youth can indeed contribute to future career success.
?For me, it was about being part of something bigger than yourself,? said Ngo, who also played soccer growing up. ?As I got older, it helped me with my career.?
Their experiences point to how important it is for girls to have opportunities in athletics.?They also?underscore the significance of Title IX, which paved the way for more gender equity in high school and college sports, and celebrates its 40th anniversary this month.
Engaging in sports in youth can help women, and men, attain career success later in life, and many prominent women often point to that experience as a reason for their ability to climb the ladder.
Irene Rosenfeld, CEO of Kraft Foods, played everything from field hockey to basketball when she was in high school; former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin touted her sporting past as a basketball player for the Wasilla Warriors; and SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro was a lacrosse player in college.
As Title IX celebrates its 40th anniversary, hear from three women who've seen the battle from all sides.
Of her lacrosse background at Franklin & Marshall College, where she captained the first varsity team in 1977, Schapiro told Lacrosse Magazine in the March issue, that the game helped her professional life.
?Lacrosse is truly a team endeavor,? she said. ?You have work together, you have to be constantly mindful of where your teammates are, you have to be willing to be in the supporting role, you have to be able to read signals and be prepared to regroup ? all of these are important to workplace success. It also taught me to take risks.?
According to a report by research firm Catalyst published in May, 82 percent of women executives played organized sports after elementary school, and nearly 60 percent said it gave them ?a competitive edge over others in the business world.??
Learning how to compete is among the top life skills youth sport members gain from their participation, according to research from Boston University?s School of Education published last year.
There is ?a direct transfer of life skills from sport to work,? found the research titled ?Career Success and Life Skill Development Through Sports,? which was part of a doctoral thesis by Gavin Bruce Barton.
He found that besides competitiveness, sports participation also developed an individual?s work ethic, ability to handle pressure, resilience, teamwork and confidence.
Surprisingly, the study also found, that ?sport participation as a source of life skill development was cited far more frequently than family, work or education.?
And, the author added, ?Life skills developed in sport can contribute to later work success.?
You don?t have to tell Cigna?s Darefsky?s that. ?I learned more playing sports than I did in school,? she explained. ?I was an introvert, and the confidence that you gain playing sports, you can?t measure that.?
She recalled going on her first job interview at Cigna in her final year of college, right after her basketball team at Clark University had a huge win over Dartmouth. ?It gave me a sense of confidence,? she said, allowing her to nail the interview.
Slater, the recent grad who played tennis, also has seen the benefits.
Courtesy of Sarah Ann Slater
?Being a part of sports actively in my youth and throughout my adolescence really taught me a lot about discipline, time management, and taking responsibility for myself and my own successes or failures,? she said. ?Even though I am not active in competitive sports any more I?was able to successfully transfer those skills into other arenas of my life, mainly academics as a college student, and they continue to be a part of all decisions I make as I go forward with my life.?
Clearly, youth sports can be an ultimate career boon, and Title IX has opened the door for?many women to participate and then reap the future benefits, said Marilyn Strawbridge, professor of physical education at Butler University in Indianapolis, who has studied the impact of sports on women.
Despite the law?s success, however, we have a long way to go when it comes to ensuring more girls get some serious locker room time, an experience that will only help them as they go out into the work world.
?Title IX has been wonderful but there?s still parity to be reached,? stressed Strawbridge. ?Unfortunately we?re still seeing lower rates of sports participation by girls in high school and college and they still get a smaller part of the athletics dollar.?
And that?s a problem given the payoff sports engagement offers women later in their careers and in their lives overall, she pointed out.
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?Women in sports are better equipped to view themselves as equals; they know how to compete and put themselves out there, and take risks for something better,? she explained. ?They live with consequence and are healthier individuals all the way around, mentally and physically.?
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NOTE: This book is based on Windows 8 Release Preview; its content and publication date will be updated for final Windows 8 software.
You?re beyond the basics, so dive right into optimizing Windows? 8?and really put your PC or tablet to work! This supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting techniques, and workarounds. It?s all muscle and no fluff. Discover how the experts keep their Windows 8 systems running smoothly?and challenge yourself to new levels of mastery.
Master essential Windows 8 maintenance and security features
Implement best practices to help prevent and combat viruses, malware, and identity theft
Apply quick fixes to the most common problems using expert tips and step-by-step repair guides
Use advanced troubleshooting techniques by understanding how Windows 8 works
Develop a recovery plan to restore your system and data in the event of a disaster
Know when to use power utilities for advanced performance, maintenance, and diagnostics
Title:
Troubleshoot and Optimize Windows? 8 Inside Out
By:
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Publisher:
Microsoft Press
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Mike Halsey is a Microsoft MVP (Windows Expert). He has worked for many years in IT support, and is a technical beta tester for Microsoft. He is the author of Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out.
More than likely you stumbled upon this article on the internet by trying to find phrase "legal shield scam". There's a chance you are looking to join up as a distributor or buyer and wanted to do further investigation to assist you with your pending decision. We'll, good on you for carrying out your due diligence first, a lot of people don't bother to look into whether or not these scam claims are true or not.
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Our home appliances are most meant to make our lives easier. The trade-off? Convenience calls for maintenance. It should be noted that even appliances with cleaning cycles must be cleaned routinely, especially in areas with hard water.
It?s always best to first consult the owner?s manual for each particular machine. Have you?ll find recommended cleaning schedules as well as specific products that work best. Beyond this, however, you?ll need to know the home?s water hardness homes with harder water call for more regular cleaning.
Appliance manufacturer?s recommend products that contain citric acid, which can reduce mineral buildup, for occasional use for hard water.
Although everyday household items such as bleach, vinegar, and baking soda may be used, store-purchased items are specifically designed to do their jobs and can therefore spare you any guesswork. If you choose household items, try these.
For washing machines, bleach is useful for eliminating odors, preventing lime and detergent build-up. Be sure to wipe down the door gasket after each load.
White vinegar and bleach are great for regular cleaning of your dishwasher. The two are aimed at preventing lime, rust, and detergent build-up, similar to the remedy for washing machines.
To maintain water flow and reduce odors in your garbage disposal, as well as eliminate food and grease build-up on blades try running the appliance after adding ice cubes and rock salt. Furthermore, orange or lemon peels are great at reducing grease.
Use white vinegar to perform routine cleanings on drip coffee makers; this will tackle mineral buildup, and coffee oil residue.
There's a new ethic in our world -- and it isn't ethical at all: "If I get away with it, it's legal, and if I get over on you, you're a chump who deserved it." This me-first-with-a vengeance-and-without-a-conscience is a key source of the financial and moral scandals that have dramatically eroded trust in business and government. And I think I finally understand its source.
Some high school students at the Fieldston School, an elite private school in New York, were caught with pot-laced brownies on a school-sanctioned trip last month, in clear violation of a contract they all signed. About fifteen seniors admitted their participation and were suspended from the senior prom at Studio 450 on May 29. Many students were disturbed and confused by the failure of the adults to hold the offending parties more accountable -- even given the nature of the "crime" -- and believed that parents, like administrators, were too soft on the students.
Too soft? How's this: One of the fathers of the culprits organized a luxurious anti-prom on May 29, on a yacht.
A son of an irate parent told me that his father was more incensed by a casual conversation with a fellow parent at the school, a mega-wealthy gentleman who was instrumental in overseeing the banks gamble in the derivatives casino. The father told the member of the 1 percent that he thought the school should use the incident as an opportunity for the parents to talk with their kids about values and character. The financier dismissed his idea with a laugh. I suspect that, like members of the Horace Mann administration during the recently reported decades-long sexual abuse scandal ("Prep School Predators: The Horace Mann School's Secret History of Sexual Abuse," New York Times Magazine, June 10, 2012), he was only concerned with damage control and minimizing bad publicity.
I felt sad for the children at the anti-prom. Their parents think they are gaming the system -- but they are actually stealing from their kids. Their job is to teach their children what it means to do the right thing, be accountable for what they commit to, and cultivate character and a conscience -- not find loopholes and learn how to evade responsibility for the consequences of their actions. Such parents are reinforcing the wrong message: their children are entitled to do as they please, think of no one but themselves, and respect nothing but their own desires -- a blueprint for pathological narcissists and psychopaths.
The future of these morally deficient students may well include early success and vast wealth. But I don't think it's a leap to say that the lessons they're learning are a breeding ground for the destructive, myopic ethic practiced at Enron, BP, and Goldman Sachs, among many others. When the children of parents who don't do their jobs grow up and don't give a damn about anyone else and feel beholden to no one and nothing beyond their own egotistical whims, we shouldn't be shocked when they shaft their employees, cheat their customers, and expect everyone but them to pay the tab.
Every parent has heard that a fundamental obligation of child rearing is to teach their kids to respect other people and themselves. Parents who steal from their kids the opportunity to develop an internal moral GPS are more than negligent. They're unindicted co-conspirators.
American Fitness is adding weight training accessories from Grizzly Fitness to its lineup of exercise equipment. Grizzly Fitness was selected by American Fitness for its wide selection of quality accessories for the novice through the advanced weight lifter. The new products include weight lifting and MMA fighting gloves, weight training belts, knee and wrist wraps, head harnesses, and weight lifting hooks and straps.
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American Fitness, a premier supplier of gym equipment serving home and commercial customers across the US, announces the addition of Grizzly Fitness to its list of preferred manufacturers of weight training equipment. A broad selection of the company?s weight lifting and mixed martial arts accessories will be available at AmericanFitness.net. Grizzly Fitness, a division of Custom Leather Canada, is a leader in producing high quality fitness accessories used by top weightlifters and bodybuilders across the world. The products will complement American Fitness? existing selection of strength training exercise equipment.
?American Fitness serves a range of customers, from novice weight lifters to highly trained service men and women in the US military,? said Ron Thompson, President of American Fitness. ?Each of these customers has a different weight training need and budget that is well met by the quality accessory products from Grizzly Fitness. We are excited to add this North American manufacturer to our exercise equipment line-up.?
The new products available at AmericanFitness.net include weight lifting and MMA fighting gloves, weight training belts, knee and wrist wraps, head harnesses, and weight lifting hooks and straps. Grizzly Fitness? accessories are consistently ranked as some of the strongest and most durable training tools available. They use a variety of materials in these products, from leather to cotton to neoprene, to suit different purposes and preferences. Gloves are available in sizes for both men and women. Training belts are available in different styles and lifting straps in a range of colors.
About American Fitness
American Fitness is a leading retailer of home and commercial fitness equipment. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, AmericanFitness.net is the chosen provider of fitness and exercise equipment for schools, hotels, public service agencies, and US military organizations across the United States and abroad. American Fitness specializes in custom gym design using top brand equipment. With a focus on service and customer satisfaction, American Fitness seeks to support individuals and organizations in achieving fit and healthy lifestyles. For more information, please visit the company?s website at http://www.americanfitness.net.
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Illegal Pride operations, expense-account steakhouses, hole-in-the-wall ethnic places and jail -- welcome to Houston. If you're tempted to take a cell-phone picture of your dash thermometer, don't.
The only two places to get cited or shut down this week were a pair of Illegal MFUs. (Mobile food units, we're guessing.) Both were listed as operating on Westheimer in Montrose, and both were shut down Saturday. We'd hate to be the inspector who pulled Pride Parade duty. Nothing against the parade, but it can get too crowded to walk and get drunk at that thing, let alone try to do some kind of job. Whoever drew that straw found these two unnamed places did not have proper licensing and had no facilities to clean hands or equipment. Actually, in a pinch, lube from tiny packets will work like hand sanitizer. Give it a shot.
During an inspection last week, the Capital Grille (5365 Westheimer) earned two violations -- moist cleaning cloths not sanitized properly, and equipment not designed or maintained properly. And add the capitol/capital distinction to the list of spelling and grammar issues the Health Department has dealt with recently. A lot of people get that one wrong, but it's easier when the restaurant's name (capital, not capitol) is right there. No mercy.
We like it when out-of-the-way places like Aub Gu Jung Kim Bab (10049 Long Point) turn up mostly clean. We know people who just assume restaurants like that are dirty, with no regard for some of the filthier stuff that also goes on in more expensive, familiar locations. It's not like you're going to get some terrible strain of Korean hepatitis by eating in a neighborhood place like this. In fact, Aub Gu Jung's only issues were wall/ceiling not maintained properly and equipment not adjusted to manufacturers' specifications. Also, no Food Dealer's Permit, but who's surprised there, right?
If you plan to enjoy a meal at 61 Riesner -- also known as Houston City Jail -- you should be aware of certain issues. Specifically, those are dirty non-food contact surfaces; stored food not labeled by its common name; dirty or improperly used wiping cloths; employee not wearing proper hair restraint; and manager lacking a Food Service Manager's Certification. Perhaps you should voice these concerns when your dining companion asks for your sandwich.
There is a place called Grandma Bear's Daycare (5442 Richmond), and child, it is spotless.
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Kluwe doing the radio ad against the marriage amendment.
Chris Kluwe, 30, is a punter entering his eighth year with the Minnesota Vikings. He has done three radio ads for Minnesotans for Equality, opposed to a November ballot initiative in the state that would change the state constitution to define marriage only between a man and a woman.
Outspoken and articulate, Kluwe talked with me about why he is passionate about the issue, what it means to be a family and how a gay player would fit in the culture of the NFL.
Outsports: How did you get involved in the fight in Minnesota against the marriage amendment?
Kluwe: Someone contacted me on Twitter [from Minnesotans for Equality] and asked if I?d be interested. I said yes. I?ve always believed that people are inherently the same and should have the same rights and equal protection under the law. It really doesn?t matter what you do with who or whom as long as you?re not infringing on someone else?s rights. Everyone should be free to live their own life however it makes them happy.
Outsports: You?ve cut three radio ads so far. How involved are you going to get in this?
Kluwe: We did three of them and hopefully they?ll release the last two in a week or so. Whatever else they want me to do, I?m more than happy to speak up about it.
The Kluwes: Chris and Isabel with daughters Remy (left) and Olivia
Outsports: In the 30-second ad, you referenced families a lot. Families are the thing thrown at supporters of gay marriage because we?re told we have to protect the traditional family. Was that a conscious decision on your part to mention family several times?
Kluwe: I had some input in writing it and I wanted to make sure it was something that would resonate with people. I don?t think a lot of people realize that family is family. It doesn?t matter who you are; the people you grow up with, that?s your family. If you find out your kid is gay, are you going to love him any less? Because if you do, then you?re probably not doing parenting for the right reasons.
One of my wife?s brothers is gay and I know him and his partner [who live in California] would love to get married but they can?t.
Outsports: Do you have close friends who are gay?
Kluwe: None that I know of. Honestly, I?ve never really asked anyone. I?m more interested in if you?re going to play video games with me! Honestly, I don?t care. People don?t ask me what goes on in my bedroom and I try and give them the same privilege.
Outsports: Do you still think you?d be involved in this issue if you didn?t have a relation who was gay?
Kluwe: I would definitely still be signing up for it. One of the things my parents [Ron and Sandy] brought me up with is that you should have equality for everyone. I would like to think I have a pretty strong sense of justice and right and wrong. [The proposed marriage amendment] is just blatant discrimination and that?s not right, that?s wrong. ?
One of the best things parents can teach their children is to have the courage to go out and find your own answers in life. While we can give you a framework, it?s up to you to live your own life.
[Kluwe and his wife Isabel have two daughters: Remy, 2 in October, and Olivia, 4, on July 2.]
Outsports: How do see the issue in Minnesota playing out right now?
Kluwe: I see a slight edge right now among people who want to defeat it. Unfortunately, we?re going to have to wait to see if the people who want to have it pass resort to the kinds of fear tactics they generally use. ?If the gays marry, civilization is going to be ruined! It will be the downfall of everything!? Unfortunately, that seems to work with a lot of people because it hits that gut, instinctual emotional level ? rather than thinking it through and realizing it?s a specious argument.
Outsports: How do you see raising your two children in terms of acceptance?
Kluwe: Making sure they know that people are people and it doesn?t matter what you look like or what you believe in. Judge people on what they do, not what they say. You can proclaim anything you want, but your actions will show people who you really are.
Outsports: Switching to football, have you ever played with a teammate in high school, college (UCLA) or the pros (Minnesota Vikings) who you knew was gay?
Kluwe: No one I knew for a fact was gay, mainly because the locker room culture is the locker room culture. It?s a very tough environment for someone who?s gay to come out in.
I think people are growing more tolerant, as the younger generation has been raised to believe that being gay isn?t a bad thing. As more and more of those guys are getting into the locker room, I think it?s definitely becoming more tolerant.
It?s going to be really hard for someone to come out until someone does it at the professional level, because that will give that Jackie Robinson-type example that hey, it?s OK to do that. I would be completely supportive of a teammate who did that because when it comes down to it, it doesn?t matter your sexual orientation, it matters can you help us win on Sunday. That?s the only thing that matters in the locker room.
Outsports: Do you think it would be possible on the Vikings for someone under the right circumstances to come out publicly?
Kluwe: Yeah, I think it would. It would have to be someone who?s courageous and strong enough to withstand the inevitable abuse and insults that will come their way. It?s not going to be easy. But inside the locker room, I would do my part to make it as welcoming an environment as I could and I would definitely speak up if anyone tried to do anything negative there.
Outsports: What is it about the culture of the locker room that makes it not conducive to someone being open about their sexual orientation?
Kluwe: It?s a very machismo-type football culture. The past 100 years of football have been about it being a guys-guy sport and you have to shrug everything off and you could never show weakness. For a lot of people, they were raised that being gay is either a weakness or a sin, so it?s tough for a lot of guys to get past that kind of cultural conditioning.
But I think views are changing and I think they?ve changed enough to where I think that while it would be tough to come out,? there would be support there.
Outsports: If a Viking came out, he would be the same person but all you guys would know would be one new fact about him, so why would it be an issue?
Kluwe: I think for a lot of guys it?s just the uncomfortable side. They?re a little self-absorbed enough to think that, ?Hey, is this guy going to be checking me out in the shower all the time?,? when he might not even be his type. You tend to think about yourself first and how it relates to you, as opposed to, ?Hey, he?s still the same guy. He?s been showering with me before, he hasn?t done anything.? It?s not like all of a sudden there?s gonna be orgies in the middle of the locker room.
I?ve seen it become less rigid in terms of guys being tolerant, but it?s still tough because there is that football background to everything.
Outsports: Do you hear gay slurs either in the locker room or on the field, such as fag, faggot or queer?
Kluwe: I used to but I think that?s one of the things that?s changed due to culture in general the past 15 years. I know growing up as a teenager, that [fag] was one of the swear words you used with your friends because you thought it was a bad word but you never thought about the hurtful implications. But now people know it?s not just like bitch or ass that you can throw around ? it?s a lot more hurtful.
I definitely hear it a lot less than I did growing up. But that being said, there?s still some guys that use it. I haven?t anyone use it in a serious manner, it?s more they use it because they?re used to using it. I?ll call someone out if I hear someone saying it. ? Also, it does appeal more to a teenage mindset than an adult mindset.
Outsports: Do players gossip about players they think might be gay?
Kluwe: Nothing serious but you will get some guys that say ?He uses a lot of hair products and conditioners, what?s he hiding?? But the thing is you don?t know.
It?s not like people are coming over to my house in the middle of the night to make sure I am sleeping with my wife instead of other guys in the league. Unless someone comes out,? it would be really hard for guys to make a definitive statement that another guy is gay. There?s no flashing sign above your head saying gay or not gay. How you choose to present yourself, you can present yourself as either straight or gay.
There?s probably guys in the league who think that I?m probably gay because of the position I play and the stances I take, but my wife would probably beg to differ. Special teams, we?re kind of the bottom of the totem pole. As a special teams player, a lot of people don?t really consider you to be a football player even though you?re out there helping your team win and practicing like everybody else.
Outsports: How would Vikings fans react to an openly gay player?
Kluwe: I think fans would be OK with it. There?s a rich football tradition in Minnesota and while there are some people who would let their prejudice get the better of them, as a whole the state is fairly understanding when it comes to stuff like that. It?s a pretty liberal state and I think there would be a lot of support from fans if a player came out and he could play. What the fans want is for the team to win, so it doesn?t matter what your sexual orientation is ? can you help the team win?
Outsports: Do you think in the next decade, you will see an openly gay player?
Kluwe: I think we will due to the fact that the subject is coming up more and more not just in politics but in sports.
Outsports: Any last thoughts?
Kluwe: For me, it?s always been about justice and doing what?s right. People should treat each other the way they want to be treated and that?s basically what life boils down to.
Chris Kluwe has an a popular Twitter feed you can follow. Here is a great profile of him from Yahoo.
Read Kluwe?s letter urging Minnesotans to vote no.
For more on the Minnesota marriage amendment, check out Minnesotans For Equality.
If you would like maintain and enhance your home?s worth, a bit redecorating work can easily make a significant difference. What?s much more, some redesigning is necessary only to fulfill your home?s servicing needs. There are several jobs it is possible to partake in to help make your property an area you happen to be proud of. Continue reading for a few guidance.
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If your units want a face lift, you can do this without going broke. Repainting them can really recreate your space. Cupboards may be spruced track of new finishes. Research some ways to make it happen on the net, pick out some ways that this will work for you and also improve your appear.
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New way of probing exoplanet atmospheresPublic release date: 27-Jun-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Richard Hook rhook@eso.org 49-893-200-6655 ESO
Tau Botis b finally revealed
The planet Tau Bootis b [1] was one of the first exoplanets to be discovered back in 1996, and it is still one of the closest exoplanets known. Although its parent star is easily visible with the naked eye, the planet itself certainly is not, and up to now it could only be detected by its gravitational effects on the star. Tau Bootis b is a large "hot Jupiter" planet orbiting very close to its parent star.
Like most exoplanets, this planet does not transit the disc of its star (like the recent transit of Venus). Up to now such transits were essential to allow the study of hot Jupiter atmospheres: when a planet passes in front of its star it imprints the properties of the atmosphere onto the starlight. As no starlight shines through Tau Bootis b's atmosphere towards us, this means the planet's atmosphere could not be studied before.
But now, after 15 years of attempting to study the faint glow that is emitted from hot Jupiter exoplanets, astronomers have finally succeeded in reliably probing the structure of the atmosphere of Tau Bootis b and deducing its mass accurately for the first time. The team used the CRIRES [2] instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile. They combined high quality infrared observations (at wavelengths around 2.3 microns) [3] with a clever new trick to tease out the weak signal of the planet from the much stronger one from the parent star [4].
Lead author of the study Matteo Brogi (Leiden Observatory, the Netherlands) explains: "Thanks to the high quality observations provided by the VLT and CRIRES we were able to study the spectrum of the system in much more detail than has been possible before. Only about 0.01% of the light we see comes from the planet, and the rest from the star, so this was not easy".
The majority of planets around other stars were discovered by their gravitational effects on their parent stars, which limits the information that can be gleaned about their mass: they only allow a lower limit to be calculated for a planet's mass [5]. The new technique pioneered here is much more powerful. Seeing the planet's light directly has allowed the astronomers to measure the angle of the planet's orbit and hence work out its mass precisely. By tracing the changes in the planet's motion as it orbits its star, the team has determined reliably for the first time that Tau Bootis b orbits its host star at an angle of 44 degrees and has a mass six times that of the planet Jupiter in our own Solar System.
"The new VLT observations solve the 15-year old problem of the mass of Tau Bootis b. And the new technique also means that we can now study the atmospheres of exoplanets that don't transit their stars, as well as measuring their masses accurately, which was impossible before", says Ignas Snellen (Leiden Observatory, the Netherlands), co-author of the paper. "This is a big step forward."
As well as detecting the glow of the atmosphere and measuring Tau Bootis b's mass, the team has probed its atmosphere and measured the amount of carbon monoxide present, as well as the temperature at different altitudes by means of a comparison between the observations and theoretical models. A surprising result from this work was that the new observations indicated an atmosphere with a temperature that falls higher up. This result is the exact opposite of the temperature inversion -- an increase in temperature with height -- found for other hot Jupiter exoplanets [6] [7].
The VLT observations show that high resolution spectroscopy from ground-based telescopes is a valuable tool for a detailed analysis of non-transiting exoplanets' atmospheres. The detection of different molecules in future will allow astronomers to learn more about the planet's atmospheric conditions. By making measurements along the planet's orbit, astronomers may even be able to track atmospheric changes between the planet's morning and evening.
"This study shows the enormous potential of current and future ground-based telescopes, such as the E-ELT. Maybe one day we may even find evidence for biological activity on Earth-like planets in this way", concludes Ignas Snellen.
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Notes
[1] The name of the planet, Tau Bootis b, combines the name of the star (Tau Bootis, or ? Bootis, ? is the Greek letter "tau", not a letter "t" ) with the letter "b" indicating that this is the first planet found around this star. The designation Tau Bootis a is used for the star itself.
[2] CRyogenic InfraRed Echelle Spectrometer
[3] At infrared wavelengths, the parent star emits less light than in the optical regime, so this is a wavelength regime favorable for separating out the dim planet's signal.
[4] This method uses the velocity of the planet in orbit around its parent star to distinguish its radiation from that of the star and also from features coming from the Earth's atmosphere. The same team of astronomers tested this technique before on a transiting planet, measuring its orbital velocity during its crossing of the stellar disc.
[5] This is because the tilt of the orbit is normally unknown. If the planet's orbit is tilted relative to the line of sight between Earth and the star then a more massive planet causes the same observed back and forth motion of the star as a lighter planet in a less tilted orbit and it is not possible to separate the two effects.
[6] Thermal inversions are thought to be characterised by molecular features in emission in the spectrum, rather than in absorption, as interpreted from photometric observations of hot Jupiters with the Spitzer Space Telescope. The exoplanet HD209458b is the best-studied example of thermal inversions in the exoplanet atmospheres.
[7] This observation supports models in which strong ultraviolet emission associated to chromospheric activity -- similar to the one exhibited by the host star of Tau Bootis b -- is responsible for the inhibition of the thermal inversion.
More information
This research was presented in a paper "The signature of orbital motion from the dayside of the planet ? Bootis b" to appear in the journal Nature on 28 June 2012.
The team is composed of Matteo Brogi (Leiden Observatory, the Netherlands), Ignas A. G. Snellen (Leiden Observatory), Remco J. de Kok (SRON, Utrecht, the Netherlands), Simon Albrecht (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA), Jayne Birkby (Leiden Observatory) and Ernst J. W. de Mooij (University of Toronto, Canada; Leiden Observatory).
The year 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Southern Observatory (ESO). ESO is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and the world's most productive astronomical observatory. It is supported by 15 countries: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. ESO carries out an ambitious programme focused on the design, construction and operation of powerful ground-based observing facilities enabling astronomers to make important scientific discoveries. ESO also plays a leading role in promoting and organising cooperation in astronomical research. ESO operates three unique world-class observing sites in Chile: La Silla, Paranal and Chajnantor. At Paranal, ESO operates the Very Large Telescope, the world's most advanced visible-light astronomical observatory and two survey telescopes. VISTA works in the infrared and is the world's largest survey telescope and the VLT Survey Telescope is the largest telescope designed to exclusively survey the skies in visible light. ESO is the European partner of a revolutionary astronomical telescope ALMA, the largest astronomical project in existence. ESO is currently planning a 40-metre-class European Extremely Large optical/near-infrared Telescope, the E-ELT, which will become "the world's biggest eye on the sky".
Links
- Research paper in Nature: http://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1227/eso1227.pdf
- Photos of the VLT: http://www.eso.org/public/images/archive/search/?adv=&subject_name=Very%20Large%20Telescope
- Other images taken with the VLT: http://www.eso.org/public/images/archive/search/?adv=&facility=31
Contacts
Ignas Snellen
Leiden Observatory, Leiden University
Leiden, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 715 275838
Email: snellen@strw.leidenuniv.nl
Matteo Brogi
Leiden Observatory, Leiden University
Leiden, The Neherlands
Tel: +31 715 278434
Email: brogi@strw.leidenuniv.nl
Jayne Birkby
Leiden Observatory, Leiden University
Leiden, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 715 275832
Email: birkby@strw.leidenuniv.nl
Richard Hook
ESO, La Silla, Paranal, E-ELT & Survey Telescopes Press Officer
Garching bei Mnchen, Germany
Tel: +49 89 3200 6655
Cell: +49 151 1537 3591
Email: rhook@eso.org
Remco de Kok
Space Research Organization Netherlands (SRON)
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 88 777 5725
Email: R.J.de.Kok@sron.nl
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New way of probing exoplanet atmospheresPublic release date: 27-Jun-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Richard Hook rhook@eso.org 49-893-200-6655 ESO
Tau Botis b finally revealed
The planet Tau Bootis b [1] was one of the first exoplanets to be discovered back in 1996, and it is still one of the closest exoplanets known. Although its parent star is easily visible with the naked eye, the planet itself certainly is not, and up to now it could only be detected by its gravitational effects on the star. Tau Bootis b is a large "hot Jupiter" planet orbiting very close to its parent star.
Like most exoplanets, this planet does not transit the disc of its star (like the recent transit of Venus). Up to now such transits were essential to allow the study of hot Jupiter atmospheres: when a planet passes in front of its star it imprints the properties of the atmosphere onto the starlight. As no starlight shines through Tau Bootis b's atmosphere towards us, this means the planet's atmosphere could not be studied before.
But now, after 15 years of attempting to study the faint glow that is emitted from hot Jupiter exoplanets, astronomers have finally succeeded in reliably probing the structure of the atmosphere of Tau Bootis b and deducing its mass accurately for the first time. The team used the CRIRES [2] instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile. They combined high quality infrared observations (at wavelengths around 2.3 microns) [3] with a clever new trick to tease out the weak signal of the planet from the much stronger one from the parent star [4].
Lead author of the study Matteo Brogi (Leiden Observatory, the Netherlands) explains: "Thanks to the high quality observations provided by the VLT and CRIRES we were able to study the spectrum of the system in much more detail than has been possible before. Only about 0.01% of the light we see comes from the planet, and the rest from the star, so this was not easy".
The majority of planets around other stars were discovered by their gravitational effects on their parent stars, which limits the information that can be gleaned about their mass: they only allow a lower limit to be calculated for a planet's mass [5]. The new technique pioneered here is much more powerful. Seeing the planet's light directly has allowed the astronomers to measure the angle of the planet's orbit and hence work out its mass precisely. By tracing the changes in the planet's motion as it orbits its star, the team has determined reliably for the first time that Tau Bootis b orbits its host star at an angle of 44 degrees and has a mass six times that of the planet Jupiter in our own Solar System.
"The new VLT observations solve the 15-year old problem of the mass of Tau Bootis b. And the new technique also means that we can now study the atmospheres of exoplanets that don't transit their stars, as well as measuring their masses accurately, which was impossible before", says Ignas Snellen (Leiden Observatory, the Netherlands), co-author of the paper. "This is a big step forward."
As well as detecting the glow of the atmosphere and measuring Tau Bootis b's mass, the team has probed its atmosphere and measured the amount of carbon monoxide present, as well as the temperature at different altitudes by means of a comparison between the observations and theoretical models. A surprising result from this work was that the new observations indicated an atmosphere with a temperature that falls higher up. This result is the exact opposite of the temperature inversion -- an increase in temperature with height -- found for other hot Jupiter exoplanets [6] [7].
The VLT observations show that high resolution spectroscopy from ground-based telescopes is a valuable tool for a detailed analysis of non-transiting exoplanets' atmospheres. The detection of different molecules in future will allow astronomers to learn more about the planet's atmospheric conditions. By making measurements along the planet's orbit, astronomers may even be able to track atmospheric changes between the planet's morning and evening.
"This study shows the enormous potential of current and future ground-based telescopes, such as the E-ELT. Maybe one day we may even find evidence for biological activity on Earth-like planets in this way", concludes Ignas Snellen.
###
Notes
[1] The name of the planet, Tau Bootis b, combines the name of the star (Tau Bootis, or ? Bootis, ? is the Greek letter "tau", not a letter "t" ) with the letter "b" indicating that this is the first planet found around this star. The designation Tau Bootis a is used for the star itself.
[2] CRyogenic InfraRed Echelle Spectrometer
[3] At infrared wavelengths, the parent star emits less light than in the optical regime, so this is a wavelength regime favorable for separating out the dim planet's signal.
[4] This method uses the velocity of the planet in orbit around its parent star to distinguish its radiation from that of the star and also from features coming from the Earth's atmosphere. The same team of astronomers tested this technique before on a transiting planet, measuring its orbital velocity during its crossing of the stellar disc.
[5] This is because the tilt of the orbit is normally unknown. If the planet's orbit is tilted relative to the line of sight between Earth and the star then a more massive planet causes the same observed back and forth motion of the star as a lighter planet in a less tilted orbit and it is not possible to separate the two effects.
[6] Thermal inversions are thought to be characterised by molecular features in emission in the spectrum, rather than in absorption, as interpreted from photometric observations of hot Jupiters with the Spitzer Space Telescope. The exoplanet HD209458b is the best-studied example of thermal inversions in the exoplanet atmospheres.
[7] This observation supports models in which strong ultraviolet emission associated to chromospheric activity -- similar to the one exhibited by the host star of Tau Bootis b -- is responsible for the inhibition of the thermal inversion.
More information
This research was presented in a paper "The signature of orbital motion from the dayside of the planet ? Bootis b" to appear in the journal Nature on 28 June 2012.
The team is composed of Matteo Brogi (Leiden Observatory, the Netherlands), Ignas A. G. Snellen (Leiden Observatory), Remco J. de Kok (SRON, Utrecht, the Netherlands), Simon Albrecht (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA), Jayne Birkby (Leiden Observatory) and Ernst J. W. de Mooij (University of Toronto, Canada; Leiden Observatory).
The year 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Southern Observatory (ESO). ESO is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and the world's most productive astronomical observatory. It is supported by 15 countries: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. ESO carries out an ambitious programme focused on the design, construction and operation of powerful ground-based observing facilities enabling astronomers to make important scientific discoveries. ESO also plays a leading role in promoting and organising cooperation in astronomical research. ESO operates three unique world-class observing sites in Chile: La Silla, Paranal and Chajnantor. At Paranal, ESO operates the Very Large Telescope, the world's most advanced visible-light astronomical observatory and two survey telescopes. VISTA works in the infrared and is the world's largest survey telescope and the VLT Survey Telescope is the largest telescope designed to exclusively survey the skies in visible light. ESO is the European partner of a revolutionary astronomical telescope ALMA, the largest astronomical project in existence. ESO is currently planning a 40-metre-class European Extremely Large optical/near-infrared Telescope, the E-ELT, which will become "the world's biggest eye on the sky".
Links
- Research paper in Nature: http://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1227/eso1227.pdf
- Photos of the VLT: http://www.eso.org/public/images/archive/search/?adv=&subject_name=Very%20Large%20Telescope
- Other images taken with the VLT: http://www.eso.org/public/images/archive/search/?adv=&facility=31
Contacts
Ignas Snellen
Leiden Observatory, Leiden University
Leiden, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 715 275838
Email: snellen@strw.leidenuniv.nl
Matteo Brogi
Leiden Observatory, Leiden University
Leiden, The Neherlands
Tel: +31 715 278434
Email: brogi@strw.leidenuniv.nl
Jayne Birkby
Leiden Observatory, Leiden University
Leiden, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 715 275832
Email: birkby@strw.leidenuniv.nl
Richard Hook
ESO, La Silla, Paranal, E-ELT & Survey Telescopes Press Officer
Garching bei Mnchen, Germany
Tel: +49 89 3200 6655
Cell: +49 151 1537 3591
Email: rhook@eso.org
Remco de Kok
Space Research Organization Netherlands (SRON)
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 88 777 5725
Email: R.J.de.Kok@sron.nl
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NBC News has exclusively obtained a tape, recorded by police detectives the week before Jerry Sandusky's conviction, in which his own adopted son, Matt, talks about being sexually abused by the former Penn. State coach. NBC's Michael Isikoff reports.
By Michael Isikoff, NBC News
Jerry Sandusky?s adopted son Matt told police he was sexually molested by his father for years ? and once fled in fear from the Sandusky home ? during a secret police interview that took place in the middle of his father?s trial for child sex-abuse, according to a copy of the tape obtained by NBC News. ?? ?
Matt Sandusky, 33, ?said his father would enter his bedroom at night and ?blow raspberries? on his stomach, then move his hand down his body, rubbing up against his genitals. Matt Sandusky said he would sometimes cower ?in a fetal position? in his bed trying to avoid his father. ?? ?
?It just was, just became very uncomfortable. You know, just with everything that was going on,? he said on the tape.?? ?
?What was, what was going on?? a police detective asked.?? ?
?With like the showering, with the hugging, with the rubbing, with the just talking to me. The way he spoke. And just, the whole interaction with him alone. Anything, anytime we were alone just those interactions?? Matt Sandusky said on the tape. ?? ?
But unlike some of the victims who testified at Sandusky?s trial, Matt Sandusky said he could not remember if his father ever actually engaged in certain sex acts with him.??
?You said at the beginning of our interview last night that things happened to you, but there was no, that you can recall, there was no penetration or oral sex. Is that correct?? the police detective asked.??
?Yes. As of this time, I don?t recall that.?? ? ?
NBC News has exclusively obtained the 29-minute audiotape, which was recorded by police detectives on June 15, four days after the Jerry Sandusky trial began. At the time, the detectives were preparing Sandusky?s son to testify as a surprise prosecution witness at his father?s trial.?? ?
For years, Matt Sandusky had publicly stood by his father and even showed up on the first day of the trial, sitting with the rest of the Sandusky family. But after listening to the first day of testimony from a young man known in court documents as "Victim 4," Matt Sandusky contacted police and volunteered to testify on behalf of the prosecution. The prosecutors? plan was to use Matt Sandusky as a rebuttal witness if Jerry Sandusky took the stand in his own defense. ?
It turned out to be a crucial turning point in the Sandusky trial. When Jerry Sandusky learned that his own adopted son was prepared to testify against him, it was a ?complete shock," and it played a big role in his decision not to take the witness stand, according to one of his lawyers, Karl Rominger.?? ?
?You have to understand that Matt has worked with him, Matt has helped the defense, Matt literally carried boxes in the courthouse with us,? Rominger said. ?Matt has given multiple investigators from the government and our side ironclad statements of support for his father.??? ?
?That was the first day where he (Jerry Sandusky) really was visibly shaken, or upset,? Rominger added. Asked how big a role Matt Sandusky played in his client?s decision not to testify, Rominger said: ?It was a huge factor.??? ?
Had Matt Sandusky actually taken the stand, he added, ?We would have hit Matt with both barrels. ? He told the police 'no,' he told our investigator, 'no,' he told the A.G.?s office 'no,' he told the grand jury 'no.' And then one day in the middle of the trial he suddenly says, 'All these things happened?'?? ?
In his interview with police, Matt Sandusky was asked directly why he decided to change his previous denials of abuse and cooperate with police. ?? ?
?I came forward, I mean, for different reasons,? he said. ?But I mean for my family you know so that they can really have closure and see what the truth actually is. And just to right the wrong, honestly, of going to the grand jury and lying.??? ?
Matt Sandusky also said that he has been working with a therapist and, as a result, ?more memories are coming back.? ??
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Matt Sandusky: From staunch defender to his dad's accuser?
Ghosts of Sandusky's dreams haunt home where his charity was born
Matt met Jerry Sandusky through The Second Mile, the charity the former Penn State University defensive coordinator founded to help at-risk children. Like many other Second Mile boys, he began staying overnight at the Sandusky house. Sandusky?and his wife, Dottie,?later became his foster parents and adopted him at age 18.?? ?
But Matt Sandusky told police he was molested for much of that time, saying?that his father would become sexually aroused by rubbing against him in the shower, during wrestling sessions and in bed. The sexual overtures at one point caused him to try to escape his father?s clutches by fleeing from the house barefoot at night in a thunderstorm and running to his grandfather?s house to hide in the basement.?? ?
On another occasion, he and a girlfriend, who was also staying at the Sandusky house, tried to commit suicide by overdosing on aspirin at a hotel. Matt Sandusky told police he finds it ?hard to believe? that his father?s abuse wasn?t a factor in causing him to try to kill himself, although ?I don?t have any concrete evidence.?? ?
?But I know that I really wanted to die at that point in time so that?s best I can really answer that.? Matt Sandusky also said that his father?s molesting stopped when he started to ?transition? to another young man who used to stay at the Sandusky house. That boy, now a man known in court documents as "Victim 4," was the first witness at Sandusky?s trial, testifying to years of sexual abuse.?
The police detective said on the tape, ?You told us that you feel (Victim 4) took over for you, and that he was your dad?s transition??
?I believe my dad moved on from me to (Victim 4), yes,? Matt Sandusky replied.?? ?
In a statement Monday night to NBC News, Matt Sandusky?s lawyers, Andrew Shubin and Justine Andronici, said: ?This tape demonstrates Matt?s tremendous courage and strength as he begins to disclose that Jerry Sandusky sexually abused him when he was a child. Although the tape was released without Matt?s knowledge or permission, he made the difficult decision to come forward and tell the painful truth to investigators despite the extraordinary pressure to support his father.???
After a two-week trial, Jerry Sandusky was convicted Friday night on 45 of 48 counts of child sex abuse. His lawyer, Rominger, said he was the first to visit Sandusky in jail Monday and described his client as defiant.?? ?
?He?s not a beaten man,? he said. ?He is pacing a cell right now, being held in solitary confinement, wanting to get out and get his story out and continue to defend himself.? He added: ?I don?t think Jerry believes there?s anything to feel sorry for. At this point, he maintains his innocence adamantly.??????
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Attention tennis fans. I'm sure you haven't failed to remember that today sees the start of the Wimbledon tennis championship in London. If you fancy keeping up with all the news and gossip from the tournament you will be pleased to know that the official Wimbledon app is now available to download for free.
The tournament runs from today through July 8, and the eyes of the world will be on Southwest London. Why not keep your eyes on it too, all from your Android smartphone?
Key features of the app include:
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Results.
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Most homeowner?s find themselves in need of repairs or home improvement at one time or another. Here are some handy tips to pass on! Hopefully, this will save you both time and money by doing it right the first time. Read on for some great advice.
If you are hiring someone to perform your home improvement work, make sure to get multiple bids for the project. Although it can be a little time consuming, this process ensures that you are getting the best deal on your project, and it helps you become more familiar with the industry and what to expect from your contractor.
Improve the efficiency of your tank-style water heater by wrapping it with a special water heater blanket. These blankets help to trap some of the heat typically lost to the surrounding air, which can reduce the amount of energy it takes to heat the water in the water heater?s tank.
If you are interested in changing the appearance of your home consider veneer. There are many different types of veneer that you can use. You can practically make your home look however you would like. Rocks and bricks of different types are the most popular which are very popular and versatile.
If you are a pet owner make sure that there are no lingering pet hairs or pet odors in the home when you are giving a showing. This is especially true for people that have carpets because the buyers will worry about whether these issues will cause them to have to replace them.
Candle wax can be hard to remove from tablecloths and other surfaces. A simple fix can be taking a piece of wax paper, laying it over the wax stain and ironing over it with the iron on the highest setting. The iron will melt the wax, causing it to stick to your wax paper.
If you have a simple bathroom in your house, why not improve it? Upgrade the shower into a steam model, or take the bathtub from a grungy built-in to a clawfoot. Replace the toilet with a new push-button efficiency model to save money on water bills while enhancing the look of your loo.
In order to make a living running a home improvement gig, you must know the proper rates to charge. This includes being able to give your customer a detailed report of the expenses that they are incurring. These rates include materials and labor, so make sure that you don?t charge them too much or you will not get the job.
An extremely simple way to improve your home is to change out your air filters. Not only do allergens and dust creep into your air ducts when the filter is too clogged, but the efficiency of your system can be brought down by neglecting to change the filters. This is very important to do often if you have pets in the house.
If you are planning a home improvement project that involves turning off the water or removing plumbing fixtures, make alternate arrangements in case things get held up. For example, you don?t want your family being stuck without a sink or toilet over the weekend, if the delivery of the new one gets held up.
Consider replacing your roof with shingles that are lighter in color or even using white tiles. Having a lighter-colored roof will reduce the amount of heat absorbed by your attic and upper floors, making your house more comfortable and reducing the energy needed to cool it during those hot summer months.
Make sure that your contractor is filing for and receiving the permits needed to make home improvements. This requires that you double check his paperwork and go to your city to find out if he?s filed for the permits. A good contractor will provide you a record of his actions without you even having to ask for it.
When seeking to fix up that home, it?s a great idea to use energy-efficient lighting. Not only will you end up saving a lot of money in the long run, your home will also be a lot more valuable if you ever decide to sell it. As an added bonus, new eco light bulbs last for years as opposed to only a few months.
If you have hired an outside service to aid you a home improvement project ? always inspect the finished work thoroughly ? before paying the final installment for the services. By conducting this inspection, you have a better chance of getting discrepancies and deficiencies in the contracted work corrected. Once you have paid in full, it is much harder to get these issues remedied!
As you have read in this article, with just a little planning and some investigation, you can take on basic home improvement projects and make your home a happy, healthy place for your family. By knowing what projects you can do and what projects you should leave to the experts, you can even save a significant amount of money. So pick up that hammer and those nails, and have fun with your next home improvement project!
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