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Space opera on a magnificent, non-stop roller-coaster of action --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Neal Asher was born and bred and on the Essex coast, and still lives there. His previous novels include Gridlinked, The Skinner, The Line of Polity, Cowl and Brass Man.
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As a runcible opens from 800 years in the future the team that were sent to return the Maker to its civilisation in the Small Magellanic cloud comes through in a panic, the Makers overrun by Jain tech. With runcible time-travel not recommended by the AI's of the Polity due to the huge power requirements and dangers it involves, this situation is used solely to destroy the Jain infested Maker civilisation and most of the Small Magellanic cloud. This event raises many questions, most prominent of them being the purpose of Dragon, the huge bio-construct that the Makers created and sent to the Polity. Meanwhile an entity called Legate is distributing Jain nodes to certain people within the Polity, one of these being Orlandine, a haiman who takes a whole different approach to studying the Jain technology she has in her possession, while another is a dangerous separatist leader on the planet of Coloron. Meanwhile Horace Blegg, the infamous immortal of legend, is slowly learning more and more about jain tech and of himself, while Cormac continues to discover more about Dragon while trying to limit and eradicate the spread of Jain tech. And then there is the King of Hearts, a renegade AI whose journey out of the Polity leads him to discover something very dangerous indeed.
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Set in a time where inter-stellar humanity is governed by enlighted AIs, this book sees Ian Cormac again thrown into the middle of trying to save the Polity from the threat of the Jain. To call Ian Cormac a super-agent undersells the character massively. He is no one dimensional futuristic James Bond but rather an interesting and flawed man with a hint of mystique that might explain why an unaugmented human is in charge of AI minds magnitudes more superior to his. Other previous characters are also back, such as Mika and Horace Blegg. The storyline of the latter is particularly good as it raises as many questions as it answers.
The Jain have been previously mentioned in this series as the source of Skellor's (a previous adversary) abilities. Polity Agent fleshes out more details of the threat these Von Neumann machine-like objects pose, the history of the Jain and who is orchestrating the current situation.
Polity Agent is a gripping read, both involving and exciting. All in all, this is another excellent book richly deserving of 5 stars
The whole of the Polity universe is well plotted across at least 8 books each with over 500 pages.
I was finding that I was impatient to be home so I could immerse myself again each evening.
When you come to the end of one book you will just want to pick up the next.
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The oil giant barely missed a record for full-year earnings. It earned $44.88 billion in 2012, about $340 million shy of its 2008 mark of $45.22 billion, an all-time high for a publicly traded company.
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The nation's biggest oil company said Friday that net income equaled $2.20 per share, compared with $9.4 billion, or $1.97 per share, a year earlier. But revenue fell 5 percent to $115.17 billion, a drop of $6.44 billion.
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Um estúdio de artes que foi adaptado para um apartamento completo, integrado a um conjunto de mais 4 estúdios no mesmo terreno arborizado
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It's a private arts studio, like a small village, located in a 500 m2 area at Vila Madalena, an artistic neighborhood in São Paulo at only 10 minutes walk from Vila Madalena Metro Station.
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Isaiah Washington's sorry biggoted ass should be fired. Where is the outrage from the press, if the situation was reversed they would never get their panties out of the crack of their bums.
I am very offended and feel he should be punished. I don't understand how2 white men were punished so severely about jewish and the n word but washington is just getting a slap on the wrist for the f word. shame
I am not a biggoted person in any way shape or form. Being African American my parents taught me to always be tolerant even when others weren't. To further this, my sister who I love dearly is gay.With that being said I don't think that Washington using the F word to deffend himself against reports that he did is in any way a slur against the gay community. I think that Giuliano's claim that Washington's comments put gays in harms way is just riddicioulous! Just as Michael Richards use of the N word did not put blacks in harms way. It was very offensive, but no one was endangered by it.
This must be Prats on display day on Pink news.Now we have another Prat, works in show business, and not aware (Like hell!), that show business is successful because of gay people!
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Google Hot Searches no longer features the 20 trending U.S. searches. Google has opted to remove 17 of those searches but has added related thumbnail pictures, the number of searches over 24 hours, a few related searches, and links to some news stories.
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This two-storey apartment with a size of 170m2 is located in the first and second floor of an classic Berlin apartment building in the Perleberger Street 16, close to the new Berlin main train station and the Fritz-Schloss park. The name of the apartment is derived from a very big mirror. The two floors are connected via an internal larch wood stair. The apartment has a fully equipped kitchen, two bath rooms, a big living room and 5 bedrooms. All bedrooms have Queen-Size beds and there are two additional mobile beds for two more quests. The whole apartment offers a comfortable environment in the city centre of Berlin for up to 12 quests. Both kitchens have a modern stove, dishwasher, a big fridge with integrated freezer, coffee brewer, water cooker and much more. The window view on the backyard is like a look back in the history of this part of the Berlin and shows the old brick building of a two storey horse stable, which belongs to the black smith workshop around the corner.
The apartment is located in the North of the Tiergarten Park in the city centre, close to the inner city airport Tegel and the political city centre around the Reichstag building. There are very good public traffic connections and short distances to the historical and cultural city centre.
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Great place to stay, very spacious,not too far from the S-bahn. next time in berlin; willbook it again!
This is the place to be when going to visit beautiful Berlin! Quiet location, close to the places of interest and above all marvellous appartments, spacious with all the equipment you need. The people of the lofts are really there to make the stay as convienent as possible.
Four of us stayed here on a business trip. The area is a residential area, so maybe not so good for tourists, but it was suitable for our trip. The apartment was nice and comfortable and also had internet, which was very useful. The only strange thing was when we checked out there was no one there and we only very briefly met the host at the beginning, to get the keys. We thought this was quite strange but nothing negative. I would definitely recommend this place to other guests.
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Kompliment an die Reinigungskraft. So sauber hatten wir es noch nie.
Ausstattung mit Elektrogeräten sehr gut.
Die kleine Wohnung reicht für ein paar Tage vollkommen.
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Appertement top eingerichtet und eine Oase der Ruhe.
Hatten einen super netten Aufenthalt in einer schönen, sauberen Wohnung. Einziges Manko war, dass das WLAN nicht immer so gut funktioniert hat, sonst alles top!
Sehr schöne und ruhige Wohnung, für sechs Personen perfekt. Gute Lage, schnelle Anbindung an ÖPNV. Sehr netter Kontakt - absolute Empfehlung.
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Etwas kleiner als erwartet aber völlig ausreichend.
Sehr schöne, saubere, ruhige und gemütliche Wohnung mit Allem, was man sich wünschen kann. Wir kommen gerne wieder :)
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Apple Inc. (AAPL): Can The Stock Recover With Stiffer Competition?
Samsung launched its latest salvo against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) in the ongoing war for global smartphone dominance last Thursday. And with BlackBerry's new product, analysts are divided on where Apple shares go from here.
The new Samsung Galaxy S4 boasts a five-inch screen compared to the iPhone's four-inch display and the "Air Gesture," feature allows users to navigate their phone without actually touching the device.
"The fact of the matter is Samsung is coming out with new products more frequently than Apple is and that consequently has led to a significant advantage that Samsung has built upon given strong execution," David Garrity of GVA Research said in a CNBC interview.
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Moving along the Rhine from Mainz one arrives in Worms. Along with Mainz and Speyer Worms is one of the Kehilot Shum, the three great centres of medieval Torah learning in Ashkenaz. It was here that Rashi came to study before returning to France. The most important medieval Rabbi in Worms was the Maharam MeRutenburg, Moreinu verabbeinu Rav Meir. He is considered the last of the Tosafists[1]. Born in Worms in the mid-13th century he...Continue Reading »
Balak: Animal Rights, Human Wrongs
"The pre-eminence of man over beast is non-existent, for all is vain" (Shacharit). Man has unfortunately proven the truth of this statement over and over again. Our desire for momentary pleasure all too often blinds us to the long term repercussions of our actions. Moreover our cruelty, cunning, deceit, and moral decay know no bounds. Even animals at times display an innate sense of what is right and wrong....Continue Reading »
Musings from Mainz
Askenazic Jewry begins as Jews settle along the Rhine river in the middle decades of the tenth century. While individual Jews may have arrived in earlier years it is only in the 10th century when the first communities are established. It is Rabbeinu Gershom of Mainz who puts Askenaz on the map. Biographically we know little of him and his fame today rests primarily with the takkanot he established...Continue Reading »
Reflections from Germany - Part 3
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After years of disappointing fantasy production, is there any reason to believe that an Arizona Cardinals running back can emerge as a legitimate fantasy threat?
Calling Beanie Wells' 2010 campaign a fantasy disappointment would be akin to calling Bernie Madoff a bad investor. Sure, both analogies begin to sketch the breadth of the subject matter, but the truth is that without further description, neither portrays a complete representation of the disaster that would unfurl upon their victims. Drafted as the 14th running back on average last season, Wells posted just 51 total fantasy points for the total season. To put that into perspective, last season's top fantasy running back, Arian Foster, scored 53 points in the first two weeks of the season. With that said, let's remember there were reasons Wells was drafted so early last season.
The most prominent reason for Wells' high draft position last season was that he was a solid fantasy producer during the last eight games of the 2009 regular season, when he racked up 626 total yards and six touchdowns. Fantasy owners seemed to ignore the plethora of injuries that affected Wells' production at Ohio State and perhaps focused solely on those eight games. The prospects of projecting those numbers over a full season and then adding a mythical growth factor because Wells would be in his second year drove his draft position up to a point where he could likely only return the value of the pick that was used to select him. While that may sound good in practice, you win fantasy football championships by selecting players who overperform their draft slot, not by taking those that produce a neutral or negative value.
While projecting a sample size to a larger body of work might be just as valid a method for predicting future performance as any other, the real risk in Wells' sample size was that it required him to stay healthy enough to maintain his 4.6 yards per carry. Wells suffered a meniscus injury during training camp that would cause him to miss the first two games of the 2010 season. It affected his performance later in the season when swelling became an issue. The injury became a big risk because it both limited his playing time and his production when he was in the lineup. The final result was an almost apocalyptic drop in yards per carry to just 3.4, which, when coupled with Wells' almost complete invisibility in the Cardinals' passing attack, made him one the larger busts of the 2010 season.
Fast forward to the 2011 NFL draft, when the Cardinals shocked many insiders by using the 34th overall selection on Virginia Tech running back Ryan Williams. After investing a first-round pick in Wells in the 2009 draft and having the relatively productive Tim Hightower under contract, the move to draft Williams didn't seem to make much sense. That is, until you really analyze how offenses that have been run by head coach Ken Whisenhunt have been most effective.
While the Cardinals have been a primarily two-back offense since 2008, one should realize that split of the carries between multiple backs may not be what Whisenhunt wanted, but rather him playing the hands that were dealt to him. Specifically, in 2008 it was Edgerrin James' lack of production that caused the incorporation of Tim Hightower into the offense. In 2009, rookie Wells sprained his ankle early in training camp, which kept him out of most of the preseason. And, as mentioned before, Wells was injured in 2010 in a manner that also made having one feature back impossible.
Before 2008, offenses were rather different under Whisenhunt. When you look at the three seasons that Whisenhunt served as the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator and the first season he functioned as the Cardinals' head coach, the primary running backs in his offensive schemes averaged almost 292 carries per year. To put that into perspective, only eight running backs achieved that height last season.
Which brings us back to Williams
ESPN.com NFC West blogger Mike Sando wrote in his recent report from the Cardinals camp, "Williams looks like the better pure runner. Where Wells is more of a downhill runner with straight-line tendencies, Williams has shown he can cut effortlessly, even at high speed. One of Williams' coaches from Virginia Tech told the Cardinals he had never coached a more talented player." While Williams did show a tendency to suffer hamstring issues at Virginia Tech, with a better training regimen and more oversight, one should expect that these issues would be minimized now that he's in the NFL.
When presented with these facts, statistics and observations, you can probably come up with a couple of different scenarios for the Cardinals backfield:
1. The Cardinals continue to utilize a split backfield. In this scenario, Wells would likely be the first-down back, with Williams handling passing-down responsibilities. Both backs would serve as valuable third or fourth backs on most fantasy squads.
2. The Cardinals establish one playmaker as the primary ball handler. Under this scenario, the primary ball handler has to be Williams, as Wells' skill set does not include the prerequisite talent necessary to be an effective pass-catching back.
If you asked me to bet on how this plays out this season, I'd lean toward the Cardinals opening the season with Wells as the early-down back with Williams as the primary third-down back. However, I also expect that Williams will overtake Wells and become a feature back beginning in Week 9. With this in mind, I have no problem using an eighth- or ninth-round selection to ensure that I own Williams in almost every league.
Ken Daube is a fantasy football analyst for ESPN.com. His ESPN.com fan profile is available at: http://sportsnation.espn.com/KenD17.


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Description: This book is a product of the Committee on Prevention of Mental Disorders of the Institute of Medicine, which was mandated by Congress to prepare an integrated report of current research with policy-oriented and detailed long-term recommendations for a prevention research agenda for mental disorders. Advances in reducing risk factors for mental disorders are reviewed, and a targeted definition of prevention and a conceptual framework for emphasizing risk reduction and for designing, conducting, and analyzing preventive interventions are provided.
Purpose: The purpose is to examine what is currently known about the prevention of mental disorders and promotion of mental health and to outline the prospects for advances in that knowledge and its application during the next decade. In presenting its findings, the Committee provides a valuable sourcebook on mental disorder risk factor and prevention research.
Audience: The broad audience is mental and public health professionals. Included are adult and child psychiatrists, pediatricians, psychologists, nurses, social ecologists, sociologists, social workers, and epidemiologists. It is hoped that members of Congress will read it carefully, especially the sections on developing the infrastructure and funding recommendations. Clinical practitioners may have an interest in this book, because the goal is to develop preventive intervention programs for communities, but research needs are emphasized. The authors and Committee members are a distinguished group of experts.
Features: The text is cogently written and well edited. Tables, figures, and boxes highlight and outline textual material, and they are listed with the table of contents. The references are very up-to-date, including some from 1994 and in press. The appendixes provide additional useful information. For those who do not have time to read the 484-page document, Appendix A summarizes it in 67 pages, including the essential tables and figures.
Assessment: I expected a drab document on government policy but found instead an adventure novel on preventive psychiatry. The ending is an unsolved mystery: will Congress get the message in time and allocate the necessary funding? Medical libraries should carry a copy; mental health, public health, and preventive medicine specialists should read it; and medical bookstores should keep a copy or two available.


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Bathing time for the House Sparrows.
Mr. House Sparrow having his bath
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) (Wikipedia )
Photo's of this in the wild living bird made in Planckendael zoo – Mechelen, Belgium
(yes, also the 'ordinary' local birds find the zoo an ideal territory, because of the availability of food! :) )
House sparrows were so numerous in my youth – now, one hardly sees them – But I always rejoice when I have the scarce occasion to observe these little birds… Just love them!
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) is on the IUCN Red List of endangered species.
Category & Criteria: Least Concern
In Flanders/Belgium where I took the photo, the species is on the red list as 'declining'.
Main threats are the modern building styles (disappearance of nesting places under the roof-tiles), use of insecticides and agricultural developments (food crops like wheat and oats are less often cultivated, and the harvest methods have improved, so less is left for the birds…)
Efforts are being done to provide more nesting places (nest boxes)
Photograph made with Pentax K10D camera.
Lens: Tamron AF 70-300
exposure 1/125, Focal Length 240, ISO 100
287 views on Sept. 20, 2011
Features and Top10 placements
Featured in Just pure nature (Sept. 21, 2011)
Top10 in Brown – Nature photography challenge (Oct. 6, 2011)
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Home > Kyoto Annual Events - Current Events
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See, touch and experience the Old Capital - What's on this month!
*Time, dates and information of events are subject to change.
Pick Up Events
July 1-mid Sept.
Ukai Cormorant Fishing in Arashiyama and Uji
© Takayoshi Horiuchi (Staff for one)
Ukai is a traditional fishing method which appeared in old Japanese documents during the 8th century. It is recognized as one of the valuable Japanese cultural forms and has been actively preserved in Kyoto and Gifu prefectures. Ukai in Kyoto is one of the must-not-miss summer tourist attractions in Arashiyama and Uji. Cormorants (large diving birds) are used to catch sweet river fish, or ayu carried out on the Oi and Uji rivers.
© Uji City Tourist Association
Tourists can watch the events from either the banks of the river or get a seat on a boat which will let them watch the performance up close. The good times for fishing are moonless nights when the fish are easily attracted to the fire torch lighting on the boat. There are now two women ukai (trainer of cormorant) in Uji. *This might be cancelled in the case of bad weather.
Arashiyama: Adults: 1,800 yen, Children (4-12 years old): 900 yen; 19:00-21:00; Boat ride: 19:00 & 20:00; Access: Kyoto City Bus #28, get off at Arashiyama Koen; Tel: 075-861-0302 (Arashiyama Tsusen)
Uji: Adults: 2,000 yen, Children (6-12 years old): 1,000 yen; 19:00-20:00 (Reception from 18:00; Boarding from 18:30); Boarding area: Nakanoshima Park; Access: Keihan Line, transfer at Chushojima Stn. to Uji Stn.; Tel: 0774-23-3334 (Uji City Tourist Association)
Every Day
Sagano Romantic Train Ride
© Takayoshi Horiuchi (Staff for one)
The Sagano Romantic Train route (7.3 km) runs from Saga to Kameoka along a gorgeous river gorge and passes through 8 old tunnels; No service on Wed. (except for holidays and tourist season).
Tickets: 620 yen (one way); Access: JR Sagano Line, Saga Arashiyama Stn.; Sagano Kanko Tetsudo: Tel: 075-861-7444; https://www.sagano-kanko.co.jp/
Every Day
Hozugawa Kudari River Run
© Takayoshi Horiuchi (Staff for one)
The Hozugawa Kudari is a river ride that goes from Kameoka to Arashiyama, Kyoto (about 16 km in 2 hours) along a stunning river gorge of rapids with wonderful mountain views; Boats depart every hour between 9:00-15:30 (the last boat departs at 15:30). *Operated irregularly on Sat., Sun., National holidays.
Tickets: 4,100 yen; Access: An 8-min. walk from the north exit of JR Sagano Line Kameoka Stn.; Hozugawa Yusen Association: Tel: 0771-22-5846; www.hozugawakudari.jp
Every Day
Tour around the Sake Brewery Town
Fushimi Jukkoku-bune Boat Ride
Jukkoku-bune is a boat that carried sake, rice and passengers on the Yodo River in the Edo period (1600-1868). The revived boat carries 15 passengers and the tour takes about 55-mins. round trip and runs in the Uji River where willow trees and sake breweries are making a great scenery. These special boats depart from the back of Gekkeikan Okura Memorial Museum to the Fushimi Port Park.
Tickets: 1,200 yen, 600 yen (6-12 years old), 300 yen (5 years and younger); 10:00-16:20; No service on Monday between June and September (available if Monday is a national holiday); Access: Kintetsu Line, Momoyama goryo-mae Stn., or Keihan Line, Chushojima Stn.; Tel: 075-623-1030; kyoto-fushimi-kanko.jp/ship/
July 1
Mitoshiroe Ritual at Kamigamo Shrine
During the ritual (from 10:00), farmers pray for the removal of harmful insects in their rice paddies; After the ritual, from 18:00, noh and kyogen performances by Kanze and Okura Schools are held at Chono-ya Hall (4,000 yen).
No entry fee; Access: Kyoto City Bus #4, #46 get off at Kamigamo-jinja-mae; Tel: 075-781-0011; www.kamigamojinja.jp
July 2 & 3
Tanabata Festival at Kodai-ji Temple
A big, colorfully decorated bamboo tree is set in the precinct; After sunset, the temple will be beautifully lit up until 21:30.
Entry: 500 yen (from 17:00); Access: Kyoto City Bus #206, get off at Higashiyama Yasui; Tel: 075-561-9966; www.kodaiji.com
July 7
Tanabata Festival at Shiramine Jingu Shrine
© Takayoshi Horiuchi (Staff for one)
After the ceremony from 15:00, a kemari traditional ball-kicking game by people dressed in ancient court costumes will be played; From 16:00, girls dressed in colorful kimono will perform a dance in a group.
No entry fee; The ceremony starts at 13:30; Access: Kyoto City Bus #9, get off at Horikawa Imadegwa; Tel: 075-441-3810; shiraminejingu.or.jp
July 7
Tanabata Festival at Jishu Shrine
This shrine is home to the Deity of Love; On this day, many people come here to write their names on paper dolls which they hang on a special bamboo tree as a way of praying for good relationships and romantic encounters (from 14:00).
Entry: 400 yen (to enter Kiyomizu Temple); Access: Kyoto City Bus #100, 206, get off at Kiyomizu-michi; Tel: 075-541-2097; www.jishujinja.or.jp
July 7
Kifune Water Festival at Kifune Shrine
© Takayoshi Horiuchi (Staff for one)
During this ritual prayers are offered to the Deity of Rain; Traditional tea ceremony service (3,000 yen; 10:00-15:00) will be offered; Until Aug. 15th, an elegant night time scene is created with lanterns in the shrine precinct until 20:00 (Sat. Sun. & national holidays: until 21:00).
No entry fee: from 10:00; Access: Kyoto City Bus #4, get off at Demachiyanagi eki-mae and take Eizan Railway to Kibune-guchi Stn.; Tel: 075-741-2016; kifunejinja.jp
July 9-12
Pottery Memorial Ceremony and Market at Senbon Shaka-do Temple
During this festival people offer thanks at this temple for the pottery they are using in their daily lives (ceremony is from 14:00 on the 10th); A lively pottery market is held in the precinct of the temple during this festival.
No entry fee; 10:00-20:00; Access: Kyoto City Bus #50, get off at Kamishichiken; Tel: 075-461-5973; www.daihoonji.com
Sat., Sun., & Nat'l Holidays between July 16- Aug. 28
Night Time Special Lit-up Garden at The Garden Museum Hiei
Blooming with 100,000 blossoms every year, the Garden Museum is based on the theme of French impressionism; Located at the summit of Mt. Hiei, it offers an incredible view of both Lake Biwa and the city of Kyoto; During summer months, the garden will be beautifully lit-up.
Entry: 1,030 yen; 10:00-20:45 (enter by 20:00); 10:00-17:30 on weekdays (enter by 17:00); Access: Keihan Bus from Kyoto Stn. or Keihan Sanjo or Demachiyanagi, get off at Hiei Sancho bus stop; From Eizan Railway Yase Hieizan-guchi Stn., change to Eizan Cable and Ropeway, get off at Hiei Sancho Stn.; Tel: 075-707-7733; www.garden-museum-hiei.co.jp/
July 17
Onda Festival at Matsuno-o Shrine
© Takayoshi Horiuchi (Staff for one)
This is an long inherited ritual to pray for the rich harvest; Three women who hold paddy rice in hands will be carried on men's shoulder and circle around the precinct three times. Summer vegetables will be offered to the deity as well.
No entry fee; Ritual starts at around 10:00; Kyoto City Bus #28, get off at Matsuno-o Taisha-mae or Hankyu Arashima Line, Matsuno-o Taisha; Tel: 075-871-5016; www.matsunoo.or.jp
July 23 & 24
Yoi-miya and Motomiya Festival at Fushimi Inari Shrine
© Takayoshi Horiuchi (Staff for one)
During the Yoi-miya Festival (23rd) and Motomiya Festival (24th), Inari Shrine worshippers from all over Japan visit the shrine's headquarters to pray; At night (23rd), a number of lanterns in the precinct will be lit up.
No entry fee; 23rd: from 18:00, 24th: from 9:00; Access: JR Nara line, Inari Stn. or Keihan Fushimi Inari Stn.; Tel: 075-641-7331; inari.jp
July 23-31
Mitarashi Festival at Shimogamo Shrine
© Takayoshi Horiuchi (Staff for one)
In the popular Mitarashi Festival, people put their feet in the cool waters of the stream running through the shrine and pray for a healthy life.
Entry: 300 yen (charge for the candle); 5:30-22:00 (23rd: 9:00-22:00, 26th-28th: 5:30-21:00); Access: Kyoto City Bus #205, get off at Shimogamo-jinja-mae; Tel: 075-781-0010; www.shimogamo-jinja.or.jp
July 25
Shishigatani Pumpkin Service at Anraku-ji Temple
© Takayoshi Horiuchi (Staff for one)
Pumpkin service and special public opening of the temple's treasures; On this day, visitors are given some cooked pumpkin as a way to keep illness away.
Entry: 500 yen; 9:00-15:00; Access: Kyoto City Bus #5, get off at Kinrinshako-mae; Tel: 075-771-5360; anrakuji-kyoto.com
July 25
Temple Treasure Airing at Shinnyo-do Temple
A special ceremony is held and roughly 200 of the temple's treasures are aired out and displayed to the public; Biwa (loquat) tea is served free of charge throughout the day.
Entry: 500 yen; 9:00-15:00 (canceled in the event of rain); Access: Kyoto City Bus #5, get off at Shinnyodo-mae; Tel: 075-771-0915.
July 28
Hi-watari Fire-walking Festival at Tanukidani Fudo-in Temple
© Takayoshi Horiuchi (Staff for one)
After the ceremony (from around 19:00), yamabushi, or mountain monks will walk on fire with bare feet. The ritual is to pray for good health, and visitors can try the fire walking as well.
No entry fee; Kyoto City Bus #5, get off at Ichijo Sagarimatsu-cho; Tel: 075-722-0025; www.tanukidani.com
July 29 & 30
Cucumber Purification at Gochizan Rengeji Temple
© Takayoshi Horiuchi (Staff for one)
In this ceremony people write their names and ages on a cucumber; It is believed that an illness can be overcome by first rubbing the cucumber on the body and then burying it in the ground.
Entry: 1,000 yen (including a prayer & cucumber); 29th: 12:00-20:00, 30th: 6:00-18:00; Access: Kyoto City Bus #26, get off at Omuro Ninnaji; Tel: 075-462-5300; rengezi.com
July 31
Sennichi Mairi Thousand-time Shrine Visit at Atago Shrine
© Takayoshi Horiuchi (Staff for one)
On the night of the 31st, many people walk up Mt. Atago to visit Atago Shrine (home to the Deity of Fire Protection); It is believed that a shrine visit on this night is equivalent to 1,000 visits; A special ceremony at the shrine begins at 21:00.
© Takayoshi Horiuchi (Staff for one)
No entry fee; Kyoto Bus #72, 74, get off at Kiyotaki; Tel: 075-861-0658; kyoto-atago.jp
Temple & Shrine Flea Markets
July 3
To-ji Temple: This market is focused on antiques of all kinds; Usually not too crowded and great value all around; 7:00-16:00.
July 8, 18, 28
Toyokuni Shrine: A very small market of local products; 10:00-15:00.
July 10
Bishamon-do in Kennin-ji Temple: Known as Tora-ichi, this market specializes in handicrafts & arts; 10:00-16:00.
July 15
Chion-ji Temple: Kyoto's biggest handicraft market; An absolutely amazing range of handmade things and incredible prices too!; 8:00-16:00.
July 25
To-ji Temple: Also known as Kobo-san, this mega temple market offers everything and is extremely popular; Go early, especially if on a weekend or a national holiday; 7:00-17:00.
July 24
Kamigamo Shrine: Handicrafts, arts, food, and more; 9:00-16:00.
June 25
Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine: Also known as Tenjin-san, this super shrine market sprawls in and around this major shrine complex; 7:00-16:30.
July 30
Kyoto City Hall: A big public flea market; 10:00-16:00; In case of rain, it will be held on Aug. 6.
NOTE: Markets shut down much earlier in autumn and winter; when the days get longer and warmer, sellers tend to stay a little longer.


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Dropping a Bomb About Exoplanetsby Nancy Atkinson
Not all exoplanets are created equal, and new discoveries about the orbits of newly found extra solar planets could challenge the current theories of planet formation. The discoveries also suggest that systems with exoplanets of the type known as hot Jupiters are unlikely to contain Earth-like planets. "This is a real bomb we are dropping into the field of exoplanets," said Amaury Triaud, a PhD student at the Geneva Observatory who led an observational campaign from several observatories.
Six exoplanets out of twenty-seven were found to be orbiting in the opposite direction to the rotation of their host star — the exact reverse of what is seen in our own Solar System. The team announced the discovery of nine new planets orbiting other stars, and combined their results with earlier observations. Besides the surprising abundance of retrograde orbits, the astronomers also found that more than half of all the so-called "hot Jupiters" in their survey have orbits that are misaligned with the rotation axis of their parent stars.
Hot Jupiters are planets orbiting other stars that have masses similar to or greater than Jupiter, but which orbit their parent stars much more closely.
Planets are thought to form in the disc of gas and dust encircling a young star, and since this proto-planetary disc rotates in the same direction as the star itself, it was expected that planets that form from the disc would all orbit in more or less the same plane, and that they would move along their orbits in the same direction as the star's rotation.
"The new results really challenge the conventional wisdom that planets should always orbit in the same direction as their stars spin," said Andrew Cameron of the University of St Andrews, who presented the new results at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting (NAM2010) in Glasgow, Scotland this week.
At this writing, 454 planets have been found orbiting other stars, and in the 15 years since the first hot Jupiters were discovered, astronomers have been puzzled by their origin. The cores of giant planets are thought to form from a mix of rock and ice particles found only in the cold outer reaches of planetary systems. Hot Jupiters must therefore form far from their star and subsequently migrate inwards to orbits much closer to the parent star. Many astronomers believed this was due to gravitational interactions with the disc of dust from which they formed. This scenario takes place over a few million years and results in an orbit aligned with the rotation axis of the parent star. It would also allow Earth-like rocky planets to form subsequently, but unfortunately it cannot account for the new observations.
To account for the new retrograde exoplanets an alternative migration theory suggests that the proximity of hot Jupiters to their stars is not due to interactions with the dust disc at all, but to a slower evolution process involving a gravitational tug-of-war with more distant planetary or stellar companions over hundreds of millions of years. After these disturbances have bounced a giant exoplanet into a tilted and elongated orbit it would suffer tidal friction, losing energy every time it swung close to the star. It would eventually become parked in a near circular, but randomly tilted, orbit close to the star. "A dramatic side-effect of this process is that it would wipe out any other smaller Earth-like planet in these systems," says Didier Queloz of Geneva Observatory.
The observatories for this survey included the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP), the HARPS spectrograph on the 3.6-metre ESO telescope at the La Silla observatory in Chile, and the Swiss Euler telescope, also at La Silla. Data from other telescopes to confirm the discoveries.
Source: ESO
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Minor and irrelevant nitpick. The artist impression of WASP-5 shows a prograde orbit, not a retrograde one.
There seems to be two populations of hot Jupiters as far as the orbital alignments go. One group is nice and well aligned, the other is seemingly random and/or retrograde.
Perhaps planet migration via interaction with the disk may explain the first population, and planet-planet scattering may explain the later.
Not sure why only one mechanism is needed.
The sixth retrograde planet is HAT-P-7 b, by the way. WASP-5 b's orbit is prograde.
I agree that there probably shouldn't be a "one size fits all" apporach. There are too many variables.
If a star forms in a gas cloud, then it's reasonable that other stars would form nearby, and their gravity would have an effect.
As for retrograde orbits:
A: Could the star have simply "rolled over"?
B: Could the planets be captured?
Some years ago I studied the catalogue of extrasolar systems. The most frequent place for Jovians I found to be around 1AU. This too precludes terrestrial planets, for their orbits would be too chaotic.
The distribution of jovians pretty much scratches the old idea of solar system formation. This had stellar radiation clearing out the inner regions of gas and pushing it to the outside where jovians form.
There's plenty of logic in your comments.
A planet set adrift may eventually find itself in a neighbourhood full of gas and other matter that might make for a nice planet-swelling snack!
Perhaps we might one day ovserve rogue (starless) gas giants and maybe even the odd rock giant out there, not so far from home. (I'm not talking about 'Planet X' here by the way)
Is it possible that the reason that those hot Jupiters in retrograde orbits were not originally part of the systems we observe them in, but instead were captured by those stars? Triton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_(moon)), Neptune's largest moon, is in a retrograde orbit about its primary, one of the reasons it is believed it was captured by Neptune from the Kuyper Belt, where it originally had its own orbit about the Sun. So why couldn't a hot Jupiter have been captured by the star it currently orbits from somewhere outside that star's system?


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