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When I think of the colour pink I think of carnations, earthworms, anemic-looking plums; I think of the huge rose quartz crystals on my childhood bedroom windowsill; I think of pink moons and Nick Drake’s Pink Moon; I think of hematology and bone marrow biopsies; I think of Pepto-Bismol, pills, the skin under the nail; I think of how the sunrise would have looked to my parents, alone, driving to or back from work at dawn.

Ralf Webb 

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2024 May 3

Temperatures on Exoplanet WASP-43b Illustration Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) Science: Taylor Bell (BAERI), Joanna Barstow (The Open University), Michael Roman (University of Leicester)

Explanation: A mere 280 light-years from Earth, tidally locked, Jupiter-sized exoplanet WASP-43b orbits its parent star once every 0.8 Earth days. That puts it about 2 million kilometers (less than 1/25th the orbital distance of Mercury) from a small, cool sun. Still, on a dayside always facing its parent star, temperatures approach a torrid 2,500 degrees F as measured at infrared wavelengths by the MIRI instrument on board the James Webb Space Telescope. In this illustration of the hot exoplanet's orbit, Webb measurements also show nightside temperatures remain above 1,000 degrees F. That suggests that strong equatorial winds circulate the dayside atmospheric gases to the nightside before they can completely cool off. Exoplanet WASP-43b is now formally known as Astrolábos, and its K-type parent star has been christened Gnomon. Webb's infrared spectra indicate water vapor is present on the nightside as well as the dayside of the planet, providing information about cloud cover on Astrolábos.

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A novel method for hunting the first stars

 Shortly after the Universe began with the Big Bang, the first stars, composed mainly of hydrogen and helium, began to form. The properties of these first-generation stars, Pop III, are very different from stars like our own Sun or even the ones that are forming today. They were tremendously hot, gigantic in size and mass, but very short-lived. Pop III stars are the first factories to synthesise most elements heavier than hydrogen and helium around us today. They are also very important for forming later generations of stars and galaxies. However, there have not been convincing direct detections of Pop III stars up to now, as these stars formed in the early universe are very far away and way too faint for any of our telescopes on the ground or in space. For the first time, HKU scientists discovered a novel method for detecting these first stars in the early Universe. A recent study led by the research group of Professor Jane Lixin DAI of the Department of Physics at HKU proposed that a Pop III star can be torn apart into pieces by tidal force if it wanders into the vicinity of a massive black hole. In such a tidal disruption event (TDE), the black hole feasts on the stellar debris and produces very luminous flares. The researchers investigated the complex physical process involved and demonstrated that these flares can shine across billions of light years to reach us today. Most importantly, they have found that the unique signatures of these TDE flares can be used to identify the existence of Pop III stars and gain insights into their properties. “As the energetic photons travel from a very faraway distance, the timescale of the flare will be stretched due to the expansion of the Universe. These TDE flares will rise and decay over a very long period of time, which sets them apart from the TDEs of solar-type stars in the nearby Universe,” said Professor Jane Dai, principal investigator and the corresponding author of the project. “Interestingly, not only are the timescales of the flares are stretched, so is their wavelength. The optical and ultraviolet light emitted by the TDE will be transferred to infrared emissions when reaching the Earth.” Dr Rudrani KAR CHOWDHURY, Postdoctoral Fellow of the Department of Physics at HKU and the first author of the paper, further added. What makes the discovery more exciting is that two NASA flagship missions, the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman), have the capability to observe such infrared emissions from great distances. Professor Priya NATARAJAN of the Department of Astronomy and Physics at Yale University and a co-author of the paper mentioned, “Roman’s unique capabilities of simultaneously being able to observe a large area of the sky and peeking deep into early Universe makes it a promising probe for detecting these Pop III TDE flares, which would in turn serve as an indirect discovery of Pop III stars.” Ms Janet CHANG, a PhD student at the Department of Physics at HKU and co-author of the paper, added, “We expect that a few dozens of these events will be detected by Roman every year if the right observation strategy is pursued.” With these findings in mind, the next decade presents significant potential for identifying these distinct sources, leading to exciting revelations about Pop III stars and unraveling the mysteries of the universe’s inception.

IMAGE....HKU Astrophysicists Discover a Novel Method for Hunting the First Stars. (photo credit: Space Telescope Science Institute/Ralf Crawford) Credit The University of Hong Kong

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PROTOTYPE 4, Edited by Jess Chandler, Prototype Publishing, London, 2022. Design: Theo Inglis. Cover Art: Ahren Warner

Feat. ajw, Sascha Akhtar, Chiara Ambrosio, Charlie Baylis, Jack Barker-Clark, Natalie Linh Bolderston, Jo Burns, Nancy Campbell, J. R. Carpenter, Joe Carrick-Varty, Robert Casselton Clark, Rory Cook, Emily Cooper, Kate Crowcroft, Eve Esfandiari-Denney, Alisha Dietzman, Edward Doegar, Nathan Dragon, Laura Elliott, Alan Fielden, Clare Fisher, Livia Franchini, Jay Gao, Honor Gareth Gavin, Emily Hasler, Grace Henes, Martha Kapos, Annie Katchinska, Victoria Manifold, Samra Mayanja, Jessa Mockridge, Helen Palmer, Yannis Ritsos (trans. Paul Merchant), Rochelle Roberts, Kimberly Reyes, fred spoliar, Scott Thurston, Hao Guang Tse, Ralf Webb, Sam Weselowski, Chrissy Williams and Xuela Zhang

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Webb Maps Weather on Hot Jupiter WASP-43b

WASP-43b is cloudy on the nightside and clear on the dayside, with equatorial winds howling around the planet at 8,050 km per hour (5,000 mph). This artist’s concept shows what WASP-43b could look like. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Ralf Crawford, STScI. WASP-43b is a gaseous exoplanet the size of Jupiter but with double the mass. This alien world is located about 260 light-years away in the…

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MAUI JIM — COLOR YOU CAN FEEL (sound design version) from Neels Castillon on Vimeo.

An immersive journey through color, beauty, and emotion; a pivotal moment in the Brand’s global refresh by Kering Eyewear. Evan Mock, the embodiment of Maui Jim's contemporary coolness, takes center stage as Global Brand Ambassador in the new advertising campaign, 'Color You Can Feel'.

directed by Neels Castillon

client — Maui Jim & Kering Eyewear

talent — Evan Mock, Lisa Washington, Jing Huang, Sam Webb, Danika Pienaar, Alejandra Alonso

agency — Media.Monks global client partner — Raffaella Galliano creative director — Imogen Farrell creative director — Javier Castan global production lead — Davide De Santis senior integrated producer — Kotryna Nas strategy director — Daniel Lewis integrated producer — Kotryna Nas post-producer — Rodrigo Marquez creative — Shona Speres associate design director — Bruno Ferdinand

production — Media.Monks EP — Rogier Dorant senior film producer — Kat Perciballi production manager — Rebecka Jonsson DP — Romain Alary FPV drone — Benoit Finck drone op — Josselin Cornil stylist — Lola Elizabeth Chatterton stylist assistant — Kornelia Lukaszewic

Spain service production — Camino Films EP — Laura Diez head of new business — Joan Carles Gómez producer — Natalia Vargas production manager — Daniel Tarifa production coordinator — Nona Segimon PA — Manuela Greene hmc — Dani Rull director’s driver — Fernando Vega 1st AD — Edgar Vicho 2nd AD — Paula Bilbao 1st AC — Adria Alcalá 2nd AC — Arturo Rodriguez steady cam — Alvaro Carla steady assistant — Luis Vera gaffer — Christian Warkentin best boy — Iker Nordelo prop master — Alberto Ugidos key grip — Ramón Rodríguez DIT — Chemi Ferreiro video operator — Charly video assist — Winslow Iwaki location manager — Simone Parodi PA — Alberto Lahoud unit manager — Oliver Morales catering — Tomate light truck driver — Javier Castellano

Germany service production — SuperCine executive producer — Luis Pietsch 1st AD — Dominik Nikel production manager — Moritz Duesterberg set manager — Vicky Schmidt location scout — Regina Kaczmarek location manager — Ralf Schreiner driver — Khashi Kallili 1st AC — Jens Hotter 2nd AC — Jonas Büttner gaffer — Tilo Ullrich best boy — Jesco Rohleder prop master — Alberto Ugidos key grip — Klaus Sprenger DIT/VTR —Christian Dressler hmc — Sonja Noé hmc assistant — Leony Jehmlich

post-production — Motion Palace music — DJ Pone editors — Vincent Duluc, Sébastien Rouquet sound design — Yann Rouquet producer — Louis Arnoux VFX — St Louis flame artist — François Gilguy colorist — Sylvain Canaux

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FLASH REPORT THIS MORNING: CNN Philippines bids farewell at the end of January 2024, after 9 years of Filipino News Broadcasting

(Written by Rhayniel Saldasal Calimpong and Miko Kubota / Freelanced News Writer & Presenter and K5 News Patrol #4 reporter of OneNETnews)

MANDALUYONG, NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION -- The highly regarded 'Cable News Network' station CNN Philippines (known locally as DZKB-TV 9 in Metro Manila), has announced its official TV news network closure last Monday morning after 9 years of delivering the latest news, public affairs and information in both English & Tagalog (furtherly combined dialect as Taglish). This unfortunate development not only affects the flagship station in Metro Manila but also has repercussions for its affiliated TV news stations across the country, such as DYKB-TV 8 in Bacolod, Negros Occidental and DYKC-TV 9 in Cebu City.

(SCREENGRAB COURTESY: Google Maps)

The news of CNN Philippines' closure was first reported by a news industry insider outlet 'Media Newser PH' on Thursday (January 25th, 2024 -- Manila local time). According to their exclusive report, the 9 Media Corporation (9MC) and Cable News Network (CNN) mutually agreed to terminate their licensing agreement under Warner Brothers Discovery [WBD] (formerly known as Turner Broadcasting System [TBS]). The decision was primarily driven by the staggering financial losses, surpassing PHP5B (or U$D88.6M). This unfortunate outcome marks the first-ever cessation of operations to go off-the-air for the esteemed CNN Philippines, leaving a void in the national news landscape. The one-and-only flagship local CNN station is based in Mandaluyong City.

(SCREENGRAB FB RECORDED LIVE VIDEO COURTESY: Headz Up! NegOr News via FB PHOTO / Translated in Tagalog dialect with a local headline: Negros Oriental Governor named 'Roel Ragay Degamo' laids to rest, following after a murderous mastermind with Arnulfo 'Arnie' Alipit Teves Jr.)

Over 300 employees including contractors and suppliers have been devastated. Countless journalists, from seasoned Senior and Chief Correspondents to dedicated local radio reporters affiliated with RPN's Radyo Ronda network, like Roy August Bustillo of DYGB-FM 91.7mhz's Power91FM Dumaguete (under Radio Mindanao Network [RMN]) and Headz Up! NegOr online news reporter, have also been affected nationwide. The closure has also impacted renowned the award-winning news anchors such as Pinky Pagaspas Webb and Rico Morales Hizon, whose contributions have been recognized and appreciated across the nation.

With the permanent cable operator shutdown of SkyCable looming just a month away on Tuesday late-night by February 27th, 2024 at 11:59pm, CNN PH has decided to cease all media platforms on January 31st, 2024. This decision was made public through a press release on social media and was further reinforced during a general assembly held on January 29th at 10am.

(SCREENGRAB COURTESY: YEOW via YT VIDEO & Ralf Rivas of Rappler via FB PHOTO)

In their statement: "A trusted source of news and information, CNN Philippines (under DZKB-TV 9) is accessible on Free-to-Air TV, Cable and Digital platforms. To our staff, we thank you for your commitment and dedication. To our partners, including CNN Worldwide and Warner Brothers Discovery (for Turner Broadcasting Corporation), we are greatful for your support. And to your viewers, our sincerest gratitude for your loyalty and trust over the past 9 years".

(PHOTO COURTESY: CNN Philippines via FB PHOTO)

Beyond its traditional news and information format, 'CNN PH' launched its own weekend programming block for kids and teens in the morning and afternoons on September 2018.

(FILE AMATEUR SCREENGRAB COURTESY: StarGumFan65 via YT VIDEO)

This initiative included the launch of "CNN Philippines Newsroom: Junior Edition", aimed at keeping the younger and teenage audience informed. Furthermore, CNN PH collaborated with Cartoon Network in the Asia-Pacific region to provide a sister children's programming segment block.

(From left to right, former Philippine president Rodrigo Roa Duterte and current president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr.)

Interestingly, the last published news article before the closure shed light on a political controversy, with former Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (PRRD) threatening the current president named Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. (PBBM), with removal from the presidental office due to a push for charter change. This contentious issue involved the House Speaker and the mass media radio firm of Philippine Collective Media Corporation (PCMC), led by Martin Gomez Romualdez. CNN PH's president Benjamin V. Ramos, acknowledged that the said financial losses incurred compelled the Filipino news company to halt its news production operations.

Looking ahead, the congressional broadcasting franchise of RPN can last up to 25 years by 2029, regardless of the various rebranding efforts preceding the news broadcasting establishment of CNN PH.

(FILE PHOTO COURTESY: Google Images)

This franchise, signed into law by former Philippine president named Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) in mid-February 2004, paves the way for RPN to potentially reclaim the reins of DZKB-TV 9 following its closure.

(SCREENGRAB COURTESY: Trendrod via The X Network PHOTO)

This transition could potentially usher in an era of top-notch entertainment and national sports programming, including beloved noontime show like "Eat Bulaga!" and "PBA Games" on weekends, with the possibility of expanding their offerings on weekday afternoons as demand dictates.

(PHOTO COURTESY: Google Images and CNN Philippines via FB PHOTO)

Since its inception in mid-March 2015, CNN PH has been a steadfast source of 24-hour English and Tagalog news channel for nearly a decade, undergoing a rebrand from 9TV to its current form, which may end up for privatization in the 2010s before switching into a news and information format.

(CONTRIBUTED LOCAL MEDIA PHOTOS via Facebook)

However, as the channel prepares to bid farewell on Wednesday (January 31st), it leaves behind a rich legacy with a biggest memories to tell the story to the world for the Filipino people. But the news on 'CNN Philippines' can no longer being trusted at the end of this news channel shutdown.

PHOTO COURTESY for REPRESENTATION: Winner Graphics via FB PHOTO BACKGROUND PROVIDED BY: Tegna

SOURCE: *https://medianewser.ph/cnn-philippines-is-shutting-down-after-9-years/ [Referenced News Article via Media Newser PH] *https://manilastandard.net/business/314410436/nine-media-owner-confirms-cnn-philippines-shutdown.html [Referenced News Article via the Manila Standard] *https://www.facebook.com/151429908253665/posts/880273678702614 [Referenced Classic Captioned FB PHOTO via Winner Graphics] *https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/26/24/sky-cable-broadcast-signing-off-february-26 [Referenced News Article via ABS-CBN News] *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FudOCU9KB8M [Referenced YT VIDEO #1 via YEOW] *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJhB6RSaf80 [Referenced YT VIDEO #2f via YEOW] *https://business.inquirer.net/442885/cnn-philippines-shutting-down-as-losses-exceed-p5b [Referenced News Article via the Philippine Daily Inquirer] *https://www.cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/2018/08/24/CNN-Philippines-Junior-Edition.html [Referenced News Article #1 via CNN Philippines] *https://www.facebook.com/1515763818663512/videos/220481978819159/ [Referenced Classic FB VIDEO via CNN Philippines] *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcoR9TYMoOg [Referenced Amateur YT VIDEO via StarGumFan65] *https://www.facebook.com/1515763818663512/videos/1792432717538974/ [Referenced Classic FB LIVE VIDEO via CNN Philippines] *https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2024/1/29/marcos-duterte-charter-change-peoples-initiative.html [Referenced News Article #2 via CNN Philippines] *https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2024/1/29/cnn-philippines-cessation-of-operations.html [Referenced News Article #3f via CNN Philippines] *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVciKS2cQ64 [Referenced YT VIDEO via CNN Philippines] *https://www.facebook.com/1515763818663512/posts/2916053485301198 [Referenced Captioned FB PHOTO via CNN Philippines] *https://www.facebook.com/100064562324642/posts/860207816141288 [Referenced Captioned FB PHOTO via Rappler] *https://www.facebook.com/1515763818663512/posts/1572090199697540 [Referenced Captioned Classic FB PHOTO via CNN Philippines] *https://www.facebook.com/100064957951102/posts/802743051900953 [Referenced FB Captioned Post via ABS-CBN News] *https://www.facebook.com/100064616655120/posts/794935702670311 [Referenced FB Captioned Post via The Philippine Star] *https://www.facebook.com/100064360824747/posts/820328623455824 [Referenced FB Captioned Article Post via One News] *https://www.adobomagazine.com/philippine-news/cabangon-chua-to-take-over-rpn9/ [Referenced FILE LOGO COURTESY via Adobo Magazine] *https://twitter.com/TrendrodPH/status/1743300174020329473 [Referenced FILE SCREENGRAB PHOTO via Trendrod] and *https://www.facebook.com/100072353059508/posts/400706565684442 [Referenced FB PHOTO via Infinitri Creatives]

-- OneNETnews Team

(SCREENGRAB COURTESY: Rhayniel Saldasal Calimpong / from left to right: CNN PH website and the examples deactivating all social medias connecting for CNN PH)

FINAL UPDATE (as of February 2nd, 2023 at 5:00am MNL): We are confirming that all the social medias connecting with CNN Philippines are now entirely and permanently taken down after January 31st, 2024. While the news website however ends with a big "404", or putting it simply into nothing. So we thank you for your absolute trust with the Philippines' best news source. CNN Philippines is now signing off.

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Everyone knows that the James Webb Space Telescope is a ground-breaking infrared space telescope that’s helping us better understand the cosmos. The JWST’s discerning infrared eyes are deepening our understanding of everything from exoplanets to primitive galaxies to the birth of stars. But it’s not the first ground-breaking infrared space telescope we’ve launched. There was IRAS, then ISO, then the Spitzer Space Telescope. The Spitzer is the JWST’s most recent infrared predecessor, and the JWST is observing one of the same targets that the Spitzer did, taking note of some puzzling changes. In 2008, the Spitzer observed SZ Chamaeleontis (SZ Cha), a T-Tauri star that’s only a few million years old and still growing. It’s typical of young stars and is surrounded by a protoplanetary disk, a thick disk of rotating gas and dust from which planets form. Our own Sun was similar to this five billion years ago before the Solar System took shape. When the Spitzer observed SZ Cha, it noticed a specific type of the chemical element neon in the disk, called Neon iii. Neon can only ionize under extreme energy, so its presence is evidence of the star’s extreme UV (EUV) light. It’s also scarce in disks being bombarded by X-rays, indicating that SZ Cha wasn’t very energetic in X-ray emissions. Young stars can be very energetic, and that can power the photoevaporation of their protoplanetary disks. This puts planets in a race against time. They must form before the disk becomes too diffuse. Though Spitzer’s observations of Neon III indicate powerful stellar radiation, it’s EUV radiation. EUV radiation is powerful enough to ionize stubborn neon, but it’s not as effective at photoevaporating the disk surrounding SZ Cha. But now, the JWST has observed SZ Cha and found something quite different. It found Neon iii, but it also found Neon ii. More importantly, the two exist in a ratio that’s at a typical level. What does it mean? “One way to distinguish between EUV and X-ray creation of neon fine-structure emission is by measuring the [Ne iii]-to-[Ne ii] line flux ratio,” the authors explain. Contrasting data from NASA’s James Webb and Spitzer space telescopes show a change in the disk surrounding the star SZ Chamaeleontis (SZ Cha) in just 15 years. In 2008, Spitzer’s detection of significant neon III made SZ Cha an outlier among similar young protoplanetary disks. However, when Webb followed up on SZ Cha in 2023, the ratio of neon II to III was within typical levels. What happened? Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) This means that the young star is radiating different energy. “This points to a switch from EUV-dominated to X-ray-dominated photoevaporation of the disk,” the authors point out. “Once again, the universe is showing us that none of its methods are as simple as we might like to make them.”Catherine Espaillat, Boston University. Instead of EUV, the star is bombarding its protoplanetary disk with X-rays. The problem is that X-rays are much more efficient at blowing away the disk, and this means that the clock is ticking for any planets forming in the disk. These results are in a new paper published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The paper is “JWST Detects Neon Line Variability in a Protoplanetary Disk.” The lead author is Catherine Espaillat of Boston University. “Planets are essentially in a race against time to form up in the disk before it evaporates,” explained Thanawuth Thanathibodee of Boston University, another astronomer on the research team. “In computer models of developing systems, extreme ultraviolet radiation allows for 1 million more years of planet formation than if the evaporation is predominately caused by X-rays.” So, what’s up with SZ Cha? It couldn’t have switched from EUV emissions to X-ray emissions like this. 15 years is a mere inconsequential blip in the lifetime of a star. Why the unusual Spitzer findings 15 years ago versus the more normal current findings by the JWST? “Both the Spitzer and Webb data are excellent, so we knew this had to be something new we were observing in the SZ Cha system – a significant change in conditions in just 15 years,” added co-author Ardjan Sturm of Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands. Wind. It comes down to the stellar wind. “To explain the variability in the [Ne iii]-to-[Ne ii] line flux ratio of SZ Cha between 2008 and 2023, we propose a variable wind,” the researchers write. All stars emit stellar winds, though their strength varies. In this image, powerful stellar winds from an aged central star form the so-called Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302). The stellar winds from young T Tauri stars like SZ Cha don’t form a nebula, but they do interact with the protoplanetary disk. Image Credit: HUBBLE/NASA AND ESA All stars emit stellar winds. They’re fast-flowing streams of charged particles that interact with the stellar environment. Though they appear to be stable most of the time, that’s not quite true. “However, there is abundant evidence that essentially all hot-star winds contain time-dependent structure on a variety of spatial scales,” one paper explained. So stellar winds from young T-Tauri stars like SZ Cha are actually very hot and very dynamic. The research team behind the new paper thinks that when the Spitzer looked at SZ Cha in 2008, it happened to catch the star during a quieter, relatively wind-free period. When present, the wind actually absorbs UV light and leaves X-rays to hammer away at the protoplanetary disk. But Spitzer caught the star when the wind was absent, or at least quiet. That means that the EUV was able to ionize the Neon, leading to the detection of Neon III. This is a rare finding and one of only five times astronomers have detected Neon III in a disk. “Once again, the universe is showing us that none of its methods are as simple as we might like to make them. We need to rethink, re-observe, and gather more information. We’ll be following the neon signs,” said Espaillat. What might this mean for any planets forming in SZ Cha’s disk? Research shows that X-ray Photoevaporation (XPE) can drive the migration of giant planets like Jupiter. But for that to happen, the giant planets have to form first. And when it comes to SZ Cha, there may not be enough time. The post JWST Follows Neon Signs Toward New Thinking on Planet Formation appeared first on Universe Today.

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Dick Powell and Anne Shirley in Murder, My Sweet (Edward Dmytryk, 1944)

Cast: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Otto Kruger, Mike Mazurki, Miles Mander, Douglas Walton, Donald Douglas, Ralf Harolde, Esther Howard. Screenplay: John Paxton, based on a novel by Raymond Chandler. Cinematography: Harry J. Wild. Art direction: Carroll Clark, Albert S. D’Agostino. Film editing: Joseph Noriega. Music: Roy Webb. 

Because it's based on a Raymond Chandler novel, Murder, My Sweet is inevitably subject to comparisons with another Chandler-based film noir, The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1946). Which is unfortunate, because Edward Dmytryk was no Hawks, and Dick Powell and Anne Shirley were certainly not Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. But then who is? Murder, My Sweet is good stuff anyway -- steady-moving and entertainingly complicated. And though Dick Powell, the first actor to play Philip Marlowe on screen, doesn't eclipse Bogart's version, he holds his own well alongside other Marlowe incarnations like James Garner, Elliott Gould, and Robert Mitchum. Powell had just turned 40 when Murder, My Sweet was released, and had lost the baby face that made him a star in Busby Berkeley musicals and in comedies like Christmas in July (Preston Sturges, 1940). (It's said that RKO changed the title of the film from that of Chandler's novel, Farewell, My Lovely, because it was afraid that people would think it was a musical.) Powell looks a little slight to take as many sappings as he does in the film -- usually accompanied by the voiceover, "A black pool opened at my feet. I dived in. It had no bottom." But he handles the tough-guy lines in John Paxton's screenplay well, and there are plenty of good ones like "She was a gal who would take a drink, if she had to knock you down to get the bottle." Or: "My throat felt sore, but the fingers feeling it didn't feel anything. They were just a bunch of bananas that looked like fingers." As usual, we don't know who's good or who's bad for a while, but they're almost all pretty bad, especially Claire Trevor as Helen Grayle, whose former identity as Velma Valento, whom Marlowe is initially hired to locate by Moose Malloy (Mike Mazurki), is what ties together all the various plots and subplots about jade necklaces and the like. This was the last film for Anne Shirley, who married the producer of Murder, My Sweet, Adrian Scott, and retired. Scott later became one of the Hollywood Ten who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee and was blacklisted. Dmytryk was also one of the Ten, but after his initial refusal to testify, he changed his mind, and gave the unverifiable testimony that Scott and the others had put pressure on him to insert communist propaganda into his films.

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Poetry at Kirkdale Bookshop! Free <3

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Must read: Rotten Days in Late Summer by Ralf Webb.

"The mind is a golden animal, made of porcelain. It sits in bits and pieces at the bottom."

Ralf Webb (via instagram) about Rotten Days in Late Summer: Inside are poems about grief, care & mourning; mental health & masculinity; work and class; the West Country; love & desire; trees; dogs; dogging; sunflowers; suns; foxes; foxgloves; limbs; self-harm & self-expression; horses & horseshoes; UFOs; sickness & shame; fear & reconciliation; haze; summer; hope.

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Me by the poet Ralf Webb, Morges/Switzerland, 31/03/22

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Building blocks for life could have formed near new stars and planets

While life on Earth is relatively new, geologically speaking, the ingredients that combined to form it might be much older than once thought. According to research published in ACS Central Science, the simplest amino acid, carbamic acid, could have formed alongside stars or planets within interstellar ices. The findings could be used to train deep space instruments like the James Webb Space Telescope to search for prebiotic molecules in distant, star-forming regions of the universe.

It has long been hypothesized that one of the building blocks for life, amino acids, could have formed during reactions in the "primordial soup" of the early, prebiotic Earth. However, another theory suggests that amino acids could have been carried to the Earth's surface by meteorites.

These space rocks might have picked up the molecules from dust or interstellar ices—water and other gases frozen solid by the cold temperatures of outer space. But because meteorites came from far away in the universe, scientists are left wondering, where did these molecules form, and when?

To help answer these questions, Ralf Kaiser, Agnes Chang and colleagues wanted to investigate the chemical reactions that might have taken place in interstellar ices that once existed near newly forming stars and planets.

The team created model interstellar ices containing ammonia and carbon dioxide, which were deposited onto a silver substrate and slowly heated. Using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, they found that carbamic acid and ammonium carbamate started to form at -348° Fahrenheit and -389° (62 and 39 Kelvin), respectively. These low temperatures demonstrate that these molecules—which can turn into more complex amino acids—could have formed during the earliest, coldest stages of star formation.

In addition, the researchers found that at warmer temperatures, similar to those produced by a newly formed star, two carbamic acid molecules could link together, making a stable gas.

The team hypothesized that these molecules could have been incorporated into the raw materials of solar systems including our own and then delivered to the early Earth by comets or meteorites once the planet formed. They hope this work will inform future studies that use powerful telescopes to look for evidence of prebiotic molecules in the far reaches of space.

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RALF WEBB: Given the predominant subject of Stranger, Baby — loss, grief, and elegy — and its use of the “I,” it seems inevitable that some will term it “autobiographical.” In an article on “Poetry and Autobiography” (Life Writing, vol. 6, no.1, 2009), Jo Gill and Melanie Waters note that, particularly in the case of poetry written by women, “to label a poem as autobiographical” has been “tantamount to denying its creative or aesthetic value.” What do you think about the application of the term autobiography in this context, and would you embrace or reject it for Stranger, Baby?

EMILY BERRY: Generally, I reject that term in relation to poetry, because it doesn’t seem to fit. An autobiography is meant to be an account of a person’s life, and, on the whole, you’re not going to get a poem that is a straight description of a person’s life — it’s usually an essence of that. Say you’re making a cake and you have various different ingredients — you put eggs in it. But the cake is very different from its ingredients; you don’t say that the cake is an account of the eggs. Yet you couldn’t make it without the eggs. Most of my poems are in some way about feelings, but as a cognitive behavioral therapist would say, “Feelings are not facts!” So “autobiography” doesn’t seem like a relevant term. At the same time, some people really want poems — specifically poems written in the first person — to be about someone and something “real,” and they can feel cheated when the poem isn’t. There needs to be a different way of talking about it aside from “autobiography.” I’m interested in how Sharon Olds has spoken about her work as being “apparently personal.” The things of her poems do seem like her “real life,” but she didn’t used to own up to that. But even then — I say “own up” as if I’m accusing her of not admitting something.

Another issue with “autobiography” is its potential untruthfulness — in “Freud’s Beautiful Things,” you quote Freud: “what makes all autobiographies worthless is, after all, their mendacity.” Is autobiographical writing any more “honest” than other modes?

Truth is something different — something can be factually untrue but emotionally true. It’s like Rita Ann Higgins said, “To get at the poetic truth it is not always necessary to tell the what–actually–happened truth; these times I lie.”

Spectacular Endlessly: An Interview with Emily Berry

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Scientists are following neon signs in a search for clues to one planetary system’s future and the past of another – our own solar system. Following up on a peculiar reading by NASA’s previous infrared flagship observatory, the now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope, the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope detected distinct traces of the element neon in the dusty disk surrounding the young Sun-like star SZ Chamaelontis (SZ Cha). Image: SZ Chamaeleontis Protoplanetary Disk (Artist Concept ) In this artist concept, the young star SZ Chamaeleontis (SZ Cha) is surrounded by a disk of dust and gas with the potential to form a planetary system. Once our solar system looked something like this, before planets, moons, and asteroids formed. The raw ingredients, including those for life on Earth, were present in the Sun’s protoplanetary disk. SZ Cha emits radiation in multiple wavelengths which are evaporating the disk. Planets are in a race against time to form before the disk of material is evaporated completely. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observed typical conditions in the disk – it was being bombarded primarily by X-rays. However, when NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope observed the disk in 2008, it saw a different scene, dominated by extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light, indicated by the presence of a specific type of neon in the disk. These differences are significant because planets would have more time to form from a disk dominated by EUV. Astronomers are investigating the cause of the difference between Webb and Spitzer’s readings, and think it may be due to the presence (or not) of a strong wind that, when active, absorbs EUV, leaving X-rays to hit the disk.NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) Differences in the neon readings between Spitzer and Webb point to a never-before-observed change in high-energy radiation that reaches the disk, which eventually causes it to evaporate, limiting the time planets have to form.  “How did we get here? It really goes back to that big question, and SZ Cha is the same type of young star, a T-Tauri star, as our Sun was 4.5 billion years ago at the dawn of the solar system,” said astronomer Catherine Espaillat of Boston University, in Massachusetts, who led both the 2008 Spitzer observations and the newly published Webb results. “The raw materials for Earth, and eventually life, were present in the disk of material that surrounded the Sun after it formed, and so studying these other young systems is as close as we can get to going back in time to see how our own story began.” Scientists use neon as an indicator of how much, and what type, of radiation is hitting and eroding the disk around a star. When Spitzer observed SZ Cha in 2008, it saw an outlier, with neon readings unlike any other young T-Tauri disk. The difference was the detection of neon III, which is typically scarce in protoplanetary disks that are being pummeled by high-energy X-rays. This meant that the high-energy radiation in the SZ Cha disk was coming from ultraviolet (UV) light instead of X-rays. Besides being the lone oddball result in a sample of 50-60 young stellar disks, the UV vs. X-ray difference is significant for the lifetime of the disk and its potential planets. Image: Neon Gas In Protoplanetary Disk Contrasting data from NASA’s James Webb and Spitzer space telescopes show change in the disk surrounding the star SZ Chamaeleontis (SZ Cha) in just 15 years. In 2008, Spitzer’s detection of significant neon III made SZ Cha an outlier among similar young protoplanetary disks. However, when Webb followed up on SZ Cha in 2023, the ratio of neon II to III was within typical levels. All of this is significant because protoplanetary disks are the stuff of future planetary systems – and those potential planets are in a race against time. Astronomers use neon as an indicator of the dominant radiation hitting the disk and causing it to evaporate. When extreme ultraviolet light is dominant, there is more neon III. That is the unusual circumstance that Spitzer observed in 2008. Typically, a disk is dominated by X-ray radiation, which evaporates the disk more quickly, leaving planets less time to form. Researchers think the dramatic differences in neon detections are the result of a wind that, when present, absorbs ultraviolet light and leaves X-rays to pummel the disk. They will continue using Webb to find other examples of variability in disk conditions, working toward a better understanding of how planetary systems develop around Sun-like stars.NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) “Planets are essentially in a race against time to form up in the disk before it evaporates,” explained Thanawuth Thanathibodee of Boston University, another astronomer on the research team. “In computer models of developing systems, extreme ultraviolet radiation allows for 1 million more years of planet formation than if the evaporation is predominately caused by X-rays.” So, SZ Cha was already quite the puzzle when Espaillat’s team returned to study it with Webb, only to find a new surprise: The unusual neon III signature had all but disappeared, indicating the typical dominance of X-ray radiation. The research team thinks that the differences in neon signatures in the SZ Cha system are the result of a variable wind that, when present, absorbs UV light and leaves X-rays to pummel the disk. Winds are common in a system with a newly formed, energetic star, the team says, but it is possible to catch the system during a quiet, wind-free period, which is what Spitzer happened to do. “Both the Spitzer and Webb data are excellent, so we knew this had to be something new we were observing in the SZ Cha system – a significant change in conditions in just 15 years,” added co-author Ardjan Sturm of Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands. Espaillat’s team is already planning more observations of SZ Cha with Webb, as well as other telescopes, to get to the bottom of its mysteries. “It will be important to study SZ Cha, and other young systems, in multiple wavelengths of light, like X-ray and visible light, to discover the true nature of this variability we’ve found,” said co-author Caeley Pittman of Boston University. “It’s possible that brief, quiet periods dominated by extreme UV radiation are common in many young planetary systems, but we just have not been able to catch them.” “Once again, the universe is showing us that none of its methods are as simple as we might like to make them. We need to rethink, re-observe, and gather more information. We’ll be following the neon signs,” said Espaillat. This research has been accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal Letters. The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s premier space science observatory. Webb is solving mysteries in our solar system, looking beyond to distant worlds around other stars, and probing the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it. Webb is an international program led by NASA with its partners, ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency. Media Contacts Laura Betz – laura.e.betz@nasa.gov, Rob Gutro– rob.gutro@nasa.govNASA’s  Goddard Space Flight Center, , Greenbelt, Md. Leah Ramsay lramsay@stsci.edu , Christine Pulliam cpulliam@stsci.edu Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. Downloads Download full resolution images for this article from the Space Telescope Science Institute. Research results have been accepted for publication in Astropyisical Journal Letters. Related Information How do Planets Form? https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/faq/43/how-do-planets-form/ Planetary Systems – https://universe.nasa.gov/stars/planetary-systems/ Webb Mission – https://science.nasa.gov/mission/webb/ Webb News – https://science.nasa.gov/mission/webb/latestnews/ Webb Images – https://science.nasa.gov/mission/webb/multimedia/images/ Related For Kids Planet Formation in a Snap (video) SpacePlace About Our Solar System and Planets En Español Ciencia de la NASA NASA en español  Space Place para niños Keep Exploring Related Topics James Webb Space Telescope Webb is the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It studies every phase in the… Planets Our solar system can be divided into three regions: the inner solar system, the outer solar system, and the Kuiper… Exoplanets Overview Most of the exoplanets discovered so far are in a relatively small region of our galaxy, the Milky Way.… Stars Overview Stars are giant balls of hot gas – mostly hydrogen, with some helium and small amounts of other elements.… Share Details Last Updated Nov 15, 2023 Editor Steve Sabia Contact Related Terms ExoplanetsGoddard Space Flight CenterJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)Planets

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Stuttgart. Der Porsche 911 GT3 R vom KÜS Team75 Bernhard geht beim Langstreckenklassiker Spa-Francorchamps vom vierten Startplatz aus ins Rennen. Lokalmatador Laurens Vanthoor (Belgien) fuhr am Freitag bei der hartumkämpften Super Pole, dem finalen Qualifying der besten 20 Fahrzeuge, mit 2:17.674 Minuten die viertschnellste Rundenzeit. In dem ausgeglichenen Feld zeigte sich der 500 PS starke Elfer mit der Nummer 117, in dem auch Kévin Estre (Frankreich) und Michael Christensen (Dänemark) am Steuer sitzen, gegenüber dem Zeittraining am Donnerstag noch einmal verbessert und geht optimal vorbereitet in die 24 Hours of Spa 2017.

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Der Porsche 911 GT3 R vom Team Herberth Motorsport mit der Nummer 912 verpasste die Qualifikation zur Super Pole nur knapp. Porsche Young Professional Mathieu Jaminet (Frankreich) war zusammen mit seinen Teamkollegen Sven Müller, Ralf Bohn (beide Deutschland) sowie Daniel Allemann (Schweiz) jedoch Zweitschnellster im Zeittraining bei der Pro-Am-Wertung und hat in dieser Kategorie beste Aussichten auf einen Podiumsplatz.

Mit dem zweiten Porsche 911 GT3 R liegt das Team Herberth Motorsport in der Wertungsklasse Pro-Am nach dem Qualifying auf Platz neun. Wegen der geringen Zeitabstände gehen auch Marc Lieb, Alfred und Robert Renauer sowie Jürgen Häring (alle Deutschland) optimistisch beim Traditionsrennen in Belgien an den Start.

An den 24 Hours of Spa 2017 nehmen am Samstag um 16.30 Uhr 215 Piloten mit 63 Fahrzeugen teil.

Stimmen zur Super Pole

Timo Bernhard, Teambesitzer KÜS Team75 Bernhard: „Ich bin sehr zufrieden, bei unserem ersten 24-Stunden-Rennen in der zweiten Startreihe zu stehen. Das ganze Team hat einen Super-Job gemacht. Laurens ist bei der Super Pole toll gefahren, Michael und Kévin haben im Qualifying viel für die Fahrzeug-Optimierung getan. Jetzt müssen wir in den Rennmodus umschalten, die harte Arbeit steht uns noch bevor.“

Laurens Vanthoor (911 GT3 R #117): „Ich bin total zufrieden. Das ganze Team hat toll gearbeitet und die zweite Startreihe ist eine gute Ausgangsposition für das Rennen. Im Qualifying hatten wir bisher immer viel Verkehr. Wenn wir aber eine freie Runde haben, sind wir sehr schnell. Das hat man heute gesehen.“

Michael Christensen (911 GT3 R #117): „Das war eine tolle Performance von Laurens und dem gesamten Team. Wir wollten im Qualifying pushen, um so weit vorn wie möglich starten zu können. Laurens hat dann auch alles aus dem Auto herausgeholt, jetzt schauen wir auf das Rennen.“

Kévin Estre (911 GT3 R #117): „Unser Ziel war es, unter die Top Ten zu fahren. Laurens hat dann eine Super-Runde hingelegt. Jetzt müssen wir zeigen, dass wir diese Leistung auch 24 Stunden lang im Rennen bringen können.“

Ergebnis Super Pole Pro-Kategorie 1. Fisichella/Cioci/Calado, (ITA/ITA/GBR), Ferrari GT3, 2:17.390 Minuten 2. Bortolotti/Engelhart/Caldarelli, (ITA/DEU/ITA), Lamborghini Huracan GT3, +0,057 Sekunden 3. de Philippi/Mies/Vervisch (USA(DEU/BEL), Audi R8 LMS, +0,240 Sekunden 4. Estre/Christensen/Vanthoor (FRA/DNK/BEL), Porsche GT3 R, +0,284 Sekunden 5. Al Harthy/Yoluc/Adam/Hankey (OMA/GBR/GBR/GRB), Aston Martin V12 GT3, +0,284 Sekunden

Pro-Am-Kategorie 1. Al Harthy/Yoluc/Adam/Hankey (OMA/GBR/GBR/GBR), Aston Martin V12 GT3, 2:17.674 Minuten 2. Allemann/Bohn/Müller/Jaminet, (CHE/DEU/DEU/FRAU), Porsche GT3 R, + 1,469 Sekunden 3. Fleming, Leventis, Williamson/Webb, (GBR/GBR/GBR/GBR), McLaren 650 S GT3, + 1,545 Sekunden 9. Häring/Renauer/Renauer/Lieb, (DEU/DEU/DEU/DEU), Porsche GT3 R, + 1,981 Sekunden

Quelle: Porsche Motorsport

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Porsche 911 GT3 R erobert zweite Startreihe in Spa-Francorchamps Stuttgart. Der Porsche 911 GT3 R vom KÜS Team75 Bernhard geht beim Langstreckenklassiker Spa-Francorchamps vom vierten Startplatz aus ins Rennen.