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Δεν βλέπω κίνηση από το ΔΣ! :-P Καλά, το πούλμαν μπορούμε να το κλείσουμε και τελευταία στιγμή που λέει ο λόγος. Προσωπικά, χωρίς συγκάτοικο εγώ δεν μπορώ να κάνω κράτηση, κι ας είμαι αποφασισμένος και έχω τα λεφτά διαθέσιμα. Sent from my LG-P880 using Tapatalk

Αν μας φέρει το πούλμαν, μετά χαράς!

Δεν ήταν να κάνει αυτή τη δουλειά ο Δήμος;

Ωχ...περαστικά...ε, θα σου ξανακάνει καλό καιρό μωρέ!

Τελικά την Κυριακή πέταξες;

Καλό τσίπουρο έχετε εκεί στα βόρεια ή θα πρέπει να κουβαλάμε στο πούλμαν;

Σαχάρα; Διάβασα καλά; Επίσης στην τελευταία φωτογραφία φαίνονται έργα για πάρκο ή με ξεγελάει το κινητό; Sent from my LG-P880 using Tapatalk

Αρρώστια! https://vimeo.com/78924681

Doctors Identify a New Knee Ligament By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Last month, knee surgeons from the University Hospitals Leuven in Belgium announced that they had found a new knee ligament, one that had not previously been specifically identified despite untold numbers of past knee dissections and scans. This surprising announcement, in The Journal of Anatomy, should improve our understanding of how the knee works and why some knee surgeries disappoint and also underscores the continually astonishing complexity of human anatomy. To find and characterize this new knee part, the orthopedic surgeons Dr. Steven Claes and Dr. Johann Bellemans and their colleagues gathered 41 knee joints from human cadavers and began minutely dissecting them. The knee, as those of us who own and operate a pair know, is complicated and somewhat fragile, an intricate construction of bones, cartilage, fluids, ligaments (which attach bones to bones) and tendons (which attach muscles to bones). Ideally, the various parts move together smoothly, but they can tear, rupture or fracture if the knee abruptly twists or overpivots. Knee injuries and pain drive millions of people to doctors every year and result in millions of knee exams, scans and surgeries. The Journal of Anatomy The newly identified anterolateral ligament (A.L.L.) stabilizes the knee, researchers say, but can be easily injured, contributing to knee problems. So most of us probably have assumed that the entire internal structure of the knee has been fully mapped and delineated. But knee specialists themselves have long been less sanguine. As far back as 1879, a French surgeon named Paul Segond first speculated that, in addition to the four obvious structural knee ligaments known then — the anterior cruciate, medial collateral, posterior cruciate and lateral collateral, which loop around and through the joint — other ligaments must exist in the knee or it would not be stable. He wrote that during dissections he had noticed a “pearly, resistant fibrous band” originating at the outside, front portion of the thighbone and continuing to the shinbone, which, in his estimation, must stabilize the outer part of the knee, preventing it from collapsing inward. He did not, however, give this pearly band a name and somehow, in the decades that followed, its existence was forgotten or ignored. While some surgeons noted that a ligament seemed to exist there, none named and systematically studied it, and many came to consider it a continuation of other tissues, such as the nearby iliotibial band. But a few years ago, Dr. Claes and his colleagues began to suspect otherwise. Their interest had been piqued by a problem that occurred in some patients who had undergone reconstructive surgery for an injured anterior cruciate ligament, or A.C.L. Despite the repaired knees’ appearing afterward to be healthy, the joint would sometimes give way as people moved. “We thought, something is still not right” in that knee, said Dr. Claes, who wondered whether additional, untended knee injuries might be to blame, and if so, whether they were occurring in uncharted knee parts. “I know it probably sounds crazy to say that we thought there might be this new ligament,” he said. But, like Dr. Segond so long before him, Dr. Claes became convinced that such a tissue must exist. Positioned at the front of the knee, it would be vulnerable to tearing when an A.C.L. was injured; the same forces would move through both ligaments. But, unlike torn A.C.L’s, this new tissue’s injuries would remain untreated, potentially leading, Dr. Claes considered, to knee instability and buckling. So, knowing it should be there, he and his colleagues began to search for this chimerical ligament in the 41 donated knees. And there it was, a narrow band of tissue, clearly separate from the illiotibial band and neatly linking the femur and the tibia. Because it was located on the outside, front portion of the knee, they named it the anterolateral ligament, or A.L.L. They subsequently identified, measured and scanned the A.L.L. in all but one of the donated knees, and even in that final knee, Dr. Claes said, he suspects there may once have been an A.L.L, but it possibly ruptured and withered at some point. Whether a similar process occurs in living people who injure and don’t treat an A.L.L. — because they don’t know they have one — is unknown, Dr. Claes said, but is potentially the weightiest question raised by this new research. “We think that it’s quite likely many people who tear an A.C.L. also tear an A.L.L,” he said, and that lingering injury or weakness in this overlooked ligament could leave joints unstable. But at the moment, that possibility is speculative, although Dr. Claes said that he and his colleagues had re-examined scans of some of the knees that they had operated on to repair A.C.L. injuries and identified concomitant A.L.L. tears in many of them. He and his colleagues have begun planning and practicing surgical procedures for treating A.L.L. tears, but at the moment, so much remains unknown about the ligament, including whether it can heal without surgery. “We still have a lot of work to do,” said Dr. Claes, who, with his colleagues, will be presenting continuing results at orthopedic surgery conventions in the coming months. But the fact that the A.L.L is now recognized is already “an important step forward,” he said, in understanding and potentially treating injured knees, at least in those parts of which, to date, we are aware. Πηγή: New York Times

Γιώργο, το Google My Tracks το έχεις δοκιμάσει; Ως τώρα έχω μείνει αρκετά ευχαριστημένος, αλλά το έχω δοκιμάσει μόνο με αυτοκίνητο. Έχει πολλές από τις δυνατότητες που θες, κάνει εξαγωγή σε kmz και όπως είναι λογικό συνεργάζεται άψογα με το Google Earth/Maps

Καλώστονα κι ας άργησε!

27. Kelimutu crater lakes in Flores Island, Indonesia pcruciatti/Shutterstock / Via quora.com Flickr: will1972 Shutterstock The westernmost lake is called the Lake of Old People and is usually blue, and the other two are called the Lake of Young Men and Maidens and Bewitched or Enchanted Lake, which are typically green and red, respectively. The colors vary on a periodic basis and have become a popular tourist destination.

14. The Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States Flickr: fundenburg / Via quora.com Flickr: grand_canyon_nps Flickr: stuseeger This magnificent beauty is 277 miles long and 18 miles wide, and is considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. 15. Marble Caves at General Carrera Lake in Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) Flickr: 9508280@N07 / Via quora.com Flickr: 9508280@N07 Flickr: nazgulhead The Marble Caves, known as Marble Chapel and Marble Cathedral, are located at the center of the lake and were formed by waves over the past 6,000 years. 16. Tunnel of Love in Klevan, Ukraine Alexander Ishchenko / Shutterstock / Via quora.com commons.wikimedia.org Mihai.Tamasila / Shutterstock This railway engulfed in a tunnel of leaves is a Pinterest favorite and a Ukrainian hot spot for lovers. Although it’s undoubtedly romantic, there is an active train that travels through the tunnel three times a day to deliver wood to a factory. Just beware of the train before snapping engagement photos! 17. Salar De Uyuni in the Potosí and Oruro departments of southwest Bolivia abc7 / Shutterstock / Via quora.com commons.wikimedia.org commons.wikimedia.org This is the world’s largest salt flat. It also becomes a giant mirror of the sky during the rainy season. 18. Enchanted Well at Chapada Diamantina in Bahia, Brazil Flickr: galeria_miradas / Via quora.com Vinicius Tupinamba / Shutterstock Flickr: galeria_miradas Located at Chapada Diamantina National Park, this well’s water is 120 feet deep and is clear enough to see the rocks. 19. Antelope Canyon in Arizona, United States Manamana / Shutterstock / Via quora.com Flickr: courtarro Flickr: courtarro Located near Page, Ariz., this brilliant slot canyon is split into two different sections, commonly referred to as “The Crack” and “The Corkscrew.” 20. Fingal’s Cave on the island of Staffa in Scotland Steve Allen / Shutterstock / Via quora.com TTphoto / Shutterstock Flickr: dinksi Although it may seem like this block structure is man-made, it was actually formed by hexagonally jointed basalt columns within a Paleocene lava flow. 21. To Sua Ocean Trench in the Lotofaga village on the south coast of Upolu, Samoa samoa.travel / Via quora.com Flickr: 77896898@N06 Flickr: neilspicys To Sua is a giant hole in Lotofaga that was converted into a swimming pool with water flowing through a lava-tube tunnel. 22. Bamboo groves of Arashiyama in Kyoto, Japan Flickr: beggs / Via quora.com Flickr: lestaylorphoto Flickr: caseyyee Often referred to as the “Bamboo Forest,” this tree-lined path is popular for walks and bicycle rides on a nice day. 23. Glowworm Caves in Waitomo, New Zealand Flickr: 63349090@N08 / Via quora.com waitomo.com waitomo.com This specific spot in the Waitomo Caves is known as the Glowworm Grotto, a place where glowworms create a starry effect on the ceilings. This species is exclusively found in New Zealand and is around the size of a mosquito. 24. Haiku Stairs of Oahu in Hawaii, United States Flickr: uosuaq / Via quora.com Flickr: uosuaq Flickr: kanuck Stairway to Heaven is a steep hiking trail that is technically closed to the public, but many people continue to climb despite “No Trespassing” signs. 25. Volcanoes of Kamchatka in Russia Alla/Shutterstock / Via quora.com Flickr: e_kaspersky Vadim Petrakov/Shutterstock This large chain of volcanoes sits on the Kamchatka Peninsula, with 19 of them still active. The highest volcano is Klyuchevskaya Sopka, standing at almost 16,000 feet high. 26. Cenotes of Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico Vadim Petrakov/Shutterstock sunsinger/Shutterstock Flickr: daquellamanera These sinkholes in Mexico were formed during the ice age and were held sacred by the Mayans.

Με copy-paste ρε! Πολύ ωραίο Γιάννη! 1. Zhangye Danxia landform in Gansu, China MelindaChan/Flickr / Getty Images / Via quora.com suronin / Shutterstock Rat007 / Shutterstock The rainbow formation is the result of red sandstone and mineral deposits being laid down for over 24 million years, according to the Telegraph. 2. The swing at the “End of the World” in Baños, Ecuador Flickr: wurglitsch / Via quora.com Zak Erving / sparkpunk.com Zak Erving / followgram.me At the edge of Ecuador sits a rickety tree house (casa del árbol) overlooking an active volcano in the near distance. With it comes a swing with no harnesses, inviting only the bravest of risk-takers to experience a killer view. 3. The Great Blue Hole in Belize Wata51 / Shutterstock / Via quora.com AMK1211 / Wikipedia Commons jayhem / Wikipedia Commons The Great Blue Hole is a submarine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It’s one of the top scuba diving sites in the world and the water is 407 feet deep. 4. Tulip fields in the Netherlands Olgysha / Shutterstock / Via quora.com Nataliya Peregudova / Shutterstock Flickr: 42126397@N00 Many people often mistake Keukenhof, also known as the Garden of Europe, as the designated space of the tulip fields. However, these majestic fields are located just outside the garden and are mostly privately owned. 5. The Hang Son Doong cave in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam CARSTEN PETER/National Geographic Creative / Via quora.com CARSTEN PETER/National Geographic Creative Carsten Peter/National Geographic / Getty Images Son Doong is the world’s largest cave, created 2–5 million years ago. A half-mile block of 40-story buildings could fit inside it! 6. Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan Flickr: sinn / Via quora.com Flickr: kobaken Flickr: ajari The park is in full bloom during spring and tourists often visit to see 4.5 million “baby blue-eyes” flowers blossom. 7. Mendenhall Ice Caves of Juneau in Alaska, United States Flickr: 25949441@N02 / Via quora.com Flickr: gillfoto Flickr: gillfoto The cave lies beneath the Mendenhall Glacier and it melts as you walk through it. 8. Mount Roraima in Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana Flickr: gwegner / Via quora.com Paula Fassina / commons.wikimedia.org Flickr: gwegner The tabletop mountains are considered some of the oldest geological formations on Earth, dating back to roughly 2 billion years ago. The mountain also serves as a triple border for Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela. 9. Ancient Region of Anatolia in Cappadocia, Turkey Flickr: blieusong / Via quora.com ollirg / Shutterstock Flickr: teosaurio The area has become a popular tourist area and a favorite spot for hot air ballooning. 10. Sea of Stars on Vaadhoo Island in the Maldives DOUG PERRINE/Barcroft Media /Landov / Via quora.com ArtTomCat/Shutterstock ArtTomCat/Shutterstock What may appear as a mirror image of the stars above, the bioluminescence in the water is actually due to marine microbes called phytoplankton. The effect it has on the shore is absolutely breathtaking. 11. Victoria Falls bordering Zimbabwe and Zambia in Africa Flickr: i_pinz Mark Caunt / Shutterstock Flickr: joepyrek This 355-foot waterfall lies at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe and it is the widest waterfall in Africa. There’s also a famous feature on the Zambian side called the Devil’s Pool, which allows adventurous tourists to hang out at the edge of the falls. 12. Trolltunga in Hordaland, Norway Flickr: opedal / Via quora.com Flickr: seekabul Flickr: opedal Trolltunga is a piece of rock that hangs out of the mountain about 2,000 feet up in the air. The Troll’s Tongue (translation in English) is available to hikers from mid-June to about mid-September. 13. Whitehaven Beach at Whitsunday Island in Australia Flickr: noaml / Via quora.com commons.wikimedia.org Flickr: wicker-furniture This beach is known for its beautiful white sands, which are believed to have been brought to the beach from sea currents over millions of years. The sand is very fine and does not retain heat, making it comfortable for a barefoot walk along the shore. It can also damage electronics, so keep your cell phones and cameras in a safe place!

Hokkaido https://vimeo.com/79373088

Νααααααααααιιιιιιιιιιι!!!!! :animier: Δεν αντέχω άλλο λέμεεεεε!!!!

Ε, μην μας χαλάς κι εσύ το όνειρο τώρα...

Πολύ όμορφες οι φωτο Χρήστο! Sent from my LG-P880 using Tapatalk

Είναι ελαφρύς Πάνο. Και έχει σημασία πως νιώθει και αυτός την μπότα που ήδη έχει. Αν από 60 πχ πάει στο 80 θα είναι από μια χαρά έως σκληρή. Sent from my LG-P880 using Tapatalk

Αυτό που λέει η over-poulover. Τι μπότα είχες πριν; Sent from my LG-P880 using Tapatalk

Πηγή: in.gr Η Γη παίζει κρυφτό στον Άρχοντα των Δαχτυλιδιών Μια εντυπωσιακή φωτογραφία του Κρόνου στην οποία διακρίνεται και η Γη τράβηξε το διαστημικό σκάφος Cassini της Nasa (Πηγή NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI) Πασαντίνα, Καλιφόρνια Μια σπάνια φωτογραφία της Γης όπως φαίνεται από το εξωτερικό ηλιακό μας σύστημα έδωσε στη δημοσιότητα η NASA. Το «πορτραίτο», το οποίο απεικονίζει με εντυπωσιακό τρόπο τον Κρόνο και τα δαχτυλίδια του και, πίσω από αυτά τη Γη και τη Σελήνη, τραβήχτηκε από το διαστημικό σκάφος Cassini, τον περασμένο Ιούλιο. Δεν είναι το πρώτο «ενσταντανέ» του πλανήτη μας από τον διαστημικό εξερευνητή, είναι όμως ίσως το πιο εντυπωσιακό και έρχεται να σταθεί επάξια δίπλα σε μια άλλη διάσημη εικόνα, εκείνη της «Αχνής γαλάζιας κουκκίδας» που είχε αποτυπώσει το Voyager στη δεκαετία του 1990. Δείτε την εικόνα σε πλήρη ανάλυση Τα «μακρινά πλάνα» της Γης από το Διάστημα δεν είναι πολλά. Αιτία για αυτό είναι το γεγονός ότι ο πλανήτης μας βρίσκεται πολύ κοντά στον Ηλιο με αποτέλεσμα να «σβήνει» στις φωτογραφίες που λαμβάνονται από πολύ μεγάλες αποστάσεις. Το περασμένο καλοκαίρι όμως, στις 19 Ιουλίου, το Cassini βρέθηκε σε πλεονεκτική θέση καθώς ο Κρόνος είχε «κρύψει» τον Ηλιο επιτρέποντάς του να συλλάβει με τον φακό του όχι μόνο τη Γη αλλά και τη Σελήνη, σε μια εξαιρετικά σπάνια στιγμή. Την ημέρα εκείνη μάλιστα η Αμερικανική Διαστημική Υπηρεσία, η οποία είχε προγραμματίσει τη «φωτογράφιση», είχε διοργανώσει μια καμπάνια με τίτλο «The Day the Earth Smiled» («Η μέρα που η Γη χαμογέλασε») ζητώντας από τους γήινους να χαιρετήσουν το Cassini χαμογελώντας και στέλνοντας φωτογραφίες τους. Οι δορυφόροι του Κρόνου και οι πλανήτες που διακρίνονται στη φωτογραφία απεικονίζονται στις θέσεις τους και σε μεγέθυνση μέσα σε τετράγωνα (Πηγή NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI) Στη νέα εικόνα που τράβηξε το διαστημικό σκάφος της NASA από απόσταση σχεδόν 1,5 δισ. χλμ. από εμάς η Γη φαίνεται σαν μια γαλάζια κουκκίδα ενώ δίπλα της διακρίνεται μια πιο μικρή λευκή κουκκίδα – η Σελήνη. Είναι η πρώτη φορά που η κάμερα υψηλότερης ανάλυσης του Cassini συλλαμβάνει ταυτόχρονα τον πλανήτη μας και τον δορυφόρο του ως δυο καθαρά διακριτά μεταξύ τους αντικείμενα. Γύρω και ανάμεσα στα δαχτυλίδια του Κρόνου διακρίνονται επίσης οι δορυφόροι του Εγκέλαδος, Τηθύς και Μίμας καθώς και ο Αρης και η Αφροδίτη. Η Γη (αριστερά) και η Σελήνη (δεξιά) σε «ζουμ» από τη νέα φωτογραφία του Cassini(Πηγή NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI) «Δεν μπορούμε να δούμε ηπείρους ή ανθρώπους σε αυτό το πορτραίτο της Γης αλλά η αχνή γαλάζια κουκκίδα αποτελεί μια περιεκτική σύνοψη του ποιοι ήμαστε στις 19 Ιουλίου» δήλωσε η Λίνα Σπίλκερ, επιστήμονας της αποστολής Cassini από το Εργαστήριο Αεριώθησης στην Πασαντίνα της Καλιφόρνιας, σε σχετικό δελτίο Τύπου. «Η εικόνα του Cassiniμας θυμίζει πόσο μικροσκοπικός είναι ο πλανήτης μας μέσα στην απεραντοσύνη του Διαστήματος και επίσης μαρτυρεί την ευφυΐα των πολιτών αυτού του μικροσκοπικού πλανήτη που έστειλαν ένα ρομποτικό διαστημόπλοιο τόσο μακριά για να μελετήσει τον Κρόνο και να πάρει από εκεί μια φωτογραφία της Γης». Λεπτομέρεια της εικόνας στην οποία διακρίνεται καλύτερα η «αχνή γαλάζια κηλίδα» της Γης (Πηγή NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI) «Κοιτάξτε προσεκτικά, κάτω από τα δαχτυλίδια και προς τα δεξιά του Κρόνου, φαινομενικά χαμένη μέσα στη λάμψη του τοπίου, βρίσκεται μια μικροσκοπική κουκκιδίτσα, από γαλάζιο φως που αρμενίζει μέσα σε μια θάλασσα από άστρα» έγραψε απότην πλευρά της στο BBC η Κάρολιν Πόρκο, επικεφαλής της ομάδας απεικόνισης της αποστολής Cassini η οποία συνέθεσε το νέο πορτραίτο της Γης από τα δεδομένα του διαστημικού σκάφους. «Αυτό είναι το σπίτι μας, με όλους εμάς επάνω του, μέχρι τον τελευταίο – εσάς, εμένα, τα παιδιά της γειτονιάς, ακόμη και αυτούς που μένουν από την άλλη πλευρά της Γης. Ολοι μας κατοικούμε σε αυτήν την όμορφη γαλάζια κουκκίδα» προσθέτει η δρ Πόρκο, η οποία είχε επίσης συμμετάσχει στην επεξεργασία της φωτογραφίας της Γης που είχε τραβήξει το Voyager. Το πορτραίτο της Γης που είχε τραβήξει το Cassiniτο 2006. Η Γη βρίσκεται στα αριστερά, μια τελίτσα που μόλις διακρίνεται επάνω από τους κύριους δακτυλίους του Κρόνου (Πηγή NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI)

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