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Different cyclotron size: a) Lawrence ́s first one, b) Venezuela First one (courtesy of Dorly Coehlo), c) Fermi National Laboratory at CERN. And size matters, and Cyclotrons win as best hospital candidates due to Reactors are bigger, harder and difficult to be set in a hospital installation. Can you imagine a nuclear reactor inside a health installation? Radiation Protection Program will consume all the budget available. Size, controlled reactions, electrical control, made cyclotrons easy to install, and baby cyclotrons come selfshielded so hospital don ́t need to spend money in a extremely large bunker. Now on, we are going to talk about our first experience with the set up of a baby cyclotron for medical uses inside the first PET installation in Latin America. “Baby” means its acceleration “D” diameters are suitable to be set inside a standard hospital room dimensions, with all its needs to be safetly shielded for production transmision and synthetized for human uses for imaging in Nuclear Medicine PET routine. When we ask why Cyclotrons are better than reactors for radioisotopes production to be used in Medicine, we also have to have in mind that they has: 1. Less radioactive waste 2. Less harmful debris
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Different-cyclotron-size-a-Lawrence-s-first-one-b-Venezuela-First-one-courtesy-of_fig3_221906035
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St. Peter’s square https://roma-bella.com/tours/vatican-city/ is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding architectural spaces in Rome. But this astonishing square, as most of the historical sites of the eternal city, “was not built in one day”. Not because its construction lasted 11 years (1656-1667) but because the square is the result of centuries of changes, additions, transformations to the original IV century basilica that in the XVI century had become a chaotic entrance to the Basilica dedicated to the first Pope of Rome: St. Peter.
 In this first 1577 engrave created by the artist Lefrery you can appreciate that the Constantinian basilica (IV century) façade, after centuries of transformations had become an addition of different buildings, hights and styles. In the background is appearing a round volume: is the new St. Peter’s Basilica created by Bramante in the XVI century, conceived with a dome.  On this second 1588-90 engrave by Cesare Nebbia, there is an Egyptian obelisk that creates a certain order in the chaotic space. This obelisk is part of wide urban plan created in Rome by Pope Sixtus V’s architect: Domenico Fontana.
With the Council of Trent (1545-1563) who produced the counter reform within the catholic church, many new rules were issued, including the artistic ones: the new churches had to transform their layout into the shape of the Latin cross. St. Peter’s basilica who have had a Greek cross layout was extended under Carlo Maderno’s new project. The new façade as a unity was inaugurated in 1612, without the 2 belfries, built some years later (1640) but then demolished.
 
The breakthrough arrived with the master Gian Lorenzo Bernini who crowned St. Peter’s Basilica with this brilliant creation. He was able to unify all the different inputs around the Basilica: arrival, Papal palace entrance, basilica entrance, proportion, human scale. St. Peter’s square protects and connects the devoted visitors with the Dome, symbol of the kingdom of heaven. The two colonnades are the arms of the church embracing the faithful in an endless gesture of love.
 
In yellow all the buildings that were demolished to create the square.
 
Nolli’s plan created in 1748 showing the square before the fascist government intervention to create Via della Conciliazione.
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I love the adventure stories with twisted plots, mysteries, puzzles. That is why I love the stories created by Dan Brown and his major character Professor Robert Langdon who was very well played by Tom Hanks in the series of successful movies. Moreover, in my travel adventures I managed to visit most of the countries, places, museums, etc, and even CERN, which are described in the books and movies. And when I watch the movies I travel back in time together with Professor Langdon.
So, today I invite you to solve great mysteries of Leonardo, Illuminati, and Dante. It’s time to refresh your knowledge of history and arts. Welcome aboard!
Jacques Saunière, a Louvre curator, is pursued through the Grand Gallery by an albino Catholic monk named Silas, who demands the location of the Priory’s “keystone” to find and destroy the Holy Grail. Saunière gives him a false lead and is murdered. The police find his body posed like Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man. Police captain Bezu Fache has his lieutenant, Jérôme Collet, summon American symbologist Robert Langdon, who is in Paris for a lecture on the interpretation of symbols, to examine Saunière’s body.
Langdon is shown the body and a secret message, readable only by blacklight. It contains an out-of-order Fibonacci sequence. Sophie Neveu, a police cryptographer and Saunière’s granddaughter, tells Langdon that Fache planted a tracker on him after finding the words, “P.S. Find Robert Langdon” at the end of Saunière’s secret message. Fache believes that Langdon murdered Saunière. Sophie throws away the tracker, distracting the police while they sneak around the Louvre, finding more clues in Leonardo da Vinci’s works. Langdon deduces that Saunière was the grand master of the Priory of Sion. And our adventure begins.
We meet Professor Robert Langdon for the first time during his lecture. He uses Sony laptop for his presentation.
In one of the next scenes of the movie we can clearly see the van with Bosch logo. Same is for the famous French water – Badoit. We can see it in a bucket full of ice.
When Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou) come to the bank to retrieve the cryptex, we can see how KUKA robot picks the right box that belonged to Jacques Saunière. When the bank employee helps the main characters to pass the police, we can get a glimpse of his Rolex watch.
At Sir Leigh Teabing’s (Ian McKellen) house our guests learn more about The Last Supper painting secrets. Their host is also a fan of Sony, so we may see various TV sets and displays in the house. While enjoying their evening tea, we can as well see Heinz there, of course.
When Robert Langdon and Sophie look for a tomb in London, they borrow a Sony Ericsson smartphone to search for more information.
In the final scene of the movie we see that Robert lives in Ritz hotel in Paris, and from there he starts his evening walk to follow the Arago medallions and come to the Louvre.
The Catholic Church mourns the sudden death of Pope Pius XVI, and prepares for the papal conclave to elect his successor in Vatican City. Father Patrick McKenna (Ewan McGregor), the camerlengo, takes temporary control of the Vatican during the sede vacante period.
Meanwhile, at CERN, scientists Father Silvano Bentivoglio and Dr. Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer) create three canisters of antimatter. As Vetra goes to evaluate the experiment, she discovers that Silvano has been murdered, and one of the canisters was stolen. Shortly thereafter, four of the preferiti, the favored candidates to be elected pope, are kidnapped by a man claiming to represent the Illuminati. He sends the Vatican a warning, claiming he will murder each of the cardinals from 8 p.m. to midnight, when the stolen antimatter will explode and destroy the city, hidden somewhere within.
Unlike two other movies, there are only few product placements in Angels & Demons. And they can be divided in two categories – Sony and TV channels.
That is why we see Sony computers and displays in the first scene in CERN.
And when the events of the movie accelerate, we can see various TV channels broadcasting from Vatican City. These are Canal+, CNN, and Reuters.
And this is it for Angels & Demons. More product placements are waiting in Inferno.
Some time after helping the Vatican dealing with an antimatter threat, Harvard University professor Robert Langdon awakens in a hospital room in Florence, Italy, with no memory of what has transpired over the last few days, but being plagued with hellish visions. Dr. Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones), the doctor tending to him, reveals that he is suffering from amnesia as a result of a bullet wound to the head. An orderly says the police are there to question Langdon but the officer turns out to be Vayentha, an assassin, who shoots the orderly while coming up the hallway. Brooks helps Langdon to escape, and they flee to her apartment.
Among Langdon’s personal belongings, Langdon and Brooks find a Faraday pointer, a miniature image projector with a modified version of Sandro Botticelli’s Map of Hell, which itself is based on Dante’s Inferno. They soon realize this is the first clue in a trail left by Bertrand Zobrist, a dangerously unstable villain who believed that rigorous measures were necessary to reduce the Earth’s growing population, and who committed suicide three days earlier after being chased by armed government agents.
When Robert Langdon wakes up in Sienna’s house, we can find various brands across her apartment. First of all we see Sony TV remote controls. And when Professor asks for coffee, Sienna goes to the kitchen where we spot tea brands like Greenfield and Twinings.
While Sienna is looking for some clothes for Robert, he decides to use her Apple MacBook to check his Google mail.
When Robert and Sienna decide to call to the consulate, we see that Sienna uses Sony smartphone. When they realize that they can trust no one, they start their investigation. First, they search for the information about Zobrist. Google, Wikipedia, and YouTube are very helpful even in the movies.
Later in the movie we see more Sony product placements – a TV set in Command Risk Consortium, a smartphone and a tablet used by Elizabeth Sinskey.
When Robert Langdon and Sienna Brooks try to escape from their enemies with the help of Christoph Bouchard, they make everyone believe they are going to fly to Switzerland via Swiss, but instead they take an Italo speed train to Venice.
When finally the truth is revealed and memory is restored, Robert and Elizabeth go to Istanbul to stop Sienna from unleashing the virus. Elizabeth shares Zobrist’s message with Robert. They watch it together on a Dell laptop.
In the final scene when Professor returns Dante’s mask to the museum, we can see the museum employee wearing the tag with the Florentine Civic Museums branding.
Unfortunately, there is no news about the future movies with Tom Hanks. And no news about any new books. Looking forward to new adventures of Professor Langdon.
I highly recommend you to visit Product Placement section of the website. You will find more amazing movie series analysed there.
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- On 19 September 2015 Pope Francis departed aboard an Alitalia Airbus A330 (Shepherd One) from Rome's Fiumicino International Airport, to Havana's José Martí International Airport where he arrived to an official Welcoming Ceremony. The next day, he was the principal celebrant at a Papal Mass at the Plaza de la Revolución in Havana at 9:00, before he paid a courtesy visit to the President of the Council of State and of the Council of Ministers of the Republic at Palacio de la Revolución in Havana. His day ended with celebrations of Vespers with priests, men and women religious, and seminarians, at the Cathedral of Havana, and a greeting to the young people of the "Centro Cultural Padre Félix Varela" in Havana during the early evening.[48]
- On 21 September, he departed by plane from Havana for Holguín, to preside at a Papal Mass at Plaza de la Revolución. Before departing for Santiago de Cuba, he gave a blessing to the city, from Loma de la Cruz, in Holguín. Having arrived in Santiago, he met with the Bishops of Cuba at St Basil the Great Seminary, and say a prayer to the Virgen de la Caridad, with the Bishops and the Papal Entourage, at the Minor Basilica of the Shrine "Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre" in Santiago.
- On 22 September, he celebrated a Papal Mass at the Minor Basilica of the Shrine "Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre" in Santiago in the morning and later had a meeting with families at Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral in Santiago. After a blessing of the city of Santiago from the square in front of the Cathedral of Santiago, he left with a farewell ceremony from Santiago Airport, en route to Washington, D.C., where he arrived at Joint Base Andrews during the evening of 22 September 2015.
- On Wednesday, 23 September, the pope met with President Barack Obama at the White House. It was the third visit by a pope to the White House, following meetings between Jimmy Carter and Pope John Paul II in October 1979 and George W. Bush and Pope Benedict XVI in April 2008.[49]
- Also that day, Francis took part in a prayer with bishops from the United States at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, the seat of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington. Later that day, he celebrated Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, near the Catholic University of America. During the Mass, he canonized (declared to be a Saint) Junípero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan friar who founded a mission in Baja California, and the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California.
- On Thursday, 24 September, Pope Francis gave an address to a Joint session of the United States Congress, the first Supreme Pontiff to do so. He followed that with a visit to St. Patrick's Church, the oldest parish church in Washington. The church was founded in 1794.[50] He also visited the Washington, D.C. local Catholic Charities office. He then flew from Washington, to New York City. After arriving at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport, he took part with New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan in Evening Vespers (part of the Liturgy of the Hours), at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
- On Friday, 25 September, Pope Francis addressed the United Nations General Assembly. It was the fifth address by a Pope to the U.N. General Assembly, following appearances by Pope Paul VI in October 1965, Pope John Paul II in October 1979 and October 1995, and Pope Benedict XVI in April 2008. Following the address to the U.N., he participated in an ecumenical service at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, at the former World Trade Center site. In the afternoon, he visited a school in East Harlem, then celebrated a Papal Mass at Madison Square Garden.
- On Saturday, 26 September, Pope Francis traveled from New York to Philadelphia, where he was welcomed by city and state leaders and Philadelphia's Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. He celebrated a Papal Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. He visited Independence Mall in the afternoon, and the Festival of Families of the 2015 World Meeting of Families[51] in the early evening. The Pope's visit concluded on Sunday, 27 September, with a Papal Mass in the afternoon. After a departure ceremony, he departed on a jet for Rome and the Vatican from Philadelphia International Airport.
- In honor of the visit, the Museum of the Bible will sponsor a special exhibition entitled "Verbum Domini II" at the Philadelphia Convention Center, adjacent to the World Meeting.[52] The official schedule of his visit was announced at the end of June.[53]
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Pedro de Mendoza, adelantado del Río de la Plata (h. 1499-1537)
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CUANDO PEDRO DE MENDOZA LLEGÓ AL RiACHUELO EN SU MAGDALENA
Nota Periódico Conexión 2000 Arte y Cultura en el Nuevo Milenio
El 2 de febrero se cumplieron 476 años desde que Don Pedro de Mendoza desembarcara en la orillas del Riachuelo para fundar la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Al cumplirse el Cuarto Centenario de aquel histórico hecho en 1936, La Boca fue testigo de un popular festejo, que evocó la llegada de los españoles y su desembarco en la Vuelta de Rocha.
Foto: Conmemoración de los 400 años de la primera fundación de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires en la Vuelta de Rocha – 2 de febrero de 1936.
En el año 1535 partió de España la expedición más importante de todas las que se habían enviado hacia América. Su destino era el Río de la Plata y estaba encabezada por Don Pedro de Mendoza quien había firmado un acuerdo con el Rey Carlos I de España con el compromiso de descubrir, asegurar y conquistar una inmensa extensión de territorio para la Corona. Para ello, Pedro de Mendoza recibió el titulo de Adelantado, correspondiente a aquellos que financiaban alguna expedición en nombre del Rey con sus propia fortuna.
Se creía que en el Río de la Plata existían tesoros y grandes riquezas semejantes a las encontradas en Perú por Pizarro y por otro lado, era necesario asegurar la presencia española frente a la disputa territorial con Portugal en el nuevo continente.
La expedición se integraba con dos mil hombres y mujeres, con provisiones de alimentos, herramientas y equipamiento que eran transportados en varias naves entre ellas la Santantonm, Santa Catalina, Trinidad, Anunciada, Santiago y la Magdalena.
Mendoza partió en agosto de 1535 desde España y llegó a las costas de Río de Janeiro antes de finalizar el año. Desde allí siguió rumbo al Río de la Plata, hasta alcanzar la isla San Gabriel ubicada frente a la actual Ciudad uruguaya de Colonia a principios de 1536.
Entonces, el Adelantado envió a un grupo de su expedición para que hiciera un reconocimiento de la orilla sur del Río de la Plata donde hallaron un lugar propicio al pie de una pequeña barranca, en la entrada irregular de un pequeño río que formaba una curva en su boca, el que constituía a su vez una buena defensa frente naves enemigas. Para la mayoría de los historiadores se trata del Riachuelo.
Entre el 2 y 3 de febrero de 1536, Don Pedro de Mendoza arribó a la desembocadura del Riachuelo en el Río de la Plata con 16 naves, a bordo de la carabela la Magdalena. Si bien no existe absoluta certeza del lugar de su desembarco, algunos historiadores señalan a la Vuelta de Rocha en La Boca o al mismo Parque Lezama como el sitio que los españoles bautizaron Puerto de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre.
Algunos relatos de los expedicionarios señalan al lugar como algo inhóspito, lleno de insectos, mosquitos, frondosa vegetación y fácilmente inundadle. El Fuerte logró mantenerse solo unos años padeciendo sus habitantes enfermedades, falta de víveres, el ataque de los indios y peleas internas. En 1541 Domingo Martínez de Irala evacuó a sus habitantes para reforzar la población y presencia española en la Ciudad de Asunción del Paraguay, lugar desde donde partiría Don Juan de Garay para refundar la Ciudad de Buenos Aires el 11 de junio de 1580.
Al cumplirse el cuarto centenario de la primera fundación de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, se organizó un importante festejo que incluyó la construcción de una réplica de la carabela la “Magdalena” con la que arribara Pedro de Mendoza al Riachuelo, y se organizó un desfile evocativo desde la Vuelta de Rocha hasta el Parque Lezama, con personajes ambientados de la época. A continuación se reproduce la nota publicada en el Boletín del Centro Naval Nº 516 de Febrero de 1936.
La "Magdalena" en la Vuelta de Rocha
El acto tuvo por escenario la Vuelta de Rocha, en el "Riachuelo de los Navíos", presunto lugar histórico del desembarco, donde se habían reunido numerosas corporaciones y una gran muchedumbre. Allí fué a anclar la Magdalena, y a las seis de la tarde del día conmemorativo - 2 de febrero - tres salvas anunciaron el desembarco del Adelantado. Todas las pupilas se fijaron en la Magdalena, que desde el afilado botalón de bauprés al palo mayor, que enarbolaba los colores de Castilla, y desde el asta de popa, con los del Adelantado, hasta el fanal, sugería un ambiente épico, de que era síntesis el rojo pendón izado en el trinquete.
"Aguardaban en la ribera, "ricos homes" y galeotos, frailes, regidores y soldados, además de la gentuza que, según la historia, había disfrutado largamente de sus truhanerías en tabernas y mesones de Sanlúcar, mientras la flota esperaba en el Guadalquivir a que los males físicos diesen tregua al Adelantado.
"En la hora luminosa de la tarde resplandecían las corazas de la caballería desmontada cuyos hombres, armados de arcabuz y ballesta, vestían toca con acuchillados, calzón y bota.
"Por la porta de cañones, descendía poco después a uno de los botes con los bogadores prestos la representación de D Pedro de Mendoza. Le habían precedido cuatro de sus hombres, entre quiénes se contaban el organizador de la flota, D. Diego de Mendoza, y Osorio, su maestre de campo. El remador experto acercó el botecillo rápidamente a tierra. El jefe de la expedición, cuya figura se distinguía por la gorra color castaño y el birrete con plumas blancas, llegó hasta un lanchon próximo y por él a tierra.
Allí aguardaban los caballos en que había de recorrer la "media legua" de que nos hablan las crónicas, hasta el parque Lezama sitio donde los estudios más modernos establecen que se estableció la población de Mendoza.
"La muchedumbre se apiñaba a todo lo largo de la calle ribereña que lleva el nombre del primer fundador de Buenos Aires y seguía luego por la de Almirante Brown hasta el parque Lezama, siempre compacta, regocijada y entusiasta, como pocas veces se vio anteriormente en el lugar.
"Se organizó luego una columna precedida por el pendón de Castilla, al que seguía, caballero en briosa cabalgadura, el Adelantado. Fiel fué la encarnación del fundador, cuyo impasible semblante actual corroboraba aquellas sus palabras:
"Ligadas y atadas tengo todas mis potencis corporales, pero me haré fuerte como el hierro y traspasaré el mar v la ancha tierra".
"Tras él la cruz, los franciscanos, "ricos homes", aventureros y los hombres de linaje vario incorporados a la expedición. Seguían las banderas y estandartes de las instituciones boquenses organizadoras del acto, los miembros de la comisión popular organizada en la localidad, y enorme concurrencia.
"Todo el desfile por la calle Pedro Mendoza y luego por la de Almirante Brown fué seguido por crecida cantidad de público que aplaudía con entusiasmo, y de algunos balcones se arrojaron flores.
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In this first 1577 engrave created by the artist Lefrery you can appreciate that the Constantinian basilica (IV century) façade, after centuries of transformations had become an addition of different buildings, hights and styles. In the background is appearing a round volume: is the new St. Peter’s Basilica created by Bramante in the XVI century, conceived with a dome. 
On this second 1588-90 engrave by Cesare Nebbia, there is an Egyptian obelisk that creates a certain order in the chaotic space. This obelisk is part of wide urban plan created in Rome by Pope Sixtus V’s architect: Domenico Fontana. 
