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Saturday, November 29, 2014
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Friday, November 28, 2014
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Thank you DailyOm Your day may be peppered with confrontation today. As a result, you may begin approaching people in your personal and professional lives with a quarrelsome attitude. If you expect that others will try to subvert your efforts and drain your personal power, your expectations will likely be met. You can stave off frustration and avoid coming into conflict with individuals around you by accepting that your strength and resolve are the products of your innate intelligence, talent, and skill. Disagreements that would otherwise have escalated into confrontations will likely end peaceably when others grasp that you feel no need to zealously defend your thoughts, opinions, or ideas. You can approach debate confidently today, secure in the knowledge that others can in no way disturb your personal power. You’ll feel confident in your own power when you recognize that your ability to influence the world around you comes from within. Often, we feel driven to defend ourselves when we sense that others are questioning our decisions or do not share our confidence in our abilities. Your inner strength can be seen in your actions and is thus demonstrated clearly in all you do. When you accept that a wellspring of empowerment bubbles inside your soul, unaffected by success or failure, no one person or situation will possess the ability to shake your faith in yourself. You won’t feel obligated to engage in confrontations to prove yourself. Your confidence will flourish today when you are secure in the solidity of your personal power.
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Black Hole Friday
In this artist's illustration, turbulent winds of gas swirl around a black hole. Some of the gas is spiraling inward toward the black hole, but another part is blown away. A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out. The gravity is so strong because matter has been squeezed into a tiny space. This can happen when a star is dying. Because no light can get out, people can't see black holes. They are invisible. Space telescopes with special tools can help find black holes. The special tools can see how stars that are very close to black holes act differently than other stars. How Big Are Black Holes? Black holes can be big or small. Scientists think the smallest black holes are as small as just one atom. These black holes are very tiny but have the mass of a large mountain. Mass is the amount of matter, or "stuff," in an object. More information on black holes. Artwork Credit: NASA, and M. Weiss (Chandra X -ray Center) via NASA http://ift.tt/1xZVGT3
Thursday, November 27, 2014
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Get it free: The Monster Mac Freebie Bundle + Bonus App: Backblaze https://t.co/lnruiOLLW0 via @StackSocial
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Just entered to win a dream Apple desktop setup. Enter here... https://t.co/0C1M8Kybqs via @StackSocial
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014
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I just got a free book from @ramseyshow on @noisetrade. Download it here:
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International Space Station’s 3-D Printer
The International Space Station’s 3-D printer has manufactured the first 3-D printed object in space, paving the way to future long-term space expeditions. The object, a printhead faceplate, is engraved with names of the organizations that collaborated on this space station technology demonstration: NASA and Made In Space, Inc., the space manufacturing company that worked with NASA to design, build and test the 3-D printer. This image of the printer, with the Microgravity Science Glovebox Engineering Unit in the background, was taken in April 2014 during flight certification and acceptance testing at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, prior to its launch to the station aboard a SpaceX commercial resupply mission. The first objects built in space will be returned to Earth in 2015 for detailed analysis and comparison to the identical ground control samples made on the flight printer prior to launch. The goal of this analysis is to verify that the 3-D printing process works the same in microgravity as it does on Earth. The printer works by extruding heated plastic, which then builds layer upon layer to create three-dimensional objects. Testing this on the station is the first step toward creating a working "machine shop" in space. This capability may decrease cost and risk on the station, which will be critical when space explorers venture far from Earth and will create an on-demand supply chain for needed tools and parts. Long-term missions would benefit greatly from onboard manufacturing capabilities. Data and experience gathered in this demonstration will improve future 3-D manufacturing technology and equipment for the space program, allowing a greater degree of autonomy and flexibility for astronauts. Image Credit: NASA/Emmett Given via NASA http://ift.tt/1rkkxQS
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
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This isn't a comment about current news. However, current news made me think of it. At what time do people look at each other and say, " Hey how much longer do we riot? Ya wanna torch two more and go home?" When do ya finally wrap it up?
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Im fairly new to playing on youtube but here it is...Monrovia Street Fest http://t.co/SGTLnbU7m4 Would love to have more subscriptions.
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Thursday, November 20, 2014
Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission Marks Ten Years of Discovery
On Nov. 20, 2004, NASA's Swift spacecraft lifted off aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., beginning its mission to study gamma-ray bursts and identify their origins. Gamma-ray bursts are the most luminous explosions in the cosmos. Most are thought to be triggered when the core of a massive star runs out of nuclear fuel, collapses under its own weight, and forms a black hole. The black hole then drives jets of particles that drill all the way through the collapsing star and erupt into space at nearly the speed of light. Astronomers at NASA and Pennsylvania State University used Swift to create the most detailed ultraviolet light surveys ever of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, the two closest major galaxies. Nearly a million ultraviolet sources appear in this mosaic of the Large Magellanic Cloud, which was assembled from 2,200 images taken by Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) and released on June 3, 2013. The 160-megapixel image required a cumulative exposure of 5.4 days. The image includes light from 1,600 to 3,300 angstroms -- UV wavelengths largely blocked by Earth's atmosphere -- and has an angular resolution of 2.5 arcseconds at full size. The Large Magellanic Cloud is about 14,000 light-years across. Viewing in the ultraviolet allows astronomers to suppress the light of normal stars like the sun, which are not very bright at such higher energies, and provides a clearer picture of the hottest stars and star-formation regions. No telescope other than UVOT can produce such high-resolution wide-field multicolor surveys in the ultraviolet. Pennsylvania State University manages the Swift Mission Operations Center, which controls Swift's science and flight operations. Goddard manages Swift, which was launched in November 2004. The satellite is operated in collaboration with Penn State, the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and Orbital Sciences Corp. in Dulles, Va. International collaborators are in the United Kingdom and Italy, and the mission includes contributions from Germany and Japan. Image Credit: NASA/Swift/S. Immler (Goddard) and M. Siegel (Penn State) via NASA http://ift.tt/1xWOvuu
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Successful Flight Test of Shape Changing Wing Surface
NASA's green aviation project is one step closer to developing technology that could make future airliners quieter and more fuel-efficient with the successful flight test of a wing surface that can change shape in flight. This past summer, researchers replaced an airplane’s conventional aluminum flaps with advanced, shape-changing assemblies that form seamless bendable and twistable surfaces. Flight testing will determine whether flexible trailing-edge wing flaps are a viable approach to improve aerodynamic efficiency and reduce noise generated during takeoffs and landings. For the initial Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE) flight, shown in this image, the experimental control surfaces were locked at a specified setting. Varied flap settings on subsequent tests will demonstrate the capability of the flexible surfaces under actual flight conditions. ACTE technology is expected to have far-reaching effects on future aviation. Advanced lightweight materials will reduce wing structural weight and give engineers the ability to aerodynamically tailor the wings to promote improved fuel economy and more efficient operations, while reducing environmental impacts. > More: NASA Tests Revolutionary Shape Changing Aircraft Flap for the First Time Image Credit: NASA/Ken Ulbrich via NASA http://ift.tt/1u6aVU8
Monday, November 17, 2014
Mixing Paints
Nature is an artist, and this time she seems to have let her paints swirl together a bit. What the viewer might perceive to be Saturn's surface is really just the tops of its uppermost cloud layers. Everything we see is the result of fluid dynamics. Astronomers study Saturn's cloud dynamics in part to test and improve our understanding of fluid flows. Hopefully, what we learn will be useful for understanding our own atmosphere and that of other planetary bodies. This view looks toward the sunlit side of the rings from about 25 degrees above the ringplane. The image was taken in red light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Aug. 23, 2014. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers) from Saturn and at a Sun-Saturn-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 127 degrees. Image scale is 7 miles (11 kilometers) per pixel. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://ift.tt/ZjpQgB and http://ift.tt/Jcddhk . The Cassini imaging team homepage is at http://ciclops.org . Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute via NASA http://ift.tt/1xPz1bu
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Saturday, November 15, 2014
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Awesome.. WWENews is following ME!! Hi guys!! Shoutout to your awesome ref Charles Robinson...lol... You guys hiring jesters? ;-)
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Friday, November 14, 2014
Exploring the World's Protected Areas from Space
A new book released this week highlights how the view from space with Earth-orbiting sensors is being used to protect some of the world’s most interesting, changing, and threatened places. From space, Egmont National Park in New Zealand shows the benefits and limitations of protected areas. In this Landsat 8 image acquired on July 3, 2014, the park, with Mt. Taranaki at its center, was established in 1900. This isolated island of protected forest (dark green areas) is surrounded by once-forested pasturelands (light and brown green). “Sanctuary: Exploring the World’s Protected Areas from Space,” published by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (Arlington, Virginia) with support from NASA, debuted at the 2014 World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia. In the book’s foreword, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden writes, “NASA and numerous other space agency partners from around the globe have used this view from space to make incredible scientific advances in our understanding of how our planet works. As a result, we can now better gauge the impact of human activity on our environment and measure how and why our atmosphere, oceans, and land are changing. As a former astronaut who has looked upon our beautiful planet from space, I hope that we can advance the use of space-based remote sensing and other geospatial tools to study, understand, and improve the management of the world’s parks and protected areas as well as the precious biodiversity that thrives within their borders.” Image Credit: NASA/USGS via NASA http://ift.tt/1zUMql6
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
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hey.. anyone know an electrician.. in the pasadena area, that is cheap? I have a switch I want put in.. its a bit more complicated than I want to deal with.. and yet, the quote of 300-500 seems a bit steep. Anyone know a person?
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A friend of mine not on facebook, has chosen to end the suffering of her cat...one of those decisions that you never make and think, yeah, this is the right choice, without another side of you with a completely different opinion. I'm talking about a pet...and we know people dealing with the same thought with loved human friends. I know there is a good chance I may have to make that choice by myself with my cat someday....and...it really bothers me that I know...no matter what anyone says...nothing makes you feel completely like the right choice was made and you will always feel that somehow you could have done something better...no words...and at a loss
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Orion Spacecraft Rolls Past the Vehicle Assembly Building
At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency's Orion spacecraft passes the spaceport's iconic Vehicle Assembly Building as it is transported to Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. After arrival at the launch pad, United Launch Alliance engineers and technicians will lift Orion and mount it atop its Delta IV Heavy rocket. Orion began its journey to the launch pad at at the Launch Abort System Facility, where a 52-foot-tall protective fairing and the launch abort system were attached to the 10-foot, 11-inch-tall crew module. Resting atop a specialized Kamag transporter, Orion was moved to Space Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The move began at 8:54 p.m. EST and concluded at 3:07 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 12. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. Orion is scheduled to launch Dec. 4, 2014 atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket in its first unpiloted flight test, and in 2018 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. > More about Orion Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett via NASA http://ift.tt/1EBv2BG
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
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Well, my countdown was moved up a bit. It is with great sadness that I have tendered my resignation as Executive Director of Chorale Bel Canto. It is truly time to pursue other artistic areas. The email just went to the board.. it is likely the mavens here will actually hear of it prior to the board. I will finish the season if they feel it appropriate...
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November 11, 2014 at 09:00PM
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Monday, November 10, 2014
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3rd person today that didnt want to order online or via me.. they dont trust computers online. I am very curious though if they swipe their card at the grocery store. Maybe computers that aren't online are safer.... [facepalm]
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November 10, 2014 at 03:49PM
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Saturday, November 8, 2014
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Okay, I'm a bad brother... I have an excuse.. Im not feeling well.. and went to bed after a long day of work yesterday.. and basically just woke up now.. But, I didn't wish a happy birthday to my sister yesterday. Happy Birthday Linda... For those of you that dont know her.. she is my older sister.. not the really older sister.. just the much older sister..I mean.. not REALLY OLD... but getting there.. I mean, one year older anyway. I love you older sister.. hope ya had a good one. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I know Ive wished you that A LOT of times, but, Im sorry I missed yesterday....
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Friday, November 7, 2014
Astronaut Reid Wiseman Shares Earth Art While Preparing for Return
NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman shared this image of Yosemite via his twitter account this morning. Wiseman later tweeted: "We cranked up our #Soyuz this morning and test fired all the thrusters. Everything worked flawlessly - ready for a Sunday departure." - @astro_reid The homebound Expedition 40/41 trio, consisting of Soyuz Commander Max Suraev and Flight Engineers Alexander Gerst and Wiseman, is counting down to its Nov. 9 departure inside the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft. They are packing gear to be returned home while they continue science and maintenance on the U.S. side of the International Space Station. Back on Earth, the new Expedition 42/43 crew is getting ready for its launch to the space station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 23. Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov will be joined by NASA astronaut Terry Virts and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti aboard a Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft to begin a 5-1/2 month mission aboard the orbital laboratory. Space Station Blog. Image Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman via NASA http://ift.tt/1zAm7QT
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Okay, so here is my idea.. I put on a thanksgiving turkey suit.....
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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures Intense Space Weather
An active region on the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 4:47 a.m. EST on Nov. 5, 2014. This is the second mid-level flare from the same active region, labeled AR 12205, which rotated over the left limb of the sun on Nov. 3. The image was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in extreme ultraviolet light that was colorized in red and gold. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however -- when intense enough -- they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel. This flare is classified as an M7.9-class flare. M-class flares are a tenth the size of the most intense flares, the X-class flares. The number provides more information about its strength. An M2 is twice as intense as an M1, an M3 is three times as intense, etc. More information on NASA's SDO Mission. Image Credit: NASA/SDO via NASA http://ift.tt/1pqwcwv
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Orion Prepares to Move to Launch Pad
On Dec. 4, Orion is scheduled to launch atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 37 in Florida. During the test, Orion will travel 3,600 miles in altitude above Earth. 4 1/2 hours later, the spacecraft will reenter the atmosphere at 20,000 mph and splash down in the Pacific Ocean. Orion’s first flight will verify launch and high-speed reentry systems such as avionics, attitude control, parachutes and the heat shield. Four recently-installed protective panels make up Orion's Ogive. The Ogive reduces drag and acoustic load on the crew module, making it a smoother ride for the spacecraft. Pictured here, inside the Launch Abort System Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane brings the fourth and final Ogive panel closer for installation on Orion's Launch Abort System. The Ogive installation was one of the last pieces of the puzzle for Orion prior to its move to the launch pad on Nov. 10. There, it will be lifted and attached to the rocket for its December launch. More on Orion. Image Credit: NASA via NASA http://ift.tt/1y3NPRZ
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
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man, I hate this feeling if jetlag anytime we do a time change...Im gonna start moving my clock forward now for the spring change...so currently Im about ten seconds ahead of my local friends...well...honestly Im years ahead of some of ya ..but you know what I mean...
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November 04, 2014 at 07:49PM
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Early Snow on the Great Smokies
A potent weather system with origins in Manitoba, Canada moved south across the Great Lakes on Halloween and blew all the way to Florida, bringing snow and hard frost to regions that do not see either in some winters. The storm system then moved back up the U.S. East Coast and pounded New England with a Nor'easter. This image shows the southern Appalachian Mountain range, along the border of Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina, as fall color was turned to winter white. The natural-color image was acquired by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the Suomi NPP satellite on Nov. 2, 2014. Six inches of snow fell in Asheville, North Carolina, where snow usually doesn't fall before Christmas. Higher in the mountains, near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, LeConte Lodge (elevation 6400 feet) reported 22 inches of snow and temperatures of 9 degrees Fahrenheit. In Columbia, South Carolina, measurable snow fell nine days earlier than ever recorded for that city. More information. Image Credit: NASA Earth Observatory via NASA http://ift.tt/1x3Hasz
Monday, November 3, 2014
Glaciers and Mountains in West Antarctica
Glaciers and mountains in the evening sun are seen on an Operation IceBridge research flight, returning from West Antarctica on Oct. 29, 2014. NASA is carrying out its sixth consecutive year of Operation IceBridge research flights over Antarctica to study changes in the continent’s ice sheet, glaciers and sea ice. This year’s airborne campaign revisits a section of the Antarctic ice sheet that recently was found to be in irreversible decline. IceBridge uses a suite of instruments that includes a laser altimeter, radar instruments, cameras, and a gravimeter, which is an instrument that detects small changes in gravity. These small changes reveal how much mass these glaciers have lost. Researchers plan to measure previously unsurveyed regions of Antarctica, such as the upper portions of Smith Glacier in West Antarctica, which is thinning faster than any other glaciers in the region. The mission also plans to collect data in portions of the Antarctic Peninsula, such as the Larsen C, George VI and Wilkins ice shelves and the glaciers that drain into them. The Antarctic Peninsula has been warming faster than the rest of the continent. In addition to extending the data record of NASA’s Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat), which stopped collecting data in 2009, IceBridge will also help set the stage for ICESat-2 by measuring ice the satellite will fly over. > Operation IceBridge Antarctic 2014 Campaign Image Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger via NASA http://ift.tt/1tzK9rQ
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