Saturday, January 31, 2015
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HA!!! Game changer!!!! Hello, GOOD DAY I am Stephen Eden, a senior officer at Charleston International Airport SC.I have contacted you regarding an abandoned diplomatic consignment box and the x-ray scan report box revealed some US dollar bill in it which could be approximately 2.3million dollars and the official paper of the box indicates your contact details. To confirm you as the authentic beneficiary, do send me your full name, your home address, your mobile tel number and the nearest airport close to you. For your information, the box was abandoned by the diplomat who was on transit to your city because he was not able to pay the ATL clearance fee of 3,800dollars. I have taken it upon myself to contact you personally about this abandoned box so that we can transact this as a deal and share the total money 70% for you and 30% for me. As soon as I get the requested detail from you for verification, I will pay the clearance fee and make arrangement for the box to be delivered to you which can be concluded within 4-6hours after confirmation is made and upon your acceptance and willingness to co-operate. All communication must be held extremely confidential to ensure a successful delivery. Send your response to my private email address ( stepheneden01@qq.com ). I will be waiting to receive your information inorder for us to proceed. Best Regards Stephen Eden. FedEx
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so, cleaning out junk... figured if I start working real hard now.. the move in april shouldnt be as tough.. BUT.. have some OLD jeans.. basically indecent to wear. Any place that can use these? Any repurposing possible?
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January 31, 2015 at 12:15PM
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SMAP Takes to the Skies
A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory onboard is seen in this long exposure photograph as it launches from Space Launch Complex 2, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. SMAP is NASA’s first Earth-observing satellite designed to collect global observations of surface soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state. SMAP will provide high resolution global measurements of soil moisture from space. The data will be used to enhance scientists' understanding of the processes that link Earth's water, energy, and carbon cycles. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) via NASA http://ift.tt/1Abg9qy
Friday, January 30, 2015
Thursday, January 29, 2015
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Fetzer's Tale http://t.co/NySwSRTPbe Up and running....
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January 29, 2015 at 11:06PM
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Sitting in a restaurant...looking at my options that I will be forced into in the next few months. Can't say I'm overly jazzed about any of them...but am pleased that everything in my life that has led me to this point has kinda trained me to not totally lose my mind. #thankfulandblessed and #surroundedbysupport.
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January 29, 2015 at 08:46PM
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January 29, 2015 at 08:46PM
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Sorry... it almost takes away your reason to watch the game.. but wow... wow.. wow.. NFL No More is such a powerful commercial. Please tell me if I am wrong. Wow. And.. of course a beer commercial. ( I will give clever to Snickers.. ) but.. NFL .. seriously. That was startling http://ift.tt/1ycbuPA
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January 29, 2015 at 07:07PM
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
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So friends of mine perfectly matched a casting breakdown, and, well, whenever that happens, I pass it on. They have been invited into an audition.. and it really is fun emailing the two of them about 'the business' as ... they wanted non-actors. It has however made me aware of how insane our 'business' is.. I so would love to see them get this....
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January 28, 2015 at 10:19PM
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So, I said this on twitter....
I added a video to a @YouTube playlist http://t.co/pVY3N67ov4 Family of the Year - Hero (Official Music Video)
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January 28, 2015 at 09:45PM
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I added a video to a @YouTube playlist http://t.co/bg0cgndTW3 2CELLOS & LANG LANG - Live And Let Die [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
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January 28, 2015 at 08:08PM
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and BOOM... letter from landlord informing of a rent increase effective in April... up 150.00 bucks... so... yup.. time to start boxing stuff up... and figuring out how to do that first/last and security deposit thing. So... has anybody been tracking the routes of armored trucks? Just curious...
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January 28, 2015 at 05:35PM
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NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Ready for Jan. 29 Launch
The sun sets behind Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC-2) with the Delta II rocket and the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory protected by the service structure on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. SMAP is NASA’s first Earth-observing satellite designed to collect global observations of surface soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state. SMAP will provide high resolution global measurements of soil moisture from space. The data will be used to enhance scientists' understanding of the processes that link Earth's water, energy, and carbon cycles. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls via NASA http://ift.tt/1zyp1a3
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
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okay, I seriously do NOT understand why ANYONE cares about the kardashians ( sp?) Its not even train wreck worthy. Please.. and I sincerely hope none of my close friends care about them either.. but please... seriously explain WHY ANYONE CARES!!!??
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January 27, 2015 at 11:46PM
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Sounding Rockets Launch Into an Aurora
The interaction of solar winds and Earth’s atmosphere produces northern lights, or auroras, that dance across the night sky and mesmerize the casual observer. However, to scientists this interaction is more than a light display. It produces many questions about the role it plays in Earth’s meteorological processes and the impact on the planet’s atmosphere. To help answer some of these questions, NASA suborbital sounding rockets carrying university-developed experiments -- the Mesosphere-Lower Thermosphere Turbulence Experiment (M-TeX) and Mesospheric Inversion-layer Stratified Turbulence (MIST) -- were launched into auroras from the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska. The experiments explore the Earth’s atmosphere’s response to auroral, radiation belt and solar energetic particles and associated effects on nitric oxide and ozone. This composite shot of all four sounding rockets for the M-TeX and MIST experiments is made up of 30 second exposures. The rocket salvo began at 4:13 a.m. EST, Jan. 26, 2015. A fifth rocket carrying the Auroral Spatial Structures Probe remains ready on the launch pad. The launch window for this experiment runs through Jan. 27. Image Credit: NASA/Jamie Adkins > More: M-TeX and MIST Experiments Launched from Alaska via NASA http://ift.tt/1yL9zFf
Monday, January 26, 2015
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I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/tleTl86h1H Shark Tank Episode Tree T Pee Full HD
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January 26, 2015 at 11:31PM
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It's been said that Edison learned 2000 ways how not to make a lightbulb. Just so ya know, feel free to cross off Aunt Jemima's Syrup off the list of potential sugar replacements to use in your coffee after you realize too late you are out of sugar. No need to thank me...
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January 26, 2015 at 11:20PM
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Rocky Mountain National Park Viewed From the International Space Station
Marking the 100th anniversary of the Rocky Mountain National Park on Jan. 26, 2015, Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts posted this photograph, taken from the International Space Station, to Twitter. Virts wrote, "Majestic peaks and trails! Happy 100th anniversary @RockyNPS So much beauty to behold in our @NatlParkService." Image Credit: NASA/Terry Virts via NASA http://ift.tt/1JtMz0Y
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Saturday, January 24, 2015
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so wait, deflate-gate can actually be blamed on climate change?
— David Beach (@thedavidbeach) January 25, 2015
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January 24, 2015 at 11:30PM
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so...two pills down easiest ever. Injection.. a little growly.. Then- eyedropper full of vitamans? Well.. it went in.. she jumped into my arms.. to my shoulder.. and well, Im wearing a new shirt now. Durn that cat can drool.
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January 24, 2015 at 11:08PM
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Friday, January 23, 2015
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This may post twice.....yesterdays sub for this class said she had a hard time playing the movie because the kids phones were too loud. While I was on the school phone...someone managed to throw the breaker switch and darkened the whole room. Security came and i was basically told...fight my battles...there is no place to send troublemakers...and try not to get wound up...lol. Lady in the room that was with a spec ed student said...real teacher had this all the time. Kicker to the story...drama music class the had an opening this past year...i do believe I applied for it....wow....wow....So...I call role and basically close the cage door with me inside...goal: low body count. Go Pasadena schools..ya do good
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January 23, 2015 at 11:47AM
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Thursday, January 22, 2015
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Reason 26 why #wwe is my favorite sport: No one has ever been accused of under-inflated balls. (Okay, Foley may have accused Al Snow of it)
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again, tears in my eyes as I write this... but I am not denying I am an emotional wimp. However, I think these are due to some sort of tension release. Just got back from vet... This durn furball is still the fighter. The number that was a concern.. has improved...Im not good with medical terms ( ask anyone I work with as a fake patient ) but the PVC, or VCA, or NSA...number is higher. Marrow is making red blood cells. Number still isnt where it should be, but... it is improving. HA! And they considered the nasty drug that could blind her to change that... she can do it on her own. Her weight is up... and generally the doc was quite pleased. So thats two precious ladies in my life that are doing better. ( Hi, Mom!) And the real kicker... I'm pretty sure the doc gave me some sort of pity discount. I got new drugs... an additional appetite stimulant... and the testing.. and it was the cheapest visit I have ever had there. Granted, I was expecting a miracle, don't know if this qualifies, but with the news, the discounts and the friends I have that support me... it definitely qualifies as a blessing... thank you!! This cat aint getting younger... but she aint done yet.
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January 22, 2015 at 10:12AM
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Greenland's Leidy Glacier
Located in the northwest corner of Greenland, Leidy Glacier is fed by ice from the Academy Glacier (upstream and inland). As Leidy approaches the sea, it is diverted around the tip of an island that separates the Olriks Fjord to the south and Academy Cove to the north. The resulting crisscross pattern is simply the result of ice flowing along the path of least resistance. This view of the region pictured above was acquired August 7, 2012, by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite. In April 2012, the feature caught the attention of a NASA pilot, who snapped this picture from the cockpit of a high-flying ER-2 aircraft during a research flight over the Greenland ice cap. More information. Image Credit: NASA/Terra via NASA http://ift.tt/1xDQdxZ
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
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little furball isnt well. Vet bills wiping me out. I'd appreciate help from friends. Maybe check out my book.THANKS! http://t.co/lEGYr4NUDC
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Vet bound tomorrow for hopefully one of the final tests... Perplexed however. I know its gonna be pricey... the most expensive one so far was quite a few bills. Im trying to sell my book. Some have sold ( THANK YOU!!! ) I have a paypal link on the book website and several of you have made donations.. ( I even have the names listed.. THANK YOU YET AGAIN!!!!! ) But... Im desperately trying to think of ways to deal with this mounting cost. Yeah.. perhaps a gofund me.. but.. the majority of my friends are in the same boat financially. I have looked for quick cash MANY times in my life and really found no answer. So...putting it out there... Anyone have decent suggestions? Okay.. maybe some indecent suggestions?? lol.. Im gonna try not to rule anything out. I do have a lottery ticket sitting here that could be the answer.. but.. kinda looking at a dark hole financially. Suggestions??
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015
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Some of you may not know everything this cat and I have been through. Years ago, I had left town for a gig when I came back the sitter hadnt seen her for a day or so. ( She at one time as an indoor/ outdoor cat...) I finally found her under the house. Her hind leg was shattered. Sadly, I still allowed her to be indoor/outdoor... as she was seriously a hunter and like other cats in my past.. we played awesome games of hide and seek outside. Her second injury .. and far more serious was a pit bull attack ( if you havent seen the judge joe brown episode.. its pretty .. ummm.. interesting.) I found her again, under the neighbors water heater. BOTH times when I found this cat.. she let out a very interesting mew.. and melted into my arms once I had her. I truly feel as though she was thinking.. oh thank god.. Im going to be okay now. The vet let me sit with her for hours at a time while she recuperated.. and she, like most cats.. would eat when her owner was present. I truly feel there is this bond with this beast... and thats why it kills me.. when she does what she did tonight. During the torture.. she turns and looks at me and tries to climb into my arms as though I can protect her from me... it is so bizarre to see her have that look of why are you betraying my trust. But.. we get thru it.. and tonight.. rather than hiding afterwards.. she went to her box... put her face against the back wall when I approached... but was forgiven when I presented her some tuna soup.... she begrudgingly ate it... ;-) (( there are those of you that might prefer I talk about the state of the union... yawn ))
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January 20, 2015 at 09:43PM
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In the Vortex of Power
John Wargo, lead technician at NASA Glenn's Propulsion System Laboratory (PSL) is performing an inspection on the inlet ducting, upstream of the Honeywell ALF 502 engine that was recently used for the NASA Engine Icing Validation test. This test allows engine manufacturers to simulate flying through the upper atmosphere where large amounts of icing particles can be ingested and cause flame outs or a loss of engine power on aircraft. This test was the first of its kind in the world and was highly successful in validating PSL's new capability. No other engine test facility has this capability. Glenn is working with industry to address this aviation issue by establishing a capability that will allow engines to be operated at the same temperature and pressure conditions experienced in flight, with ice particles being ingested into full scale engines to simulate flight through a deep convective cloud. The information gained through performing these tests will also be used to establish test methods and techniques for the study of engine icing in new and existing commercial engines, and to develop data required for advanced computer codes that can be specifically applied to assess an engine's susceptibility to icing in terms of its safety, performance and operability. Image Credit: NASA Bridget R. Caswell (Wyle Information Systems, LLC) via NASA http://ift.tt/19lM75u
New Expedition 37 Crew Launches to Space Station
The Soyuz TMA-10M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sept. 25 at 4:58 p.m. EDT (2:58 a.m. Kazakh time Sept. 26) carrying Expedition 37 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov, NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins and Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy to the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi via NASA http://ift.tt/1fExpYQ
Sochi, Russia Winter Olympic Sites (Mountain Cluster)
The 2014 Winter Olympic ski runs may be rated double black diamond, but they're not quite as steep as they appear in this image of the skiing and snowboarding sites for the Sochi Winter Olympic Games, acquired on Jan. 4, 2014, by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft. Rosa Khutar ski resort near Sochi, Russia, is in the valley at center, and the runs are visible on the shadowed slopes on the left-hand side of the valley. Height has been exaggerated 1.5 times to bring out topographic details. The games, which begin on Feb. 7 and continue for 17 days, feature six new skiing and boarding events plus the return of the legendary Jamaican bobsled team to the winter games for the first time since 2002. In this southwest-looking image, red indicates vegetation, white is snow, and the resort site appears in gray. The area imaged is about 11 miles (18 kilometers) across in the foreground and 20 miles (32 kilometers) from front to back. The image was created from the ASTER visible and near-infrared bands, draped over ASTER-derived digital elevation data. With its 14 spectral bands from the visible to the thermal infrared wavelength region and its high spatial resolution of 15 to 90 meters (about 50 to 300 feet), ASTER images Earth to map and monitor the changing surface of our planet. ASTER is one of five Earth-observing instruments launched Dec. 18, 1999, on Terra. The instrument was built by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. A joint U.S./Japan science team is responsible for validation and calibration of the instrument and data products. The broad spectral coverage and high spectral resolution of ASTER provides scientists in numerous disciplines with critical information for surface mapping and monitoring of dynamic conditions and temporal change. Example applications are: monitoring glacial advances and retreats; monitoring potentially active volcanoes; identifying crop stress; determining cloud morphology and physical properties; wetlands evaluation; thermal pollution monitoring; coral reef degradation; surface temperature mapping of soils and geology; and measuring surface heat balance. The U.S. science team is located at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. The Terra mission is part of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. ;More information about ASTER is available at asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/. Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team via NASA http://ift.tt/1d2tCEF
Shuttle Endeavour Crossing
The space shuttle Endeavour is seen atop the Over Land Transporter (OLT) after exiting the Los Angeles International Airport on its way to its new home at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. Endeavour, built as a replacement for space shuttle Challenger, completed 25 missions, spent 299 days in orbit, and orbited Earth 4,671 times while traveling 122,883,151 miles. Beginning Oct. 30, the shuttle will be on display in the CSC's Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion, embarking on its new mission to commemorate past achievements in space and educate and inspire future generations of explorers. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls via NASA http://ift.tt/VZhxYA
Orion Crew Module Set for Connection to Heat Shield
At the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the Orion crew module and heat shield are being moved into position for the mating operation. The heat shield will be tested on Orion's first flight in December, Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), an uncrewed flight that will put to the test the spacecraft that will send astronauts to an asteroid and eventually Mars on future missions. EFT-1 will launch an uncrewed Orion capsule 3,600 miles into space for a four-hour mission to test several of its most critical systems. After making two orbits, Orion will return to Earth at almost 20,000 miles per hour and endure temperatures near 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit, before its parachutes slow it down for a landing in the Pacific Ocean. Image Courtesy Lockheed Martin via NASA http://ift.tt/RFV6aS
Fermi's Motion Produces a Study in Spirograph
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope orbits our planet every 95 minutes, building up increasingly deeper views of the universe with every circuit. This image compresses eight individual frames, from a movie showing 51 months of position and exposure data by Fermi's Large Area Telescope (LAT), into a single snapshot. The pattern reflects numerous motions of the spacecraft, including its orbit around Earth, the precession of its orbital plane, the manner in which the LAT nods north and south on alternate orbits, and more. The LAT sweeps across the entire sky every three hours, capturing the highest-energy form of light - gamma rays - from sources across the universe. These range from supermassive black holes billions of light-years away to intriguing objects in our own galaxy, such as X-ray binaries, supernova remnants and pulsars. Image Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration via NASA http://ift.tt/ZDFgwH
Expedition 38 Crew With Olympic Torch
Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, left, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, right, smile and wave as they hold an Olympic torch that will be flown with them to the International Space Station, during a press conference held Wed., Nov. 6, at the Cosmonaut hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. On Sat., Nov. 9, the Olympic torch will be carried on a spacewalk outside the space station. The torch -- which returns to Earth aboard another Soyuz on Sun., Nov. 10 with Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg and Luca Parmitano and Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin -- will light the flame at the opening of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Launch of the Soyuz rocket carrying the Expedition 38 trio is scheduled for 11:14 p.m. EST Wed., Nov. 6 (10:14 a.m. Kazakh time, Nov. 7) and will send Tyurin, Mastracchio and Wakata on a six-month mission aboard the space station. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls via NASA http://ift.tt/1hj179a
Expedition 38 Takes an In-Flight Crew Portrait
Expedition 38 crew members pose for an in-flight crew portrait in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station on Feb. 22, 2014. Pictured (clockwise from top center) are Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, commander; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins, and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, all flight engineers. Image Credit: NASA via NASA http://ift.tt/1i73rAR
Happy Little Crater on Mercury
It looks like even the craters on Mercury have heard of Bob Ross! The central peaks of this complex crater have formed in such a way that it resembles a smiling face. This image taken by the MESSENGER spacecraft is oriented so north is toward the bottom. The MESSENGER spacecraft is the first ever to orbit the planet Mercury, and the spacecraft's seven scientific instruments and radio science investigation are unraveling the history and evolution of the Solar System's innermost planet. Visit the Why Mercury? section of this website to learn more about the key science questions that the MESSENGER mission is addressing. During the one-year primary mission, MESSENGER acquired 88,746 images and extensive other data sets. MESSENGER is now in a yearlong extended mission, during which plans call for the acquisition of more than 80,000 additional images to support MESSENGER's science goals. Image Credit: NASA via NASA http://ift.tt/RJtMWx
Storm Cell Over the Southern Appalachian Mountains
This storm cell photo was taken from NASA's high-altitude ER-2 aircraft on May 23, 2014, during a study aimed at gaining a better understanding of precipitation over mountainous terrain. The Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment, or IPHEx, field campaign is part of the ground validation effort for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, an international satellite mission led by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. GPM's Core Observatory launched Feb. 27, 2014, to provide next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours. But to get accurate measurements from space, scientists have to understand what is happening on the ground. For the six-week IPHEx field campaign over the southern Appalachian mountains, the NASA team and their partners at Duke University and NOAA's Hydrometeorological Test Bed set up ground stations with rain gauges and ground radar throughout western North Carolina. In addition to the ground sites, they also collected data sets from satellites and two aircraft. The NASA ER-2 aircraft that deployed to Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Georgia, was able to fly when rain was in the air. The ER-2's cruising altitude of 65,000 feet kept it well above the storm systems it was observing, allowing it to act as a proxy-satellite. The aircraft carried a suite of instruments, including three that took measurements similar to those taken by GPM's Core Observatory. > Read more > Earth Right Now Image Credit: NASA / Stu Broce via NASA http://ift.tt/TaneEl
Dragon in its Nest
A Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 3:22 p.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, a few hundred miles west of Baja California, Mexico. The splashdown successfully ended the first contracted cargo delivery flight contracted by NASA to resupply the International Space Station. The Dragon capsule will be taken by boat to a port near Los Angeles, where it will be prepared for a return journey to SpaceX's test facility in McGregor, Texas, for processing. Returning with the Dragon capsule was 1,673 pounds of cargo, including 866 pounds of scientific research. Not since the space shuttle have NASA and its international partners been able to return considerable amounts of research and samples for analysis. Image Credit: SpaceX via NASA http://ift.tt/TjHdbW
Cubesats Released From Space Station
ISS038-E-003872 (19 Nov. 2013) --- Three nanosatellites, known as Cubesats, are deployed from a Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD) attached to the Kibo laboratory’s robotic arm at 7:10 a.m. (EST) on Nov. 19, 2013. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, monitored the satellite deployment while operating the Japanese robotic arm from inside Kibo. The Cubesats were delivered to the International Space Station Aug. 9, aboard Japan’s fourth H-II Transfer Vehicle, Kounotori-4. Image Credit: NASA via NASA http://ift.tt/1axXQgN
Expedition 39 Prepares for Today's Launch
The gantry arms begin to close around the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft to secure the rocket at the launch pad on Sunday, March 23, 2014, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for 5:17 p.m. EDT, March 25 and will send Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Steven Swanson of NASA, and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky via NASA http://ift.tt/1pw0KHc
Giant Stellar Nursery
Stars are sometimes born in the midst of chaos. About 3 million years ago in the nearby galaxy M33, a large cloud of gas spawned dense internal knots which gravitationally collapsed to form stars. NGC 604 was so large, however, it could form enough stars to make a globular cluster. Many young stars from this cloud are visible in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope, along with what is left of the initial gas cloud. Some stars were so massive they have already evolved and exploded in a supernova. The brightest stars that are left emit light so energetic that they create one of the largest clouds of ionized hydrogen gas known, comparable to the Tarantula Nebula in our Milky Way's close neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud. Image Credit: NASA via NASA http://ift.tt/TXjVhe
Antares Rocket Rollout
The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is rolled out of the Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) to begin the approximately half-mile journey to launch Pad-0A, Thursday, July 10, 2014, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Antares will launch with the Cygnus spacecraft filled with over 3,000 pounds of supplies for the International Space Station, including science experiments, experiment hardware, spare parts, and crew provisions. The Orbital-2 mission is Orbital Sciences' second contracted cargo delivery flight to the space station for NASA. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls via NASA http://ift.tt/TUPOtq
Hubble Sees a Horsehead of a Different Color
Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to photograph the iconic Horsehead Nebula in a new, infrared light to mark the 23rd anniversary of the famous observatory's launch aboard the space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990. Looking like an apparition rising from whitecaps of interstellar foam, the iconic Horsehead Nebula has graced astronomy books ever since its discovery more than a century ago. The nebula is a favorite target for amateur and professional astronomers. It is shadowy in optical light. It appears transparent and ethereal when seen at infrared wavelengths. The rich tapestry of the Horsehead Nebula pops out against the backdrop of Milky Way stars and distant galaxies that easily are visible in infrared light. Hubble has been producing ground-breaking science for two decades. During that time, it has benefited from a slew of upgrades from space shuttle missions, including the 2009 addition of a new imaging workhorse, the high-resolution Wide Field Camera 3 that took the new portrait of the Horsehead. Image Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team via NASA http://ift.tt/1781Xx0
Perseid Meteor
This Perseid fireball meteor was observed in the skies over Chickamauga, Ga., on Aug. 11, 2013, at 2:14:49 a.m. EDT. It was also recorded by four other cameras in the NASA All Sky Fireball Network. The annual Perseid meteor shower peaks on Aug.11 and 12, 2013, filling the sky with streaks of light. The big meteor showers like the Perseids, and later the Leonids in November, are caused when Earth and its atmosphere travels through a region of the sky filled with left over debris lost by a particular comet. In the case of the Perseids, the small fragments were ripped off the tail of comet Swift-Tuttle, which orbits the sun once every 130 years. Image Credit: NASA/MSFC/MEO via NASA http://ift.tt/1cZzHk3
Orbital-1 Mission Preps for Launch
An Orbital Science Corporation Antares rocket is seen on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2013 as it is rolled out to launch Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, VA. The Antares is scheduled to launch a Cygnus spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 9:19 p.m. EST. The Orbital-1 mission is Orbital Sciences' first contracted cargo delivery flight to the space station for NASA. Among the cargo aboard Cygnus set to launch to the space station are science experiments, crew provisions, spare parts and other hardware. Weather permitting, it may be widely visible along the east coast of the United States. > Map of Orbital-1 Launch Viewing Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls via NASA http://ift.tt/ISg2b5
Climbing Legs for Robonaut 2 Headed to International Space Station
NASA has built and is sending a set of high-tech legs up to the International Space Station for Robonaut 2 (R2), the station's robotic crewmember. The new legs are scheduled to launch on the SpaceX-3 commercial cargo flight to the International Space Station, scheduled to launch Monday, April 14 at 4:58 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. These new legs, funded by NASA's Human Exploration and Operations and Space Technology mission directorates, will provide R2 the mobility it needs to help with regular and repetitive tasks inside and outside the space station. The goal is to free up the crew for more critical work, including scientific research. Once the legs are attached to the R2 torso, the robot will have a fully extended leg span of nine feet, giving it great flexibility for movement around the space station. Each leg has seven joints and a device on what would be the foot, called an "end effector," which allows the robot to take advantage of handrails and sockets inside and outside the station. A vision system for the end effectors also will be used to verify and eventually automate each limb's approach and grasp. > Read more Image Credit: NASA via NASA http://ift.tt/1gwd9GW
Air Quality Suffering in China
Residents of Beijing and many other cities in China were warned to stay inside in mid-January 2013 as the nation faced one of the worst periods of air quality in recent history. The Chinese government ordered factories to scale back emissions, while hospitals saw spikes of more than 20 to 30 percent in patients complaining of respiratory issues, according to news reports. At the time that this Jan. 14 image was taken by satellite, ground-based sensors at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing reported PM2.5 measurements of 291 micrograms per cubic meter of air. Fine, airborne particulate matter (PM) that is smaller than 2.5 microns (about one thirtieth the width of a human hair) is considered dangerous because it is small enough to enter the passages of the human lungs. Most PM2.5 aerosol particles come from the burning of fossil fuels and biomass (wood fires and agricultural burning). The World Health Organization considers PM2.5 to be safe when it is below 25. Also at the time of the image, the air quality index (AQI) in Beijing was 341. An AQI above 300 is considered hazardous to all humans, not just those with heart or lung ailments. AQI below 50 is considered good. On January 12, the peak of the current air crisis, AQI was 775 the U.S Embassy Beijing Air Quality Monitor-off the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency scale-and PM2.5 was 886 micrograms per cubic meter. › View image comparisons with annotations. Image Credit: NASA/Terra - MODIS via NASA http://ift.tt/XaX9j6
Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures Images of Lunar Transit
On July 26, 2014, from 10:57 a.m. to 11:42 a.m. EDT, the moon crossed between NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the sun, a phenomenon called a lunar transit. A lunar transit happens approximately twice a year, causing a partial solar eclipse that can only be seen from SDO's point of view. Images of the eclipse show a crisp lunar horizon, because the moon has no atmosphere that would distort light. This image shows the blended result of two SDO wavelengths - one in 304 wavelength and another in 171 wavelength. Image Credit: NASA/SDO via NASA http://ift.tt/1qgIT8v
Black Hole-Powered Jets Plow Into Galaxy
This composite image of a galaxy illustrates how the intense gravity of a supermassive black hole can be tapped to generate immense power. The image contains X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue), optical light obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope (gold) and radio waves from the NSF's Very Large Array (pink). This multi-wavelength view shows 4C+29.30, a galaxy located some 850 million light years from Earth. The radio emission comes from two jets of particles that are speeding at millions of miles per hour away from a supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy. The estimated mass of the black hole is about 100 million times the mass of our Sun. The ends of the jets show larger areas of radio emission located outside the galaxy. The X-ray data show a different aspect of this galaxy, tracing the location of hot gas. The bright X-rays in the center of the image mark a pool of million-degree gas around the black hole. Some of this material may eventually be consumed by the black hole, and the magnetized, whirlpool of gas near the black hole could in turn, trigger more output to the radio jet. Most of the low-energy X-rays from the vicinity of the black hole are absorbed by dust and gas, probably in the shape of a giant doughnut around the black hole. This doughnut, or torus blocks all the optical light produced near the black hole, so astronomers refer to this type of source as a hidden or buried black hole. The optical light seen in the image is from the stars in the galaxy. Image Credit: NASA via NASA http://ift.tt/10PuzLu
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Awesome http://t.co/0N5ezMxSOL
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the Apollo 11 Lunar Module
This July 20, 1969 photograph of the interior view of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module shows astronaut Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin, Jr. during the lunar landing mission. The picture was taken by astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, prior to the landing. Buzz Aldrin was born in Montclair, New Jersey, on Jan. 20, 1930. Aldrin became an astronaut during the selection of the third group by NASA in October 1963. On Nov. 11, 1966 he orbited aboard the Gemini XII spacecraft, a 4-day 59-revolution flight that successfully ended the Gemini program. During Project Gemini, Aldrin became one of the key figures working on the problem of rendezvous of spacecraft in Earth or lunar orbit, and docking them together for spaceflight. Aldrin was chosen as a member of the three-person Apollo 11 crew that landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, fulfilling the mandate of President John F. Kennedy to send Americans to the moon before the end of the decade. Aldrin was the second American to set foot on the lunar surface. Image Credit: NASA via NASA http://ift.tt/1C3pGiR
Monday, January 19, 2015
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Furry beast appears. Pills definitely down with a little less battle. Injection done.. tuna juice enjoyed... but... growling the whole time. Growling growling... I was gonna hold little grey fetz and she bolted to under the bed... that will likely be the last viewing of the evening. sigh....
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Okay.. so.. at least one more test for the kitty... and.. yes.. financially still kinda bottomed out.. so friends.. you can help me. Im going to take a picture of Fetz... find Christ in her fur... post it.. let it go viral and then become a internet sensation. Fame and fortune await me... ( sigh... Ill take anything at this point ;-) ) http://ift.tt/1CrwEMl
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Battle of the cat tonight. She spent the majority of the day hidden... so.. I assumed she was tired. Well.. she burned some energy tonight.. cause she hates me right now. A battle all around. Growly Growly and now hidden again. I looked under the bed to make sure thats where she went.. she turned away from me... Yeah.. Ive posted this sort of thing before.. yeah, I know she will get over it.. and that she supposedly knows I am trying to help her.. but... what I am really hoping is she is actually getting the meds I am trying to give her. She is ridiculously clever with the pills.. she has cheeked them for long times.. trying checking the cheeks of a small mouthed angry cat. Cant be done. If her anger is proof she is getting better, she may be over this hump... but.. if the struggle is shortening her life span.. she may not make it thru tonight.. Sorry.. just needed to vent. again.
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Sunday, January 18, 2015
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one unamused dog.... http://t.co/zy0KtyXe8x
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Okay... THAT would be funny.. for a second or two http://t.co/pcAKMXLEx1
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arghhh... so beast has been 'missing' most of the night... I had an idea where she was, but opted to leave her be. Finally I thought.. okay... I need to know. Sure enough.. least accessible area under the bed. Quite content with herself. Cant get to her for shots or drugs without a concerted effort. Clever girl. But.. an odd thought occurred to me. If I had found a dead cat under the bed... what does one do with a loved beast at 9 oclock at night on a sunday? I mean.. it is something to be considered. sigh
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January 18, 2015 at 09:14PM
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judging from the silence next door.. and my twitter feed telling me the outcome.. Im guessing Chimney is a packer's fan... there is sort of a grey cloud hanging overhead... thought it was smoke at first.. may just be anger
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January 18, 2015 at 03:48PM
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Saturday, January 17, 2015
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Ya know.. one thing I have learned over this process... no matter who you talk to... they're gonna say the food you feed your animal isn't as good as something else.. and then they will show you a better product... and then you talk to the next person.
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