An Absolutely Amazing NASA Video Game
Spinoff: Moon Base Alpha NASA Video Game Grade Group: 3-5 Name: Annika (redhead25 at Privo) SUMARRY: 3 kids go on a space adventure in a NASA video game They get into a little trouble but NASA helped them along the way
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The Dynamic Diaper Dudes Document NASA #39;s MAG (Maximum Absorbency Garment)
Spinoff: Diaper Grade Group: 3-5 Name: Ryan (ryanalwi_01 at Privo) What are MAGS? How do they relate to the diapers of today? How are diapers related to NASA? How do they even work? In this NASA spinoff video, watch these two kids summarize the history of the diaper in a humorous way.
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NASA Commercial Partner Orbital Sciences Successfully Conducts Engine Test
The company fired dual AJ26 rocket engines for approximately 30 seconds while the rocket was bolted down on the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) Pad-0A at NASA #39;s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va. The test demonstrated the readiness of the rocket #39;s first stage and launch pad fueling systems to support upcoming test flights. Orbital is building and testing its new rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft under NASA #39;s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. A demonstration flight of Antares and Cygnus to the space station is planned for later this year. After the successful completion of the COTS demonstration mission to the station, Orbital will begin conducting eight planed cargo resupply flights to the orbiting laboratory through NASA #39;s $1.9 billion Commercial Resupply Services contract with the company.
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NASA released an amazing video of an enormous solar flare erupting on the sun in July 2012
Loops of superheated plasma far larger than Earth rain down on the solar surface in a dazzling video captured by a NASA sun-watching spacecraft.
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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) watched as a medium-strength flare erupted fromthe sunon July 19, 2012. The blast also generated the enormous, shimmering plasma loops, which are an example of a phenomenon known as "coronal rain," agency officials said.
"Hot plasma in the corona [the sun's outer atmosphere] cooled and condensed along strong magnetic fields in the region," NASA officials wrote in a description of the four-minutevideo of solar plasma "rain", which NASA released Wednesday (Feb. 20).
"Magnetic fields are invisible, but the charged plasma is forced to move along the lines, showing up brightly in the extreme ultraviolet wavelength of 304 Angstroms, and outlining the fields as it slowly falls back to the solar surface," they added.
The $850 million SDO spacecraft recently marked three years in space. It launched on Feb. 11, 2010, kicking off a five-year prime mission to provide incredibly detailed views of the sun, solar flares and other space weather events.
SDO has delivered thus far, capturing more than 100 million images of our star as of late last year. Some of the spacecraft's most memorable shots over the last year arehighlighted in another video, which NASA released last week to celebrate the mission's birthday.
But SDO has done more than just shine a light on the sun. The spacecraft has also helped scientists better understand comets, especially "sungrazers" like Comet Lovejoy, which survived a death dive through the sun's corona in December 2011.
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NASA has selected key contributions to a 2022 European Space Agency (ESA) mission that will study Jupiter and three of its largest moons in unprecedented detail. The moons are thought to harbor vast water oceans beneath their icy surfaces. NASA's contribution will consist of one U.S.-led science instrument and hardware for two European instruments to fly on ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission. JUICE will carry 11 experiments developed by scientific teams from 15 European countries, the United States and Japan.
The spacecraft will orbit Jupiter for three years and travel past its moons Callisto and Europa multiple times, then orbit Ganymede, a moon larger than the planet Mercury. JUICE will conduct the first thorough exploration of Jupiter since NASA's Galileo mission from 1989-2003. By studying the Jupiter system, JUICE will look to learn more about the formation and evolution of potentially habitable worlds in our solar system and beyond.
"NASA is thrilled to collaborate with ESA on this exciting mission to explore Jupiter and its icy moons," said John Grunsfeld, NASA's associate administrator for Science in Washington. "Working together with ESA and our other international partners is key to enabling future scientific progress in our quest to understand the cosmos."
The solar-powered spacecraft will carry cameras and spectrometers, a laser altimeter and an ice-penetrating radar. The mission also will carry a magnetometer, plasma and particle monitors, and radio science hardware. The spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the Jupiter system in 2030. "The selection of JUICE's instruments is a key milestone in ESA's flagship mission to the outer solar system, which represents an unprecedented opportunity to showcase leading European technological and scientific expertise," said Alvaro Gimenez Canete, ESA's director of science and robotic exploration.
NASA invited researchers in 2012 to submit proposals for NASA-provided instruments for the mission. Nine were reviewed, with one selected to fly. NASA agreed to provide critical hardware for two of the 10 selected European-led instruments. NASA's total contribution to the JUICE mission is $100 million for design, development, and operation of the instruments through 2033.
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NASA's Science Mission Directorate conducts a wide variety of research and scientific exploration programs for Earth studies, space weather, the solar system, and the universe. The New Frontiers Program Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will manage the NASA contributions. JUICE is the first large-class mission in ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Program.
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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2013)] [Notices] [Page 12799] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2013-04186]
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SUMMARY: This notice is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive license in the United States to practice the invention described and claimed in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. US 13/ 534,804, Alpha-Stream Convertor, LEW 18802-1; and U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. US 61/677,116, Magnetostrictive Alternator--Low Cost, No Moving Part, High Efficiency, Oscillating Acoustic Pressure Wave to Electric Power Transducer, LEW 18939-1, to Nirvana Energy Systems, having its principal place of business in Portolo Valley, California. The fields of use may be limited to power systems for residential, commercial and transportation industries. The patent rights in these inventions as applicable have been assigned to the United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The prospective exclusive license will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
DATES: The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless, within fifteen (15) days from the date of this published notice, NASA receives written objections including evidence and argument that establish that the grant of the license would not be consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. Competing applications completed and received by NASA within fifteen (15) days of the date of this published notice will also be treated as objections to the grant of the contemplated exclusive license. Objections submitted in response to this notice will not be made available to the public for inspection and, to the extent permitted by law, will not be released under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.
ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the prospective license may be submitted to Intellectual Property Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, MS 21-14, NASA Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland OH 44135. Phone (216) 433-5754. Facsimile (216) 433-6790.
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Fine line AWU's Paul Howes wants research. Photo: Louie Douvis
THE union leader Paul Howes has likened nanotechnology to asbestos and called for more research to ease fears the growing use of fine particles could endanger manufacturing workers.
''I don't want to make the mistake that my predecessors made by not worrying about asbestos,'' the Australian Workers' Union national secretary said.
Substances called nanomaterials - measuring between one and 100 nanometres, a fraction of the width of a human hair - are used to make products such as non-scratching car wax, some types of paint, lighter sporting equipment, and self-cleaning coatings for glass and building materials.
Scientists believe nanotechnology holds the potential to improve water purification, medical treatments, solar power efficiency, engineering manufacturing processes and security screening.
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While the national science agency CSIRO says nanomaterials can be useful because they often have different properties from larger particles of the same substance, it is also researching whether some nanomaterials may harm human health and the environment. This follows a pilot study published in Nature Nanotechnology in 2008 suggesting that types of carbon nanotubes may behave like asbestos fibres and cause disease when injected into the abdominal cavity of mice.
Mr Howes said nanotechnology was present in high-performance manufacturing enterprises that used chemicals and applications that were enhanced by it. He was worried nanotechnology could be used to carry carcinogenic particles and believed it needed proper regulation and more research.
''What I fear with nanotechnology is that it's starting to spread everywhere through Australian industry I think about what my predecessors did when asbestos first became widely used in Australia and all of a sudden it appeared in every workplace and household in Australia,'' he said.
''No one knew about the dangers of it; everyone thought it was this miracle fibre that could be used for anything and it was going to transform Australia. Lo and behold, it also kills you.
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Union seeks to protect workers from threat of disease from nanotechnology
UNION leader Paul Howes has likened nanotechnology to asbestos, calling for more research to ease fears that the growing use of fine particles could endanger manufacturing workers.
''I don't want to make the mistake that my predecessors made by not worrying about asbestos,'' the Australian Workers Union secretary said.
Tiny substances called nanomaterials - measuring between one and 100 nanometres, a fraction of the width of a human hair - are used to make products such as non-scratching car wax, some types of paint, lighter sporting equipment, and self-cleaning coatings for glass and building materials.
Scientists believe nanotechnology holds the potential to improve water purification, medical treatments, solar power efficiency, engineering manufacturing processes and security screening.
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While the national science agency CSIRO says nanomaterials can be useful because they often have different properties from larger particles of the same substance, it is also researching whether some nanomaterials may harm human health and the environment.
This follows a pilot study in Nature Nanotechnology in 2008 suggesting that types of carbon nanotubes may behave like asbestos fibres and cause disease when injected into mice.
Mr Howes said nanotechnology was present in high-performance manufacturing enterprises that used chemicals and applications that were enhanced by nanotechnology.
Mr Howes said he was worried nanotechnology could be used to carry carcinogenic particles and he believed it needed more regulation and research.
''What I fear with nanotechnology is that it's starting to spread everywhere through Australian industry and where it's being used and I think about what my predecessors did when asbestos first became widely used in Australia and all of a sudden it appeared in every workplace and household in Australia,'' he said.
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Laughter is Good Medicine program open 24Feb2013
MarChasCo Productions LLC created the feature video and excerpt run of show package for the Laughter is Good medicine comedy fundraiser held at the Rialto Theatre 24Feb2013. This animation started the program. It was created using motion graphics
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Dylan Moran in "Black Books" (S3E1 - Manny Come Home).
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Session 3 The veterinary landscape and perspective - Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine
Brennen McKenzie, president of the Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine Association, USA, presents "The Veterinary Landscape and Perspective" at the RCVS Charitable Trust #39;s first "Sceptical Vet: Eminence of Evidence?" symposium in London on 30 October 2012. You can read more about the symposium and download Brennen #39;s presentation at trust.rcvs.org.uk
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Hip Thrust Plank Cable Flyes with medicine ball push ups
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February 25, 2013 - Western Hockey League (WHL) Red Deer Rebels MEDICINE HAT - On Oscar night, Medicine Hat Tiger Curtis Valk walked down the red carpet and then took home the hardware by scoring a hat-trick in a 5-4 Tiger win over the Red Deer Rebels.
The Tiger win snapped the Rebels five-game winning streak, but they went 2-for-3 since Friday.
FIRST PERIOD
Just nine seconds in the Rebels took their first penalty over the game which led to Medicine Hat taking a 1-0 lead on Curtis Valk's goal 23 seconds later.
Red Deer tied the game 1-1 on a pinball arcade like goal at 6:09. CODY THIEL was behind the goal line when his shot went off Tiger goalie CAM LANIGAN and then in the net. RHYSE DIENO had a great chance to put the Rebels up 2-1 when he chomped on a juicy rebound, but Lanigan answered the call. The Rebels were buzzing around the Medicine Hat zone midway through the period when they had their first powerplay. But it was the Tigers who got the go ahead goal when Miles Koules scored at 10:54. The puck went off Pouliot's right shoulder and popped into the net. The Tigers took a 3-1 lead at 17:39 when Logan McVeigh scored during a BRADY GAUDET four-minute spearing penalty. Shots were 14-8 Tigers, but the big story were powerplays - the Tigers had four and cashed in on two.
SECOND PERIOD
The Rebels came out with good jump in the first few minutes. Red Deer cut the lead to 3-2 when CONNER BLEACKLEY found himself in the slot and sent a wrister into the net. Medicine Hat didn't get a shot on goal until the nine minute mark, but it was a tricky one from Zach Hodder.
The Tigers restored their two-goal lead when Volk scored his second of the game at 10:12. Volk took a nice pass from behind the net from Hunter Shinkaruk for his 40th of the season. Then, 2:24 later, Volk completed his hat-trick when he slammed in a rebound on the left side of Pouliot made it 5-2.
Red Deer seemed to be struggling a little at the end of the period, and had to defend their eighth powerplay in the final minute. The Rebels were outshot 12-10 in the middle frame and 38-13 over 60 minutes.
THIRD PERIOD
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Curtis Valk (left) reached the 40-goal mark on Sunday (The Canadian Press)
No. 1 star: Curtis Valk, Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
Valk, an undrafted 20-year-old who might have a case to be selected by a NHL team this summer, continued his superb season by scoring a hat trick in the Tigers' 5-4 win over their division rival Red Deer Rebels. Some players consider a good night to get three shots on goal against Red Deer, never mind three goals.
The 5-foot-8 forward who grew up right in Medicine Hat has been an excellent complement to highly regarded prospect Hunter Shinkaruk and has helped carry the scoring during the times when Shinkaruk has been injured. Valk (3G, +1) opened the scoring with a goal in the first minute of the game, giving the Tigers a shot of confidence. He also scored goals 3:11 apart in the second part to give the Tigers a commanding 5-2 lead. Eighteen-year-old Miles Koules also had a two-goal night for The Hat, which maintained its cushion over seventh-place Swift Current and eighth-place Kootenay in the Dub's Eastern Conference.
All told, Valk has 41 goals and 81 points this season after putting up 24 and 55 during his 18-year-old season.
No. 2 star: Sergey Tolchinsky, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
Without suspended OHL scoring leader Nick Cousins, the 'Hounds turned to another diminutive dervish of a distributor to wrap their weekend with a 4-3 come-from-behind road win at Mississauga. Tolchinsky (3A, +2) was not named a star in the arena, but the 18-year-old Muscovite made a brilliant no-look pass to Andrew Fritsch for a redirection and the winning goal with 2:35 to play.
Mississauga played reasonably well; when it went up up 3-2 in the third period, one might have expected the visiting 'Hounds to begin fading. But Tolchinsky and Fritsch, who was nmaed first star, made a great setup that led to rookie Ryan Kirkup's first OHL goal to tie the game. Overall, the 5-foot-9, 160-pound Tolchinsky has 44 points in 55 games, including eight in the Soo's last four contests. This might have been one of his best weekends of his first North American season.
No. 3 star: Alex Aleardi, Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
Aleardi delivered for the desperate Spitfires with five points in a 7-5 win over the Plymouth Whalers, his former team. The sand is running through the hourglass rapidly in southwestern Ontario. Windsor is still nine points adrift of a playoff spot with only eight games left. It could prove too little, too late, but Aleardi (2G-3A, +1) and 18-year-old Kerby Rychel (1G-2A, +1) allowed the Spitfires to trade goals with the ever-potent Plymouths, who had their seven-game win streak.
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Sports medicine is a broad branch of health care that is used by a variety of health care professionals including physical therapists, personal trainers, massage therapists, dieticians/nutritionists, chiropractors, surgeons, acupuncturists and more. While each discipline approaches sports medicine from a different angle, they all have the same goal of rehabilitating an injured athlete back to full health and mobility.
Physical therapy is a key component for any sports medicine practice. Athletes of all ages and levels get injured daily, so the Austin sports medicine physical therapists at Medicine in Motion have shared a list of five important tips to remember all day, every day - not just during exercising and sports activities.
1. Use proper techniques when lifting heavy objects to avoid hurting the back. It's a common phrase, but it bears repeating: lift with the legs. Squat to the ground and bring the item up with you, whether it weighs a lot or not. If it's too heavy to lift properly, ask for assistance.
2. Pay close attention to form, breathing and range of motion during exercises. If not performing exercises correctly, a person could do more damage than good. Dont let the mind wander during these activities make every repetition as good as it can be.
3. Always be aware of posture. Maintain an upright posture position at all times. Check out form in the mirror throughout the day if slouching, correct it. It may require a conscious effort at first, but soon it will become second nature.
4. Stretch throughout the entire day, not just before and after exercising. Take a moment at work and at home to keep the body limber.
5. Dont let nagging joint and muscle pain linger. If youre having minor pains, address it with a physical therapist. Small pains can balloon into bigger problems if theyre not dealt with.
Medicine in Motion (MIM) specializes in providing top quality sports medicine in Austin, Texas, for athletic individuals of all ages and levels. The doctors at MIM believe active bodies are healthy bodies, therefore it is the office's goal to keep patients energetic and fit. To that end, MIM provides treatment of injuries and illnesses, including the use of physical rehabilitation; promotes healthy living with personal training and nutrition coaching; and offers comprehensive sports medicine evaluations to optimize health, activity level and sports performance. For more information or for questions regarding sports medicine in Austin, contact Medicine in Motion at 512-257-2500 or visit the website at http://www.medinmotion.com.
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25 February 2013 Last updated at 07:33 ET
An MP says he resorted to mail-order medicine to cope with the debilitating pain he endured from a form of arthritis.
Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Davies is calling for improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of ankylosing spondylitis.
He tried homeopathic treatments and "vile concoctions involving exotic mushrooms from Russia" in an attempt to deal with the symptoms.
Around 200,000 people in the UK are thought to have the condition.
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a form of arthritis that can cause the spine to fuse, but can also affect other parts of the body.
No one had diagnosed any condition for me. So I was trying anything
During a debate in Parliament on Monday, Labour MP Mr Irranca-Davies will reveal how he was diagnosed late in life.
He will describe how he started getting a stiff neck and spine as a badminton player in his youth.
"I just thought it was part of a sporting life. You creak a bit," he says.
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25 February 2013 Last updated at 04:25 ET By Peter Bowes BBC News, Los Angeles
Prevention not cure has always been good health advice but the trick has been to diagnose early enough. Now a range of medical technologies for use both inside and outside the body may give prevention the upper hand and close the gap between diagnosis and cure.
Nowadays doctors are able to monitor the health of their patients without meeting them. Sensors, such as heart monitors or other implanted devices, can send data via smart phones to hospitals and health professionals to help them spot problems before they occur.
But in the future this growing area of medicine may go from the edge to the centre of medicine and have an impact on human longevity.
The Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize will give $10m (6.5m) to the developer of a wireless hand-held device that monitors and diagnoses health conditions. Its sponsors, the X-Prize Foundation, a US charity, and Qualcomm, a US telecommunications technology firm, were inspired by the tricorder - a hi-tech sensor used by the characters in Star Trek, the science fiction television serial.
"If we look at the history of technology over the last hundred years, it has extended life in a dramatic way," says Don Jones, vice president of global strategy and market development, with Qualcomm Life, a company that makes wireless technology for use in healthcare.
Body monitoring and body computing will become so ubiquitous that they will be part of our cultural dialogue
"I think we're going to see new technologies we have trouble imagining today, in the same way that Star Trek imagined the tricorder in the 1960s. Today we actually believe that such things are possible," he says.
The plan is to develop a device that can scan the body and obtain measurements of different medical states or conditions.
"The data would be used to inform the consumer about their state of health and potentially make recommendations about what they might do," says Mark Winter, senior director at the X-Prize Foundation.
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Mumbai, Feb 25:
Liberty Videocon General Insurance Company, a joint venture between Videocon Industries and Liberty Citystate Holdings, today started its operations and is hopeful of collecting a premium of Rs 120 crore in the first year, a top company official said.
The company, which has an initial capital of Rs 320 crore, has products in the fire, engineering and motor segments as of now and has already applied for approval before IRDA for products in the retail line of businesses like personal accident and health.
Liberty Videocon becomes the 27th general insurer in the market.
We will begin our operations in seven cities initially and scale it up going ahead. We are hopeful of collecting a premium of around Rs 120 crore in the first year of operations, Chief Executive Roopam Asthana told reporters here.
The company hopes to break even in the next five to six years, he said.
Referring to starting of business in the commercial segment first, Asthana said the company would like to have a good product mix in order to diversify its risk.
We want to have a business mix of 50:50 in commercial and retail lines of businesses, he said, adding it will concentrate on SMEs in the first phase.
The company also plans to hire around 320 people by the end of 2013 along with taking around 1,000 agents on board.
Liberty Videocon General Insurance is a joint venture between Videocon Industries and Boston, US-based Liberty Holdings in which Videocon holds 74 per cent stake and the rest is held by the US partner.
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