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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Satellite Collision Debris Map from Spaceweather.com
Post from NewsGator.com:
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
LittleBigPlanet Sacks the Competition and Wins 8 Awards at the 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
"LAS VEGAS, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- And the big winner is...LittleBigPlanet (Sony Computer Entertainment America), collecting on an impressive 8 awards at the 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards(R) last night. The award ceremony was hosted by comedian and avid gamer Jay Mohr at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas. LittleBigPlanet is a platform adventure with a vibrant social community enabling gamers to play, create and share their experiences."
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World Poker Champion Jamie Gold Forfeits Chance for $7 Million Dollar Purse to Host Fundraiser Benefiting Children Uniting Nations (CUN) at Oscar Night Gala
"LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- When the Oscar crowd leaves the Kodak Theater on Sunday, February 22nd, the top nominees, winners, and invited guests attending the Hollywood Reporter/CUN Gala to celebrate and mingle, are in for a exciting evening of festivities, as World Series of Poker Champion Jamie Gold has agreed to host a charity poker tournament benefiting Children Uniting Nations. There is a tax deductable 'buy-in' and the players will be seated next to Jamie, pro players and celebs. In addition to this charitable decision to abandon LA's biggest tournament."
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NASA Awards Construction Contract for Rocket Engine Testing
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA signed a contract Thursday with American Tank and Vessel Inc. of Mobile, Ala., for the installation of a test cell diffuser and associated systems in the A-3 test stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The five-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract's value is not to exceed $45 million."
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Some of the Magazines I Read
I read a variety of magazines, as you can see.
"PC World"
"Model Railroader"
"ToyFare"
"Trains"
"GamePro"
"TV Guide"
"Computer Shopper"
"Astronomy"
"Wired"
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"PC World"
"Model Railroader"
"ToyFare"
"Trains"
"GamePro"
"TV Guide"
"Computer Shopper"
"Astronomy"
"Wired"
Thursday, February 19, 2009
From PRNewswire: McDonald's(R) All American Games 2009 Team Rosters Revealed
McDonald's(R) All American Games 2009 Team Rosters Revealed:
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"This year, 48 players were selected from 2,500 nominees by a committee of basketball experts. They were chosen not only for their on-court skills, but for their performances off the court as well. Coach Morgan Wootten, who had more than 1,200 wins as head basketball coach at DeMatha High, is chairman of the selection committee. Legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, who has been involved in the McDonald's All American Games since its inception, serves as chairman of the Games and as an advisor to the selection committee."
Kodak and Scalado Join Forces to Enhance Next-Generation Imaging Solutions
"ROCHESTER, New York and LUND, Sweden, February 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Scalado, a leader in mobile imaging software solutions for fast and memory efficient image processing and Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) the world's imaging innovator, today announced that Scalado's SpeedTags(TM) technology will be implemented in Kodak's upcoming KSP-720060 TRUESENSE enabled image signal processor (ISP).
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"Scalado's leading edge technology will be integrated in the KSP-720060 and follow-on stand-alone ISP companion chips, enabling quick and easy management of large files and a significant improvement in overall JPEG image handling performance in mobile devices, such as camera phones and PDAs, and digital still cameras."
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PepsiCo Signs Deal to Distribute ROCKSTAR Via Pepsi Bottlers
"While precise terms of the contract were not disclosed, PepsiCo has purchased rights to function as master distributor, offering ROCKSTAR products exclusively through its bottling system in all trade channels. ROCKSTAR will retain research-and-development, marketing and manufacturing accountabilities. ROCKSTAR significantly expands the PepsiCo portfolio of energy beverages, which also includes products marketed under the AMP, No Fear and Starbucks trademarks."
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From PRNewswire: NASA's Kepler Mission to Seek Other Earths
"Kepler is scheduled to blast into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a Delta II rocket on March 5 at 10:48 p.m. EST. It is the first mission with the ability to find planets like Earth -- rocky planets that orbit sun-like stars in a warm zone where liquid water could be maintained on the surface. Liquid water is believed to be essential for the formation of life.
'Kepler is a critical component in NASA's broader efforts to ultimately find and study planets where Earth-like conditions may be present,' said Jon Morse, the Astrophysics Division director at NASA Headquarters in Washington. 'The planetary census Kepler takes will be very important for understanding the frequency of Earth-size planets in our galaxy and planning future missions that directly detect and characterize such worlds around nearby stars.'
The mission will spend three and a half years surveying more than 100,000 sun-like stars in the Cygnus-Lyra region of our Milky Way galaxy. It is expected to find hundreds of planets the size of Earth and larger at various distances from their stars. If Earth-size planets are common in the habitable zone, Kepler could find dozens; if those planets are rare, Kepler might find none."
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From PRNewswire: ATK to Feature Major Programs at the 9th International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi
ATK to Feature Major Programs at the 9th International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi:
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"ATK's booth will feature innovative technologies such as the Precision Guidance Kit (PGK), and Palletized Autonomous Weapon System (PAWS). PGK turns artillery shells into precision weapons at minimal cost, while PAWS integrates ATK's family of 25mm and 30mm chain gun systems with advanced ammunition capabilities into an affordable, integrated remote weapon station that can be installed on a variety of platforms without special interface. A variant of PAWS, the Viper, will also be on display. Viper is an affordable 'plug and play' weapon station that offers economy and agility to meet the security needs of U.S. and international customers."
From PRNewswire: U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics Contract Extension for Production of F/A-18 Gun Systems
"According to Gary LaPerriere, director of operations for General Dynamics in Saco, 'Our team here in Maine is proud to continue to supply our gun system to the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces. Our M61A1 and M61A2 20mm Gatling gun systems offer lightweight, highly lethal combat support for a variety of aircraft. The M61A1 and M61A2 dramatically increase multiple-hit probabilities when compared to guns with lower rates of fire because they can provide firing rates of up to 7,200 shots per minute. The M61A2 is also 20 percent lighter than the M61A1.'"
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From PR Newswire: Aerojet Fires Advanced Development Roll Control Thruster Targeted for Ares I Application
Aerojet Fires Advanced Development Roll Control Thruster Targeted for Ares I Application:
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"The Ares Roll Control System Advanced Development Program was awarded in the spring of 2007 for development based on Aerojet's heritage MR-80 600 lbf-class monopropellant rocket engine. The MR80 had previously flown on the NASA Viking missions to Mars, where it provided throttling of greater than 70:1 for a terminal descent and soft landing. The thruster was redesigned for pulsing application with the new valve and Aerojet also implemented a series of product improvements to reduce the recurring unit costs of the engines. The design improvements were obtained using the Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (DFMA) process which is part of Aerojet's overall Operational Excellence initiative."
Sunday, February 15, 2009
ReadWriteWeb Weekly Wrapup
I found this fascinating quote today:
In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup, our newsletter summarising the top stories of the week, we look at the latest social networking statistics showing that Facebook has overtaken MySpace, review a product that's had great success using OpenID, continue our series on recommendation engines, check out the new version of Amazon's Kindle e-book reader, review 4 innovative location-based apps, and more. Also check out the highlights from our Enterprise Channel and Jobwire, ReadWriteWeb's new product which tracks hires in tech and new media.readwriteweb, ReadWriteWeb, Feb 2009
You should read the whole article.
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