Dazzling nighttime photos of NASA's rocket launch

When NASA's newest satellite soared into space late Wednesday (Jan. 30), a team of photographers captured dazzling views of the rocket streaking into orbit.

A series of long-exposure rocket launch photos released overnight by NASA show the unmanned Atlas 5 booster carrying the agency's new Tracking and Data Relay Satellite K (TDRS-K) as a bright arc of light climbing spaceward from a pad at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket lifted off at 8:48 p.m. EST (0148 Jan. 31 GMT), rising like an artificial sun as it flew into space.

One image, by launch photographer Tony Gray, shows the Atlas 5 rocket just seconds after liftoff as it appeared from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, which is near the Air Force Station launch site. NASA's cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building stands stoically in the foreground as the rocket hovers in mid-flight on the photo's right side.

Another view, captured by photographer Rick Wetherington, shows the Atlas 5 rocket as a blazing arc of light as it passes behind a lighthouse at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

A final image by photographer Glenn Benson shows the rocket streaking up into the night sky, its blindingly bright engine plume reflecting off the waters around the seaside launch pad.Another view, captured by photographer Rick Wetherington, shows the Atlas 5 rocket as a blazing arc of light as it passes behind a lighthouse at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

The TDRS-K satellite is the first of three next-generation communications satellites to be launched in order to upgrade NASA's aging TDRS satellite constellation. The satellites serve as relays between NASA ground stations and the agency's Earth-observing satellites and other spacecraft currently orbiting the planet. TDRS-K is expected to spend at least 15 years in service once it begins operations, according to a NASA mission profile.

The first TDRS satellite was launched into space in 1983, with TDRS-K marking the 11th satellite to join the fleet. The launch provider United Launch Alliance oversaw Wednesday's Atlas 5 mission for NASA.

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Path settles with the FTC over contact privacy violations

Path was quick to mend its ways after a dust-up over collecting contact information from iOS users without their consent, but it wasn't quick enough to avoid FTC claims of violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. All that is just water under the bridge in the wake of a new settlement. As compensation for collecting contact information from 3,000 children without their parents' permission, Path has agreed to both pay a $800,000 fee and implement a privacy plan that will require audits from an outside party every other year. Consider it a lesson learned for Path and other mobile app firms, which now know that scraping personal data may have unintended consequences.

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Dark Secrets Of Gaming: Mickey Mouse Once Tried To Kill Himself ...

This week brought us the depressing news that Epic Mickey developer Junction Point would be closing its doors. While this is unfortunate news for Junction Point's employees, Disney, and Mickey himself, it's not the first time we've seen Mickey Mouse at the end of his rope.

From October 8th through the 24th in 1930, Disney ran several Mickey Mouse comic strips in the daily papers that told the story of a depressed Mickey trying to commit suicide after Minnie left him for a peddler named Mr. Slicker. The book Death Becomes Them tells how the idea was conceived and pushed into production by Walt Disney himself. Mouse Planet notes how Disney likely got the idea when he saw a Harold Lloyd comedy entitled Haunted Spooks, in which Lloyd's character becomes so despondent that he tries to kill himself in a series of comedic failed attempts.

When Disney stopped writing the daily Mickey Mouse cartoon himself, he suggested a similar storyline to the current cartoonist Floyd Gottfredson.

Of course, once Mickey thinks that Mr. Slicker has moved in on his girl he doesn't confront the rat; instead he thinks it would just be easier to kill himself.

After a series of failed attempts that illustrate that Mickey does indeed want to live, the mouse ultimately goes back to living a carefree life.

This was good news for gamers because Mickey went on to make some great games like Mickey?s Speedway USA, Castle of Illusion, and Kingdom Hearts. Even the first Epic Mickey was an interesting history lesson full of inventive ideas that didn't reach their full implementation. So Junction Point may be closing, and Disney might be going through some rough times, but I hope this isn't the last we see of Mickey Mouse. I still think he's a worthwhile character, and I hope to eventually see a video game that lives up to his iconic legacy.

You can read more old Mickey Mouse comics in Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Collector's Box Set.

What are some of your favorite Mickey Mouse gaming memories?

Source: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/02/01/dark-secrets-of-gaming-micky-mouse-once-tried-to-kill-himself.aspx

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Columbia Shuttle Disaster Remembered 10 Years After Tragedy ...

Ten years have passed since the space shuttle Columbia disaster, which killed seven crew members. On Feb. 1, 2003 the shuttle disintegrated as it was reentering the Earth's atmosphere.

In remembrance, here's a look at the shuttle and crew (read more after the photos):

• The crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia; specialists Kalpana Chawla and Laurel Clark, pilot William 'Willie' McCool, commander Rick Husband, mission specialist David Brown, payload specialist Ilan Ramon and payload commander Michael Anderson.

• The crew of Space Shuttle Columbia's mission STS-107, pose for the traditional crew portrait.

• The Space Shuttle Columbia on Jan. 15, 2003 at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

• The Space Shuttle Columbia, on ill fated mission STS-107, launches from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

• Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Jan. 16, 2003.

• A group of people watch as the Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

• The sunrise over Earth is shown from the cabin of the Space Shuttle Columbia while in orbit on Jan. 22, 2003.

• Astronauts Rick D. Husband and Ilan Ramon in orbit on Jan. 21, 2003 - aboard the ill fated Space Shuttle Columbia.

• Astronauts Laurel B. Clark and Rick D. Husband respectively, are shown near supportive equipment for experiments done aboard the shuttle.

• In this image from NASA video, Mission Specialist David Brown is seen on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

• This image from a NASA handout video shows a close up of a piece of debris falling from the external tank, then striking the left wing of the Space Shuttle Columbia during launch on Jan.16, 2003. NASA officials noticed this piece of debris during lift off of Columbia, but did not consider it a major problem at the time.

• This NASA handout image shows the Space Shuttle Columbia during reentry as it passes over the Starfire Optical Range at Kirkland Air Force Base, New Mexico on Feb. 1, 2003. Shuttle crash investigators have scrutinized this image which some believe shows damage to the left wing of the shuttle.

• This image from the National Weather Service shows a radar image of debris from the break up of the Space Shuttle Columbia, near Shreveport, Louisiana.

• NASA Mission Control went quiet shortly after contact was lost with the Space Shuttle Columbia on Feb. 1, 2003 in Houston, Texas.

• NASA Headquarters personnel watch NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe's statement following the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia.

• President George W. Bush addressing the nation after NASA Mission Control lost contact with the Columbia Space Shuttle.

• NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw, reporting on the disaster from Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 1, 2003 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

• Mourners look at a flag flying at half-staff during a <em>Memorial to Our Astronauts </em>service for the Space Shuttle Columbia crew in Newport, Kentucky.

• Astronaut Michael P. Anderson, a 43-year-old lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force, served as a payload commander and mission specialist aboard Space Shuttle Columbia.

• Astronaut Laurel B. Clark, a 41-year-old commander (captain-select) and naval flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy, served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.

• Astronaut Ilan Ramon, a colonel in the Israeli Air Force, was NASA's first Israeli astronaut. He served as mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia.

• Astronaut Rick D. Husband, a 45-year-old colonel in the U.S. Air Force and commander aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.

• Astronaut Kalpana Chawla, a 41-year-old flight engineer and mission specialist aboard Space Shuttle Columbia.

• Astronaut William C. McCool, a 41-year-old commander in the U.S. Navy served as pilot on the Space Shuttle Columbia.

• Astronaut David M. Brown, a 46-year-old captain in the U.S. Navy, served as a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia.

• A flower arrangement in front of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Makeshift memorials were set up hours after the seven-person crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia died on Feb. 1, 2003.

• Photos of the Columbia crew are displayed at the Crystal Cathedral church Feb. 4, 2003 in Garden Grove, California.

As past meets present, lessons learned from the Columbia disaster are being applied now with the development of NASA's next-generation spacecraft Orion. The spaceship is slated to serve as the primary crew vehicle for missions beyond low-Earth orbit.

"We examined all the lethal events that occurred in Columbia and addressed each of them in the Orion," Dustin Gohmert, NASA crew survival engineering team lead, at Johnson Space Center in Houston, told Space.com. "We're doing a whole lot of things to make it safer, and everything we've learned from the shuttle accidents, from Russian space accidents, automobile accidents--we've taken lessons from all of them and tried to incorporate them into Orion."

The anniversaries for both the Apollo 1 fire, which happened in 1967, and the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster recently took place in January. They go to show that the Columbia disaster was not an isolated event, G. Ryan Faith, research analyst for the Space Foundation, told The Huffington Post.

"The space shuttle was an attempt to figure out what NASA would be after the end of the Apollo Program," he said, "and the Columbia disaster showed us that the shuttle could not be the answer to that question. Ten years on, we don?t really know what the answer to the question is, but we?re making progress in understanding the real underlying nature of a space program, and how people intend to address and live in the entire rest of the universe."

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Engadget Mobile Podcast 168 - 01.31.13

Wonder why that incessant honking stopped, and why all those folk are suddenly deeply asleep? That's because BlackBerry 10 finally arrived. So guess what, a large scoop of today's Mobile Podcast is about exactly that. But, because we love you, you get more than one scoop. Listen in to find out what the other flavors are.

Hosts: Myriam Joire (tnkgrl), Brad Molen

Guests: Joseph Volpe, Terrence O'Brien

Producer: James Trew

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New study sheds light on link between dairy intake and bone health

Feb. 1, 2013 ? A study by researchers at the Institute for Aging Research (IFAR) at Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School (HMS), has found that dairy intake -- specifically milk and yogurt -- is associated with higher bone mineral density (BMD) in the hip, but not the spine. Cream, on the other hand, may be associated with lower BMD overall. Published February 1 in the journal Archives of Osteoporosis, these findings suggest that not all dairy products are equally beneficial in promoting bone strength.

"Dairy foods provide several important nutrients that are beneficial for bone health," says lead author Shivani Sahni, Ph.D., Musculoskeletal Research Team, IFAR. "However, cream and its products such as ice cream have lower levels of these nutrients and have higher levels of fat and sugar. In this study, 2.5 -- 3 servings of milk and yogurt intake per day were associated with better bone density. More research is needed to examine the role of cheese intake (some of which can be high in fat and sodium), and whether individual dairy foods have a significant impact in reducing fractures."

IFAR researchers based their findings on data collected from a food frequency questionnaire completed by 3,212 participants from the Framingham Offspring study. They then compared participants' dairy intake with BMD measurement, which revealed the benefits of milk and yogurt versus cream in largely middle-aged men and women. According to the study, nutrient composition varies among dairy foods. Choosing low-fat milk or yogurt over cream can increase intake of protein, calcium and vitamin D while limiting intake of saturated fats.

This study is an example of a growing area of research focused on the relationship between nutrition and bone health. Past studies suggest that dairy products contain more than one beneficial nutrient, and for this reason certain dairy products may contribute towards maintaining healthier bones.

Research like this supports the idea that proper nutrition can help combat osteoporosis and fractures. Osteoporosis is considered a major public health threat for an estimated 44 million Americans, or half of those aged 50 and older.

? An estimated 10 million in the U.S. already have the disease. Women are at higher risk than men.

? Another 34 million Americans have low bone density, putting them at increased risk for osteoporosis and fractures, especially of the hip, spine and wrist. About one-quarter of those who suffer a hip fracture die within a year of the injury.

? Osteoporosis-related fractures were responsible for an estimated $19 billion in health care costs in 2005, with that figure expected to increase to $25 billion by 2025.

Co-authors on the study include, Katherine L. Tucker, Ph.D.; Douglas P. Kiel, M.D., M.P.H.; Lien Quach, M.P.H, M.S.; Virginia A. Casey, Ph.D.; Marian T. Hannan, D.Sc., M.P.H.

This work was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (AR # 053205 and also AR/AG41398) and by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study (N01-HC-25195), the Melvin First Young Investigator Award and General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition.

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Women's Tennis: UCF 0 vs Florida 7, (F)

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Date	Opponent / Event	Location	Time / Result
Knights Invitational
09/28/12	Knights Invitational	Orlando, Fla.	All Day
09/29/12	Knights Invitational	Orlando, Fla.	All Day
09/30/12	Knights Invitational	Orlando, Fla.	All Day
C.L. Varner Invitational
10/05/12	C.L. Varner Invitational	Winter Park, Fla.	All Day
10/06/12	C.L. Varner Invitational	Winter Park, Fla.	All Day
10/07/12	C.L. Varner Invitational	Winter Park, Fla.	All Day
ITA Regionals
10/19/12	ITA Regionals	Tampa, Fla.	All Day
10/20/12	ITA Regionals	Tampa, Fla.	All Day
Florida State Championships
11/02/12	Florida State Championships	Tampa, Fla.	All Day
11/03/12	Florida State Championships	Tampa, Fla.	All Day
UCF Invitational
01/19/13	UCF Invitational	Orlando, Fla.	All Day
01/20/13	UCF Invitational	Orlando, Fla.	All Day
01/21/13	UCF Invitational	Orlando, Fla.	All Day
01/25/13	vs. Bethune Cookman	Orlando, Fla.	W, 7-0
01/26/13	vs. Florida A&M	Orlando, Fla.	W, 7-0
01/30/13	at Florida	Gainesville, Fla.	L, 7-0
02/02/13	at Florida Atlantic	Boca Raton, Fla.	11:00 a.m. ET
02/08/13	vs. Troy	Orlando, Fla.	10:00 a.m. ET
02/09/13	vs. Furman	Orlando, Fla.	12:00 p.m. ET
02/15/13	at Florida State	Tallahassee, Fla.	3:00 p.m. ET
02/16/13	vs. Georgia State	Tallahassee, Fla.	TBA
02/21/13	vs. Florida Gulf Coast	Orlando, Fla.	2:00 p.m. ET
02/23/13	at North Florida	Jacksonville, Fla.	12:00 p.m. ET
02/27/13	at South Florida	Tampa, Fla.	2:00 p.m. ET
03/08/13	at Memphis *	Memphis, Tenn.	3:00 p.m. ET
03/09/13	vs. Saint Louis	Memphis, Tenn.	1:00 p.m. ET
03/13/13	vs. Miami (Oh)	Orlando, Fla.	2:00 p.m. ET
03/16/13	vs. Boston University	Orlando, Fla.	TBA
03/29/13	at East Carolina *	Greenville, N.C.	10:00 a.m. ET
03/31/13	at UNC-Wilmington	Wilmington, N.C.	TBA
04/06/13	vs. DePaul	Orlando, Fla.	2:00 p.m. ET
04/10/13	at Stetson	DeLand, Fla.	2:30 p.m. ET
04/13/13	vs. Notre Dame	Orlando, Fla.	2:00 p.m. ET
C-USA Championship
04/18/13	C-USA Championship	Houston, Texas	TBA
04/19/13	C-USA Championship	Houston, Texas	TBA
04/20/13	C-USA Championship	Houston, Texas	TBA
04/21/13	C-USA Championship	Houston, Texas	TBA

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