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Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Clinic of Edina now offers Sound Cure Serenade therapy program for clients with tinnitus. Edina, MN (PRWEB) December 20, 2012 For patients who suffer from tinnitus (ringing in the ears), Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Clinic is now offering Sound Cure Serenade therapy program. The company has provided hearing aids in Edina and the surrounding areas for several years, and the new offer is another way the company can give its clients relief from hearing loss and hearing...
NASA has selected the Norwegian Space Centre (NSC) of Oslo, Norway, for combined data support services for NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program. This is a firm-fixed price contract with a value of about $22 million, which includes one base year and four one-year options to extend performance. This contract permits usage of the Svalbard Satellite Station ground station and other NSC data services resources to support the JPSS Program requirements for three missions: Global...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has selected the Norwegian Space Centre (NSC) of Oslo, Norway, for combined data support services for NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) This is a firm-fixed price contract with a value of about $22 million, which includes one base year and four one-year options to extend performance. This contract permits usage of the Svalbard Satellite Station...
The Polar RCX3 is definitely a tester favorite at the Heart Rate Watch Company blog for men and women with smaller wrists. It fits better and provides speed, distance and heart rate data for a wide variety of sports. Bozeman, MT (PRWEB) July 07, 2012 Heart Rate Watch Company blog recently completed a testing comparison of the new Polar RCX3 and found that the profile fits smaller wrists very well. The watch also does everything the Polar RCX5 does except swimming, intervals and the race...
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Polar (www.polarusa.com), the leader in heart rate monitoring and fitness assessment technologies, today introduced that Melanie McQuaid, an accomplished triathlete with more than 40 major professional victories in the last 10 years, has chosen Polar USA as her official heart rate training solution and sponsor. McQuaid won the inaugural ITU Cross Triathlon World Championship and recently claimed victory in the Ironman 70.3...
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Polar (www.polarusa.com), the leader in heart rate monitoring and fitness assessment technologies, today introduced the new Polar H7 heart rate sensor, one of the first to use low energy Bluetooth(®) Smart technology in wireless heart rate transmission. Polar is at the forefront of the Bluetooth Smart standard adoption, the first truly open standard for manufacturers and application developers of low power devices....
GREENBELT, Md., June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SGT, Inc., a leading provider of Engineering, Science, Project Management, and Information Technology services, today announced that it had been selected for the Omnibus Multidiscipline Engineering Services (OMES) contract in support of the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate (AETD) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The OMES Contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity...
The Heart Rate Watch Company is having its annual Mother's Day heart rate monitor watch sale now through May 13th, 2012. Get great deals on Polar, Suunto, Timex and Garmin heart rate monitor watch products, bike computers and more. Bozeman, MT (PRWEB) May 01, 2012 National fitness retailer the Heart Rate Watch Company is having their Mother's Day heart rate monitor watch sale from May 1st through May 13th. "The sale includes deeply discounted prices on all women's Polar, Suunto, and...
GREENBELT, Md., March 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The public is invited to a free talk called "Penguins, Polar Bears, and Laser Beams from Space: NASA Science at the Poles," by NASA scientist Dr. Tom Neumann. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The talk is part of the Gerald Soffen Lecture Series and will be held at the Visitor's Center at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 7 p.m. EST (doors open at 6:45 p.m.). The talk...
GREENBELT, Md., Nov. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md. will host this month's Sunday Experiment on Sunday, November 20 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. EST. It's a free afternoon of eye-opening, hands-on activities spotlighting NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite, the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) NPP is a multi-faceted satellite that was launched on October 28,...
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Cataclysmic Variable Star -- Cataclysmic variables are a class of binary stars containing a white dwarf and a companion star. The companion star is usually a red dwarf, although in some cases it is another white dwarf or a slightly evolved star (subgiant). Several hundreds of cataclysmic variables are known. From the observational viewpoint, cataclysmic variables are relatively easy to discover. They are usually quite blue objects, as the majority of stars are red. The variability of...
