Monday, October 30, 2017

The Key to Weeknight Meal Planning

October 31, 2017
"Any healthy choice you make, no matter how small, makes a difference. The more healthy habits you add, the more steps you take toward better health."— Donald D. Hensrud, M.D., M.P.H.
Healthy Eating
Stock your pantry with these healthy items
Are weeknight meals stressful? As you'll see, a little preparation goes a long way. Plus, eating well at home doesn't require expensive or unusual ingredients, and you certainly don't have to be a master chef. For example, salads, whole-grain wraps or quesadillas, and whole-wheat pasta tossed with loads of veggies are all easy meal options. You can even put together a snack plate and include your favorite raw veggies, nuts and healthy dips, such as hummus. The options are endless!
Stay prepared with these food staples »
Nutrition 101
9 hearty whole-grain options
Whole grains provide a variety of healthy nutrients and are naturally low in fat. You may already eat grains regularly, but are they the healthiest kind? Read on to learn about the different types and why you should skip refined and enriched grains.

Learn more about whole grains »
Today's Fitness Tip
Step it up with a pedometer
Want to get more active without overhauling your daily routine? Start using a pedometer. Set a goal, such as reaching 10,000 steps each day, and try to set new personal records. The simple process of counting and recording your steps can help you increase your physical activity.



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A resolution expressing support for the designation of September 2017 and 2018 each as "National Month for Renters". (10/30/2017 legislative day)

A resolution designating the week of October 30 through November 3, 2017, as "National Veterans Small Business Week". (10/30/2017 legislative day)

A resolution designating October 30, 2017, as a national day of remembrance for nuclear weapons program workers. (10/30/2017 legislative day)

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Spectacular SpaceX Falcon 9 KoreaSat Launch Lights Space Coast Sky with Halloween Eve Glow, Booster Lands at Sea

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Spectacular SpaceX Falcon 9 KoreaSat Launch Lights Space Coast Sky with Halloween Eve Glow, Booster Lands at Sea

by Ken Kremer

SpaceX Falcon 9 blasts off with KoreaSat-5A commercial telecomsat atop Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, FL, on Halloween eve 30 Oct 2017. As seen from world famous countdown clock. Credit: Ken Kremer/Kenkremer.com

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - SpaceX delivered a spectacular Halloween eve delight with today's Falcon 9 launch of a Korean HDTV satellite that lit up the Florida Space Coast skies with a glow that delighted kids of all ages and ghouls alike and put an end at last for today to the atrocious wet and windy weather afflicting the Space Coast region.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 blasted off mid-afternoon Monday Oct. 30 with the private KoreaSat-5A telecomsat mission right at the opening of the launch window at 3:34 p.m. EDT (1934 GMT) from seaside Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Florida finally fulfilled its billing as the 'Sunshine State' with truly superb afternoon weather for Monday afternoon's liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 with its first Korean satellite customer – and the decent weather outlook look like it will extend into Tuesdays Halloween trick or treating for the local kiddies and their imaginative costumes.

The two stage 229-foot-tall (70-meter-tall) Falcon 9 rocket shined this morning and throughout the countdown and fueling with RP-1 and liquid oxygen propellant feeding the rockets nine first stage Merlin 1D engines.

SpaceX Falcon 9 blasts off with KoreaSat-5A commercial telecomsat atop Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, FL, on Halloween eve 30 Oct 2017. As seen from the crawlerway. Credit: Ken Kremer/Kenkremer.com

The launch was also be accompanied by an attempt to recover the first stage booster by soft landing on an ocean going platform prepositioned off shore in the Atlantic Ocean – some 8 minutes after blastoff.

The nearly two ton commercial KoreaSat-5A satellite will provide Direct to Home (DTH) broadcasting, maritime, internet and other services to the Asian region centering around South Korea.

It has a 15 year design lifetime.

KoreaSat-5A was built by Thales Alenia Space was launched by SpaceX under a commercial contract for South Korean operator KTSAT (a KT Corporation company) using a freshly built first stage booster.

The satellite was attached to the booster encapsulated in the nose cone last Friday after engineers successfully completed the routine but required static hot fire test of the first stage engines last Thursday, Oct 26.

Koreasat-5A was built by prime contractor, Thales Alenia Space, responsible for the design, production, testing and ground delivery. It arrived at the Florida launch base on Oct. 5 for integration with the Falcon 9 rocket.

The 3,700 kg satellite is equipped with 36 Ku-band transponders and based on Thales Alenia Space's new-generation Spacebus 4000B2 platform. It will replace Koreasat 5 launched a decade ago.

The solar panels provide a payload power of approximately 6.5 kW. It will be positioned at 113° East and provide coverage for Indochina, Japan, Korea, the Philippines and the Middle East including Direct to Home (DTH) services.

Pad 39A has been repurposed by SpaceX from its days as a NASA shuttle launch pad.

To date SpaceX has now accomplished 19 successful landings of a recovered Falcon 9 first stage booster by land and by sea.

The first stage from this months SES-11 launch arrived back into Port Canaveral, FL on top of the OCISLY droneship on Oct. 15. The SES-11 comsat launched on Oct. 11.

Watch for Ken's continuing onsite coverage of SpaceX KoreaSat-5A & SES-11, ULA NROL-52 and NASA and space mission reports direct from the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

Stay tuned here for Ken's continuing Earth and Planetary science and human spaceflight news.

Ken Kremer

SpaceX Falcon 9 stands erect at sunrise with KoreaSat5A DTH TV commercial comsat atop Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, FL, poised for Halloween eve liftoff on 30 Oct 2017. As seen from inside the pad perimeter. Credit: Ken Kremer/Kenkremer.com

Ken Kremer | October 30, 2017 at 11:58 pm | Tags: Falcon 9 rocket, KoreaSat-5A, KTSAT | URL: https://wp.me/p1CHIY-zOw
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Congress.gov: Senate Floor Today Update


A resolution condemning the violence and persecution in Chechnya. (10/30/2017 legislative day)

A resolution recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the largest organization of food and nutrition professionals in the world. (10/30/2017 legislative day)

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