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Gender Equality ScholarshipJune 5th, 2014 by Bryanna Davis
Gender Equality Scholarship
Deadline: July 1
If you will be pursuing an MBA & MSc in Management, a BA in Management or the Foundation Course in Management with English at Global College Malta then you are eligible for this scholarship.
The gender equality scholarship is to help support gender equality in today's leadership roles within business. This scholarship will be awarded based up on "the academic/professional merit, leadership potential and intention to become role model encouraging gender equality in managerial positions and leadership roles. Students' prior active involvement in empowerment of women in business and related topics will be considered during the selection process."
To apply for this scholarship you must submit the following:
- Along with your application an essay on how you will empower women within the business world
- One page motivation letter that includes prior activities related to gender equality
- Your curriculum Vitae with two references
- Your college admissions letter
- A 250 word bio and photo of yourself
This scholarship will grant one winner 50% tuition coverage at Global College Malta. Eligible students must apply by July 1st, learn more about this gender equality scholarship you can visit here.
Women in TechnologyMay 30th, 2014 by Bryanna Davis
Women in Technology
Deadline: August 10th
If you're a woman in the pursuit of a degree in the technology industry then you have a great shot at this award. This scholarship is hosted by Procurify.com and is granting one woman a $1000 scholarship.
To apply, you must be a female focusing on business, computer science, engineering or design. You must also have had a groundbreaking sustainable idea that will help revolutionize the technology sector. Submissions can be submitted in the form of a cover letter, essay, business plan, website, blog, podcast, video or any other way you feel is necessary to get your idea across.
The winner will be based upon quality and originality- so be creative and detail oriented! The winner must also provide a photo to be placed on the winner's page of the Procurify.com site before accepting the award.
Eligible applicants must apply by the August 10th deadline- the winner will be announced shortly after on September 4th. You can find more on the Women in Technology award and how to apply here.
Applying for a Job Off-Campus: Writing a Cover LetterMay 27th, 2014 by Jennifer Frankel
With off-campus employment opportunities for international students, many students will be applying for jobs in their new host countries. Many international students may need a reminder of both the importance of writing a cover letter to accompany a resume and application, as well as how to write an effective cover letter.
Why Write a Cover Letter at all?
Most hiring managers agree that including a cover letter is as important a part of an application resume. However, it isn't important to write a cover letter because the hiring manager is going to carefully read it—in fact, many will admit to "just browsing" them or, in many cases, not reading them at all—but because hiring managers often DO remember those applicants who didn't bother to take the time and include a cover letter.
In a situation where someone is looking for easy ways to reduce the amount of similarly qualified applicants to look through, the people who didn't care enough to put forward the effort are an easy choice when faced with a number of applicants who took the time to craft an individualized cover letter.
Features of a Good Cover Letter
That being said, a cover letter should not be a resume or a condensed version thereof. A good cover letter requires a bit of research and should fit the following guidelines:
- Write directly to the hiring manager overseeing filling the desired position. No "To Whom it May Concern"—do your research and personalize your letter. After all, this is the person making the decision to hire you or not.
- Show that you are passionate about working with this particular company. But don't do so in a way that comes off as flattery. Demonstrate you didn't just send out 1,000 resumes to whatever company. You chose a company where you felt you could make a difference, whose vision and practices you stand behind, and that you would be proud to work for.
- If you have a name to drop, this is the place to do it. Whether it is someone you know in the company, a mutual acquaintance, or a mutual contact in the broader industry, the cover letter is the place to mention it.
- Avoid re-hashing your resume or writing a 'form letter' style cover letter. Only list accomplishments that are directly relevant to the position or the company's projects, and make sure to make the letter individualized enough so that the hiring manager doesn't feel as if they just wasted their time reading the same generic letter attached to your resume you sent to every company.
- Be brief. Certainly no more than a page, though, the consensus seems that even less than a page is the most ideal.
Take the time to set yourself apart from the mob of similarly qualified applicants and include a well-written cover letter—it will really go a long way!
Win Free Tuition ScholarshipMay 23rd, 2014 by Bryanna Davis
Win Free Tuition Scholarship
Deadline: June 30
The Win Free Tuition scholarship will grant one individual $10,000 to be used for tuition at the school of their choice. This sweepstakes is open to residents/citizens of Canada and the United States who are age 14 or older. This is a biannual sweepstakes, for this round all applications must be received by June 30th.
Eligible students can enter to win this free tuition scholarship in one of three ways:
- Submit the entry form online- to get to the link first visit the link below
- Complete and submit a Business Reply Card located in a
NextStepU Magazine. The card must be completed in full, post marked by June 30th and received by July 7th.
- On a 3×5 postcard you can print your name, complete address including city and zip code, age, phone number (with area code), and email address. Postcards can be mailed before June 30th to the following address:
Win Free Tuition Sweepstakes, NextStepU
2 W. Main St Suite 200
Victor, NY 14564
The Win Free Tuition sweepstakes is sponsored by NextStepU. All entries must be postmarked or submitted online no later than June 30th to be eligible.
If interested, you can learn more on this scholarship and if you're eligible here.
How to Find A Scholarship – Live Hangout FridayMay 22nd, 2014 by Jennifer Frankel
Funding your education doesn't have to be impossible if you don't have the money on hand. There are thousands of scholarships out there designed for international students – you just need to know how to look and what you need to include to make your scholarship application standout. This Friday, May 23 at 11 am EST, our partner InternationalStudent.com will be putting on a live hangout on How to Find a Scholarship.
Topics will include:
- Where to look for an international scholarship
- How to apply for a scholarship
- Tips and tricks to increase the likelihood of getting the award
Scholarships are essentially financial awards that do not need to be paid back, and because of this, they can be competitive. Tune in this Friday to increase your odds of getting picked. Here's how:
- Step 1. Sign up and reserve your spot.
- Step 2. Set a calendar reminder so that you can tune in.
- Step 3. Watch live.
It's that easy! At the end of the Hangout they will take any questions you have so make sure you have all of your questions ready. Hope to see you there!
Learn About International Student Loans – Live!May 20th, 2014 by Jennifer Frankel
If you need an international student loan for the semester, you have a few more months to prepare! That's why tomorrow, Wednesday, at 3pm EST, International Student Loan will be hosting a free Google Hangout to answer all of your questions. Join them to learn about international student loans including:
- What you need to apply
- Requirements for approval
- What to expect during the process
They'll be available to answer all of your questions when it comes to your international student loan, so don't miss it! To join the Hangout live, all you need to do is:
- Sign up for the Hangout
- Bookmark the page
- Set a calendar alarm for 3pm EST on Wednesday, May 21st
- Get your questions ready
- Join us live!
Want to see previous hangouts? Check out International Student Loan's YouTube page where you can find videos on all things financial aid for students studying abroad.
US Universities Establish Joint Venture PathwaysMay 16th, 2014 by Jennifer Frankel
Good news for international students, US Universities establish joint venture pathways that offer an alternative to international recruiters and another way into prestigious American universities.
As the United States continues to expand its efforts to attract more international students to its campuses, a number of American universities have taken to establishing joint venture pathways in collaboration with private partners to facilitate international students' transitions.
What is a Joint Venture Pathway?
A joint venture pathway is a collaboration between individual universities and private business partners that carry out various recruitment activities abroad. These recruitment partners seek out students, screen and assess them, then direct them to specific Western institutions.
How is it Different from an International Recruiter?
International recruiters are common in many parts of the world. In fact, in many countries it would be nearly impossible to navigate the various channels to applying to Western institutions without the assistance of an international recruiter. These recruiters work by matching international students with fitting Western institutions and assisting in the application process.
Joint venture pathways instead seek out students that fit the institution's desired criteria and prepare them for progressing through the universities program. This preparation includes not only assistance in the application process, but also preparatory courses (often an English language course with selected introductory courses) chosen by the university.
Joint Venture Pathway Recap:
- US universities are expanding joint venture pathway programs to increase international student enrollment
- Joint Venture Pathways offer more benefits to international students than foreign recruiters typically do
- The benefits of Joint Venture Pathways come in the form of assistance with the application process in addition to offering language and introductory courses selected by the university to prepare the student for advancement through the university's program
Given the inherent benefits, international students applying to institutions in the United States should be sure to check if the university they are considering offers joint venture pathways.
NextGen ScholarshipMay 15th, 2014 by Bryanna Davis
NextGen Scholarship
Deadline: June 6
The NextGen Scholarship fund was created to assist international students coming to the US. In college, P.E.R.K. president Andrena Sawyer saw how many deserving international students often lose the opportunity to pursue higher education due to the lack of funds. Because of this, the NextGen Scholarship fund was created.
Applications can be completed and submitted online, however, the application must be completed in one sitting. It is recommended that all necessary information is gathered before beginning the application.
To be eligible for this award, students must be high school seniors and college undergraduates who have a 3.0 GPA or higher. Students must also be non-US citizens and currently reside in Washington DC, Maryland or Virginia. Or, students must be accepted into a school that is in Washington DC, Maryland or Virginia.
All applications must be submitted by June 6th- the winner will be decided upon by July 30th. The winner of this award will receive $1,000
To learn more and to enter to win the NextGen Scholarship students can visit here.
The US Colleges with the Highest International Student PopulationsMay 10th, 2014 by Jennifer Frankel
With studying abroad being such an increasingly popular decision in today's world, international students may be surprised to learn that there are only a few universities in the United States where international students make up more than 15% of the student population.
Studying abroad used to be just a great way to enrich a course of study, gain some global perspective, and have an interesting life experience while attending university. Now, studying abroad offers a number of academic and economic advantages to students (and the universities that host them). As such, countries the world over are increasingly encouraging their students to study abroad and international student populations are on the rise on campuses across the globe. However, international students may be surprised to learn that there are only a handful of universities in the US with international student populations over 15%
US Colleges with the Highest International Student Populations (Undergraduate)
- New School (NY)–29% of 7,010 students
- Florida Institute of Technology (FL)–28% of 2,978 undergraduate students
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IL)–23% of 2,800 undergraduate students
- Lynn University (FL)–22% of 1,657 undergraduate students
- University of Tulsa (OK)–22% of 3,160 undergraduate students
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)–18% of 6,279 undergraduate students
- Purdue University—West Lafayette (IN)–17% of 30,147 undergraduate students
- University at Buffalo (NY)—SUNY–16% of 19,505 undergraduate students
- University of San Francisco (CA)–16% of 6,344 undergraduate students
- Northeastern University (MA)–15% of 13,107 undergraduate students
Recent findings indicate that each of the above schools has further expanded its international student enrollment. Moreover, as studying abroad transitions from "enriching undergraduate experience" to "extremely prudent academic and career move" the number of international students is likely to continually increase over the next few years.
Universities that already have significant populations of international students, resource and support networks for international students and school cultures that accept and admit the perspectives of international students will continue to stand out and benefit from their diverse student bodies. Moreover, as those students who do decide to study abroad decide on potential institutions, knowing there's already a thriving international student body may make the transition that much easier.
Give Advice to the Class of 2014 to Win $250May 8th, 2014 by Bryanna Davis
Give Advice to the Class of 2014 to Win $250
Deadline: May 31
This month International Student is giving away $250 to the student with the best advice! Throughout the month students can send in their best piece of advice or tip to graduating international students. At the end of the month the International Student judges will sift through each of the tips and tricks- and the student that sends in the best advice will win!
Your tip should be original (meaning you created it) and helpful. Adding creativity to your tip will also help increase your shot at receiving the $250! The contest is open to current international students or those who are planning to study abroad in the near future. It is not restricted based upon your home country, the school you attend or the degree you are pursuing.
After you have brainstormed for your best tip for graduating international students, send it to International Student through their Facebook, Twitter or Google+ page. Make sure to send it in during the month of May to qualify to be entered to win the prize.
You can find more on the Give Advice to the Class of 2014 to Win $250 contest here.


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ASHLAND -- An Ashland man has been arrested in a drug case and lodged in the Boyd County Detention Center, according to the Kentucky State Police.
Orlando T. Barbour, 44, of Hampton Street, Ashland, was charged with trafficking in a controlled substance. Additional charges are pending, according to a news release. Detectives at the state police barracks in Ashland are investigating. The investigation has been ongoing for about two months, according to the release.
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The family vacation is perhaps the most common vacation taken by people each year. It may refer to the nuclear family trip (Mom, Dad and the kids) as well as the extended family or family reunion trip. What's great about this type of vacation is that there are so many different destinations and experiences that it can include.
Common types of family vacations
The most common types of family vacations are:
- Parents vacationing with their kids especially toddlers, children and teens
- Family vacations to visit extended family members especially grandparents
- Extended family vacations together, especially cruises
Popular destinations for family vacations
A family may decide to go almost anywhere, of course, especially if they're visiting relatives who live someplace else in the world. That said, some of the more common destinations for family vacations include:
- Popular theme parks especially Disneyland and Disney World
- Resort destinations including beach resorts and ski resorts
- Major world cities such as New York, Los Angeles and London
- National parks such as Yellowstone or major natural attractions like Niagara Falls
- Campgrounds
When to take a family vacation
There are some very common times of year to take family vacations including:
- Summer when the kids are out of school
- Winter break especially during the week of Christmas and New Years
- Long weekends such as Memorial Day and Labor Day weekend
Other great times to consider taking a family vacation include:
- Children's birthdays
- School holidays if your kids aren't on a traditional school year
- Spring break
Transportation considerations for family vacations
One of the most important things to figure out when planning a family vacation is how you are going to travel there. Consider the following options:
- Road trips. This is one of the most affordable and popular options for families that are traveling short distances together. This allows you to see many different destinations. It is especially popular for camping vacations.
- Airplanes. The more people you have going on a plane, the pricier it's going to be. However, this is the quickest way to get most places so it's still a popular choice for families.
- Cruises. There are many, many different cruise vacations that are designed specifically for families so this is another top choice.
- Train travel. This type of travel is considered to be romantic and often preferred by couples but families can enjoy some fun downtime together by taking a train to their destination.
Tips for planning a family vacation
There are many approaches that you can take when planning a family vacation but some of the top tips to follow include:
- Allow everyone to get involved in the trip planning process. Let teens and older children pick at least one activity or destination for the trip. Give younger kids either/or choices to get them involved as well.
- Put one person in charge of the final trip planning. Although the whole family should be involved, the responsibility for getting the trip totally executed should fall on one person to make sure that everything gets done.
- Give yourself plenty of time to get to where you're going. Trips with family members inevitably involve stops and delays. Keep the vacation stress free by giving yourself plenty of time to get where you're going.
- Keep extended family trips short. Spending too much time with a large number of family members usually brings up old family issues. Short trips tend to be better for large family groups.
- Create an itinerary but be willing to be flexible about it. Having a schedule and a general plan will make the trip go more smoothly but you should be willing to take detours and change your plans as needed.
- Get each child his or her own little suitcase or backpack. This helps with the travel packing process.
- Set a budget and stick to it. This is important for all travel and is especially important for families that are already on a budget.
Additional tips for family vacations
Keep these things in mind:
- The kids are kids. They won't be happy during the entire trip. Anticipate this. Do what you can to make sure they're comfortable (well fed, enough time to nap, etc.) but expect some travel hassles. Also plan to do activities that are appropriate for the ages of the kids.
- Splitting up can be a good idea for family vacations. Do a lot of activities together but then split up as well. Have one parent take the kids so the other can do something enjoyable or have older kids go with one parents and younger kids with the other to fit in different age-appropriate activities.
- Mom and Dad should work hard to be on the same page. Nothing ruins a family vacation faster than if the parents are fighting. Work on your communication and compromise skills for family vacations!
- Take lots of photos! Family vacations are meant to be remembered!


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Susan Taylor
Chair, Capital District Local First
Coaster Lament
Why am I never given a coaster when I am served a drink at a bar or restaurant? It is such a simple thing–a little circle of absorbent material that will keep the condensed moisture on the outside of a glass from dripping down my arm when I raise said glass to take a drink, […] [Read More]
Excitement is Building!
This morning I was on the Roundtable on WAMC with Melanie Beam and Kelly Brown from Capital District Local First. Kelly (from Brown's Brewing in Troy) cleverly brought a mixed 12-pack of beer as a gift for Joe and Sarah, which made for a very pleasant interview! The Troy Record wrote a lovely article about […] [Read More]
3rd Annual Holiday Buy Local Bash!
Mark your calendar! This coming Saturday, November 21, is Capital District Local First's 3rd Annual Holiday Buy Local Bash. It will be held at the Uncle Sam Atrium in Troy from 5:00 to 9:00 PM. There will be 40+ local vendors there–get a jumpstart on your holiday shopping and support your local independent merchants at […] [Read More]
Local Author at your Local Independent Bookstore!
This Thursday, November 12, the Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza is thrilled to be hosting Glenmont's own Susie Essman at a sure-to-be hilarious book signing! You probably know her as Susie Greene, the foul-mouthed, sarcastic character from HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," but Susie splits her time between New York City and Glenmont, where she lives […] [Read More]
A Local Weekend Coming Up!
My very local weekend started this morning, when I dropped my 1999 Subaru off at Von's Airline Service in South Troy. It is due for an inspection and rather than wait until October 30th, as I did last year, I brought it in earlier in the month. I stopped at Spill'n the Beans for my […] [Read More]
Now It Is Really A Public Library!
Parking was crazy, I had to drive all over to find a place to put my car–where was I? At the opening of a new chain restaurant? Nope, I was trying to park in downtown Troy to vote yes to support the library. I voted after my Pilates class at the Movement Lab. It ended […] [Read More]
2 Blows to Downtown Troy
Downtown Troy is losing 2 major boosters this month. Not only are we losing Tosca Grille and the Ilium Cafe, but Karen Schlesinger, co-founder of Troy Night Out, board member of Capital District Local First, artist and businesswoman, is moving out of state. Larry Schepici and Karen Schlesinger have both worked hard to promote downtown […] [Read More]
Summer's Over
I spent my summer locally–I left the Capital District for three weekends, and none of them were even outside of the state. Totally unintentionally, I assure you–my fall plans include weekend trips to Boston and Montreal. I have to widen my horizons! I saw Billy Bragg at the Egg and Sarah Borges up in Saratoga. […] [Read More]


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Private enterprise is driving the future of space transport with a wealth of reusable launch vehicle concepts
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From man's earliest forays into space up to the arrival of NASA's Space Shuttle, every launch, manned or unmanned, necessarily destroyed the launch vehicle. Even today, the Shuttle is the only operational, partially reusable, launch vehicle in the world.
But 18 years after astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen piloted the Shuttle Columbia back to earth at the end of mission STS-1, US companies are promoting new reusable launch vehicle (RLV) concepts.
Projected development costs range from the optimistic - $150 million for the Rotary Rocket Roton - to the extravagant - $5-8 billion for the Lockheed Martin VentureStar development of NASA's X-33. Concepts cover vertical launch, horizontal take-off, single- or two-stage to orbit (SSTO or TSTO) designs, and have won varying sums of financial backing.
But a common approach, certainly among companies that do not enjoy government backing, is to keep it simple. In the words of Kelly Space and Technology president and chief executive Robert Davis, the philosophy is to develop a "leading-edge concept assembled of trailing-edge technologies".
Kelly's proposal is the Astroliner, now under development at the company's base in San Bernardino, California. The Astroliner is a piloted, partially reusable TSTO vehicle designed to be operated from any conventional airfield with a runway longer than 3,000m (10,000ft). It is intended to carry payloads of up to 4,770kg (10,500lb) to low-earth orbit (LEO), or up to 2,950kg into a 90¹ polar orbit.
Davis believes the horizontal take-off concept gives the vehicle an edge over rockets needing a dedicated launch site. "The cost and time to develop and place into operation a ground-based vertical launch site capability is prohibitive and lengthy," he says.
Kelly's approach to the RLV concept involves using a Boeing 747 to tow the fully fuelled Astroliner "aero-spaceplane", much like an aerotow glider launch, up to a predetermined air-launch point at about 20,000ft (6,000m). The launch site can be 1,600km (1,000 miles) or more from the take-off site, says Kelly.
Cutting costs
Once released, the Astroliner can boost itself up to about 300,000ft using three Russian NK-33 liquid oxygen/kerosene reusable rocket engines. At this point, the engines are shut down and the vehicle continues an unpowered ballistic ascent. Passing through 400,000ft, the nose payload bay door opens, expelling the internally carried expendable upper stage and satellite payload combination.
Once clear of the Astroliner, the upper stage ignites and carries the satellite into orbit. The Astroliner, meanwhile, re-enters the atmosphere at about one-third of the Space Shuttle's speed - reducing thermal loads on the airframe - and glides down to about 50,000ft, by which time it has decelerated to subsonic speeds. It then ignites its four General Electric F414 turbine engines and flies under power as far as 925km (500nm) to its landing site.
"Towing to and launch of the Astroliner from an air-launch site eliminates the cost of the expensive ground-launch site infrastructure, saving approximately 30% of the cost of current launch systems," says Davis. "Reusability of the aerospaceplane eliminates an additional 30% of the current costs.
"[The Astroliner's] operation-has been carefully devised so as to fly and operate in regimes that do not push the state of the art or any flight envelope in any manner."
Davis believes the system offers low risk, a 40-60% reduction in launch costs and the ability to bring the launch system to the customer, rather than having to transport the payload to a remote launch site.
Kelly estimates it will need to raise $400 million to complete the first prototype Astroliner, but so far has raised only $10 million. Current planning has the 30-month development and construction of the first Astroliner complete in 2002, with flight testing to be finished in early 2003, followed by entry into service. About $100 million more will be required to build a second vehicle, says Davis.
Kistler Aerospace, based in Kirkland, Washington, meanwhile has had more success in raising funds for its K-1 vertical-launch TSTO rocket (left). By early May, the company had raised $450 million out of the estimated $750 million needed to build five K-1s and two spaceports.
Taiwan's finance ministry has given its approval for a group of Taiwanese banks to invest in the programme (Flight International, 2-8 June). Kistler is believed to have offered parts supply contracts and technology transfers to Taiwanese firms after its partners pledge $50 million to the K-1 programme. Having already raised some of its funds in Taiwan, Kistler is understood to be hoping to find a further $50-200 million in that country this year.
Commercial spaceport
According to Kistler chief executive George Mueller, the K-1's maiden flight is scheduled for next year, having been delayed from 1998 because of funding problems. Kistler has already won approval to build the world's first commercial spaceport at Woomera, Australia, for this launch.
The K-1 is a fully reusable TSTO rocket designed to launch constellation satellites into LEO and some lighter payloads to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). After separation from the second stage, the first stage returns to its launch site under its own power, and lands using parachutes and airbags. After deploying its payload, the second stage remains in orbit for 24 hours, then re-enters and returns to the launch site autonomously, again landing using parachutes and airbags.
After recovery, the two stages are inspected, mated again and are ready for launch with a new payload in nine days, says Mueller.
Costs are kept down by minimising the number of ground personnel required for a launch, and using low-cost expendables. The propellants for the vehicle are relatively cheap - liquid oxygen and kerosene - as are the pneumatic stage separation bolts, attitude controls and airbag inflaters.
Manufacturing costs are kept down by maximum use of off-the-shelf components, such as the vehicle's NK-33 and NK-43 engines, which are to be refurbished by Aerojet. The triply redundant computer system from AlliedSignal was originally developed for the X-33, and the Draper Laboratories software is based on the same company's Space Shuttle software.
Kistler also believes that the vehicle's repeated use will bring insurance premiums down almost to aircraft insurance levels.
Pioneer policy
Pioneer Rocketplane, based at Vandenberg AFB, California, is also concentrating on controlling risks in its Pathfinder aero-spaceplane programme. According to Pioneer chief executive Mitchell Clapp, the aim has been to avoid technical, regulatory, market or financing risks.
The first risk is avoided by adopting a "no new technology" policy and buying off the shelf where possible. The second requires a system that works within current flight regulations. According to Clapp, the last two risks mean that: you cannot assume 50 launches a year, many new markets or a single large customer; you should not sell all your equity too early; and you should not base your programme on "naive estimates of non-recurring cost".
Pioneer says it needs $300 million to build the first Pathfinder, and has raised $5 million to date. It says its vehicle is really an aircraft with rocket-like features which takes off under its own power, fuels up with liquid oxygenin flight and carries small and medium payloads. These are boosted into LEO by an expendable upper stage released from the vehicle's cargo bay.
Take-off and atmospheric flight will be powered by air-breathing General Electric F404 jet engines, says Clapp. The vehicle will be boosted into orbit by a single Pratt & Whitney/ Energomash RD-120 rocket engine generating 812kN (182,500lb) of thrust. The reaction control thrusters will be of the type originally designed for the Russian Buran space shuttle, to be built by Aerojet.
The Pathfinder will have the same digital flight control computer as the Boeing C-17 and the cockpit will be fitted with Boeing Aces II ejection seats.
The only untried element of the mission profile is the inflight liquid oxygen transfer, although Clapp says there are many precedents which suggest this process will be only a minor evolution from existing inflight refuelling practices. He points out that liquid oxygen is already moved inflight on every Space Shuttle mission - from the external fuel tank to the orbiter - and used to be transferred inflight into the X-15 hypersonic test aircraft before its launch from the B-52 carrier aircraft. Hands-off, automated liquid oxygen connections are also made in Zenit/Sea Launch operations.
In-flight liquid oxygen transfer trials are expected to take place by the end of this year, says Clapp. These will involve the transfer of 950 litres of liquid oxygen at a rate of 760 to 1,520 litres/min, from one Grumman A-6 with an underwing liquid oxygen tank to another with an underwing receiver tank.
The Pathfinder's upper stage will be based on off-the-shelf components, says Clapp, and powered by a 110kN (25,000lb)-thrust rocket engine derived from the Fastrac liquid oxygen/kerosene engine developed for NASA's X-34 RLV technology demonstrator.
Alongside the liquid oxygen transfer tests, Pioneer engineers are preparing for windtunnel tests and other hardware demonstrations, as the company continues to seek financial backing for a 2001 flight test date.
Rotary rocket plans
Rotary Rocket, of Redwood Shores, California, is reported to be in talks on funding for its Roton RLV with UK billionaire Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin business empire. Branson is understood to have an eye on the future potential of space tourism, and registered a new company, Virgin Galactic Airways, in April.
Virgin executives hope the new company could be offering space travel to wealthy tourists in about 10 years' time. Speaking at the Paris World Summit on the Space Transportation Business in May, LunaCorp president David Gump - representing Rotary Rocket chief executive Gary Hudson - said the manufacturer sees "billionaires who have a personal interest" as the biggest potential source of funding for the Roton programme.
To date, the company has secured $31 million of the estimated $150 million it needs to build and launch the first prototype, due for its maiden orbital flight in late 2000.
The Roton is a manned, vertically launched SSTO vehicle designed to carry satellites into LEO, medium earth orbit (MEO) or geostationary orbit (GEO). It will be launched under rocket power from the company's $2.5 million manufacturing and flight operations site at Mojave, California, and will return under rotary-wing power, with its rotor blades deploying on re-entry.
Hover testing of the $2.8 million Roton Atmospheric Test Vehicle (ATV) is about to begin, and the vehicle should be flying up to 8,000ft by the end of the year. Ground testing of the main rocket engine is due to start in July, continuing through to March 2000, with ground-based structural testing of another test vehicle due to run from July to December.
A sub-orbital prototype test vehicle (PTV) is scheduled to fly to an altitude of 96km (60 miles) between September and December next year, after which the first orbital PTV will be tested at up to 250km altitude between December 2000 and March 2001. This event is scheduled to be followed by entry into service in the same year, says Gump.
Starcraft search
Houston, Texas-based Starcraft Boosters is looking for partners to develop its StarBooster 200 RLV concept. Taking a sideswipe at Lockheed Martin's technically troubled X-33, Starcraft chairman and former Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin says the SSTO concept is not yet technologically feasible.
"X-33 flights will refine and demonstrate many important technologies," he says. "However, I do not believe that a scaled-up commercial derivative of the X-33 will be built within the next decade, maybe two."
Aldrin's interim solution concept is a reusable booster that can be mated with existing expendable launchers - as a payload multiplier - or with reusable orbiters, to create a cost-effective TSTO system.
The StarBooster 200 is essentially a hollowed-out, jet-powered aircraft with an empty weight of some 31,800kg (70,000lb), which can accommodate a Zenit or Atlas 3 first stage. The company had been hoping for backing for the concept from Lockheed Martin or Boeing, but Aldrin believes he is up against the manufacturers' attachment to the current Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle programmes - which offer guaranteed near-term profits - as well as their own RLV concepts. As a result, the five-year old concept has yet to draw any financial backing.
Aldrin says development and construction of the first three StarBooster 200 vehicles would cost about $1 billion, and test flights could take place as early as 2001 or 2002, with entry into commercial service a year later.
Venturestar ambition
By far the most ambitious and expensive of all the RLV concepts is the $5-8 billion, Lockheed Martin-led VentureStar SSTO development of the half-scale X-33 test vehicle. NASA has funded the X-33 sub-orbital technology demonstrator to the tune of $1 billion, with a further $270 million coming from Lockheed Martin and other partners, but the programme has now hit technical problems which have delayed its first flight until the middle of next year.
The VentureStar is designed to be launched vertically, powered by a revolutionary Boeing Rocketdyne linear aerospike rocket motor. It should be capable of carrying a 25t payload to LEO, 8t to GEO or 5t to polar orbit.
With the engine suffering development problems, Lockheed Martin admits that it seems a full-sized VentureStar would need strap-on boosters to reach orbit. Company chief executive Peter Teets also admits he has so far failed to attract private investment to the programme, admitting that it will need government funding or loan guarantees for the project to go ahead.
A decision to proceed could happen in the second half of next year at the earliest. The VentureStar could then begin flight tests at the end of 2004, entering revenue service in mid-2005. Dan Weldon, vice-chairman of the US Congressional space subcommittee, added his voice to the doubters earlier this year, however, saying he believes full development of the VentureStar is five to 10 years away - if the project ever happens.
To the other would-be RLV manufacturers, the VentureStar programme symbolises the hazards of aiming for a high-end, revolutionary solution to a technical challenge - a luxury seemingly available only to those with substantial government backing. Following their own more cautious route, the upstarts could instead end up realising a smaller, but real, advance in space transportation.
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WebSitePulse is monitoring 12 of the most popular online shopping destinations for the 2015 Mother's Day. The measurement results from monitoring a typical online shopping customer transaction reflect the performance levels and the availability of the seven websites related to the increased Internet traffic during the period.
Continuous website monitoring for all eight Internet retailers covers the period May 1 through May 10. You can find the daily reports and graphical charts showing the results from the previous day and for the entire monitoring period up to date at WebSitePulse.com.
WebSitePulse 2015 Valentine's Day Retail Performance Report [INFOGRAPHIC]February 20th, 2015
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St. Valentine's Day is over and so is the monitoring of 7 of the most popular websites for Valentine's gifts.
During the period from January 31st until February 16th we monitored 7 websites and reported their performance and availability daily. The idea behind was to see how they would handle the heavy traffic flow during the Valentine's shopping fever.
Here's what we found:
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Harryanddavid.com scored the lowest response time – 7.51 seconds. That means visitors didn't wait long to load certain pages. Ftd.com had 25 seconds of response time on average. Since this was a little too high, it's possible that some impatient visitors switched to a competitor. In fact, four of the monitored websites had high response time meaning they had difficulties handling the heavy traffic load.
As far the availability (uptime) is concerned, ftd.com was available almost the whole time – 99.98%. brookstone.com was up 99.97% of the time. The rest of the websites remained in the 99's per cent availability, which is quite an achievement.
Security notification for CVE-2015-0235 (GHOST vulnerability)January 28th, 2015
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A significant Linux vulnerability that allows remote code execution to Linux server(s) was announced late yesterday, named GHOST: CVE-2015-023. Full details of the vulnerability are available at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/9. While the issue has been fixed as early as Mar 21, 2013 it was not marked as a security threat and as a result the patch was not backported to most of the stable and long-term-support distributions like RHEL, Centos, Ubuntu 12.04 etc which left them vulnerable.
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The 2014 Holiday Season is over and so is the shopping fever. The analytics company Retail Next noted a 4% rise in sales compared to last year due to a much stronger online purchasing.
According to Shelley Kohan, vice president of retail consulting at RetailNext, "The online promotions that came out early in November really took a lot out of the brick-and-mortar business as they captured the shopper very early this year" (reuters.com).
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We monitored 11 of the most popular websites for gifts during the Holiday Season (November 24, 2014 – January 04, 2015) in order to see whether they could bear possible heavy traffic load during the shopping fever.
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These weather swings have been neatly reported by the weather websites which must have been well-prepared to bear heavy traffic load during the times of unexpected weather occurrings.
We decided to monitor 5 of the most popular websites to see whether they managed to cope with unforeseen traffic surges. And, here's what we found out:
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- Nhc.noaa.gov scored the lowest of all response time – 0.39 seconds; last year, the same website demonstrated enviable performance as it had the lowest response time again
- Salvationarmy.org reached 2.4 seconds of response time which is much higher than last year's when it was only 0.9. That contrast only shows that the high response time this year was simply accidental
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The stats above show that the monitored websites were up and running throughout the whole period and did no experience any major downfalls. Also, most of them loaded quite fast so visitors were able to receive the important weather updates almost instantly.
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Problems with twinview and default monitor
Hello there!
I have a Geforce 4 Ti 4800SE (Gainward) with a VGA and a DVI head.
I have two CRT monitors connected (one througha DVI -> VGA adapter), TwinView is working perfectly save one thing.
I want the monitor connected to the VGA head to be the primary monitor (0), as far as I can tell TwinView treats the DVI head as primary and VGA as secondary. This creates som problems with games and movies etc. Changing the location of the monitors (either physicaly or just swap the cables) is not an option.
Anyone have any idea on how to do this? I have googled and searched these forums to no avail.
Re: Problems with twinview and default monitor
try switching your monitors in xorg.conf or simply switch the cables. monitor0 becomes monitor1 AND monitor1 becomes monitor0. you may also have to update the 'rightof' or 'leftof' statement at the beginning of the file.
please post and let us know if this works.
Re: Problems with twinview and default monitor
I was never able to get my dual DVI 5700 Ultra to use the DVI connector as the "primary" monitor (the one the X login is displayed on) unless I physically changed the cables going to the monitors. It seems the driver always setup one port on my card before the other, no matter what I did in the config.
I was able to do as jbcqueen says and change the layout of the displays using the rightof or leftof once X was started. I just had to accept that the login was always on my right monitor.
Re: Problems with twinview and default monitor
The problem is that I have one good monitor and one bad. I want the good monitor running at 1600x1200 @ as high hz as possible and the bad one at 1024x768 @ 75hz with only irc. Problem is that I can only get 1600x1200 @ 60hz (Which, of course, makes my eyes scream after about 47 seconds) when using the DVI head with a DVI -> VGA adapter and of course I want this good monitor to be the primary monitor. But no matter how much I tinker with the left/rightoff stuff the windows always appear at the monitor connected to the DVI head first and exiting fullscreen in mplayer places the window on the bad monitor so I have to drag it back to the good one. I can live with it but its annoying.
Re: Problems with twinview and default monitor
WOW! are you able to drag a window back and forth between displays? if so, please post all of your settings in xorg.conf. i can run 'dual head', but so far i have not found a way to be able to move the windows back and forth. nvidia driver notes say this is not possible in linux.
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I have two monitor sections "as usual" and this Device setup.
Section "Device"
Identifier "GF4"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "NvAGP" "1"
Option "TwinView"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1280x1024;"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "crt,crt"
I dont want to post my entire xorg.conf file since its a mess of self made comments and various setups. Its not suited for the public :D
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The Gorillas can now breathe a sigh of relief.
After dropping four straight, the Pittsburg State men's basketball team got its first win since Jan. 11 with a 73-63 victory over the Northeastern State Riverhawks. The win came on the last of a three-consecutive home game stand at John Lance Arena.
With both teams entering the night with a 1-4 record in their previous five games, the Gorillas (7-10, 3-7) came out with a win while the Riverhawks' losing skid was extended to four.
"This is a good team. They've been sort of like us, being in a funk," said Kevin Muff, head coach. "One team was going to end its losing streak and the other was going to continue its streak tonight and we wanted to be the ones to end the streak."
Junior Devon Branch led the Gorillas with 23 points while shooting 6-6 from the free-throw line. Bullard put up 16.
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Bryton Hobbs, who finished with 18 points, powered the Riverhawks.
Dalen Qualls finished with 16 and Curtis Evans had 23.
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A 3-pointer by Curtis Evans triggered a 9-4 run by the Riverhawks in the first six minutes of the second half.
Numerous times in the second half, the Gorillas jumped ahead by seven but the Riverhawks had a response for nearly every PSU basket.
After Kjer scored his ninth point of the night with a three with 5:05 left, the Gorillas were back to leading by seven.
Driving into the paint for a lay-up and picking up a foul, Branch fell hard onto the floor and was slow getting up, forcing him out of the game while Gregory completed play with 2:22 left and the Gorillas up by 10.
Kjer was PSU's leading re-bounder with 10.
"Connor can't jump higher than most of the guys on this team but he plays hard," Muff said. "He had 10 rebounds tonight. I'll take that level of mentality from him. There's 10 games left. We have time to get things going."


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I don't know of any set that comes with all mesh pads that you could get for so cheap. If all you wanted was a mesh snare, then it'd be possible. So what I would recommend is either buying all the pieces separately, or buying a complete set and then upgrading or downgrading. Like if you bought a Roland TD-3, sell the rubber pads and buy mesh. Or a TD-4KX and sell the extra pad, or a Roland TD-9, sell the extra pad, sell the module and buy a cheaper module. I still think all of these will put you a little over $600 though.
Roland is the best for mesh pads, well they're the best in general, but because of that they're a little more expensive. I know Alesis has cheaper sets and their sets don't come with mesh pads, but you can buy just the mesh head to replace the one it comes with, but I don't know if that's possible on all their sets or just the more expensive ones.
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Do you get your most accurate reading after bouts of activity or should I follow the instructions and sit still for 5 minutes before taking a reading?
Ive been taking my blood pressure now for about 18 hours ever 2 hours and the highest it has gotten is 132/64. I even got a reading of 117/66 after laying on my left side for 30 minutes watching a show on tv.
So... is it normal for my bp to fluctuate up to for instance 132/64 down to 117/66 when im quiet?
Also... my diastolic pressure hasnt been past 70 since I left the doctors office on Wednesday yet he got my diastolic at 90.. what gives??


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English form of the biblical Hebrew name Yosef, meaning '(God) shall add (another son)'. This was borne by the favourite son of Jacob, whose brothers became jealous of him and sold him into slavery (Genesis 37). He was taken to Egypt, where he rose to become chief steward to Pharaoh, and was eventually reconciled to his brothers when they came to buy corn during a seven-year famine (Genesis 43–7). In the New Testament Joseph is the name of the husband of the Virgin Mary. It is also borne by a rich Jew, Joseph of Arimathea (Matthew 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:50; John 19:38), who took Jesus down from the Cross, wrapped him in a shroud, and buried him in a rock tomb. According to medieval legend, Joseph of Arimathea brought the Holy Grail to Britain. The name was uncommon in Britain in the Middle Ages but was revived in the mid 16th century and had become popular by the 1630s, remaining so ever since.
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HUNTINGTON — Two unrelated accidents snarled traffic on I-64 for a short time Saturday.
The first accident was reported just after 7:30 a.m. Saturday. Cabell County dispatchers reported the vehicle crashed between the 5th Street and Hal Greer Boulevard exits, near mile marker 9, just before the Welcome Center.
Two ambulances responded to the scene, where dispatch reports also indicated a mother and three children were going to be checked out by emergency personnel. Early reports indicate one of the children, a 12-year-old girl, likely would be transported to a local hospital.
Traffic was closed for 45 minutes following that accident.
The second accident was reported to dispatchers just after 1 p.m. That accident also took place between the 5th Street and Hal Greer Boulevard exits in the westbound lanes, but dispatch reports indicated it took place closer to mile marker 10, just past the Welcome Center.
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Courtney Martin
, author of the provocative book,
Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body
, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 27 in Whitaker 303.
In her book, Martin reflects on many of the struggles, questions, hopes, and needs of young women of the millennial generation in terms of how they literally live in their bodies, says Rita Jones, director of the
Women's Center
"Martin's discussion is important not so much to raise awareness of body image and healthy bodies—we are hopefully all cognizant of those needs now—but to think about what it's like for young girls and women to live in a culture where they are so aware of their bodies and their relationships to their own bodies," she says.
Jones says that she hopes those who attend Martin's talk "come away with a newfound or strengthened sense of their bodies" and the ability to "reflect on finding the body as a source of empowerment rather than as an impediment."
A week-long series of events
Martin's talk highlights an extensive roster of activities and events related to "Healthy Body Image Week," which is nationally recognized to encourage both men and women and raise awareness of body image issues.
They included a "Room with a View" art exhibit relevant to body image, yoga sessions, a pop culture brown bag lunch discussion, and a "Where Do You Draw the Line?" exhibit where students could write reflections on different body shapes. The Women's Center also collected donated jeans through a "Be Comfortable in Your Genes" event that benefited the Turning Point shelter for battered women and children,
The Lehigh events were organized by the Body Empowerment Alliance (BEA), a group that focuses on body image issues, eating disorders, and self-esteem. The BEA is coordinated by Women's Center student staff members Alisha Gonzales and Elisa Pennetti and is advised by Michelle Issadore, assistant director of the Women's Center.
"My impression of Martin's book was incredibly positive," says Issadore. "She was 25 when she wrote it, she's actively involved with young feminists and she ties the issue of body image in with so many other areas: feminism, mothers and fathers, partners, compulsive exercise, college life, obesity, male body image and more."
In contrast with other approaches that focus only on eating disorders, Issadore says, Martin has studied the many women and men with negative body image issues who think about, or are close to having, eating disorders.
"She discusses how negative body image affects our daily lives, how constraining it is, how many more useful things we could be doing with our time and energy," she says. "I'm inspired by her work and I hope others get as much out of her presentation."
Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body
was published to critical acclaim in April 2007. Martin is currently at work on a collaboration with Emmy-winning activist Marvelyn S. Brown, on her memoir called
The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful, and (HIV) Positive
She has written for such publications as
The Christian Science Monitor
The Village Voice
Publisher's Weekly
, and is a book editor for Feministing, the most widely read feminist blog on the web.
She has spoken about feminism, body image, and youth and political culture at schools across the nation, and has made numerous television appearances to discuss body image issues and its relation to pop culture.
Martin has been honored with the Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics, the Joan Cook Scholarship from the Journalism and Women's Symposium, the Setting the Message Straight Award from ChoiceUSA, a Books for a Better Life nomination and a Clark Foundation Fellowship. She is also a Woodhull Fellow and part of the first class of the Progressive Women's Voices project at the Women's Media Center.
She has a Master of Arts degree from the Gallatin School at New York University in writing and social change and a Bachelor of Arts from Barnard College in political science and sociology.
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MIDWEST CITY, Okla. – Many Oklahomans have seen flooding during heavy downpours.
One Midwest City resident and fireman Bob Tony says his front yard floods every time it rains.
He blames the city.
"It's horrible that the city would knowingly cause harm to one of their residents and choose to do nothing about it." said Tony.
Tony says the city installed storm drains in a neighborhood to the south of his home.
Now whenever it rains, all the water collected in those drains funnel down into the creek in his back yard sending a dangerous river of water through the neighborhood.
When we reached out to members of the Midwest City city council, they said they have "no comment but they are looking into the issue."
Because of Tony's background as a fireman he knows how dangerous these rushing waters can be.
With six kids of his own and school children who play near the creek, he's making this his primary concern.
"Once you're caught in the creek with that kind of flow and torrent, you're not going to get out of it. Unless you're just really overseen by God, you're not going to get out of it." said Tony.


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The University of Alabama School of Dentistry at the University of Alabama at Birmingham held its sixty-second graduation on Saturday, May 31, 2014. The Class of 2014 had fifty four Doctors of Dental Medicine graduates. The Graduation Ceremony address has been designated as the Lister Hill Lecture. The Lister Hill Lectureship was established in 1969 by the Alumni Association of the University of Alabama School of Dentistry in honor of the late Lister Hill, former U.S. Senator from Alabama and one the nation's foremost statesmen. Immediate Past-President of the American Dental Association Dr. Robert A. Faiella delivered the Lister Hill Lecture at the Class of 2014 Graduation Ceremony. The Alumni Association hosts a reception immediately following the graduation ceremony for graduates and their families.
The School of Dentistry 2014 Graduating Class
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