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Vyew 4 Interface Overview
This article will help you transition from Vyew 3 to Vyew 4. As of April 2011, about 60% of our users are on Vyew 4.
How do I know if my account is Vyew 3 or 4?
To check what version you are on, go here: http://vyew.com/switchversions
What's the difference Vyew 3 and Vyew 4?
- There are 2 minor things are not in Vyew 4: (1) Stamp Tool, (2) MP3 Support (will be fixed). Learn more.
- Vyew 4 Interface has been changed to make it easier to use (we hope, your feedback is important to us).
- We added some new features… Read here for more info.
The New Interface
Our goal of for the new interface was to make it simpler to use. Some of you who have been using Vyew 3 for a long time, may feel slightly lost when first jumping into Vyew 4 because we moved a few things around.
Where did my buttons go?
Here's a list of some things we did to the Vyew interface:
- Removed Book Menu – Most items moved into the Main Menu such as renaming, publishing, activity logs, settings.
- Moved Edit Menu – Moved into the drawing tools side bar. This includes cut/copy/paste, undo/redo, etc…
- Import Button renamed to INSERT – The Insert menu now houses inserting any new media, plugins, or blank pages and screenshots.
- Removed buttons: Insert Plugin, Paste, Print, Add Page, Duplicate Page – these buttons were moved into the INSERT menu, or EDIT menu.
- Moved Login Status / Logout into the Main Menu.
- Chat Pod Loading is Different — If there is nobody in the room, the chat side pod does open by default. You can open it by click on the double arrow icon at the lower right part of the screen.
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ASU: Big-bodied, aggressive interior lineman with a bright future...the most highly-acclaimed high school offensive lineman to sign with ASU in 2010.
2012: Played in five games on the offensive line, his first game of the season coming against Utah...Saw action in four of the last five games, including in the Kraft Fight Huger Bowl against Navy and the Territorial Cup against Arizona.
2011: Saw action in UC Davis and Missouri wins..spent rest of season learning behind an upper class laden offensive line...in line to become major contributor in 2012.
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Encyclopedia Astronautica
Space station orbit
Category of spacecraft.
Associated Spacecraft
Slovenian manned space station. Study 1928. Hermann Noordung (pseudonym for Capt. Potocnik of the Austrian Imperial Army) expanded the ideas of Hermann Oberth on space flight in a detailed description of an orbiting space observatory.
Von Braun Station
American manned space station. Study 1945. In the first 1946 summary of his work during World War II, Wernher von Braun prophesied the construction of space stations in orbit.
BIS Station
British manned space station. Study 1948. H. E. Ross proposed a manned satellite station in Earth orbit that would serve as an astronomical and zero-gravity and vacuum research laboratory.
German manned space station. Study 1951. H. H. Koelle's Aussenstation was a large circular structure consisting of 36 separate 5-m spheres arranged around a central hub, the whole structure rotating to provide an artificial gravity environment.
Ehricke 4-man orbital station
American manned space station. Study 1954. In 1954 Ehricke postulated a four-man design that might serve a number of different purposes, depending upon altitude and orbital inclination.
American manned space station. Study 1958. In 1958, the year after Sputnik 1, Krafft Ehricke, then with General Dynamics' Convair Division, designed a four-man space station known as Outpost.
Ideal Home Station
American manned space station. Study 1959. Designed by Douglas, the Space Vehicle was represented by a full-scale model at the Ideal Home Show in London in 1962. It had a length of 19 m and was 5.2 m in diameter.
3 Crew Lifeboat
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1959. Three crew bailout lifeboat separable, not re-entry capable, short duration. Mass per crew 239 kg.
Russian manned space station. Study 1960. In 1960 Korolev proposed a military orbital station (OS), with a crew of 3 to 5, orbiting at 350 to 400 km altitude.
VKA-23 Design 1
Russian manned spaceplane. Study 1960. Myasishchev single-pilot winged spacecraft of 1960, sized for launch to orbit by Korolev's Vostok booster.
1 Crew Ballistic Re-entry Capsule
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1960. One crew ballistic re-entry capsule. Orbital escape - no abort capability. Mass per crew 327 kg.
3 Crew Lifting Re-Entry Concept
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1960. Three crew lifting re-entry capsule. Orbital escape - no abort capability. Mass per crew 434 kg.
FIRST Re-Entry Glider
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1960. FIRST (Fabrication of Inflatable Re-entry Structures for Test) used an inflatable Rogallo wing for emergency return of space crew from orbit.
American communications technology satellite. 2 launches, 1961.02.22 (Lofti) and 1963.06.15 (Lofti 2A). The Low Frequency Trans-Ionospheric (LOFTI) satellites were produced as a cooperative effort with the Radio Division.
TKS Heavy Space Station
Russian manned space station. Study 1961. The TKS (Heavy Space Station, also known as TOSZ - Heavy Orbital Station of the Earth) was Korolev's first 1961 project for a large N1-launched military space station.
Apollo A
American manned space station. Study 1961. Apollo A was a lighter-weight July 1961 version of the Apollo spacecraft.
Apollo X
American manned space station. Study 1963.
Advanced Manned System 1961
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1961. Six crew ballistic re-entry capsule. Orbital escape - abort capability. Mass per crew 548 kg.
Spiral OS
Russian manned spaceplane, developed 1965-1980s, including subscale flight article tests. Evolved into the MAKS spaceplane. The Spiral was an ambitious air-launched manned space system designed in the 1960's.
Russian manned space station. Study 1962. On 10 March 1962 Korolev approved the technical project "Complex docking of spacecraft in earth orbit - Soyuz". This contained the original Soyuz L1 circumlunar design.
Russian manned space station. Study 1962. Korolev's next attempt to win military support for development of the N-I was his fantastic 'Orbitalniy Poyas' (OP -Orbital Belt) scheme of 20 April 1962.
Russian manned space station. Reached mock-up stage, 1965.
American manned space station. Study 1962. In June 1964 Boeing and Douglas received Phase I contracts for Manned Orbital Research Laboratory station designs. The recommended concept was a 13.
Orbital Workshop
American manned space station. Study 1965. The Orbital Workshop (OWS) was a 1960's NASA program to create an embryonic space station in orbit using the spent S-IVB rocket stage of a Saturn IB.
Convair Shuttlecraft
American manned spaceplane. Study 1962. Convair concept for a winged shuttle vehicle, early 1960's.
Russian logistics spacecraft. Study 1962. Remova was a Soviet Manned Maneuvering Unit design that first appeared in a German book in 1967. It was said that the study was made at the beginning of the 1960's.
USAF Recommended Station
American manned space station. Study 1962. During 1962 NASA Centers, the Air Force, and many of the major aerospace contractors were developing possible space station concepts and studying their potential uses.
American manned space station. Study 1962. Large Orbiting Research Laboratory was a term applied to a number of NASA and USAF designs of the 1960's intended to succeed MORL. Typically these were rotating stations orbited in a single Saturn V launch.
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1963. The Douglas Paracone was one of the most minimal schemes for bail-out from orbit. The objective was to hit a continental land mass; for such purposes totally manual re-entry operations were used.
American manned spaceplane. Study 1963. The Lockheed Astrocommuter was a 1963 design for a manned space shuttle that would use the Saturn 1B as a first stage.
Gemini Transport
American logistics spacecraft. Study 1963. This Gemini Transport version was proposed as a Gemini program follow-on in 1963. With the extended reentry module, this was the ancestor of the Big Gemini spacecraft of the late 1960's.
Gemini Ferry
American manned spacecraft. Study 1963. The Gemini Ferry vehicle would have been launched by Titan 3M for space station replenishment.
Lockheed 1963 Space Tug
American space tug. Study 1963. Lockheed proposed a space tug to service its 1963 space station.
Lockheed 1963 Space Station
American manned space station. Study 1963. Lockheed made an unsolicited proposal to NASA in 1963 for an ambitious space station project. The elements would be launched by Saturn I, as would the 'Astrocommuter' shuttle.
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1963. MOOSE was perhaps the most celebrated bail-out from orbit system of the early 1960's. The suited astronaut would strap the MOOSE to his back, and jump out of the spacecraft or station into free space.
Re-Entry Escape System
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1963. One crew lifting re-entry capsule. No abort capability. Mass per crew 1171 kg.
Re-Entry Glider-Six Crew
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1963. A six-man parasail escape system was studied as an elaboration of the single-crew system. It was to provide rescue from manned spacecraft as well as stations.
Self-Deploying Space Station
American manned space station. Study 1963. The first space station designs using the Saturn V launch vehicle involved spinning stations, providing artificial G for the crew.
Almaz APOS
Russian manned space station. Cancelled 1966. The initial Almaz program planned in 1965 consisted of two phases.
Gemini Pecan
American manned space station. Study 1964.
Soyuz 7K-TK
Russian manned spacecraft. Cancelled 1966. To deliver crews to the Soyuz R 11F71 station Kozlov developed the transport spacecraft 11F72 Soyuz 7K-TK.
Saturn II Stage Wet Workshop
American manned space station. Study 1964. Wernher von Braun made a rough sketch of a space station based on fitting out of an expended Saturn II stage in orbit on 24 November 1964.
Apollo LM Lab
American manned space station. Study 1965. Use of the Apollo LM as an earth-orbiting laboratory was proposed for Apollo Applications Program missions.
Extended Mission Gemini
American manned spacecraft. Study 1965. A McDonnell concept for using Gemini for extended duration missions. The basic Gemini would dock with an Agena upper stage.
Apollo ATM
American manned space station. Study 1966. The Apollo Telescope Mount began as a solar telescope built into the spaceframe of an Apollo lunar module.
Soyuz 7K-OK
Russian manned spacecraft. 17 launches, 1966.11.28 (Cosmos 133) to 1970.06.01 (Soyuz 9). Development of a three-manned orbital version of the Soyuz, the 7K-OK was approved in December 1963.
GE Life Raft
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1966. The GE Life raft was a rigid unpressurized aeroshell. Three crew in space suits with parachutes would strap themselves into the seats.
Orbital Escape System
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1966.
Rescue Gemini
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1966. A version of Gemini was proposed for rescue of crews stranded in Earth orbit. This version, launched by a Titan 3C, used a transtage for maneuvering.
Russian manned space station. Study 1969. By 1969 the giant OS-1 space station had evolved to this configuration.
Apollo RM
American logistics spacecraft. Study 1967. In 1967 it was planned that Saturn IB-launched Orbital Workshops would be supplied by Apollo CSM spacecraft and Resupply Modules (RM) with up to three metric tons of supplies and instruments.
Russian cosmic ray astronomy satellite. One launch, 1968.11.16, Proton 4. Cosmic ray measurements. Study of the nature of high and ultra-high energy cosmic rays and their interaction with atomic nuclei. Mass announced at time of launch 17,000 kg.
Apollo 120 in Telescope
American manned space station. Study 1968. Concept for use of a Saturn V-launched Apollo CSM with an enormous 10 m diameter space laboratory equipped with a 3 m diameter astronomical telescope.
Apollo LMAL
American manned space station. Study 1968.
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1968. Inflatable; space suits required; ejection seat; requires development of flexible heat shield and new materials. Mass per crew 570 kg.
Rib Stiffened Expandable Escape System
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1968. This Rockwell concept was stowed in a canister. In an emergency, the articulated rib-truss structure would be deployed into a mechanically rigid aeroshell shape.
Space Station
American manned space station. Study 1969.
Russian manned space station. Cancelled 1974. The culmination of ten years of designs for N1-launched space stations, the MKBS would be cancelled together with the N1.
Big Gemini
American manned spacecraft. Reached mockup stage 1967.
Gemini B AM
American manned spacecraft module. Cancelled 1969. Adapter module for Gemini B, the engines serving as both abort motors during ascent to orbit and for retrofire on return to earth. Abort/deorbit propulsion.
Gemini B RM
American manned spacecraft. Cancelled 1969. Gemini was extensively redesigned for the MOL Manned Orbiting Laboratory program. The resulting Gemini B, although externally similar, was essentially a completely new spacecraft. Reentry capsule.
American manned spaceplane. Study 1969. The McDonnell Douglas Space Shuttle Phase A studies were conducted under contract NAS9-9204. Their Class I vehicle was dubbed MURP - Manned Upper Reusable Payload.
Apollo Rescue CSM
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1970. Influenced by the stranded Skylab crew portrayed in the book and movie 'Marooned', NASA provided a crew rescue capability for the first time in its history.
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1970. The ENCAP encapsulated bailout-from-orbit concept consisted of a folded heat shield. The astronaut would exit his stranded spacecraft and strap into the seat.
Space Base
American manned space station. Study 1970. Growth of Space Station into a 50 man Space Base was a required capability in the Phase B NASA Space Station studies of 1969-1970.
S-IVB Advanced Station
American manned space station. Study 1970. Follow-on to Skylab proposed by Douglas. The station would still use the S-IVB stage as the basis, but would be much more extensively outfitted for larger crews.
Salyut 1
Russian manned space station. 2 launches, 1971.04.19 (Salyut 1) and 1972.07.29 (Zarya s/n 122). Salyut 1 was the first DOS long duration orbital station.
Soyuz 7KT-OK
Russian manned spacecraft. 2 launches, 1971.04.23 (Soyuz 10) to 1971.06.06 (Soyuz 11). This was a modification of Soyuz 7K-OK with a lightweight docking system and a crew transfer tunnel.
American manned spaceplane. 2 launches, 1972.02.16 (HL-10 LB Test?) to 1972.05.20 (HL-10 LB Test?). Lifting body reentry vehicle designed as emergency return spacecraft for International Space Station crew.
Almaz OPS-2
Russian manned space station. Cancelled 1979. The initial Almaz military space station program planned in 1965 consisted of two phases.
Soyuz 7K-T
Russian manned spacecraft. 23 launches, 1972.06.26 (Cosmos 496) to 1981.05.14 (Soyuz 40).
Modularised Space Station
American manned space station. Study 1972. Space station design of 1972 using modules sized for transport in the Space Shuttle payload bay. could be carried inside the Shuttle orbiter payload bay.
Russian manned space station. 3 launches, 1973.04.03 (Salyut 2) to 1976.06.22 (Salyut 5). Chelomei's Almaz space station was designed to conduct orbital research into the usefulness of manned observation of the earth.
Almaz OPS
Russian manned space station. 3 launches, 1973.04.03 (Salyut 2) to 1976.06.22 (Salyut 5). Vladimir Chelomei's Almaz OPS was the only manned military space station ever actually flown.
Salyut 4
Russian manned space station. 2 launches, 1973.05.11 (Cosmos 557) to 1974.12.26 (Salyut 4). Four of the initial DOS-1 versions of a civilian Soviet space station were built using converted Almaz military stations.
American manned space station. One launch, 1973.05.14. First US space station. The project began life as the Orbital Workshop- outfitting of an S-IVB stage with a docking adapter with equipment launched by several subsequent S-1B launches.
Soyuz 7K-TM
Russian manned spacecraft. 4 launches, 1974.04.03 (Cosmos 638) to 1975.07.15 (Soyuz 19 (ASTP)). The Soyuz 7K-T as modified for the docking with Apollo.
Soyuz 7K-T/A9
Russian manned spacecraft. 8 launches, 1974.05.27 (Cosmos 656) to 1978.06.27 (Soyuz 30). Version of 7K-T for flights to Almaz. Known difference with the basic 7K-T included systems for remote control of the Almaz station and a revised parachute system.
Soyuz 7K-S
Russian manned spacecraft. 3 launches, 1974.08.06 (Cosmos 670) to 1976.11.29 (Cosmos 869). The Soyuz 7K-S had its genesis in military Soyuz designs of the 1960's.
Russian manned spaceplane. Study 1974. Manned lifting body spaceplane, designed by Soviet engineers as a recoverable spacecraft in the early 1970's.
Apollo ASTP Docking Module
American manned space station module. One launch, 1975.07.15, Docking Module 2. The ASTP docking module was basically an airlock with docking facilities on each end to allow crew transfer between the Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft.
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1975. The General Electric MOSES space rescue concept of the early 1980's took advantage of large re-entry capsules already developed for classified US military projects.
Russian manned space station. Study 1989. The Mir-2 space station was originally authorized in the February 1976 resolution setting forth plans for development of third generation Soviet space systems.
Apollo CM Escape Concept
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1976. Escape capsule using Apollo command module studied by Rockwell for NASA for use with the shuttle in the 1970's-80's. Mass per crew: 750 kg.
Northrop LBEC
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1976. Northrop, building on its work on the HL-10 and M2-F3 lifting bodies, proposed a lifting body three-crew lifeboat. The piloted spacecraft would use a parasail for recovery.
Russian manned space station. Cancelled 1976. Designation give to combined TKS+OPS Almaz station.
Rockwell SHS
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1976. The Rockwell Spherical Heat Shield escape concept used a return capsule shell like a Vostok capsule cut in half. Two crew could be returned in a pressurized environment. Mass per crew 220 kg.
Russian logistics spacecraft. Study 1977. Capsule designed to return film and data materials from the Almaz military space station.
Russian manned spacecraft. 4 launches, 1977.07.17 (Cosmos 929) to 1985.09.27 (Cosmos 1686).
Salyut 6
Russian manned space station. One launch, 1977.09.29. The Salyut 6 space station was the most successful of the DOS series prior to Mir. It was aloft for four years and ten months, completing 27,785 orbits of the earth.
Russian logistics spacecraft. 43 launches, 1978.01.20 (Progress 1) to 1990.05.06 (Progress 42). Progress took the basic Soyuz 7K-T manned ferry designed for the Salyut space station and modified it for unmanned space station resupply.
Soyuz T
Russian manned spacecraft. 18 launches, 1978.04.04 (Cosmos 1001) to 1986.03.13 (Soyuz T-15). Soyuz T had a long gestation, beginning as the Soyuz VI military orbital complex Soyuz in 1967.
Russian manned space station. Study 1984. A later version of the 37K design for civilian experiments, the LO Laboratory Compartment, would be retained in the payload bay of Buran and connected to the orbiter's cockpit area by an access tunnel.
Russian manned space station module. Cancelled 1983. Would have been launched by Proton and delivered and docked to the Mir station by a new lighter weight FGO tug.
Russian manned space station. Cancelled 1983. The basic 37K design consisted of a 4.2 m diameter pressurized cylinder with a docking port at the forward end. It was not equipped with its own propulsion system.
Russian manned space station. Cancelled 1986. A later version of the 37K design for military experiments, the NPG Retained Payload, would be mounted in the payload bay of Buran and connected to the orbiter's cockpit area by an access tunnel.
Dream Chaser
American manned spaceplane. Study 2016. A six-passenger human space transport system announced in 2006 by SpaceDev, based on the ten-passenger HL-20 Personnel Launch System developed by NASA Langley in the 1980's.
STS External Tank Station
American manned space station. Study 1980. NASA studied several concepts in the 1980's using the 'wet workshop' approach to the capacious External Tank carried into orbit with every shuttle flight.
Russian amateur radio communications satellite. 3 launches, 1981.07.10 (Iskra) to 1982.11.18 (Iskra 3). Launched from Salyut 7 airlock. Conduct of experiments in the field of amateur radio communications.
Salyut 7
Russian manned space station. One launch, 1982.04.19. Salyut 7 was the back-up article for Salyut 6 and very similar in equipment and capabilities.
Russian manned spaceplane. Mock-up stage when cancelled in 1983. The LKS was a Chelomei design for a reusable manned winged spacecraft, similar to the later European Hermes spaceplane.
American manned spaceplane. Study 1988. The HL-20 was a NASA Langley design for a manned spaceplane as a backup to the space shuttle (in case it was abandoned or grounded) and as a CERV (Crew Emergency Return Vehicle) for the Freedom space station.
Russian manned spaceplane. Study 1984. The OK-M1 manned spaceplane was designed by NPO Molniya as a follow-on to the OK-M of NPO Energia. The OK-M1 was an integrated part of a unique launch vehicle, the MMKS reusable multi-module space system.
Russian manned spaceplane. Study 1984. The OK-M2 was a manned spaceplane, a straight delta wing joined to a broad fuselage with an upturned nose.
Russian manned spaceplane. Study 1984. 1980's design for a spaceplane, smaller than Buran, to replace Soyuz and Progress spacecraft for space station crew rotation/replenishment tasks.
Rescue Ball
American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1984. The Personal Rescue Enclosure (PRE) Rescue Ball was an 86 cm diameter high-tech beach ball for transport of astronauts from a spacecraft in distress to the space shuttle.
Russian manned spacecraft. Cancelled 1989.' Super Soyuz' replacement for Soyuz and Progress.
Mir Modules-FGB
Russian manned space station. Study 1985. Space station modules derived from the Chelomei TKS ferry. See entries for Kvant-2, Priroda, Spektr, and Kristal for details on each.
Yakovlev MVKS
Russian manned spaceplane. Study 1986. In reaction to US X-30 project, government decrees of 27 January and 19 July 1986 ordered development of a Soviet equivalent.
Russian manned spaceplane. Study 1986. In reaction to US X-30 project, government decrees of 27 January and 19 July 1986 ordered development of a Soviet equivalent.
Russian manned space station. One launch, 1986.02.20. Improved model of the Salyut DOS-17K space station with one aft docking port and five ports in a spherical compartment at the forward end of the station.
Soyuz TM
Russian manned spacecraft. 34 launches, 1986.05.21 (Soyuz TM-1) to 2002.04.25 (Soyuz TM-34).
Mir complex
Russian manned space station. Assembled 1986 to 1996. Designation given to the entire Mir space station.
Russian manned space station. One launch, 1987.03.31 (Kvant 1). The Kvant spacecraft represented the first use of a new kind of Soviet space station module, designated 37K.
Russian military anti-satellite system. One launch, 1987.05.15. The Polyus military testbed was put together on a crash basis as an answer to America's Star Wars program.
Russian manned space station module. One launch, 1988.11.15. Carried in the payload bay of the Buran space shuttle. They could remain attached to the bay or (modified to the 37KBI configuration) be docked to the Mir-2 station.
Russian manned spaceplane. One launch, 1988.11.15. Soviet copy of the US Space Shuttle. Unlike the Shuttle, the main engines were not mounted on Buran and were not reused.
Russian military orbital bombing system. Study 1988. To co-ordinate the actions of multiple space combat units, NPO Energia proposed in the 1980's a KS space station.
MAKS Orbiter
Russian manned spaceplane. Reached advanced stage of development testing and prototype construction when project was cancelled in 1988. The MAKS spaceplane was the ultimate development of the OK-M studies NPO Molniya conducted with NPO Energia.
Mir-2 KB Salyut
Russian manned space station. Cancelled 1988. Alternative design for the Mir-2 space station by KB Salyut. If Polyus had successfully made it to orbit, it might have been the core for such a station.
Progress M
Russian logistics spacecraft. Operational, first launch 1989.08.23 (Progress M-1). Progress M was an upgraded version of the original Progress. New service module and rendezvous and docking systems were adopted from Soyuz T.
Russian manned space station. One launch, 1989.11.26, Kvant 2. Kvant-2 was a utility module launched to the Mir station. It provided an airlock, additional electric power, and additional gyrodynes for orienting the station.
Russian manned space station. One launch, 1990.05.31. Kristal was a dedicated zero-gravity materials and biological science research module for the Mir space station, launched in January 1990
Russian gamma ray astronomy satellite. One launch, 1990.07.11. The Gamma USSR/France gamma/x-ray astronomical telescope spacecraft was derived from the Soyuz manned spacecraft and had an unusually long gestation.
American manned spaceplane. Study 1990.
Russian earth atmosphere satellite. 2 launches, 1991.06.17 (Mak 1) and 1992.10.27 (Mak 2). Launched from Mir airlock. Investigation of features at the Earth's atmosphere.
French manned spaceplane. Cancelled 1992. The Hermes spaceplane would have provided independent European manned access to space. Hermes was designed to take three astronauts to orbits of up to 800 km altitude on missions of 30 to 90 days in space.
Spektr - Original
Russian military anti-satellite system. Study 1989. Chelomei designed a spacecraft bus for space based weapons based on his TKS space tug. This was an alternate / competitive design to the NPO Energia USB.
Russian materials science satellite. Cancelled 1992. In 1990 KB Salyut proposed using the back-up of the Polyus 'star wars' test bed as a huge zero-gravity materials production facility.
American manned space station module. 14 launches, 1993.06.21 (Spacehab SH-01) to 1999.05.27 (Spacehab-DM). Founded by Bob Citron in 1982, Spacehab Inc. was the only entrepreneurial company to successfully develop a commercial manned spaceflight module.
Progress M2
Russian logistics spacecraft. Cancelled 1993. As Phase 2 of the third generation Soviet space systems it was planned to use a more capable resupply craft for the Mir-2 space station.
Russian manned space station. One launch, 1995.05.20. Spektr was a module of the Mir space station. It began life as a dedicated military research unit.
Mir-Shuttle Docking Module
Russian manned space station. One launch, 1995.11.12. A specialized SO docking module was originally designed for docking the Buran space shuttle with the Mir-2 space station.
Russian manned space station. One launch, 1996.04.23. Priroda was the last Mir module launched. It was originally an all-Soviet remote sensing module for combined civilian and military surveillance of the earth.
Alpha Lifeboat
Russian manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1995. 1995 joint Energia-Rockwell-Khrunichev design for space station Alpha lifeboat based on the Zarya reentry vehicle with a solid retrofire motor, cold gas thruster package. Five years on-orbit storage.
German logistics spacecraft. One launch, 1997.10.05, X-Mir Inspector. Robotic spacecraft designed for free flight and camera inspection of the exterior of the Space Shuttle or International Space Station.
PS Model
Russian amateur radio communications satellite. 2 launches, 1997.10.05 (Sputnik-40) to 1998.10.25 (Spoutnik-41). Two subscale models of Sputnik 1, were built by students for hand-launch from Mir on fortieth anniversary of Sputnik 1.
ISS Unity
American manned space station. One launch, 1998.10.29, Unity. Unity was the first U.S.-built component of the International Space Station.
ISS Zarya
Russian manned space station. One launch, 1998.11.20, Zarya.
Russian manned spaceplane. Study 1998. A Russian concept of the 1990's harking back to Chelomei's Raketoplan of three decades earlier. A manned aircraft would be protected during launch and re-entry by an expendable aeroshell heat shield.
Russian manned rescue spacecraft. First launch 2000.02.08. Inflatable re-entry and descent technology vehicle designed to return payloads from space to the earth or another planet. Tested three times, with only one partially successful recovery.
ISS Zvezda
Russian manned space station. One launch, 2000.07.12, Zvezda. The Zvezda service module of the International Space Station had its origins a quarter century before it was launched.
Soyuz TMA
Russian three-crew manned spacecraft. Operational, first launch 2002.10.30. Designed for use as a lifeboat for the International Space Station. After the retirement of the US shuttle in 2011, Soyuz TMA was the only conveying crews to the ISS. Except for the Chinese Shenzhou, it became mankind's sole means of access to space.
Russian manned spaceplane. Study 2004. The Kliper manned spacecraft replacement for Soyuz was first announced at a Moscow news conference on 17 February 2004.
Genesis Pathfinder
American technology satellite. 2 launches, 2006.07.12 (Genesis 1) to 2007.06.28 (Genesis 2). One third scale version of the Nautilus inflatable human space habitat module.
American technology satellite. Cancelled 2006. 45% scale version of the Nautilus inflatable human space habitat module, designed to prove the ECS system.
American technology satellite. Study 2008. The Galaxy subscale module was scheduled to fly in 2008. It would be twice as large as its Genesis predecessors and represent a 50% scale model of the Sundancer manned inflatable space station.
Russian logistics spacecraft. Study 2009. In its latest iteration, RKK Energia's Parom was a reusable interorbital tug intended to transport cargo containers and the Kliper manned ferry from low earth orbit to the International Space Station.
American manned space station. Study 2010. The Sundancer inflatable space station had provisions for three crew. It was to be launched by 2010 aboard a Falcon 9, Zenit-2, or Atlas V booster.
American manned space station module. Study 2013. Inflatable pressurized habitat module for use in manned space stations, lunar, or interplanetary spacecraft or bases. Developed by Bigelow Aerospace using private funds.
CSS Skywalker
American manned space station. Study 2015. Commercial Space Station Skywalker was hotel entrepreneur Bigelow's concept for the first space hotel.
American manned space station module. Study 2015. Propulsion module for space stations based on Bigelow Nautilus inflatable habitats.
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Police investigating non-fatal shooting
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A man was shot in the stomach Friday night in Wilmington, according to New Hanover County dispatcher.
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May 29, 2005
The First Link
Alfonso "Chico" Carrasquel Colon, who died of a heart attack on Thursday at the age of 77, was not only the first Latin American ballplayer to start in a major league all-star game, he was the first in a string of slick-fielding shortstops who emerged from his home country of Venezuela.
From Carrasquel to Luis Aparicio to Davey Concepcion to Ozzie Guillen to Omar Vizquel to Cesar Izturis, this remarkable collection of men has accumulated 25 Gold Gloves at the shortstop position, and Izturis figures to add to that total after garnering his first Gold Glove in 2004 at the age of 24.
Considered a national treasure in his native land, Carrasquel's passing was to be observed by two days of mourning in Venezuela. And when the games resume thereafter, the next great defensive shortstop, now maybe all of 14 or 15 years of age, will continue to hone his skills in the hope of adding his link to the chain started by Chico Carrasquel over 50 years ago.
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A while back I wrote a short piece titled, Judges and Election: Politics, Voting, and Controversy. Since then, the two Larimer County judges who helped prosecute Tim Masters, an innocent man, were decidedly held retainable for this November's election, a judicial retention commission unanimously recommended early this August. Despite censure, the commission stated in both cases that Terry Gilmore and Jolene Blair had "outstanding performance" as judges, although it was more or less silent as to their roles in the Masters' prosecution. On the one hand the commission "acknowledged the relevance of the judges' censure - but nevertheless [on the other hand] said the judges were worthy of retention." Perhaps I am one of the few local attorneys in the District who is not afraid to publicly speak out against this, and so I will. After all, this blog concerns rants, not just raves. The following is definitively the former as opposed to the latter.
With the upcoming November election, and all the hoopla in the congressional race, I doubt little that the voting public will be seeing and hearing large scale ads why they should vote one way or another when it comes to not just Blair and Gilmore but all the judges up for retention. At least there is one voice, that of Sandy Lemberg, a spokesman for Judicial Justice of Larimer County, a group campaigning against the retention of Blair and Gilmore, who evidently was not surprised at the commission's decision. "The whole process is flawed," he told local media, moreover stating that "the committee's recommendation does not account for the public's dissenting opinion. He also took issue with the presence of Dana Hiatt on the committee. Hiatt is the wife of former Chief District Judge James Hiatt, who retired from the bench in 2009 and supervised Blair and Gilmore for eight years. Lemberg also said he is thankful voters have the final say and recommended the public ignore the commission's recommendations." Kudos ought to go out to Lemberg, mine do.
Since when do judges sit above the law? Some argue that Blair and Gilmore should have been disbarred for participating in the concealment of exculpatory evidence that could have set Timothy Masters free, and have led to the capture of the real murderer! Maybe others experience a different attitude toward the courts, especially when justice goes their way, but for many I hear from, good people especially, they tell me all about how they feel the justice system is "corrupt." Supposing judges can rule with impunity raises the untold and unexamined issues that belie the highly regarded and almost sacrosanct Offices of the Judiciary. This author has seen few if any judges go down in infamy following an adjudication for wrongdoings on par with those related to the Masters' case. Were not these judges Officers of the Court when they were prosecutors as much as they are now even more eminent ones as judges?
So, where lies the "court of public opinion" and the body politic? This has puzzled political scientists for years when it comes to apathy and political efficacy in the context of voting. Either people truly believe their votes do not matter in the end or they do not vote at all out of pure indifference. When it comes to voting for judges, it may well be that voters assume they deserve a vote simply because they wear black robes and bang gavels. Yet, it could also be that voters do not contemplate how judges' decision making affects the community and public policy. Even when they do, the sentiment may be that judges are not really political enough to vote out and "if the system is not broken, why fix it?" Finally, voters could out of lack of information or knowledge assume they ought to vote in judges as opposed to vote out judges because they see no reason to "fire" them.
The fact of the matter is this: judges and politicians are public servants - this is without question. Therefore they are here to serve and protect the people. But, the difference between them and government employees and/or "civil servants" is they face election. While the all too debated "term limits" issue comes up time and again, we forget that as voters we can limit terms, that is, should we choose to go to the ballot box during election-time in November. There is value to the old adage, "Out with the old, and in with the new." Or, as I say, "Out with the old and corrupt and in with the new."


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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
"I'm a Constitutionalist"
The more we think about it, the more the senatorial debate in Delaware seems like a window into the nightmare landscape of America's political fringe.
We watched the video of Christine O'Donnell and Chris Coons, blathering on about creationism and the First Amendment. After she asks "where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state," the audio track records what sounds less like "an audible gasp" than an explosion of raucous laughter. And, after a momentary confusion, O'Donnell give a victorious smile -- as though, simply by stimulating the crowd, she has won something.
And let's be clear: she hasn't. The debate was held at Widener Law School, and attended largely by law students and law professors. O'Donnell's apparent confusion about an elementary point of constitutional law served to make her look ridiculous.
But note that we did write "apparent" confusion. Later in the debate, O'Donnell recovered herself enough to make explicit what was almost certainly her underlying claim all along: that because the words "separation of church and state" don't occur in it, the First Amendment should be read as a restriction upon Congress alone, and not upon states or, we suppose, counties. In other words, if a local school board wants to teach Creationism, or the state of Idaho wants to establish Neopaganism as its official religion, O'Donnell sees no constitutional problem with this.
We also heard one of the moderators ask whether the candidates supported repeal of a few other amendments to the US Constitution -- those governing citizenship, the income tax, and the election of senators. Coons said "No;" O'Donnell said many things, among which "no" could also be heard if one listened very closely.
But wait a second, we thought. The election of senators? The Seventeenth Amendment? Who cares about that?
Then we remembered a peculiar conversation, a couple of summers back, with one of our relatives, whom we shall simply call Bob. This Bob is from the part of the family that holds very closely to its political opinions, and feels that family reunions are just the right time to share. Lamentably, the opinions in question are often offensive both to common sense and other family members. A lively argument typically follows, followed by five or six years of not speaking to each other.
So there we were by the pool, sipping our cider, when Bob announced (a propos of nearly nothing) that the state legislatures should be free to select US senators however they pleased, be it by election or otherwise, "just as it says in the Constitution." When Father A. raised a timid eyebrow, Bob repeated himself, adding proudly, "That's right. I'm a Constitutionalist."
Now, if you look the word up in a dictionary, you will find constitutionalist defined rather straightforwardly as somebody who believes in constitutional rule. But Bob seemed to be using it in an idiosyncratic sense, as somebody who liked the US Constitution as originally written.
Naturally, then, we asked him the logical follow-up question: "So, the right to vote? White male land-owners only?" This made him surprisingly angry, and he accused us of putting words into his mouth, "just like all liberals." Whatever that even means.
"You see," Bob said huffily, "the Constitution itself allows for this little thing called amendments. Maybe you've heard of them."
We had, of course. The seventeenth, for example. But at this point, we deemed it wisest to move on to some less emotional topic. (If memory serves, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, secret prisons, and the torture of prisoners by US service personnel). But the initial conversation has remained with us, a little mnemonic earworm. For reasons that we don't really understand, our relation feels that the purity of American constitutional government requires the repeal of the 17th Amendment.
And he's not alone. Apparently, there is a more-or-less organized movement, begun by former senator Zell Miller and which has since gained momentum in Tea Party circles, claiming that the popular election of senators is a form of big-government overreach, and denies the states their rights under a federal system.
Do we need to mention that "states' rights" has long been a principle treasured by people who would like to repeal other useful amendments, such as the 13th and 15th? Their argument, when you cut through the blather, goes like this: "I'm not saying slavery is a good thing, mind you. Don't accuse me of that. I'm saying the decision to abolish it has to be made by the states, not some Big Daddy federal government." (If you don't believe this can be real, dig into groups like the neo-Confederate League of the South and Baylor journalism professor Bill Murchison.)
Now, we doubt sincerely that our relation Bob is part of this crowd. We have no reason to believe that Ms. O'Connell is, either. Yet they are both part of another crowd, more moderate and humane, which nonetheless shares its impulses and rhetoric with the scariest phalanx in America's political life.
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- Soulbuick02 said...
I seriously doubt the NYS legislature would be able to handle the responsibility of selection US senators.
- Father Anonymous said...
I seriously doubt the New York State legislature would be able to handle its own ... let me rephrase that. They're a bunch of crooks, perverts and crazy people; most of them should be in jail.
Which is why I find the anti-17th-amendment movement especially bizarre.
- troutbirder said...
The Senatorial candidate from Delaware must have fallen asleep in her high school World History class when the Wars of Religion in England were covered. Something about Catholics v Protestand, Roundheads v. Cavaliers methinks. Perhaps our Founding Father knew something about those events...
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The International Press Academy handed out its awards this week just before the Oscars, and although it is not usually a predictor of Academy winners, it does tend to honor movies and TV shows that often get overlooked by award shows.
Two big honors, the Best Ensemble Cast awards went to the movie "Nebraska" and the TV show "Orange is a New Black."
Sherman Oaks resident June Squibb won the Best Supporting Actress award for "Nebraska."
The official winners for the 18th Annual Satellite™ Awards honor categories in Film, Television, Blu-ray DVDs, and Video Games. The based-on-a-true story "12 Years a Slave" received Motion Picture and Director honors, while "Dallas Buyers Club's" Matthew McConaughey won for Actor in a Motion Picture along with Actor in a Supporting Role winner Jared Leto. The IPA selected Cate Blanchett as Actress in a Motion Picture for "Blue Jasmine."
Headlining the TV award winners were "Breaking Bad" and "Orange is the New Black." Bryan Cranston won for Best Actor, Drama, and Taylor Schilling received a nod for Best Actress, Comedy or Musical.
In a gala ceremony held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Culver City, Calif., the eclectic group of journalists and reviewers celebrated the distinguished accomplishments of artists in 38 categories, and also paid tribute to its Special Achievement honorees, Mike Medavoy (Mary Pickford Award), Garrett Brown (Tesla Award), Guillermo del Toro (Auteur Award), Gabrielle Tana (Independent Producer of the Year Award), and Ryan Coogler (Honorary Satellite Award).
Other honorees include Michael B. Jordan, Breakthrough Performance Award, and Sophie Nélisse, Breakthrough Performance Award in "The Book Thief."
The IPA is a global association of professional entertainment journalists representing a multitude of print, broadcast, and digital media outlets. It's membership also includes FEDEORA, The Federation of European and Mediterranean Film Critics, which joined the IPA in 2011, extending the IPA's membership of foreign and domestic correspondents, whose markets reach millions worldwide via print, television, radio, and the Internet. The group's founder Mirjana von Blaricom is from Sherman Oaks.
The awards have often turned into raucous and unpredictable events, such as the year Cloris Leachman made snoring sounds during the video tribute for director Peter Bogdanovich, who directed her Academy Award winning role for The Last Picture Show. Her co-star Timothy Bottoms gave her a long deep kiss on stage and he said, "I learned that from you in the movie." Then, when reading the tribute, Leachman stopped and said, "Can we read this a little faster? I'm getting hungry."
Courtney Love surprised audiences for attending the awards and giving out a special honor to Mike Medavoy, who helped her through her addictions.
Best Animated was given to "The Wind Rises" instead of the favored "Frozen" that won most other shows, and Robin Wright won for Netflix's "House of Cards." John Goodman won for Best Actor on TV for "Alpha House" which is only available on Amazon.
Hal Sparks hosted the show with Steven Conor and Kendra Munger as co-hosts.
"It's hard to think of any of these as the best, since they are so different," Sparks said, referring to the difference of Cate Blanchett's role in "Blue Jasmine" as a socialite who loses everything to Sandra Bullock playing an astronaut stuck in a capsule through most of the movie "Gravity."
See more about the special awards in this coverage: Courtney Love, Hal Sparks help present International Press Academy Awards
The winners are:
1. Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
. *Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine Sony Pictures Classics
2. Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
*Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club Focus Features
3. Actress in a Supporting Role
*June Squibb Nebraska Paramount
4. Actor in a Supporting Role
*Jared Leto Dallas Buyers Club Focus Features
5. Motion Picture
*12 Years a Slave Fox Searchlight
6. Motion Picture, International Film
*The Broken Circle Breakdown Belgium
7. Motion Picture, Animated or Mix Media
*The Wind Rises Studio Ghibli
8. Motion Picture, Documentary
*Blackfish Magnolia Pictures
9. Director
*Steve McQueen 12 Years a Slave Fox Searchlight
10. Screenplay, Original
*David O. Russell, Eric Singer American Hustle Sony
11. Screenplay, Adapted
* Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope Philomena The Weinstein Company
12. Original Score
*Steven Price Gravity Warner Bros.
13. Original Song
*Young and Beautiful The Great Gatsby Warner Bros.
14. Cinematography
* Bruno Delbonnel Inside Llewyn Davis CBS Films
15. Visual Effects
* Tim Webber, David Shirk, Chris Lawrence, and Gravity Warner Bros.
Neil Corbould
16. Film Editing
*Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers, and Alan Baumgarten American Hustle Sony
17. Sound (Editing and Mixing)
* Glenn Freemantle, Chris Munro, Niv Adiri, Gravity Warner Bros.
Skip Lievsay, and Christopher Benstead
18. Art Direction and Production Design
* Catherine Martin and Beverly Dunn The Great Gatsby Warner Bros.
19. Costume Design
* Michael O'Connor The Invisible Woman Sony Pictures Classics
20. Miniseries / Motion Picture Made for Television
*Dancing on the Edge Starz
21. Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
*Elisabeth Moss Top of the Lake Sundance Channel
22. Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
*Michael Douglas Behind the Candelabra HBO
23. Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
*Laura Prepon Orange is the New Black Netflix
24. Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
*Aaron Paul Breaking Bad AMC
25. Television Series, Drama
*Breaking Bad AMC
26. Television Series or Miniseries, Genre
*Game of Thrones HBO
27. Actress in a Series, Drama
*Robin Wright House of Cards Netflix
28. Actor in a Series, Drama
*Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad AMC
29. Television Series, Comedy or Musical
*Orange is the New Black Netflix
30. Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical
* Taylor Schilling Orange is the New Black Netflix
31. Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical
* John Goodman Alpha House Amazon Studios
32. Original Short-Format Program
* #JustSaying (#SamoKa••em) Tuna Fish Studio
Blu-ray DVD
33. Best Overall
*Star Trek Into Darkness Paramount
34. Youth
*Rise of the Guardians Paramount, DreamWorks Animation
Video Games
35. Outstanding Action / Adventure
*Battlefield 4 DICE
36. Outstanding Mobile Game
*Badland Frogmind
37. Outstanding Role Playing Game
*Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Level 5, Studio Ghibli
38. Outstanding Sports / Racing Game
*Need for Speed Rivals Ghost Games, Electronic Arts
Gravity 3
12 Years a Slave 2
American Hustle 2
Dallas Buyers Club 2
The Great Gatsby 2
Nebraska 1
Blackfish 1
Blue Jasmine 1
Broken Circle Breakdown 1
Inside Llewyn Davis 1
The Invisible Woman 1
Philomena 1
The Wind Rises 1
Warner Bros. Pictures 5
Fox Searchlight 2
Sony 2
Paramount Pictures 2
Sony Pictures Classics 2
CBS Films 1
Focus Features 1
Magnolia Pictures 1
The Weinstein Company 1
Studio Ghibli 1
Breaking Bad 3
Orange is the New Black 3
Alpha House 1
Behind the Candelabra 1
Dancing on the Edge 1
Game of Thrones 1
House of Cards 1
#JustSaying (SamoKa••em) 1
Top of the Lake 1
Netflix 4
Amazon Studios 1
Starz 1
Sundance Channel 1
Tuna Fish Studio 1
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The Gathering: Fire, Food, and Music is a festival focused on celebrating the unique culture and cuisine of Newfoundland. Born as the inaugural event for a new non-profit organization BSM Manor, headed by comedian and fellow Newfoundland Native, Shaun Majumder, this festival is a back to the elements experience, filled with culinary delights and intimate cooking and dining experiences, in celebration of all things Newfoundland.
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Rival Media is behind The People's Rainforest on Sky 1. Hosted by Richard Bacon, two programmes will transmit across two consecutive nights in September, broadcasting live from Dublin on the second evening. The shows form part of a week of environmental programming on Sky.
The programmes are executive produced by Howard Myers and Steve Wynne for Rival Media and Clare Handford for Sky 1 HD. The series producer and director is Jeremy Daldry.
Starting on Tuesday 25th September, The People's Rainforest will follow a family for one week as they explore living without the benefits of the rainforest. Any object derived from the rainforest will be removed from their house with surprising and challenging results. Alongside the family, three experts will celebrate many of the incredible products and ingredients that derive from the rainforest: Glynn Purnell for cookery, James Wong for health and well-being advice and Wayne Hemingway for materials and design.
Meanwhile, landscape architect Robin Lock will be preparing to build a rainforest in Dublin which will host the live show on Wednesday 26th September. Richard Bacon will be joined by the experts who will demonstrate the importance of the rainforest in front of a studio audience. We will also hear from the family on the impact of the experiment.
Following the live show, the rainforest will remain in situ until the end of September to provide the opportunity for schools and members of the public to experience it.
The People's Rainforest forms part of Sky's commitment to protecting the rainforest. The programme has been created by Sky to support Sky Rainforest Rescue, Sky's partnership with WWF and the Acre State Government, Brazil.


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It doesn't start out with deceit and theft. Nor does it begin with making your connection and injecting the fix as your children watch from the back seat of the car. In fact, most heroin addicts' short journeys to darkness and desperation begin with a legitimate visit to a doctor.
Society's dependence on prescription drugs - especially pain killers and muscle relaxers - has created what Ohio Attorney General Michael DeWine calls "an epidemic" where a solid 70 percent of drug busts in the state are now opioid-related. According to a report citing information from the DEA and other federal and state agencies, in 2010 alone 692 million doses of opiates like Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, methadone, morphine, codeine, hydromorphone, buprenorphine, fentanyl base and meperidine were distributed to retail pharmacies. Common names for some of these include Vicodan, OxyContin, Percocet and Demerol.
The report puts that large number in perspective. This is enough for 60 doses per every person living in Ohio; 1.8 million doses per day; 79,000 doses per hour; 1,316 doses per minute. Every second 22 people are taking one of the above-mentioned pills. These numbers are for assumedly legitimate prescriptions ordered by doctors.
When patients have recovered from their illnesses or surgeries and can no longer get the medications to which their bodies have become accustomed (and addicted,) they seek out other sources-dealers, who peddle stolen and illegally manufactured pharmaceuticals, and "pill mills," often operating under the guise of pain management clinics that have relaxed prescription policies. A Google search of "pill mills Ohio" brings up more than 100 locations in the Columbus area alone. DeWine says that eliminating pill mills is crucial to crippling the growing heroin problem and adds that surrounding states are facing the same issues.
As the physical addiction takes hold, the body requires more drugs more often. This is the nature of opiates. Prescription drugs, however, are comparatively expensive, especially since the demand has been increasing steadily during the past decade. Enter, heroin, a morphine-based Schedule I narcotic readily supplied by Mexican drug cartels.
Although opium poppies were cultivated in Mesopotamia more than 5,000 years ago, Diacetylmorphine (heroin) was first derived from the opium poppy only about 100 years ago, first by a British chemist in 1874 and then by a German chemist in 1897. Both were looking for morphine alternatives. C.R. Alder Wright's experiments in the UK yielded a drug that had severe effects on test animals: fear, quickened respiration then irregular heartbeat, salivation and loss of muscle control. He did not pursue its development.
Felix Hoffmann worked for the German pharmacology company that was the predecessor to today's Bayer and was directed to develop codeine by synthesizing opium. The company sought a milder, less addictive alternative to morphine. Instead, what he created was actually stronger and twice as addictive. It metabolized into morphine when ingested, but the company didn't realize this when they marketed it as a cough suppressant, morphine substitute and cure for morphine addiction. The name "Heroin" came from a German word for heroic or strong because soldiers using it charged at enemy lines even as those enemies attacked.
From 1898 to 1910 the drug was sold for general consumer use. By 1924, as governments and companies became aware of heroin's potency and adverse effects, the drug was banned from manufacture or sale in the United States. The Controlled Substance Act of 1970 made heroin a Schedule I narcotic that is illegal to possess without special licensing from the DEA. The United Kingdom still uses heroin for medical treatment.
Traditionally Afghanistan has been the world's leading producer and exporter of heroin with an estimated 87 percent market share in 2004. However, a fungus destroyed the opium crops there in 2009, and India is now the top producer-and consumer-of heroin, a $1.4 billion industry.
Heroin in the Ohio Valley generally originates in Mexico according to Martins Ferry Police Chief and Commander of the Belmont County Drug Task Force John McFarland. This area sees the standard white type of the drug, also, rather than the more exotic brown and "black tar" varieties. Some of the nicknames for heroin hark back to the 1960's and '70's such as "smack," "H" and "horse," but McFarland adds that, because of the accessibility of information and evidence on cell phones and computers, dealers will use their own code words when talking with buyers, words that may not have anything to do with the drug's real name. Parents should be aware of this.
Part of the problem and danger with heroin, as with many drugs, is that the potency is inconsistent. It is generally cut, or mixed, with other substances to stretch the pure drug and make more money. Additional substances can include lesser drugs like aspirin, products like powdered cleanser or, as in the cause of 23 deaths in Pittsburgh earlier this year, fentanyl. Fentanyl is another opiate that is 10 to 100 times stronger than morphine. Addicts have no idea what they are buying, how strong the drug is or if this will be their last fix.
McFarland says that marijuana is definitely a gateway drug or precursor to heroin, but in most instances prescription drug addiction is the doorway. Barnesville Police Chief David Norris notes that until about two years ago there were few arrests for heroin and prescription drugs. He says the growth of the local market brought in out-of-towners from Cleveland and Pittsburgh who set up shop in and around small towns in rural Belmont County.
"We've seen cases of other drugs here and there in the past," says Norris. "But this is different. This trend is up over the last couple of years, and it doesn't take long to see the results."
Aside from the physical effects of addiction and deaths from overdoses, "the results" Norris mentions are other undesirable increases: domestic violence, prostitution, theft and child neglect. The Belmont County Drug Task Force seized more than $30,000 during the past year in cash and stolen goods.
"Five years ago almost all local drug arrests were for coke and crack [both cocaine.] Now almost all of them have ties to people out of the area," explains McFarland. "I've seen young women and mothers get involved with prostitution to get heroin. Abuse is up. Child protective services have been a gigantic help, but they are overwhelmed from the cases related to drugs."
Both McFarland and Norris stress the importance of reaching youth about the dangers of heroin before they become addicted and the importance of vigilance on the parents' parts to watch for any signs of changing behavior.
"I've seen a 17 year old with track marks on his arms. Watch every move your child makes," says McFarland. "I'm a parent, and I do it. I look around their rooms, ask them questions. If they think I'm mean, so be it. Look for the signs: missing items, change in behavior and appearance; know who he's with."
Punishment for possession is a felony. A first offense with no criminal record may involve drug court, treatment and probation. McFarland says that the charge may be expunged from the perpetrator's record if drug tests are continuously clean. Otherwise, the sentence depends on the quantity of opiates found in possession. It could result in a maximum sentence of 20 to 25 years in federal prison.
To keep drugs off the streets and to dispose of them properly, the Drug Task Force has installed "no questions asked" drop boxes at four police stations. These the specially designed lock-boxes are sponsored by the Belmont County Sheriff's Department, Martins Ferry Police Department, Barnesville Hospital, Morristown Pharmacy, East Ohio Regional Hospital, Riesbeck's Market and Chirpas Auto Body and are built by students at Belmont College. The program netted 300 pounds of prescription and over the counter drugs in four months. Boxes are currently located at the police departments in Barnesville, Bethesda, St. Clairsville and Bridgeport. On April 26, sites in Ohio collected more than 14 tons (28,466 pounds) of drugs on National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
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"Excuse me: Mlle. Cadice Marin, here to retrieve a classified specimen package. I do believe it was delivered here by mistake, to the forward command center, instead of the laboratory at the Cretia Facility." The researcher and amateur medic sighed, blowing an errant tendril of hair out of her eyes.
I know that the battlefield has top priority,
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but come on! This vital tissue sample from a catalogued Brieder could certainly have been handled more carefully. Ah, well...
"Could you please hurry?" she asked the desk orderly. "I'm already running late to work."
"Your name, ma'am, once again?" The glassy-eyed young man blinked.
"Marin, Cadice." She spelled it out for him, just in case he had no clue how.
"Could I see some identification, please? Photo ID and retinal scan, for sure."
Submitting to the procedures, Cadice couldn't shake the feeling that she was being treated like a criminal. Irrational, she knew, but not entirely unwarranted. After all, this was a military installment, not a cafe back home in the U.S. She'd moved there from Paris ten years ago.
After checking his computer console, scratching his head, taking a long swig of his coffee, and clearing his throat, the orderly said: "All right. Clear."
She leaned forward quickly. "The specimen package. Where is it?"
"Head to the rear of the building. Someone should be waiting for you in the shipping department. Follow the grunts who are pushing the hand trucks."
"All right, but you don't think I belong here, do you?"
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Cadice gave the youth one more glare and headed in the direction he'd given.
Shipping department. Shipping department. I don't see any signs for it...
Becoming more frustrated by the second, she stopped almost dead in her tracks when she heard the lively conversation of soldiers. Oddly enough, that cheered her up.
At least some people here have their heads on straight.
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Can anyone explain in the proof of Hurwitz's Theorem on the wikipedia page, the line where it says $ \frac{f_k'(z)}{f_k(z)}$ converges uniformly by Morera's Theorem? I do not see how that follows from Morera's Theorem.
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I agree ... no idea how one should apply Morera's Theorem. But you can prove it like that:
$$\left|\frac{f_k'(z)}{f_k(z)}-\frac{f'(z)}{f(z)}\right| \leq \left| \frac{f_k'(z)}{f_k(z)}-\frac{f'(z)}{f_k(z)} \right| + \left| \frac{f'(z)}{f_k(z)} - \frac{f'(z)}{f(z)}\right| \\ \leq \frac{2}{\delta} |f_k'(z)-f'(z)| + \|f'\|_{\partial B(z_0,\varrho)} \cdot \frac{2}{\delta^2} \left| f(z)-f_k(z) \right|$$
for all $z \in \partial B(z_0,\varrho)$. Since $f \to f_k$ (and therefore $f_k' \to f_k$) compactly we obtain $\frac{f_k'}{f_k} \to \frac{f}{f'}$ uniformly on $\partial B(z_0,\varrho)$


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Over the weekend, the main stage at the Indiana State Fair Collapsed. Here is more from PLSN.com
A strong, isolated blast of wind that came in advance of a line of thunderstorms knocked down the main stage at the Indiana State Fair at 8:49 pm Aug. 13. The collapse killed four people on site. A fifth victim, Nathan Byrd, 51, died Aug. 14. A spotlight operator who fell with the rigging, Byrd had been among the 45 people hospitalized, many with serious injuries. Although other crew members were seen falling with the rigging, no additional deaths were reported as of mid-day Aug. 14.
Mid-America Sound, which uses products manufactured by James Thomas Engineering, supplied the temporary stage and roof structure that fell. "This is a devastating tragedy and we want to express our sympathy to the families of those who were killed and injured last night at the State Fair," Mid-America owner Kerry Darrenkamp said in a statement issued Aug. 14. "We have already started an independent internal investigation to understand, to the best of our ability, what happened."
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This has been a bad summer for stage collapses with the second in less then two months. What do you guys think, do we need some new regulations? Rigging training is always a good idea, but do you feel that the ETCP certification is lacking in this area?
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First off my heart goes out to all involved in this tragic incident.
As some one who has built many Thomas roofs over the years I have a few observations. In looking at the film footage and the photos I have come across, It does look like there were many ties downs in place, as to whether or not the angles were correct, and how many were used, unless you are there on site you can not tell. Tie downs are extremely important in keeping an outdoor roof stable, we all know this and i am sure the company that put up that roof really knows this. The one thing that did jump out at me is the stage right canopy did not rip off as it should have. it looked like a big down draft prevented it from ripping off. That down draft is what brought the roof down from what i can tell. If you noticed in the video, the stage left side ripped off seconds before the roof came down. I believe if the stage right canopy had been able to release it may, and i say may have stayed up.
Another thing i was looking at was how much the gear was moving prior to the collapse. That is always one of the things that scares me when i see 1500 pounds of PA swinging in the wings. This rig had a lot of gear catching the wind and i am sure it was starting to move around quite a bit. That movement can build up some serous osculations in the roof structure. The Tie Downs Help transfer that force to the ground but it can only take so much.
In the end you can not predict what is going to happen to your roof when large winds come up.
I would be shocked if a rig this size was not well thought out in advance and rigged with in the parameters of the roof. When you work with roof's this size your A crew is on it. I do think that ETCP Should have better training specifically for outdoor roof rigging but only in general terms. The rigging math is the same from roof to roof but the stress the roof is designed for is very different from roof to roof. I believe is should be mandatory for the company that owns the roof to make sure that there crew is specifically trained by the manufacture for that type of roof. This training should be done at least bi-annually. I do not believe the ETCP can give or should give that type of training.
There has also been talk about local inspectors being responsible for inspecting the roofs for use. I do not believe this will give us the results we are looking for. Most city, county, and state inspectors don't have the time / money to train with the roof manufactures. To make them effective at certifying the roofs for use they would need to go under the same training as a company that owns the roof. But n this case they would have to be certified in all types of roofs to be effective as an inspector.
The big hole i see here really is How and Who calls an event off because of weather. Having a plan and an independent person that is not tied into the promoter, band or anyone that has to do with the income of the event i think should be the #1 thing to look at. So many of these event disasters are caused by bad weather. The head rigger is supposed to be able in theory to call the event off or postpone it but it doesn't happen. They are ignored or cant get to the promoter in time to hold the event off or just don't have the information to deal with the weather. With so much at stake, reputations, and money Promoters rarely error on the side of caution. A check and balance approach is what is needed here.
No one wants to see people get hurt or killed. we are all in the business of helping people get out of there daily lives and put a smile on there face. It is up to all of us to make sure we do this day in and day out in a safe and sane manor. We all have it in us to do this.


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"It's always good if you get on TV and it's national," Morris said. "The Big Ten Network is all across the country, apparently based on all the messages I got of people watching it. There is a reason why those Bowl games make millions of dollars because people watch TV and pay millions of dollars into advertising. I think TV is the recruiting tool and video now. Certainly us being on that stage and getting that kind of publicity nationwide, that's where it comes into play, absolutely."
UMass might not have the name recognition of other colleges, but it does produce some of the most competitive sports programs in the country at its level.
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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently released a preview of a new product, called Azure RemoteApp, that delivers Windows applications from Microsoft's Azure cloud onto a variety of devices. This follows Amazon.com's (NASDAQ:AMZN) release of a similar product in March called Amazon Workspaces, which is hosted on Amazon's AWS cloud.
These announcements suggest that the hosted application and desktop industry is heating up. But, are Microsoft and Amazon late to the party, or can they compete effectively against industry incumbents such as Citrix Systems (NASDAQ:CTXS) and VMware (NYSE:VMW)?
What are Amazon and Microsoft offering?
Azure RemoteApp builds on Microsoft's existing RemoteApp product, which allows Windows applications to be hosted and run on a server and delivered to client devices in such a way that they appear to be running locally. The new update lets RemoteApp run on Microsoft's Azure cloud, so IT managers don't need to install or deploy anything on premises. Currently, Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android are supported as client platforms.
Amazon's Workspaces is a desktop-as-a-service, or DaaS, product. Rather than delivering individual apps, Amazon Workspaces delivers the entire Windows desktop, in this case, a version of Windows Server 2008 that's been skinned to look like Windows 7. Again, all the processing is really happening on AWS, but from the users' perspective, everything should work as though Windows was locally installed.
Will this catch on with users?
The basic functionality of what Amazon and Microsoft are now offering -- hosted desktops and applications -- has been available for years as on-premises services. There are several selling points for these technologies, including simplified IT management, reduced resource need, and improved security and productivity. While these are significant benefits, hosted desktops and applications have been catching on only gradually, due in part to the cost of the needed infrastructure.
The difference with Amazon and Microsoft's new products is that hosted desktops and applications are now available from the cloud, which reduces the upfront infrastructure investment. In addition, thanks to pre-configured available environments on Azure RemoteApp and Amazon Workspaces, enterprises can get going quickly and start a new deployment within an hour, instead of within weeks or months.
That said, there are some downsides to the new offerings. The first is that neither product currently supports GPU acceleration, limiting their use for graphics-intensive workloads such as design. The second is that the current simplicity of using the two products comes at the cost of not having the extensive configurability that is often needed for complex enterprise environments. But, given sufficient demand, these are concerns that Microsoft and Amazon could eventually address.
What about the competition?
The application and desktop virtualization space that Amazon and Microsoft are entering has traditionally been dominated by Citrix. Recently, VMware has also been making aggressive moves in the same industry, and it looks to this segment as one of its major growth drivers for the future.
The features and configurability that Citrix and VMware offer are currently much greater than that of Workspaces and Azure RemoteApp. Citrix, in particular, has said it sees very little competition from Amazon, and that it looks forward to Azure RemoteApp as another opportunity to continue its extensive collaboration with Microsoft.
Still, in spite of the feature gap and talk of partnerships, it seems to be an inevitable conclusion that VMware, Citrix, Microsoft, and Amazon are fighting for a share of the same underlying market. If the app and desktop virtualization industry continues to heat up, Microsoft and Amazon will probably work to upgrade their offerings, which can mean nothing good for VMware and Citrix.
Foolish bottom line
Microsoft and Amazon have released products that deliver Windows applications and desktops from their public clouds. While such environments have been available for years on-premises, cloud hosting will reduce upfront costs and might make the products interesting to enterprise customers. So far, the new products don't threaten industry incumbents Citrix and VMware very much, but that might change as Microsoft and Amazon upgrade their offerings.
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This year the Ennis Book Club Festival will take place from the 4th to 6th March and as always they have a fantastic line up.
The following authors and speakers are some of the participants in this year's festival:
Senator David Norris, Peter Sheridan, Paul Murray, Anne Enright, Vona Groarke, Pauline McLynn, Eamon Sweeney, Marie Louise O'Donnell, David J. Lynch, Tom Conaty, John Curran, Dr Eibhear Walshe, Doug Stanton, Clare Three-legged Stool Poets, Clare Champion short story winners and Clare Youth Theatre.
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The weather finally cooperated for the Smartwool Wasatch Citizens Series finale at White Pine. In contrast to the blizzards that greeted skiers on race morning the past two years, last Saturday's cloudy weather and perfect skating track were a great relief for the 223 participants.
Three laps around the farm track are tough enough in good conditions, but nasty weather makes the skiing downright unpleasant and really slow. This year's winning time of 53 minutes, 26 seconds for 20 kilometers was more than six minutes faster than in 2013, and 13 minutes faster than in 2012. It definitely helps to be able to see where you're going.
U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team member Michael Ward took home the gold medal, beating last year's winner, Thomas Seidel, by just three seconds. With at least two members of the U.S. team having announced their retirement after the Olympics (Billy Demong and Todd Lodwick), Ward is hoping that his ability to sprint to the finish will get him to the next Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The Aspen native, who's been training in Park City this year, showed on Saturday that he has the speed and stamina to do just that.
Veteran Roxanne Toly easily outdistanced her rivals in the women's race. Her time of 1:04:19 was more than two minutes ahead of road-bike standout Jen Santoro. This was Toly's first victory in this year's series. With competition from skiers like Caitlin Gregg and Rosie Brennan, both on the podium at last week's American Birkebeiner, it's been a tough year for local skiers to come out on top.
Several other Park City women also won their age groups this time. The closest race of the day was in the Novice Women's division, where Andrea Putt edged Stephanie Strohl in a photo finish. KPCW announcer Lynn Ware-Peek also had a squeaker, sprinting to the finish just ahead of Allison Frye to take the women's 45-49 class. Other winners were Deborah Wagner and Marit Glenne.
The older junior classes were dominated by skiers doing their last races before heading east for the Junior Nationals in Stowe, Vt., next week. Sophie McDonald was the fastest girl on the course, winning the under-18 division in 11:47 for 4.3 kilometers. More than a minute behind were her Park City Nordic Ski Team mates Brenna Egan and Julia Lazzaroni. Under-16 standout Leah Lange topped Sydney Palmer-Leger with a time of 12:52. Local boys on the podium included Noah Putt and Drew Palmer-Leger, who battled to a close finish in the under-16 class.
This was the last event in the five-race Smartwool Wasatch Citizens Series, so overall winners were determined. Points are awarded based on placing in each race, and the top four finishes are added up to generate point totals for each skier. Many class winners weren't determined until after Saturday's results were tallied.
Parkites who sealed their victories in the last race were Roxanne Toly, Lynn Ware-Peak, Andrea Putt, Brenna Egan, Sydney Palmer-Leger and Noah Putt. Others had sufficient points that they could have slept in on Saturday and still come out ahead for the year. Nancy Fichter and Tom Noaker, for example, each won the first four races and therefore already had maximum points. Other local skiers who were far enough ahead for a certain first place in their age groups were Deborah Wagner, Marit Glenne, and the Fassio family Savanna, John, and Lucas.
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Meet the Women's Soccer Incoming Class: Hannah Winner
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Hannah Winner • Goalkeeper
Springfield, Va. • West Springfield
Winner is ranked as a four-star recruit by TopDrawerSoccer, including the No. 14 goalkeeper in the nation and the No. 11 player in the Mid-Atlantic Region. She has played club soccer for FC Virginia.
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Two 15-year-old boys who were busted selling adult DVDs to their peers at St. Xavier High School were convicted of disseminating material harmful to juveniles and sentenced to pick up trash for five Saturdays.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that the boys had sold 18 adult DVDs for $10 each at their high school in February. They were caught when one of the teenagers dropped a DVD he was hiding inside his shirt in front of the school's assistant principal.
The students were expelled from the Catholic school and now attend public schools in the Cincinnati area.
Both were ordered Tuesday to pick up trash for the next five Saturdays for selling 18 pornographic DVDs for $10 each at St. Xavier High School.