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WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will discuss the success of the agency's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) initiative during a televised news briefing at 11:30 a.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 13.
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Through COTS, NASA's partners Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and Orbital Sciences Corp., developed new U.S. rockets and spacecraft, launched from U.S. soil, capable of transporting cargo to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station.
A successful Orbital Sciences demonstration mission to the space station was completed in October, signifying the end of COTS development. SpaceX made its first trip to the space station in May 2012 and completed its COTS partnership with NASA the same year. The agency now contracts space station cargo resupply missions with both companies.
The briefing will be held in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters at 300 E St. SW in Washington. It will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website.
The participants will be:
Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator Alan Lindenmoyer, Manager of Commercial Crew and Cargo Program, NASAGwynne Shotwell, President, SpaceX Frank Culbertson, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Orbital Sciences Advanced Programs GroupFrank Slazer, Vice President of Space Systems, Aerospace Industries AssociationPhil McAlister, Director of Commercial Spaceflight Development, NASA
Media may ask questions from participating NASA centers or by telephone. To participate by phone, reporters must contact Trent Perrotto at 202-358-1100 or trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov by 10 a.m. Wednesday.
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November 8, 2013
Image Caption: The three panel or fairings encapsulating a stand-in for Orions service module successfully detach during a test Nov. 6, 2013 at Lockheed Martins facility in Sunnyvale, Calif. Image Credit: Lockheed Martin
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NASA said its Orion multipurpose crew vehicle had a flawless test on Wednesday, taking the spacecraft one step closer to its first trip to space next year.
During the test, three massive panels protecting a test version of Orion successfully fell away from the spacecraft. This system will help to protect Orion during its trip to space.
The panels, or fairings, encase Orions service module and protect it from the heat, wind and acoustics experienced during launch. This module will contain the in-space propulsion capability for orbital transfer, altitude control and high-altitude ascent aborts when Orion begins carrying humans in 2021.
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The service module will be able to generate and store power, as well as provide thermal control, water and air for the astronauts working inside the spacecraft. The module will remain connected to the crew module until just before the capsule returns back to Earth.
Hardware separation events like this are absolutely critical to the mission and some of the more complicated things we do, Mark Geyer, Orion program manager at NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston, said in a statement. We want to know weve got the design exactly right and that it can be counted on in space before we ever launch.
The panels are designed to help support half of the weight of Orions crew module and launch abort systems during launch and ascent. They will help improve performance, save weight and maximize the size and capability of the spacecraft.
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NASA's next Mars-bound spacecraft, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN), is set to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket Monday, Nov. 18.
The two-hour launch window extends from 1:28 p.m. to 3:28 p.m. EST. Liftoff will occur from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41.
Launch commentary coverage and prelaunch media briefings, will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website.
MAVEN is the second mission under NASA's Mars Scout Program. It will take critical measurements of the Martian upper atmosphere to help scientists understand climate change over the Red Planet's history. MAVEN is the first spacecraft devoted to exploring and understanding the Martian upper atmosphere. It will orbit the planet in an elliptical orbit that allows it to pass through and sample the entire upper atmosphere on every orbit. The spacecraft will investigate how the loss of Mars' atmosphere to space determined the history of water on the surface.
NASA will host a number of pre- and post-launch activities at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, including:
Friday, Nov. 15
* 1 p.m. - Prelaunch news conference on NASA TV
* 2 p.m. - MAVEN Spanish media briefing on NASA TV
Saturday, Nov. 16
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The potentially spectacular Comet ISON streaks through the constellation Leo (The Lion) in a stunning new NASA photo taken just a month before the icy object's highly anticipated close encounter with the sun.
Comet ISON assumes a greenish tinge in the photo, which was taken with a 14-inch telescope on Oct. 25 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The comet was about 132 million miles from Earth at the time, blazing through space at nearly 88,000 mph, agency officials said.
The image also captures the motion of a manmade object, this one much closer to home. "The diagonal streak right of center was caused by the Italian SkyMed-2 satellite passing though the field of view," NASA officials wrote in a description of the photo. [See more amazing photos of Comet ISON by stargazers]
Comet ISON is slated to skim just 730,000 miles above the surface of the sun on Nov. 28. If the icy wanderer survives this flyby, it could put on a great show for skywatchers through the first half of December, experts say.Spotting the comet right now, however, requires a bit of work.
"At magnitude 8.5, the comet is still too faint for the unaided eye or small binoculars, but it's an easy target in a small telescope," NASA officials wrote.
Nobody knows exactly how ISON will behave during its close solar approach later this month. It's tough to predict the behavior of any comet, especially a "dynamically new" one like ISON that's making its first trip to the inner solar system from the distant, frigid Oort Cloud.
Comet ISON was discovered in September 2012 by two Russian amateur astronomers. Scientists have thus had more than a year to prepare for the comet's solar flyby, and they've mobilized a variety of instruments on the ground and in space to track ISON's progress.
Researchers hope to learn a great deal about the comet's composition by noting which gases boil off ISON as it gets closer and closer to the sun. This information, in turn, could yield insights about the early days of the solar system, which came together nearly 4.6 billion years ago.
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On the Puthur junction leading on to Pattabhiraman Road in Tiruchi stands a gilded statue, impervious to the chaotic traffic below. The likeness is that of Dr. Ayyathurai Mathuram, one of the citys notable medical practitioners, and was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister of Madras, K.Kamaraj, in 1956.
Behind the statue stretches out a compound of residences and commercial buildings, broadly known by the name of the first structure there Guru Medical Hall. And with it, the story of the Mathuram family that is woven into the citys reputation as a regional healthcare hub, with generations of the clan practising both allopathic and Ayurvedic medicine here until today.
Walking us through the rich legacy is Dr. Bapu Isaac Mathuram, one of Dr. Ayyathurais grandsons, who stays in what is known as the Centenary Building, built in 1977 to mark the 100th birth anniversary of Dr. A.Mathuram.
A professor of biochemistry at the CSI College of Dental Sciences and Research, Madurai, Dr Bapu also finds himself to be a keeper of memories, particularly those related to his illustrious ancestors.
His residence is also unique for another reason its two upper floors serve as the manufacturing unit of the popular Ayurvedic preparations patented by Dr. A. Mathuram Guru Thailam (ointment) and Guru Pal Podi (toothpowder).
Family of physicians
As we sit listening to Dr. Bapu recounting the chronology of the Mathuram physicians down the ages in a room lined with a mix of antique and modern furniture and knick-knacks, the broad outlines of a different era begin to take shape.
My great-grandfather Dr. Samuel Mathuram is the one who decreed Mathuram (honey/nectar in Sanskrit) should be the family name, though we dont know exactly why. He was a Christian missionary doctor who served in many places throughout southern India for 46 years, says Dr. Bapu.
Dr. Samuel was also the recipient of the formulae of his grandfather Nallamuthu Visuvasams natural remedies. Visuvasam was a well-respected physician from Tirunelveli who had formulated his medicines based on his interactions with Hindu ascetics in the early 19th century.
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UNLV might not have a new, independent medical school until 2025.
Although the presidents at UNLV and UNR inked an agreement to create a separately accredited medical school at UNLV that would mint new medical doctors, they're hamstrung by a past decision of the university system's Board of Regents.
In 2005, the board restricted UNR and UNLV to "a single School of Medicine, School of Law, and School of Dentistry for a period of twenty years."
Right now, UNR operates the University of Nevada School of Medicine. So a UNLV School of Medicine couldn't exist until 2025 under the current rule.
The presidents of UNR and UNLV said earlier this week that they would work together to develop a "date certain for the final stage of separately accredited school of medicine," but the regents' rule appears to have already made that decision for the presidents.
So Regent James Dean Leavitt said he's trying to repeal the rule.
"How can we now be talking about a UNLV medical school when we have that policy on the books?" he said. "It makes sense that it's now time to remove that policy. It's time to remove that prohibition."
Leavitt is the regent who leads a health sciences committee on the board. He was also on the board in 2005 and voted to put the 20-year prohibition in place then.
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After 12 years as dean of the medical school at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Betty Drees says she will step down in 2014.
My plans are to work on patient safety and health policy programs, as well as teaching and community service, Drees wrote in a memo to faculty and staff. She could not be reached for comment.
Drees said in the letter that she plans to stay in the leadership role through the search for a new dean.
Her announcement put the UMKC medical school in the news for the third time in a week. On Tuesday, the university was one of the losers in the Jackson County election for a half-cent sales tax for medical research that would have raised $800 million over 20 years. And on Sunday, E. Grey Dimond, who founded UMKCs six-year medical school, died at age 94.
Drees said she leaves the position with tremendous pride in all that we have accomplished together since I first took on this role in 2001. She cited the schools graduation of more than 1,000 new physicians, increased research funding, and improved student success and retention.
During her tenure, the school has gone through facility upgrades, has launched departments in areas such as neurology, bioinformatics and medical humanities/social sciences, and has created programs such as anesthesiologist assistant and physician assistant programs.
Carole McArthur, who teaches at the School of Dentistry and in the School of Medicines department of pathology, said she wasnt surprised to hear of Drees decision.
Betty has been in this position for a long time, McArthur said, adding that the position is a tough job, especially in these economic times. Maybe she is just tired and wants to do something for herself.
McArthur said there have been some ripples in the pond during Drees tenure. Specifically, she mentioned a 2007 sexual harassment scandal involving two UMKC psychology department professors.
But Betty has done a pretty darn good job. Her stepping down is going to leave a big gap. Shell be missed.
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School of Medicine Dean Lloyd Minor speaking to the Faculty Senate.
In his first presentation to Stanford's Faculty Senate, Dr. Lloyd B. Minor, dean of the School of Medicine, said the goal of the Campaign for Stanford Medicine is to "lead the biomedical revolution" by promoting fundamental, clinical and translational discovery, by transforming patient care and by training future leaders.
"We are the epicenter of innovation," Minor said in a Thursday presentation. Minor became dean of the Medical School in December 2012.
"We are drawn to the difficult problems, not the problems that can be solved with incremental solutions or approaches, but the problems that no one else tackles. The problems that, at first, we don't even know how to conceptualize and approach to solve them. And we develop the platforms and the paradigms that change the future."
As an example, Minor cited the work of Stanford Professor Karl Deisseroth, a professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, who led the multidisciplinary team that combined neuroscience and chemical engineering and developed a process that renders a mouse brain transparent.
Under the Campaign for Stanford Medicine, which President John Hennessy launched last May, Stanford is building a new hospital on the Palo Alto site.
During his 15-minute presentation using many facts and figures, Minor provided an overview of the Stanford School of Medicine.
Currently, the Medical School has 411 students studying to become doctors, 937 residents and clinical fellows being trained in Stanford hospitals by faculty, 713 PhD candidates and 1,277 postdoctoral research scholars.
Emphasizing the excellence of the school's faculty, Minor noted that its ranks include six living Nobel Laureates.
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The Columbus Dispatch Friday November 8, 2013 5:05 PM
The Libertarian Party of Ohio has filed a federal lawsuit this afternoon arguing that the law signed by Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday setting requirements for minor party recognition is unconstitutional.
Mark Brown, the lead attorney for the lawsuit, said the timing of the laws enactment it takes effect Feb. 5, the day of the 2014 candidate filing deadline and the law blocking minor parties from holding a primary election next year will be the key arguments.
The lawsuits timing argument cites federal 1st and 14th Amendment violations, Brown said, It also makes a state constitutional argument under Article 5, Section 7, which says that all nominations for elective state, district, county and municipal offices shall be made at direct primary elections or by petition as provided by law.
Minor party candidates have already started collecting signatures for various races under current law, which essentially leaves it up to the secretary of state to determine which minor parties are recognized. The federal courts struck down Ohios prior minor party recognition law in 2006.
Basically what Ohio has done is retroactively taken ballot access away from the (Libertarian Party) and its candidates, Brown said. You can pass valid retroactive legislation, but you have to be careful about it, and especially in the First Amendment or the voting context, its strongly frowned upon by the federal courts.
While the courts may decide that the law can be applied in the future, Brown said, he hopes they will find it cannot apply next year, after so many candidates already have been gathering signatures under current law.
The lawsuit is not expected to challenge the actual signature or vote thresholds set in the law. Whether those should apply after the 2014 election is a separate issue, Brown said.
Under the law, minor parties next year would have to collect about 28,000 signatures 0.5 percent of the votes cast in the last presidential election to form and be recognized on the ballot. At least 500 of those signatures must come from each of 8 congressional districts.
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In the wake of a tough conservative defeat in Virginias gubernatorial election, conservative radio host Derek Hunter took to his Town Hall column to decry libertarianism for essentially not playing enough ball with his beloved GOP.
Theres lots of junk within Hunters column, so bear with me through a hefty fisking. Lets start with the opening paragraph:
There was a time I called myself a Libertarian. And there was a time I was a Libertarian. I just wanted to get government to leave me alone, to leave people alone and to go all crazy and limit itself to doing only that which is spelled out clearly in the Constitution. That was what a Libertarian was. But its not anymore.
So you once registered for a political party? Good for you! Just as a pro-tip: If you want to sound authoritative about the libertarian movement, you might not want to use a big-L Libertarian. Thats a political party with which many if not most libertarians do not associate. By and large, libertarians reject partisan political gamesmanship in favor of the grander Battle of Ideas.
So, right off the bat, you can tell Hunter has a certain level of cluelessness about his subject. And then theres this doozy of a paragraph:
By not even loosely defining the parameters of a set of beliefs, Libertarians allowed their brand as it was to be hijacked by anyone willing to wear the label. They went from the movement for individual responsibility, small government and free markets to a gaggle of misfits who want pot and prostitution legalized and a total non-interventionist foreign policy.
So according to Derek Hunter, Expert in All Things Libertarian, people who believe in individual freedom and are skeptical of the ever-expanding warfare state have hijacked a movement that already deeply included those beliefs.
Honestly, what does being a Libertarian mean beyond legalizing drugs, banging hookers and sitting by while the rest of the world blows itself up?
It should be quite clear by now that Hunter is just mad that libertarians arent conservatives. By picking the issues on which libertarians and conservatives most vehemently disagree, he conveniently broadsides the whole movement as being solely about the hookers and drugs. In other words: why cant you libertarians just invade more countries and lock up more people for victimless crimes?
He then goes on to attack the central figure in modern libertarian thought: Reason magazine.
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