| Station Crew Preps for Space Shuttle Docking | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 11:06:15 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Expedition 14 crew members continue to work this week on scientific experiments, station maintenance and activities related to the anticipated arrival of Space Shuttle Discovery in December. Over the weekend, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria concluded Expedition 14's first week-long session with EarthKAM (Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students) by shutting down, disassembling and stowing the hardware. Nearly 6,600 students from around the globe participated in this most recent session with EarthKAM, a payload which allows students to submit requests and download images from an electronic still camera mounted in a window of the space station. Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin revisited the Elektron oxygen-generating system on Monday to perform routine maintenance.... | |
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| | | New look for Northcote Bus Station | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 7:01:02 AM by Blog57 Team | | A new and improved Northcote Bus Station will be officially opened this Saturday at 11am as part of the Northcote Fiesta. The new bus station layout provides for four bus stops, two new bus shelters and landscaping. A new pedestrian crossing between the car park and bus stops and the shops on the southern side of Pearn Cres will improve pedestrian safety along with new security cameras to be installed as part of the upgrade. The improvements incorporate Northcote urban design aspects including a unique floral motif on the bus shelter. The bus station is part of a comprehensive passenger transport system planned for North Shore City with upgrades planned for other suburban stations around the city. In addition to the upgrades, more transit lanes will be put in place allowing buses to move easily through traffic as well as to and from the Northern Busway.... | |
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| | | NASA TV Airs Arrival of Next Space Station Cargo Ship | | Posted Saturday, October 21, 2006 6:56:48 AM by Blog57 Team | | The residents of the International Space Station will receive a new shipment of food, fuel and supplies Thursday, Oct. 26, and NASA TV will broadcast its arrival live. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Monday, Oct. 23, the ISS Progress 23 spacecraft will dock to the station at 10:28 a.m. EDT Oct. 26. NASA TV will not cover the launch of the cargo ship, but live coverage of the docking begins at 10 a.m. EDT. The Progress will bring more than two tons of supplies to the crew. Aboard the station are Expedition 14 Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineers Mikhail Tyurin and Thomas Reiter. Lopez-Alegria and Tyurin are in the second month of a one half-year stay in space. Reiter has been aboard the station since July. He is scheduled to return to Earth aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in December.... | |
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| | | Boys and Girls Club benefits from open house | | Posted Monday, October 16, 2006 12:58:51 PM by Blog57 Team | | Derek Conley realizes that there is something truly special about what he does with the Boys and Girls Clubs after school programming. Without people like him, there might not be anybody making sure Massillons children safe after school. A lot of kids dont have parents who can be home (after school), Conley said, and a lot of them dont have big brothers or sisters to watch them. Without someone watching them, children are more likely to use drugs and alcohol and engage in sexual activity, according to a study done by the YMCA of the USA in 2001. In Massillon, there are several organizations making sure that parents have options when it comes to finding a safe place for their children to go after school. According to Boys and Girls Club education director Andrea Jialanella, an entire network of resources are available to parents through the Boys and Girls Club, the YMCA, the Massillon Recreation Center and the local school districts.... | |
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| | | Third all-sports radio station coming in January | | Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:55:47 PM by Blog57 Team | | KFNC (97.5 FM) will become ESPN Radio's Houston affiliate in January, giving the city three all-sports radio stations, the general manager of the Cumulus Media-owned station said Tuesday. Pat Fant, the longtime Houston radio executive who is Cumulus' Houston market manager, said the station will mix ESPN Radio programming with one or more local shows and, if the opportunity presents itself, local sports play-by-play. .... | |
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| | | T.O. won't say if he'll play vs. Titans | | Posted Monday, October 02, 2006 2:57:49 AM by Blog57 Team | | IRVING, Texas (AP) ? Terrell Owens sat at his locker Friday flexing his swollen right hand, smiling and saying little. After practicing for the second straight day, the Dallas Cowboys receiver seemed in good spirits and on track to play Sunday. But Owens, who will travel to Tennessee, refused to say then if he would play against the Titans and reminded the media surrounding him that he talks on Wednesdays. But Friday evening Owens said on his radio show that he told coach Bill Parcells that he will be ready to play. "If he gives me the nod that I can play, then you best believe I will be ready, no matter what," Owens said. "They can slap the hand; they can do whatever they want to the hand. I will be ready." Parcells said Owens has done everything he's been asked to do in practice this week.... | |
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| | | Soyuz docks with station | | Posted Friday, September 22, 2006 2:57:40 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft docked with the international space station early today, bringing a new commander and flight engineer to the outpost along with space tourist Anousheh Ansari. With smiles, hugs and handshakes, flight engineer Jeff Williams, Thomas Reiter and Expedition 13 commander Pavel Vinogradov welcomed Ansari, Expedition 14 commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin aboard the station to the congratulations of friends and family members gathered at the Russian flight control center near Moscow. "Michael, Misha and Anousheh, congratulations on a beautiful launch and a successful docking," Ansari's husband, Hamid, radioed in accented English. "Anousheh, you made the whole world (look) at you." "Thank you, I wouldn't be here without you," replied Anousheh, wearing a bright yellow shirt with a black Ansari X-Prize baseball cap.... | |
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| | | Aris: no hard feelings over firing | | Posted Friday, September 08, 2006 9:02:21 AM by Blog57 Team | | GRAND RAPIDS - Aris Hampers, whose 35-year radio career may have effectively ended when he was fired by 101.3 The Fox on Wednesday, wants one thing perfectly clear: he has no ill feelings toward anyone about anything. "Clear Channel really treated me well," he told woodtv.com. "They're great people and I've got great friends over there." He knew the end was near when he got an e-mail from program director Jack Lawson. "It said we needed to have a meeting. I didn't think they were going to talk about a pay cut." Turned out it was a 100% pay cut, a decision Aris believes was based solely on the economics of the radio industry. Though no one told him directly it was a bottom-line issue, "I know that's it." The most recent ratings for The Fox were not good, but "I really think the station has more listeners than the ratings show." He said the methodology for tracking radio listeners is "archaic," and that impacted the way the station was marketed.... | |
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| | | Benjamin Russell 34, Smiths Station 10 | | Posted Sunday, September 03, 2006 11:02:23 AM by Blog57 Team | | ALEXANDER CITY - Benjamin Russell junior Casey Cutts marked his debut as the Wildcats' starting quarterback by rushing for two touchdowns and passing for two more to lead the Wildcats to a 34-10 victory over Smiths Station. Cutts finished the night completing 6 of 11 passes for 100 yards and two touchdowns. He also chipped in 43 yards rushing with his first two rushing attempts good for touchdown runs of 12 and 16 yards. While the spotlight shined on Cutts, he was the first to deflect it to give all the credit to his teammates and coaches. "The offensive line did a good job all night, and the defense did great, too," Cutts said. And Cutts was quick to point to some mistakes. "We had a few broken plays, too, that we need to work on," he said. The Wildcats, the No. 4 team in Class 5A, put the game away early, dominating the first half.... | |
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| | | By any name, WESA showed staying power | | Posted Sunday, August 27, 2006 8:55:23 AM by Blog57 Team | | A tradition of information, entertainment and community service existed for more than a half-century at radio station WESA in Charleroi. The station went on the air Nov. 12, 1947, thanks to the insight of a group of Charleroi businessmen known as the Monongahela Valley Broadcasting Corp. The MVBC board of directors at that time was made up of Dr. A.S. Sickman, president; Thomas Labin, vice president; Russell B. Stahlman, secretary; L.S. Clarke, treasurer; and Earl Eisenhower, Milton Hammond, Dr. F.N. Parent, Alvin Porter and David P. Zelenski. Construction on the station began earlier in the year on a site along the banks of the Monongahela River behind what is now known as Chamber Plaza. The building is still located on the same site today. .... | |
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