| Cosmic chic 2010
The scramble to be the first to put ordinary tourists in space is on. While private space pioneers paid $20-million for the privilege of spending a week at the International Space Station, those who have a mere $200 000 to spare can set their sights on an hour or so in sub-orbital space as soon as next year. But what to wear for the occasion when you walk up, or down, the gantry and have the eyes -- and perhaps cameras -- of the world upon you? Orbital Outfitters has the answer: the IS3C, the first commercially available sub-orbital space suit. The suit was designed by Chris Gilman, a Hollywood special effects guru who has designed spacesuits for movies such as Space Cowboys and Deep Impact. Gilman is backed by a team of aeronautical engineers and space-medicine experts. Orbital Outfitters (OO) is one of a slew of small companies in the “New Space" movement, often staffed by ex-Nasa scientists determined to see many people in space in the next decade.
Kelsey Duoss named to D3hoops.com all-decade team
The hallmark of UW-Stout basketball has been a relentless, pressing style with waves of perimeter scorers pushing their opponents up and down the floor.In 2006, Duoss added a different dimension to the attack.According to D3hoops.com, "What's changed, just a little bit, is the style of offense, thanks in no small part to Kelsey Duoss. The 6-2 junior averages 19.0 points per game, more than five points per game higher than any Blue Devil since before 1998-99."At her height, Duoss could play effectively in transition and on the block. Speaking of blocks, she had lots of them n 258 to set the WIAC record. Duoss' playing days aren't over yet. This summer she played in the Australian Women's National Basketball League.D3hoops.com all-decade teamFirst teamG, Megan Silva, Randolph-Macon 2006; G, Taryn Mellody, Scranton 2007; F, Allison Coleman, Eastern Connecticut 2004; F, Tasha Rodgers, Washington U.
Industrial-space vacancy rises Valley records 6.2 percent rate in ...
Johnstone Supply workers from left, Corrine Conti, Antonio Moore, Mel Hathaway and Susan Sanders fill an order Tuesday. Johnstone, a distributor of heating and cooling equipment, took 130,000 square feet of industrial space at Cheyenne Industrial Center in North Las Vegas.
Photo by Marlene Karas/Review Journal.
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Miley Cyrus: 'I'm lonely'
The 15-year-old Hannah Montana star claims she is lonely, because father Billy Ray and mother Tish have banned her from spending time with many of her friends. She says, "Some people think you have more privileges than other teenagers because of what you do. And that's not it at all. It's actually the opposite." "They're protective for sure. My mom is more strict than my dad." "You want to keep your closed circle of friends. And sometimes my mom is saying, 'I have a bad vibe about this person. She needs to hang out with you when I'm around just to keep you safe.' "I need more friends. Its kind of like my quest right now just to have more true friends." Copyright World Entertainment News Network .
Xbox is crack for kids
Others set egg-timers or print out ration coupons entitling the bearer to 30 minutes of Club Penguin, the virtual world. Like Madonna, some ban telly but permit movies. Not her own I hope. I don't have the resolve for all this. Just every so often, when I'm sick of their sallow, supine bodies and the way the smaller one clutches the backless remote controls like holy amulets - even taking them with him to the loo in case his brother seizes power - I switch off their favoured doom-porn, Air Crash Investigation or Anatomy of a Grizzly Attack, and try to boot them outside. Only to see them graze idly at the computer instead. It is no small challenge being the in-house Ofcom, diligently monitoring screen minutes: adding a half hour of MSN to Doctor Who and 20 minutes on SuperMario Galaxy.
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