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With the new pump module in place and its lines connected, flight controllers on the ground will work on Tuesday evening to test the unit and then, if everything checks out, begin reintegrating it into the space station’s cooling system over the next day. |
Tuesday’s spacewalk marked Mastracchio’s eighth career EVA and Hopkins’ second. It was the 176th spacewalk devoted to the assembly and maintenance of the International Space Station and the 10th such outing in 2013. |
One more spacewalk this year is scheduled for Friday (Dec. 27) by cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy to install a pair of high-fidelity cameras and refresh several experiment packages on the exterior of the Russian segment of the station. |
Tuesday’s EVA was only the second Christmas Eve spacewalk conducted in history. Fourteen years ago, space shuttle Discovery astronauts Steve Smith and John Grunsfeld conducted an 8-hour, 8-minute excursion on Dec. 24, 1999 to upgrade and install new insulation on the Hubble Space Telescope. |
Editor's Note: This story was updated to reflect a change at 1:53 p.m. EST. The astronauts did not need to perform a "bake out" after cleaning up during the spacewalk. The story was also updated to add more details about the spacewalk. |
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy knows one way to remain popular with conservatives is to trash the Senate, even if it is led by Republicans. But the California Republican, the front-runner to be the next speaker, will have to work with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to advance mutual interests. |
The two men know each other, but they aren't particularly close. That's in part because of how quickly McCarthy has moved up the House ranks — going from majority whip to majority leader to the cusp of the speakership in a little more than a year. There's also a generational gap: McConnell is 73, McCarth... |
Several months after winning a competitive race to be ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. wants to downplay the drama. |
The New Jersey Democrat said last year's "showdown" with Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, the California Democrat with whom he shares a corridor in the Cannon House Office Building and whom he calls a friend, wasn't nearly as bruising as outsiders perceived it. "I never thought it was bitter because I don't think it ... |
Every power player in Washington, D.C., has a different metric for what makes a day a success. For one Missouri Democrat, it comes down to whether he was able to do his job without stepping on people. |
“I want to say, ‘I did nothing today to intentionally hurt anybody.’ I want to be able to say that every night,” Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II said in a recent interview. “If I live that way, people will probably like me." People do like Cleaver, a Methodist minister who attributes much of his political success over the year... |
Not every member of Congress had an A+ year. |
Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., became the first majority leader in decades to go down in a primary ; Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., only barely avoided being explicitly implicated for campaign finance fraud. |
Sometimes a consolation prize makes all the difference, Minnesota Rep. Tim Walz learned Wednesday. |
After party leaders appeared to have blocked the Minnesota Democrat from running for ranking member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, Walz — who is the highest-ranking enlisted soldier to serve in Congress — ended up getting much of what he wanted anyway. |
Wednesday was a good day for the Congressional Black Caucus: In just a matter of hours, the powerful group saw Democrats' seniority system — a tradition that has long protected minority lawmakers from being passed over for leadership positions — prevail not once, but twice. |
First, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. — the No. 3 Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee — beat the No. 5 panel Democrat, Rep. Anna G. Eshoo of California, in the race to be ranking member. |
Updated 4:57 p.m. | In a triumph for the seniority system and a blow to Nancy Pelosi's clout, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey beat Rep. Anna G. Eshoo of California in a hard-fought race for ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee. |
Eshoo had Pelosi's support and won the backing of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee Tuesday afternoon, but the full caucus early Wednesday morning voted to give the plum assignment to Pallone. |
Updated 9:28 a.m. | Rep. Tim Walz of Minnesota thought there would be a vote after Thanksgiving on the Veterans' Affairs Committee ranking member race. As it turns out, his face-off against Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida will happen on Wednesday. |
It gives Walz less time than he and his allies said they anticipated to build support around his uphill challenge of Brown, who benefits from seniority and the backing of the Congressional Black Caucus, of which she is a member. |
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who has ruffled plenty of feathers lately, reclaimed some goodwill with her caucus Monday, bypassing more established members to name Ben Ray Luján the next chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. |
It won't erase all of the negativity percolating among her flock — demoralized after Election Day and antsy over the stasis at the leadership table — but the decision to elevate the New Mexico Democrat is being called "smart" and "savvy," even by those who count themselves among Pelosi's critics. |
The Library was packed at PUBLIC Chicago for a party to celebrate award winning Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten's launch of his latest book, "Home Cooking with Jean-Georges: My Favorite Simple Recipes." |
150 fans and friends stood in line to meet and greet the Chef as well as have him sign their books. He was charming to everyone and during the Q & A with PUBLIC Chicago owner, Ian Schrager, and Executive Chef Bradford Phillips, he was asked, "What is the difference between cooking in NY versus Chicago?" Jean-Georges an... |
Take a look at the pics by Mila Samokhina to see who was there! |
Hey everyone, Mark here - sniffing up mega boogers and writing my final Friday post. This week has been the week where our humble community seemed to explode into a mega posting frenzy - somehow without even being aware of it! |
It's been awesome, and almost impossible to keep up with. Which is why I want to give the MegaTadMod and my brother in-law Ben White a shout out for hooking a numbers system to our TAY veins. |
It's been awesome having TadMod in the office - despite the fact I pulled two awesome sickies this week and worked from home. My only regret was missing out on Elly taking Tad on an epic journey through her list of site suggestions. Would have loved to be there to watch TadMod's head explode. |
I also want to give a shout out to the new guys! There seems to be a lot of newcomers to Talk Amongst Yourselves and that's awesome. I'd like to single out AnonymousPessimist who has been posting up a storm. |
This week has also been about the triumphant return of Tha Loops. You've been missed my handsome, handsome friend. Just know that each and every time I write 'lol' in reply to one of your posts, I mean it from the bottom of my heart. |
However this week's Community Kudos goes to Welbot. Thanks so much for your contributions to the site, and thanks for being an awesome dude. Your name is on the massive list of Community Kudos prizes I have to send out, so I'll try and add something extra for your efforts. |
Thanks again everyone for making my job the best job in the world. |
Chris Hastings is the creator of the image used above - you can check out his site, Dr McNinja, here. |
/me strips naked, rubs awkwardly against Marks leg in happiness and takes a whiz on the psn. |
Nice work Belwot, does this mean the secret is to pester Mark about things? Challenge Accepted! |
Welcome to the new peeps, JM2, you can lick those girls as much as you want, good work to Taddy and Mr. White, I hope your cold clears Marky-Mark, your drawings are as amazing as ever Sughly (my favourite from this week was Hugo in the rain... that was this week, right? :/), I'm not sure whether that's necessarily the ... |
Oh, oh, and welcome back Chuloop-de-loop, can't believe I almost forgot that *phew*. |
Pester? I only asked one question! |
Naw, thanks blagh! I thought the rain one slipped into obscurity acutally, so thats cool! |
My coffee is much more hipster than dawdles! |
Well done bot of wellness. Somehow I think you're going to get another one soon enough for that Brisbane meetup. |
Also, yay for TadMod and his greatest invention...page numbers! |
Happy Mother's Day to all your mothers, TAYbies! |
WOOOOOO!!! BRACE YOURSELVES! HERE COMES THE WEEKEND! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!! |
Oh, and for those of you who ARE mothers... AN EXTRA HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO YOU! |
"They say this cat Strange is a baaad mother..." |
"But I'm talkin' 'bout Strange!" |
"Then we can dig it." |
Nice to see so many new people around. TAY* is booming. |
Congrats Welbot dude. Couldn't have happened to a person. That's right you heard me! |
Well done one and all. |
thanks for featuring me & my coffee musings in a tag! |
I see what you're doing there. You tempt me! I'm onto you! |
:) Super huge thanks guys! This has turned my crapper of a week in to a real gem! I really dunno what my life would be like without all you wonderful peeps! And all this awesome art from Sughly is really getting me in the mood to start doing some more stuff myself! Perhaps in the coming weeks I should start pumping out... |
As for the Bris peeps who wanna attend the meet, don't forget to email me at dondalinger at hotmail. Once the details are finalized, I'll send my addy in reply etc. I think that will be a day to be documented! I anticipate much hilarity and competition, and good times had by all!Seriously though.. big group hug for Kot... |
When I first called in sick Seamus' reply was, "enjoy Portal 2". |
Beatboxing at 1:23am. Think my mind is a little fuzzed. Probably time for bed. |
Had so much dessert tonight. I heart dessert. Truly the best food type ever. |
These are the musings of a man up late. |
Thanks for your awesome noms. |
Oh, and winning Community Kudos gets you another prize on top of the love and respect of your peers (which I now happen to bathe in each and every night)? Was I supposed to have contacted you with some form of details at the time, Mark? |
Uh... this is last week's kudos. |
I spazzed up! Fixed now! |
Four Iranian border guards rescued by the Pakistan military from militants returned Friday to Tehran to a hero´s welcome, state television reported. |
Tehran: The four Iranian border guards rescued by the Pakistan military from militants returned Friday to Tehran to a hero´s welcome, state television reported. |
Live footage showed the soldiers dressed in suits stepping off an Antonov 74 transport aircraft and welcomed by their commander, Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour who heads the Revolutionary Guards ground forces. |
The Pakistan military said in a statement on Thursday that it had rescued the soldiers who had been held captive by a militant group in the country´s restive southwest. |
The statement said the rescue took place in Chaghi district of Balochistan province, near the Afghan border, but it did not say what date it took place. |
"I am happy that these soldiers are returning to their families at the beginning of the new (Iranian) year, but I am also saddened that the remaining soldiers are still in captivity," Pakpour told state television. |
The families of the remaining soldiers should rest assured, Pakpour added, that "we will do what is necessary to free them as well". |
The Pentagon has recently announced its decision to assign seven C-27J Spartan airlifters to the U.S. SOCOM (Special Operations Command). |
The aircraft are part of the batch of 21 tactical transport aircraft procured by the U.S. Air Force before the service took the controversial decision to store them all because they were too expensive to operate. |
Therefore, instead of lying in the desert in near active condition at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, seven aircraft will be assigned to SOCOM. |
Three SOCOM aircraft were reportedly moved to Pope Field, in North Carolina, and the remaining four (two of those are still being assembled in Turin, Italy) will be delivered by the first half of 2014. |
What about the remaining 14? |
Along with the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Coast Guard has shown interests in the C-27J. In an interesting interview with Defense News, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Papp said that the service wanted all 21 aircraft scrapped by the Air Force. However, they will get 14 or fewer (considering that the Forest Servi... |
"Ideally, out of the remaining aircraft, we'd like to get 14 because that allows us to fully outfit three air stations. Anything less than that and we would have to go back and really re-evaluate the project," Papp told Defense News. |
Dealing with the ending purchase of the CASA C-295 he explained: "We would do a new lay down of aircraft because the C-27J has a lot of the avionics and the engines that our C-130Js have. So there's a lot of logistics compatibility there that we can gain synergies from. It's a little bit more capable aircraft. It's one... |
The Coast Guard, planning to equip an Alaskan station with the Spartan, could employ the same special SAR (Search And Rescue) configuration pitched to Canada for a fixed wing solution with SAR capability. |
Although the new configuration is thus far undefined and will be tailored to the customer's requirements, it should include a Mission System (palletized solution), a SAR/MTI radar on the nose, an EO/IR turret on the nose, spotter windows and launcher in the cargo bay. |
On Nov. 18 the Italian Air Force announced its program to convert six C-27J cargo planes into MC-27J Special Operation, Gunship aircraft. |
Riverdale certainly features its fair share of deadly conspiracies, but one of the series' alumni is currently entangled in a real-life one. |
Ross Butler, who portrayed Reggie Mantle in the first season of the hit The CW series before departing due to scheduling conflicts, recently denied allegations that he was involved in a 2016 plot to kill Isaiah Silva, the ex-husband of Francis Bean Cobain. Newly-filed court documents, which were first reported on by Th... |
This legal battle began in May, when Silva filed a lawsuit against Butler, Courtney Love, her manager Sam Lutfi, and several other men. As the lawsuit alleges, Butler and the other accomplices attempted to break into Silva's house sometime in 2016, in an attempt to kill him and to steal the guitar that Kurt Cobain used... |
As Butler explains, he and Lutfi did drive to Silva's home on the night in question, because Lutfi was concerned about Silva and Cobain. |
Butler claims that when they arrived and knocked on the door, they found sheets covering the windows, and an alarm going off within the house before Silva answered the door. |
According to Butler, another man identified as "Mr. Munsey" called the police during the night, even though Silva made it clear that he knew Lutfi and Butler. The police arrived and spoke to the parties involved, and ultimately left. Butler himself then left the house, as Silva and Lufti went back inside. |
According to Spin, the next hearing on the case is scheduled for December 7th. |
What do you think about these allegations against Butler? Share your thoughts in the comments below. |
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on January 24, 2018, on page 16. |
Why did ‘Capernaum’ not win an Oscar? |
In a first for Lebanon, "The Insult" (Case No. 23), by Lebanese writer-director Ziad Doueiri, was nominated for an Academy Award in the Foreign Language Film category Tuesday afternoon. |
While Doueiri's movie has not been a contender in any of the industry events that festoon the run up to the Oscars – the Golden Globes, Producers Guild, Screen Actors Guild awards etc. – the Venice award was not the only prize "The Insult" won. |
"The Insult" will compete for the Foreign Language Oscar with four other films – Swedish director Robin Oostlund's "The Square" (Cannes' Palme D'Or winner); "On Body and Soul" (Berlinale Golden Bear winner) by Hungarian writer-director Elidiko Enidi; Russian writer-director Andrey Zvyagintsev's "Loveless" (Cannes' Jury... |
Urban Airship has raised $25 million in Series F funding. |
The company started out as a platform supporting push notifications, but has since expanded to include other marketing channels like email, SMS, mobile wallets and voice assistants. The goal is to be the platform managing messaging and unifying customer data across all these channels. |
Altogether, Urban Airship said it’s now delivered more than two trillion messages, doubling the number from a year ago. |
Recent product additions include voice notifications on Amazon Alexa (which is still in beta testing) and automated in-app messaging. The company has signed up new enterprise customers like AMC, Magazine Luiza and Royal Automobile Club. |
This funding was led by Foundry Group (which previously led the company’s Series B), with participation from True Ventures, August Capital, Intel Capital, Verizon Ventures, QuestMark Partners and Franklin Park Associates. |
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