Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 23, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba World Lnu Phi m the Mir facts key statistics about russian Mir space Structure Mir has a Core module and five other components weighing about 129 tonnes in with a cargo ship and an escape capsule it weighs up to 140 the mod Ules Are arranged in a shaped 26 metres by 29 metres by 20 average Speed Kwh in average orbit 400 Kilometres above the Earth number of orbits As of Crews since launch Mir has had 104 people including 42 russian seven Nasa Astro nauts and others from Germany and other glitches More than including near fatal collision with cargo ship in june 1997 and inboard fire earlier that year worlds longest space Mission cosmonaut Valery 438 Days in spacewalks cosmonauts and astronauts conducted 78 lasting 352 hours in final hours Progress cargo ship engines fire last time for 23 minutes to Send the station into the South Pacific Between Australia and Chile in a target zone centred roughly around 44 degrees South latitude and 150 degrees West debris some fragments of 18 kilograms or More Are expected to fall Over the which is about 190 Kilometres wide by Kilometres the Mir highlights highlights of about scientific experiments conducted on Mir technology near weightlessness allowed production of Semi super Light Fibre optics and medi Cines of higher Quality than those made on production was not on an Industrial scale because of High costs of ferrying materials to and from Medicine cosmonauts set longevity with longest Mission by Valery who spent 438 Days on Mir in developed measures to counter effects of Lon term space doctors say experience would permit manned flights to other astronomy Lon term studies helped explain suns influence on earths climate and radiation Earth Survey observations located Forest fires and fishing grounds and collected data for predicting biology Mir Crews grew tritons and quails and studied their behaviour in and also grew wheat and other space repairs Crews conducted 78 lasting total of 352 developing new approaches for repairs in military russian Media reports said Crews worked with some military but officials have provided no exotic attempted in 1999 to illuminate Earth using Sun reflecting Mirror that was supposed to reflect beam of sunlight across Experiment failed because mirrors unfolding mechanism ground controllers carefully Monitor Mirs fiery plunge yesterday at Mission control in on the outskirts of Mir continued from Page b1 today we Are working with out emotion and doing our on its last the aging space station soaked up the suns Energy to Power its fickle batteries and stabilize its its target area was 200 kilo metres wide by Kilometres Long and centred roughly at 44 degrees South latitude and 150 degrees West most of the 130tonne Craft would Burn up during reentry tempera Tures were expected to reach about degrees but the remaining the equivalent of 20 Volkswagen Bee were expected to reach the earths scattered Over a Long some fragments of 18 kilograms or More were expected to fall Over the space officials said debris would be travelling so fast it could smash through a Block of Concrete two metres Vsevolod a spokesman at Mission said Russia would make no Maxim Marmur associated press Effort to recover the what for he asked quiz i space officials voiced Confidence they could carry out a Safe pointing to their experience in dumping dozens of Progress ships and other spacecraft into the same area of the but Mir was by far the heaviest spacecraft Ever dumped and its size and shape made it difficult to exactly predict the re a Fleet of fishing boats in the zone insisted on staying put because the tuna were said Wayne general manager of the Western fish boat owners thirty five space buffs and scientists were in the South Pacific to Chase the plunging station participants were optimistic they would catch sight of Mir in a 200 second window of and Taco Bell set up a 10 metreby10metre Vinyl target emblazoned with the Compa nys logo and the words free Taco Here Kilometres off in the extremely unlikely event Mir hit the the company promised free tacos to the entire Popula Tion of 281 but to Mirs demise was no Mir came to symbolize the soviet unions fading technological it was launched in 1986 just five weeks before deposed soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev embarked upon his destruction of the soviet Union and just two months before the chernobyl atomic reactor exploded in the worlds worst nuclear the orbiter had circled the Earth times As of yester space officials named after the russian word that Means both peace and Mir housed 104 astronauts in its on the net russian space Agency site a multimedia coverage of the Mirs descent associated press the free press were there for you e4butnt Bun Tan studios your vacation station qx104 your vacation the Winnipeg free press and fab Tan want to Send you to Phoenix to see Alan april listen for the sound of the Jet for your Chance to be the 4th caller 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his 12yearold daughter Tracy with the exhaust fumes from his pickup Tracy suffered from a severe form of Cere bral palsy and Latimer maintains he did it to Stop her suf Latimer was sentenced to life and must serve at least 10 under the departments recently announced hard time pol he will Likely not be Able to serve his time in minimum Security until at least two years have gone Krause latimers supporters across the country have criticized the department Over the saying it is being applied too broadly in his last people held vigils in several cities across Canada to show they want Latimer out of in recent More than 100 canadians have come for Ward to say they Are prepared to each serve one month of latimers prison last about 25 United Church congregations in Saskatchewan unanimously adopted a Resolution stating Ottawa should immediately and substantially reduce the sentence handed to the Wilki Earea Saskatoon Sta Phoenix message from the honourable Ronald Duhamel commemorating la Journee internationale de la francophone Here in Canada and All Over the millions of talented women and men have embraced the French language and the Richness and diversity of French on March took the Opportunity of la Journee inter National de la francophone to invite All canadians to celebrate the focus of the in games of la which will take place in the National capital Region Ottawa and Hull from july 14 to let us provide Young people with opportunities to demonstrate their their their Energy and their let us give them die tools they need to Shine at Home and to Benefit the Well being and the evolution of Ronald Duhamel minister of veterans affairs and Secretary of state Western economic diversification Franco Honie around the world animals to die Ireland Agri cultural officials in White coveralls prepared yesterday to kill and Burn an estimated animals As the Republic of Ireland confirmed its first cases of Footman Mouth for three Ireland million citizens had restricted their travel and other activities in Hopes of preventing the livestock disease from reaching Irish rooms devoid of treasures Afghanistan three weeks after decreeing that All statues in Afghanistan be the coun try ruling Taliban movement briefly opened the National museum for Jour revealing a near empty labyrinth of rooms virtually devoid of the which has been shut for most of the past six once housed a priceless collection of Arti from palaeolithic pottery shards to greek coins to Buddhist yesterday there was Little inside the Graffiti crawled Struc Ture except a giant inscribed Marble a hastily arranged display of about 50 and endless shelves of Ceramic fragments labelled in French in a Dank Annan seeks second term United nations after months of in Secretary general Kofi Annan announced yesterday that he will seek a second five year term at the Helm of the world vehicle was tracked two Young men allegedly sent to Rob and kill an Apple Baron were supposed to steal the mans italian sports but they went for the big sports Utility vehicle instead one equipped with a dashboard navigation the instar system in the Csc Yukon uses a global positioning Satel Lite system to keep track of where the car and that helped Yakima county sheriffs detectives find the vehicle and make three bar changes its name Seoul the owner of a nazi themed bar said yesterday that he replaced Hitler in its name with Ditler after a protest from the Simon Wiesenthal a nazi Flag and napkins and match boxes bearing swastikas also will be said Hong owner of the bar previously called Hitler techno bar and cocktail i sincerely regret offending the jewish i had no intention to do Hong different stories emerge Macedonia Macedonia government claimed yesterday that its troops seized Large quantities of weapons and arrested scores of ethnic albanian rebels who were fleeing with out a but the scene behind insurgent lines told a different Story one of manned rebel sniper grenade attacks on police and scattered clashes in the compiled from the news services the City of Winnipeg Community services department Public notice insecticide use program for 2001 notice is hereby Given thai the insect control Branch of the City of Winnipeg Community services department intends to conduct the following insect control programs during 2001 As depending on to control larval mosquitoes in stagnant within and up to 24 Kins beyond the City Boundary on both Public and private property using the biological insecticide vec Tobac Bacillus Denilin we and Durban to control adult mosquitoes along streets and and in City Golf courses and within the City boundaries using malathion for Ultra Low volume applications and Chlop Trifos Lor residual to control cake Iwonna on Cit owned Trees using the biological insecticide thur Icide Bacillus Thurin Gensis and to control Elm bark the carriers of dutch Elm by spraying Chlop Trifos onto the lower 25 cams of Elm Trees on both Public and private to control other miscellaneous insect using prop oxur and the projected dates of application will be from april 16 to november the duration of each program will vary within this depending upon weather conditions and pest population All pesticides used and procedures applied will be in accordance with federally approved Label recommendations and the recommendations set by the Manitoba department of the Public May Send written submissions within 15 Days of the publication of this notice o Manitoba 123 main suite r3c any individuals opposed to the use of insecticides on or adjacent to their principal residence during the programs for the control of larval adult Elm bark or miscellaneous May Register their opposition in writing to the insect control 3 Grey r2l 1v2 specifying which program is this written notice then exempts the registrants Home from the control program in order for the exemption to be adequately written notice must be received at least three working Days prior to the Start of the control program please note that the size of the Spray Buffer will vary according to the Type of Spray equipment used and that registration must be renewed each notice issued by Ursula Striman director of Community services ;