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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 26, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday August 26, 2006 a14 Canadian Steve Maclean around Mission to Power the space station the world the space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch aug. 27 to resupply the International space station. The shuttle will also deliver a new segment with solar arrays to convert sunlight to electricity. Typhoon resettlement astronaut Shanghai China ? communities in Southeastern China Are straining to Atlantis pumped up resettle More than 15 million people left p3/p4 integrated shuttle Arm homeless by four devastating typhoons truss segment in the past few months the official Xin 15,700 kilograms Hua news Agency reported yesterday. P3 attaches the storms caused direct damage to the space costing $3.6 billion us Xinhua said p4 holds folded station citing provincial officials in fijian the solar cells ready to go province worst. Olmert Way Down in polls capable of providing enough Power team prepares for shuttle launch by Beth Gorham c ape canaveral Fla. ? Cana Dian astronaut Steve Maclean was psyched yesterday As the Atlantis team made final preparations for a weekend shuttle launch heading to the International space station. He a very proud and very Happy pumped up and ready to go Benoit Marcotte director of the Canadian space Agency a station program told a news conference. The six astronauts counted Down to a sunday liftoff As pelting Rains ushered storms into the coastal Florida area and lightning struck the launch pad. Right now we Don to see it As an Issue said launch director Mike Leinbach. We see no problems with the the storm said . Air Force Lieut. Kaleb Nordgren will Likely move off before the scheduled 3 30 . Cd launch. He estimated a 40-per-cent Chance weather would Nix Nasa a plans with a 20 per cent Chance monday. Nasa wont launch if there Are storms within 37 Kilometres of the shuttle land ing runway in Case astronauts need to make an emergency Landing. Four attempts the Agency is prepared to make four attempts Over five Days said Leinbach. Maclean 51, who was born in Ottawa has been training for this mis Sion ? his second ? for More than four years including countless hours of training underwater and on virtual simulators. The highlight is his walk in space on Day 5 of the Mission. It will be the 19th shuttle visit to the half finished research station the first since the Columbia disintegrated on re entry in february 2003, halting the project. The last two Nasa shuttle flights have been dedicated to fixing the problem of foam insulation debris that damaged Columbia. Nasa has done an excellent Job of recovering from that particular Accident and now their shuttle is safer than its Ever been Marcotte said in an inter View. Absolutely vital the installation Mission is absolutely vital he said. And while Chris Hadfield the first Canadian to walk in space in 2001, said there a no guarantee there wont be some problems with foam he also cites Maclean a flight As much less risky than past ventures. This is a far far safer flight than Steve Rode on last time in 1992 had Field said in a Telephone interview from a cosmonaut training Centre near Moscow before flying to Florida to attend the launch. And All the training Means Maclean is prepared for whatever happens. This is not just raw bravery said Hadfield. You re not throwing yourself in front of a machine gun. This is an extremely Long time calculated risk that Steve is taking in order to accomplish something he thinks is vitally Maclean who now lives in Houston Texas with his wife Nadine and their three teenagers will be munching on foods like dried peas and peaches Vanilla pudding Chicken fajitas and lasagna during the 12-Day Mission. ? Canadian press for 30 Homes International space station while docked the shuttle Arm will pass the truss segment to the space station Arm thirty average Homes shuttle the station Arm 70 metres solar Alpha rotary joint rotates to position solar Docking system cells in the Best position note drawings Are schematic rotary joint solar arrays expand accordion like to Over without air conditioning 2 kilowatts of Power positions the segment source Nasa Nasa / associated press attract attention. Steve Maclean adjusts helmet As he and Crew members prepare apparatus. ? from the news services Jerusalem ? prime minister Ehud Olmert a popularity has plunged sharply after Israel a War in Lebanon and he would Likely be crushed by the right Wing opposition if elections were held now according to a poll published yesterday. The next vote is not scheduled until 2010. However Olmert a government could be forced out earlier amid grow ing Public anger Over his performance during the War which ended Inco Clu sively with 120 israeli soldiers and 39 israeli civilians killed. At least 854 peo ple mostly civilians were killed in Lebanon. Huge tree planting drive Manila Philippines ? president Glo Ria Macapagal Arroyo took part yester Day in a massive tree planting a Campaign aimed at improving air qual Ity in the Philippines while breaking a world record. The Green philippine highways project initially aimed to simultaneously Plant 500,000 Trees on 3,439 Kilometres of roads across the sprawling archipelago but environment under Secretary Francisco Bravo said the Fig ure May have been higher. Eatery drops Hitler name Mumbai India ? a restaurant named after Adolf Hitler that enraged Mumbai a jewish Community will soon have a new Moniker its owner promised this week. Puneet Sablock said he would remove hitlers name and the nazi Swastika from billboards and the hitlers Cross menu since it had angered so Many people. He had previously said the name and symbols were Only meant to new Orleans still vulnerable to another disaster Carolyn Kaster / associated press archives repaired breach in new Orleans levee is seen from inside wrecked Home. By Paul Nussbaum Philadelphia ? despite significant improvements to levees and flood Walls in new Orleans if katrina hit again the City would not be fully protected. And the Lack of a single Agency to oversee Hurricane Protection leaves new Orleans especially vulnerable to disaster the next time a major Hurricane strikes. Nobody a in charge said Robert g. Traver an associate professor of civil engineering at Villanova University and one of 14 members of the american society of civil engineers external review panel monitoring the work in new Orleans. There needs to be a single Agency or official in charge of levees and pump stations and evacuations ? the army corps of engineers with $5.7 billion in Federal funds has rebuilt raised and strengthened most of the existing system of levees flood Walls and floodgates. About 350 Kilometres of the Snow contractors Large Snow Clearing and removal company has commercial contracts available in various parts of the City. Must have liability insurance and be registered with workers compensation Board. All applicants will be kept confidential. Call 791-7189 563 Kilometres of levees in new Orleans have been restored to pre katrina strength or better. The three vulnerable canals Over whelmed by Lake Pontchartrain a storm surge have been upgraded and isolated. Such improvements Are designed to reduce but not eliminate death and destruction in a katrina like storm. If the levees and pumps had not failed during the storm when they were Over topped by the surge of water about 800 lives would have been saved according to analyses by a corps commissioned task Force. As it was about 1,400 people died. By 2010, the corps says it will have improved the storm and flood Protection system that surrounds new Orleans to protect the City against a 100-year storm. Floods Are measured by their predicted frequency a 100-year storm is one so severe that it is estimated to have a one per cent Chance of occurring in any Given year. In new Orleans there is no plan to make the levees and flood Walls High enough and Strong enough to protect against a category 5 Hurricane one with winds greater than 155 mile per hour winds and storm surges greater than 18 feet above Normal. Only three category 5 hurricanes have hit the United states since records began the labor Day Hurricane of 1935, Hurricane Camille 1969and Hurricane Andrew in August 1992. Although Kat Rina reached category 5 strength in the Gulf of Mexico it was a category 3 Hurricane by the time it hit the Northern Gulf coast. Its storm surge though remained at the level of a category 5 storm. Congress has directed the corps of engineers to present a plan by Decem Ber 2007, for protecting Louisiana from a category 5 Hurricane. Then it would be up to the lawmakers to decide whether to authorize and pay for such a plan. The corps is now conducting computer risk analysis evaluating possible Hurricane tracks and Protection systems. ? Mcclatchy newspapers tent Sale 2 Days Only aug. 25 the 26 the 181 Stra Brook Avenue 36242 ? wrong colors ? wrong sizes ? one of a kinds ? thousands of dollars in inventory ;