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STS-133 Shuttle Report | Mission preview: One final spaceflight for Discovery. Mission preview: One final spaceflight for DiscoveryBY WILLIAM HARWOODSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSIONPosted: November 1, 2010 The shuttle Discovery and a crew of six veteran astronauts are on track for launch Wednesday to deliver critical spare parts, supplies and a final U.S. module to the International Space Station. It will be Discovery's 39th and final voyage as NASA presses ahead with plans to retire the fleet after just three more missions. "Discovery's a workhorse, the fleet leader in number of flights, done a lot of famous flights, all the return-to-flight test missions," said commander Steven Lindsey. "Yet when you walk inside Discovery, it still looks like a new car even after almost 30 years of service.

It's a great machine, a great vehicle. It's a privilege for us to be able to fly it on the last flight. " Joining Lindsey on the shuttle's upper flight deck for launch will be pilot Eric Boe, flight engineer Timothy Kopra and Alvin Drew. Japan: The great dolphin-hunting debate. By Oct 28, 2010 9:50AM UTC A Japanese town whose annual dolphin hunt was bloodily depicted in the Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove” is hosting the first-ever meeting between anti-hunting activists and its fishermen to try to find common ground between the two sides. The film portrayed the story of fishermen from Taiji who herd dolphins into a cove and stab them to death, turning the waters red with blood.

It led to international condemnation of the hunt, but the people in Taiji defend the dolphin-killing as a tradition and livelihood that will continue. The participants in the Nov. 2 meeting will include Ric O’Barry, former trainer for the 1960s “Flipper” TV series and star of “The Cove”; Kazutaka Sangen, the mayor of Taiji; other city officials and members of the fisheries union, both sides said. Both sides will present their views at the meeting, which will be open to the media but not the general public, organizer Atsushi Nakahira said Wednesday. Associated Press. 60 Minutes Video - Excerpt: Jane Goodall "Apes" The Chimps. Chilean miners: Medical condition after the rescue. After 10 weeks in a dark, hot purgatory 2,000 feet underground, the first of 33 trapped miners were hoisted to freedom early Wednesday, a rescue marking the beginning of the end of a drama that captivated people worldwide.

Dr. Michael Duncan, chief medical officer and lead of the NASA team that went to Chile, was online Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 9:15 a.m. ET to discuss the health of the miners. Michael Duncan: Good morning. Washington, D.C.: What is the main health concern of the miners now that they're up and out? Michael Duncan: Each of the miners will be observed for any medical conditions that they may have developed. Richmond, Va.: This is a psychological health question. Michael Duncan: I believe that the comraderie and the bonding that the miners have developed through this ordeal will always keep them together. La Paz : Now that the miners are a sort of global heroes and are receiving the attention of the whole world, and media, and so on, they will receive a lot of pressure.

Trio wins Nobel for developing key chemistry tool. Titanium - A billion dollar company with a one page strategic plan. 16 Sept 2010 Baystate Health is the parent corporation of an integrated health care system here in Western Massachusetts. Last year they had $1.4 billion in operating revenues, they employ 10,000 people and they maintain 90 physical real estate properties (including 3 major hospitals) throughout the region. And on the wall of every conference and meeting room throughout the system is a framed five-year integrated strategic and financial plan.

Framed, as in it fits on one page. Talk about storytelling… How I came to learn this is telling all by itself. But an emergency is an emergency, and without warning we had become guests of a facility that we had turned our noses at for years. This in a hospital that until just a few years ago was a proud independent. As it happens for the past couple of years I've been working with a much smaller organization who is working to achieve similar synchronicity between its 1,200 employes, also spread all over the region.

Some notes from that meeting: