The Space Development Steering Committee (SDSC), founded in 2006, is a committee dedicated to the development of the space frontier. Members include the second astronaut on the moon, Buzz Aldrin, the sixth astronaut on the moon, Edgar Mitchell, the Chief of the Future Science and Technology Exploration Branch of the US Air Force, Peter Garretson, the National Science Foundation Program Director for Control, Networks & Computational Intelligence, Paul Werbos, the Chief Scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center, Dennis Bushnell, NASA Senior Aerospace Engineer and Head of Risk Assessment and Management at Goddard Space Flight Center, Feng Hsu, Boeing Phantom Works' Ed McCullough, Air Force Research Laboratory veteran James Michael Snead, and the world’s leading expert on space solar power, 25-year NASA veteran John Mankins. The SDSC also includes the heads of the National Space Society, the Space Frontier Foundation, and the Mars Society.
The founder of the SDSC is mass behavior specialist Howard Bloom, a former visiting scholar at NYU’s Graduate Psychology Department, a former Core Faculty Member at the Graduate Institute, and the author of six books.
The SDSC is an organization member of the Alliance for Space Development. References to the SDSC have appeared in publications such as Scientific American and in books.
Projects
The SDSC has five active projects as of April 2008—including two TV series in development and a global space event to be held in India. The Committee is small, imaginative, and informal. The committee holds a weekly teleconference throughout the year.
The primary activity of the committee currently is to produce press releases as needed. These press releases are intended to inform people about important happenings regarding space development and to have a positive influence on space policy. The press releases may be found on the Space Development Steering Committee's official website.
Criticism
In some of the press releases the SDSC has taken a strong stand against two major NASA programs, namely the Space Launch System and the Orion spacecraft. These programs are government programs utilizing cost-plus contracts. Instead, the SDSC advocates competitions to develop equivalent capability through public-private partnerships utilizing Space Act Agreements and fixed-price contracts, as was done with the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
NASA officials and others, however, maintain that cancelling the SLS and Orion would be wasteful of the large amount of money already spent on these programs and would set our beyond earth orbit human spaceflight endeavors back by years.
The founder of the SDSC is mass behavior specialist Howard Bloom, a former visiting scholar at NYU’s Graduate Psychology Department, a former Core Faculty Member at the Graduate Institute, and the author of six books.
The SDSC is an organization member of the Alliance for Space Development. References to the SDSC have appeared in publications such as Scientific American and in books.
Projects
The SDSC has five active projects as of April 2008—including two TV series in development and a global space event to be held in India. The Committee is small, imaginative, and informal. The committee holds a weekly teleconference throughout the year.
The primary activity of the committee currently is to produce press releases as needed. These press releases are intended to inform people about important happenings regarding space development and to have a positive influence on space policy. The press releases may be found on the Space Development Steering Committee's official website.
Criticism
In some of the press releases the SDSC has taken a strong stand against two major NASA programs, namely the Space Launch System and the Orion spacecraft. These programs are government programs utilizing cost-plus contracts. Instead, the SDSC advocates competitions to develop equivalent capability through public-private partnerships utilizing Space Act Agreements and fixed-price contracts, as was done with the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
NASA officials and others, however, maintain that cancelling the SLS and Orion would be wasteful of the large amount of money already spent on these programs and would set our beyond earth orbit human spaceflight endeavors back by years.
C venues is the home of the largest theatre and new writing programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is held annually in August each year. C venues is based in northwest London excluding July and August, when it is based at Adam House, Chambers Street, Edinburgh.
C venues has a Festival team of around 200 people, and the core management team are engaged across the UK in professional theatre and events whilst the majority of operational staff are students, working on a semi-voluntary, freelance basis.
History
C has had its own in-house theatre company, C theatre, since 1992. The group has toured the UK. The 2007 programme included Shakespeare for Breakfast and a new production of Cinderella.
C venues is home to Edinburgh's arts events collective The Establishment, which features Packed Lunch, The Electric Cabaret and The Midnight Carousel. C venues hosted the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Editors Awards for ThreeWeeks, a festival publication.
In 2007, C venues utilised the empty site on Cowgate that was home to The Gilded Balloon until it was destroyed in a in 2002. This new 'Soco Urban Garden' venue suffered with the heavy rain in its first years, creating many large puddles, but has developed, giving access to the main C venue on Chambers Street.
At 2009's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, C venues was home to many productions such as Fusion's Chomp: A Zombie Musical and Latino Hideaway's Brazilian Fever, a cabaret show in association with Hartshorn-Hook Productions. There were stories and performances on display, such as Dramawise's Alice in Wonderland and Tabard Production's The Canterbury Tales.
The 2005 season reopened Edinburgh's Art Deco Cinema (the former Odeon), with a duel focus on independent contemporary film makers and film marathons combining recent releases including Harry Potter and the American Pie series. Over 70 titles were shown at the venue. The 2006 season saw Future Shorts and Future Cinema arrive at the Festival with experimental shorts and film installations. The 2007 season introduced the Critics' Choice Award for Edinburgh Festival Short Film, chosen and presented by film critic Paul Dale. The season featured work from artists across the world including Stockholm, Jerusalem, Poland, California, London and New York.
C venues has a Festival team of around 200 people, and the core management team are engaged across the UK in professional theatre and events whilst the majority of operational staff are students, working on a semi-voluntary, freelance basis.
History
C has had its own in-house theatre company, C theatre, since 1992. The group has toured the UK. The 2007 programme included Shakespeare for Breakfast and a new production of Cinderella.
C venues is home to Edinburgh's arts events collective The Establishment, which features Packed Lunch, The Electric Cabaret and The Midnight Carousel. C venues hosted the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Editors Awards for ThreeWeeks, a festival publication.
In 2007, C venues utilised the empty site on Cowgate that was home to The Gilded Balloon until it was destroyed in a in 2002. This new 'Soco Urban Garden' venue suffered with the heavy rain in its first years, creating many large puddles, but has developed, giving access to the main C venue on Chambers Street.
At 2009's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, C venues was home to many productions such as Fusion's Chomp: A Zombie Musical and Latino Hideaway's Brazilian Fever, a cabaret show in association with Hartshorn-Hook Productions. There were stories and performances on display, such as Dramawise's Alice in Wonderland and Tabard Production's The Canterbury Tales.
The 2005 season reopened Edinburgh's Art Deco Cinema (the former Odeon), with a duel focus on independent contemporary film makers and film marathons combining recent releases including Harry Potter and the American Pie series. Over 70 titles were shown at the venue. The 2006 season saw Future Shorts and Future Cinema arrive at the Festival with experimental shorts and film installations. The 2007 season introduced the Critics' Choice Award for Edinburgh Festival Short Film, chosen and presented by film critic Paul Dale. The season featured work from artists across the world including Stockholm, Jerusalem, Poland, California, London and New York.
Wilhelm Beck (22 December 1919 - 10 June 1944) was a Hauptsturmführer (Captain) in the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH). He enlisted in the SS and rose to the rank of Hauptsturmführer being awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Beck served n an assault gun battery of the LSSAH. Beck was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his actions in the Third Battle of Kharkov. In 1943 Beck assigned to the SS Division Hitlerjugend as a company commander. He was killed in an air attack by Allied forces near Caen on the 10 June 1944. Beck is buried at the German Cemetery at La Cambe near Caen, France.
Awards
*Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (2 May 1941)
** 1st Class (14 September 1941)
Beck served n an assault gun battery of the LSSAH. Beck was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his actions in the Third Battle of Kharkov. In 1943 Beck assigned to the SS Division Hitlerjugend as a company commander. He was killed in an air attack by Allied forces near Caen on the 10 June 1944. Beck is buried at the German Cemetery at La Cambe near Caen, France.
Awards
*Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (2 May 1941)
** 1st Class (14 September 1941)
The Orchestra Camerata Italiana is a professional chamber orchestra in Naples, Italy, known for programming contemporary music along with the classical repertory.
Orchestra Camerata Italiana, led by its Music Director and Artistic Director Matthias Manasi, is one of Europe's leading chamber orchestras, known for the excellence of its live performances and presentations and the impressive list of soloists in its highly acclaimed concerts. Orchestra Camerata Italiana is a chamber orchestra of international and outstanding quality and is an ensemble unique to the present time. The ensemble, consisting mainly of musicians of the younger generation, performs concerts with both classical and contemporary works.
The core of Orchestra Camerata Italiana consists of 25 string players, with other sections (woodwinds, strings, brass, harp, percussion, and keyboard) used as needed.
Program
The repertory of Orchestra Camerata Italiana is based on classical works, expanded by contemporary music including premieres.
Artistic director and principal conductor
* Matthias Manasi (2002-present)
Orchestra Camerata Italiana, led by its Music Director and Artistic Director Matthias Manasi, is one of Europe's leading chamber orchestras, known for the excellence of its live performances and presentations and the impressive list of soloists in its highly acclaimed concerts. Orchestra Camerata Italiana is a chamber orchestra of international and outstanding quality and is an ensemble unique to the present time. The ensemble, consisting mainly of musicians of the younger generation, performs concerts with both classical and contemporary works.
The core of Orchestra Camerata Italiana consists of 25 string players, with other sections (woodwinds, strings, brass, harp, percussion, and keyboard) used as needed.
Program
The repertory of Orchestra Camerata Italiana is based on classical works, expanded by contemporary music including premieres.
Artistic director and principal conductor
* Matthias Manasi (2002-present)