Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday February 25 2004 — A7 Spacewalk will leave space station empty for first time buddy system for safety rca- sms while the third astronaut stays behind to watch over them and the spacecraft But the sta- tion has had just a two-ma- n crew since last spring to reduce the need for supplies while die shuttles are grounded because of the Columbia disaster NASA was initially skeptical of die Russian Space Agency’s idea for an spacewalk and agreed to the 5 12-hoouting only after months of safety analyses Tire Americans and Russians came up with 13 flight rules CAPE CANAVERAL Fla (AP) — The two men aboard the international space station will venture outside on Thurs- day leaving the orbiting com- plex unattended during a spacewalk for the first time ever NASA gave its final approval Tuesday for the spacewalk and insisted that the safety precau- tions will be ample even though no one will be inside die space station to serve as a watchman Normally two crew members go out at a time employing the their docked Soyuz capsule while wearing bulky space- suits NASA wanted to prove that in an emergency such as a fire or decompression the spacewalkers could immediate- ly get into their escape craft Medical supplies will be left inside near the hatch in case one of the spacewalkers comes in hurt Station operations manager Mike Sufftedini said this week’s spacewalk will be fairly routine and will help NASA identify any problems for the next time ‘Got Milk’ campaign violates First Amendment — court rules ur ‘ PHILADELPHIA (AP) The catchy “Got Milk?” dairy promotion — famous for plastering milk mustacheson celebrity faces — violates the free speech rights of farmers forced to pay for the ads a federal appeals court ruled Continued from A1 and piercings done by licensed ' professionals “Get the good design not a bad disease!” says one poster about tattooing Another features a photo of an upper lip piercing with warnings about the risk of infections blood-bordiseases and nerve damage The Oregon Health Licensd ing Office has a similar after campaign begun several young people from the town of Klamath Falls got serious upper ear infections from piercings done at a jewelry lriosk with lax sterilization procedures Hie cases — and resulting disfiguration — were documented in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association Meanwhile theTexas Department oif Health library offers a video for teens and young adults tided ’‘Tattooing and Body Piercing: Thinking Smart About Body Art” And Connecticut is among states offering a brochure with similar information The biggest concerns include the potential spread of tetanus and hepatitis B or C if people share tattooing needles ' or whatever sharp objects — pins and nails included — they use to do their piercing “It’s just not something you can do in your garage” says Shahn Anderson a licensed tattooist and president of the Alliance of Professional who helped design the Hennepin County campaign Tuesday The unanimous 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals decision overturns a lower court ruling that dairy farmers Joseph and Brenda Cochran had to contribute to the National Dairy Promotion ne Web-base- The space station has been abandoned briefly a few times in the three years it has been occupied to move the astro- nauts' escape craft from one docking port to another Flight controllers kept close watch oyer the spacecraft and noth- ing went wrong But the station has never been left unattended while the crew was outside on a spacewalk The Russians have left their space stations empty during spacewalks for decades They had been pushing for this excursion since last summer because of contractual agree- ments with the European and Japanese space agencies which own the experiments that need to be taken in and out Flight controllers routinely monitor and even run the inter-national space station’s sys- terns so that was not the major concern for NASA The chief worry was safety and all NASA’s concerns were answered to its satisfaction said flight director Sally Davis The crewmen overcame the final hurdle last week when they managed to squeeze into all-han- ds AmatPiir governing what to do if some- thing breaks the space station spins out of control a fire erupts or some other emer- gency arises Dining the spacewalk astro- naut Michael Foale and cosmo- naut Alexander Kaleri will retrieve some science experi- ments and set up others They will also will check the exterior of the station for any signs of a blow from debris Last Novcm- ber the crewmen heard a strange metallic noise possibly from a piece of space junk hit- ting something - Board campaign even though the couple felt the ads did lit-tie to support sustainable agriculture products such as milk from cows that are not injected with hormones “The court made clear that just because an industry is regulated rind even if it’s heavily regulated that' doesn’t mean the members of that industry lose their First Amendment rights-- said the Cochrans' attorney Steve Simpson of the Washington d group Institute for DC-base- Justice' “Got Milk?” is the latest of clever industry promotions whose funding has been found iii violation of the First ' Amendment A federal appeals court ruled in July that ranchers could not be forced to pay a fee on cattle to ' the marketing camsupport that spawned the slogan paign “Beef: It’s what’s for dinner” And an appeals court struck down asimilarfee in October that had supported theads calling pork “the other white meat” In the latest ruling the 3rd Circuit said the government’s interest in promoting the dairy industry wasn’t substantial enough to justify an infringe-' ' ment on the Cochrans’ free speech rights by requiring them to help pay for the ads Lawyers defending the law on behalf of theUS Depart- ment of Agriculture have said because dairy prices and distribution are tightly regulated a joint marketing campaign is : Tat-tooi- sts Katie Eighteen-year-ol- d Klaren thinks posting the inhumation is a good idea “Anything but ears I would want a professional to do” the high school senior from Roseville Minn says as she waits at a licensed piercing studio in Minneapolis with her friend Leslie Barker The d teens were that to have their nipples pierced — a procedure that’s become trendy since Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl flash “It’s an kind of thing" Barker says adding that both waited until they' did- n’t have to have written parental permission — required in Hennepin County since last summer Several states have laws that prohibit minors from getting tattoos or “body art” regardless of who’s holding the ne die And others such as Wyoming are considering fresh-face- ge : v ' bans- " Often licensed piercers and tattooisis have even stricter standards than states or cities requiring a parent to be pre--t seni or in some cases setting their own age limits forcertain ' procedures Some youth think that ban' ning them from having work done or requiring parental V permission is only causing more minors to do die piercing themselves or seek out unlicensed apateurs known in the industry as “scratches” “You can’t just outlaw things” says Hansen who v says he could not have afford- ed a professional tattoo even if he’d wanted one “it’slike prohibition it doesn’t work” Gail Dorfiman r— the Hen nepin County commissioner ordinance whose the prompted safety campaign ' —disagrees “Wfeje hot teUing kids they ' shouldn’t get tattoos or pierc- i''-- - 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