Da id has the right experience, talent andcreati ity to enhance this national asset.We are ortunate that he hasaccepted this challenge," said Cali ano."I look orward to working withhim."CASA is the only national organization that brings together under one roo allthe pro essional disciplines needed to study and combat all types o substanceabuse as they a ect all aspects o society.CASA and its sta o more than50 pro essionals has issued 66 reports and white papers, published one book,conducted demonstration programs ocused on children, amilies and schools at224 sites in 87 cities and counties in 34 states plus Washington, DC and twoNati e American tribal reser ations, held 17 con erences attended bypro essionals and others rom 49 states, and has been e aluating thee ecti eness o drug and alcohol treatment in a ariety o programs and drugcourts.CASA is the creator o the nationwide initiati e amily Day - A Dayto Eat Dinner With Your Childrentm - the ourth Monday in September - the 28thin 2009 - that promotes parental engagement as a simple and e ecti e way toreduce children's risk o smoking, drinking and using illegal drugs.In May2007, CASA's Chairman Joseph A. Cali ano, Jr., called or a undamental shi tin the nation's attitude about substance abuse and addiction with publicationo his book, HIGH SOCIETY: How Substance Abuse Ra ages America and What To DoAbout It. or more in ormation isit The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia Uni ersityis neither a iliated with, nor sponsored by, the National Court AppointedSpecial Ad ocate Association (also known as "CASA") or any o its memberorganizations, or any other organizations with the name o "CASA".SOURCEThe National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) atColumbia Uni ersityLauren Duran o The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) atColumbia Uni ersity, 1-212-841-5260, . WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ NASA and the Northrop GrummanCorp. 
o Los Angeles ha e un eiled the irst Global Hawk aircra t system to beused or en ironmental science research, heralding a new application or theworld's irst ully autonomous high-altitude, long-endurance aircra t. Thedebut took place Thursday at NASA's Dryden light Research Center in Edwards,Cali .(Logo: http://) NASA and Northrop Grumman are returning NASA's two Global Hawk aircra t to light this year under a Space Act Agreement signed in May 2008. NASA plans touse the aircra t or missions to support its Science Mission Directorate andthe Earth science community that require high-altitude, long-distance airbornecapability."Today marks the debut o NASA's newest airborne science capability," saidKe in L Petersen, director o Dryden. "These Global Hawks represent the irstnon-military use o this remarkable robotic aircra t system. Air orce trans erred the Global Hawks to NASA in December 2007. Theyare among the irst se en built in the original Ad anced Concept TechnologyDemonstration program, which the De ense Ad anced Research Projects Agencysponsored. Northrop Grumman will share in the use o the aircra t to conductits own light demonstrations or expanded markets, missions and airbornecapabilities, including integration o autonomous aircra t systems into thenational airspace.Global Hawk can ly at altitudes up to 65,000 eet or more than 31 hours at atime.

To date, the aircra t ha e lown more than 28,000 hours.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, also ispartnering with NASA to de elop this new airborne research tool. NOAA isparticipating in the project management and piloting o the NASA Global Hawksand the de elopment o scienti ic instruments and uture Earth scienceresearch campaigns."The Global Hawks will pro ide superb new measurement possibilities or ourclimate science and applications programs," said Michael reilich, director o NASA's Earth Science Di ision in Washington. This campaign will consist o six long-durationmissions o er the Paci ic and Arctic regions in the late spring and earlysummer o 2009. Twel e scienti ic instruments integrated into one o the NASAGlobal Hawk aircra t will collect atmospheric data while lying high throughEarth's atmosphere in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere.Global Hawk has many potential applications or the ad ancement o science,impro ement o hurricane monitoring techniques, de elopment o disastersupport capabilities, and de elopment o ad anced autonomous aircra t systemtechnologies.
or example, Global Hawks were used to help monitor wild ires inSouthern Cali ornia in 2007 and 2008.NASA's Dryden light Research Center, located on Edwards Air orce Base in theMoja e Desert o Southern Cali ornia, is NASA's primary installation oratmospheric light research. It has supported NASA's technology de elopmente orts in aeronautics, en ironmental science, space exploration and spaceoperations or more than 60 years. or more in ormation about NASA programs, isit: http:// Cole, Headquarters, Washington, 1-202-358-0918,, or Beth Hagenauer, Dryden light Research Center,Edwards, Cali ., 1-661-276-7960, , both o NASA. MAIN STREET CAPITAL HAS APPROXIMATELY $65 MILLION O CURRENT LIQUIDITYHOUSTON, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire- irstCall/ Main Street Capital Corporation(Nasdaq: MAIN) ("Main Street") announced today that it has completed a newport olio in estment in Walden Smokey Point, Inc.