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Finance & Banking • Magazine • March/April 2015 • Tourism
City Spotlight: Little Rock
Arkansas' capitol city has seen reinvestment and job
creation growing in its once-forsaken downtown core.
Photography by Sara Edwards Neal
The Center Will Hold
Jerry Jones remembers downtown Little Rock, Ark., as a desolate, abandoned wasteland less than a decade ago. City streets emptied after 5 p.m., when workers left for the suburbs. Few restaurants stayed open at night. Businesses didn't even consider locating in Little Rock's urban center and, certainly, few people wanted to live downtown.
That's all changed.
"It's a great time in business in downtown Little Rock," said Jones, the chief legal and ethics officer for Acxiom. "There are new restaurants, new hotels, things going on at the Clinton Presidential Center, and The Rep is doing great. Things are coming together. Frankly, it's good for our business, and our associates like working in downtown Little Rock."
This kind of growth juggernauts into an ideal climate for all businesses. The Entergy and Dassault Falcon Jet expansions, the Tech Park's move into the Block 2 Lofts building, and an influx of innovators and small businesses are contributing to an economic boom in Little Rock. This surge, too, is in no small part thanks to the Clinton Presidential Center serving as an anchor since 1997, when former President Bill Clinton selected acreage by the river as the spot for his library.
"We are seeing renewed activity in the marketplace with companies looking to make investments both from the perspective of new markets as well as reshoring for what I call pent-up demand for investment that has simply been put off, primarily because of the economy," said Jay Chesshir, president and CEO of the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce. "We are seeing a lot of activity and that includes the entire metro region."
Little Rock and its environs are already home to major manufacturers, such as L'Oreal USA, LM Wind Power, Caterpillar, and Southwest Power Pool Electric Energy Network, among others. Over the last year, additional companies have broken ground throughout the city. FedEx is building a $50 million distribution center in southwest Little Rock, and it's expected to employ more than 200 people.
In November, Entergy officials broke ground on a $23 million transmission operations center. In turn, regional transmission organization Midcontinent Independent System Operator, or MISO, decided to build an operations center, costing $5 million to $8 million. It will be staffed by 35 to 50 employees with an average salary of $85,000.
Chesshir said the Little Rock economy in 2015 is a "patchwork quilt of small businesses which support far fewer larger businesses." He cited Dassault Falcon Jet as a prime example of how a strong economy spreads.
Last year, Dassault broke ground on a $60 million expansion facility dedicated to two new models, the Falcon 5X large-body twinjet and the ultra-long range Falcon 8X trijet. The project will add 250,000 square feet of new production and completion space, bringing the total facility footprint to 1.25 million square feet. The cabinet, upholstery, and headliner shops are undergoing renovations, and older hangars are receiving upgrades.
"This undertaking demonstrates a commitment to continue our investment in Little Rock and to ensure the facility will remain at the forefront of completion technology," said Eric Trappier, Dassault's chief operating officer, at the groundbreaking last fall. "Little Rock is not only the company's largest industrial plant, it is also an industry leader in digital completion techniques, which Dassault pioneered."
In turn, Beaudet Aviation, a subsidiary of JCB Aero of Toulouse, France, decided to open a $2.5 million facility in Little Rock to serve as a key supplier to Dassault. That investment created an additional 75 jobs on a new payroll. This then drove the need for more small businesses, Chesshir said.
While major corporations contribute to the overall central Arkansas economy, tourism is also fueling businesses both large and small. According to the Little Rock Convention and Visitor's Bureau, hotel stays and restaurant receipts were up 3.3 percent from 2013. In the 10 years since the Clinton Presidential Library opened, stays and receipts have increased 56 percent.
"The Clinton Library clearly spearheaded the revitalization and growth not just in downtown Little Rock but all of central Arkansas with new shopping, new museums and attractions, new restaurants," said Gretchen Hall, president and CEO of the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau. "It has made a huge impact."
Tourism and hospitality appear on track to create the largest job growth in the city this year. More restaurants are opening, offering Little Rock a chance to become a food mecca, Chesshir said.
Three new hotel properties are also under construction. Another three opened in 2013, one will open this year, and two more will debut in 2016. All of this adds to more rooms for tourism and convention business, Hall said. Robinson Auditorium will reopen in 2016 after renovations, and, as a result, the adjacent Doubletree Hotel is undergoing $5 million worth of renovations.
Hotels, restaurants, and retail stores aren't alone in enjoying the boost. Jones said all of this combines to entice new talent to companies like Acxiom.
"One of the things we have found is once we get them to step on a plane to Little Rock and get here, they fall in love with it and all of central Arkansas," Jones said.
Jerry Jones, chief legal and ethics officer, Acxiom
He said Acxiom encourages its corporate guests to visit the Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Wildlife Center to get a sense of the state. Jones added that while the focus often is on the River Market area of downtown, the burgeoning Southside Main Street, or SoMa neighborhood, can't be ignored as a growing contributor to the city.
Jack Sundell and Corri Bristow Sundell own The Root Café, a funky SoMa restaurant that strives to serve cuisine using locally raised and grown food. Jack Sundell said the current economic climate in the city is ideal for a small business like theirs.
"This is obviously a very exciting time to own and operate a small business in downtown Little Rock, especially in the South Main neighborhood," he said. "There is an enormous development initiative focused on downtown, and all of the neighborhoods in close proximity to downtown will benefit from it."
He said SoMa is a prime location for businesses because of its easy access from the interstate and downtown, ample parking (often a problem in the congested River Market District to the north), proximity to business-lunch customers, and a supportive residential neighborhood.
Sundell said it appears that the city's economy is "very much on an upward trajectory."
The current environment is ripe for innovators and entrepreneurs, and that's one reason for the creation of the Tech Park in the Block 2 Lofts building. Its goal is to create an innovation district enabling new forms of enterprise, collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and commercialization of ideas within and between Arkansas' entrepreneurial, private, governmental, and academic sectors.
"The Little Rock Technology Park plans to play a significant role in boosting the innovation economy in central Arkansas," Brent Birch, executive director of the park, said. "Our chief mission will be to stimulate and assist the flow of knowledge and technology coming in, out, and through our universities, companies, and entrepreneurs. Those efforts will facilitate the creation and growth of innovation-based companies, which equals more high-quality jobs and opportunities for Arkansans."
Birch said Little Rock cannot currently compete regionally with Austin, Texas, Nashville, Tenn., or St. Louis in terms of resources or access to investment funds. He said the technology park will make Little Rock a player in the region.
"The tech park will be the aggregation point of science, data, technology, and investment funds, allowing bright, high-growth potential companies and people to stay home and flourish," he said.
Innovators are already taking off in the city. David Allen recently created Tagless Style, a men's curated style service that focuses on sustainability.
"We have a unique partnership with Goodwill where we take the very best donated clothing [and then] sort, clean, and press every item so it looks like new," he said.
Little Rock is a good place to be right now, Allen said.
"While I admit, during college I made it my personal goal to get out of Arkansas as fast as I could, I have found a robust network of extremely talented people to surround myself with," he said. "It is a very small and very supportive community here in Arkansas. From my interactions with other startup ecosystems, I have seen some of them be extremely competitive and showy. We all have a strong incentive to help each other out here because if just one startup finds a lot of success it would be really helpful for all of us in raising capital and talent."
Chris Moses, president of Moses Tucker Real Estate, said that the technology park's decision to locate on Main Street is "a harbinger of good things to come."
"It will succeed and become a launching pad for emerging companies," Moses said.
But for all the positives happening in Little Rock, there are still issues that need to be addressed. Jones said when possible hires visit the city, they inevitably ask about the school system.
"Public education has got to be addressed," he said. "Our educational system has many strengths but also weaknesses, as seen when the state Board of Education had to take over failing schools in the system. That is the biggest impediment we face recruiting people to our company."
Moses said that for Little Rock to successfully grow in the next decade a common agenda needs to develop among government, businesses, education leaders, and community leadership.
"At present, we are too fragmented," Moses said. "If a common agenda can be developed, Little Rock has great potential."
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Just back from Japan with a bunch of Oasis collectables packed in the suit case. I thought I would make an update on the previous Oasis-Japan post as it never ceases to amaze me just how much the boys are adored over there. Whilst driving, I heard 'Lyla', 'Let There Be Love' and 'Falling Down' on different stations. I'd be hard pressed to hear bloody Wonderwall on my local Golden Oldies station, yet in Japan they spin 'Lyla' ! Too cool ! I also added to my Oasis Japanese Magazine collection and thought I would share. The magazines which feature Oasis gracing the cover are a collectable item all to themself and deserve further investigation. You know what's cool about this topic ? Oasis may not even be touring or have a new album out, yet they still manage to make the magazine covers ! In my opinion, that speaks volumes for the band's popularity in Japan. Check out the attached images from magazines dating back to 1994 – all of which feature Noely G, Liam, or the band. Rockin On, Cross Beat, In Rock and Music Life have all featured Oasis heavily. Of particular interset is Cross Beat from 2005 which in itself is a magazine (nearly 200 pages) which is ALL Oasis ! Rockin On from November 2008 even has a large color photo spread of the infamous (and cowardly) Canadian stage attack on Noel. Japan (like the UK) print awesome magazines on Oasis…the ones mentioned here are some to look out for when you visit Japan you when you're next on eBay !
Man I love sorbet ice cream…especially melon and orange. I've mentioned in a previous post that it is a little known fact the Japan produces sensational ice creams, and if the sorbet or sherbet ice cream is your thing, read on ! There are a couple of items available at the local supermarket (for as low as 84 yen) which are the business. You can also save the containers for re-use as they have a matching lid (see image). I've been to a couple of Tabi Ho Dai's (all you can eat restaurants) where the desert bar contained sorbet ice cream and I'd quickly been hammered with the dreaded ice cream headache !
If you dig motorcycles, there are a couple of 'super stores' well worth checking out. The Red Baron stores are great, so too the Bike Seven stores. Their slogan says 'Riders Dream Shop', which indeed it is ! There is so much on display in these stores it is mind boggling. Jackets, boots, gloves, helmets, magazines a zillion accessories and so much else ! There is even a section of the store dedicated to girl riders ! How cool is that ! The image above is taken from the Tsuchiura store but locations can be found on their sites…Check out the awesome looking trike which was on display outside the store !
That old adage 'you only get what you pay for' could have been penned for Australia's Jetstar Airways. The budget arm of Qantas, they fly daily to Japan and overall, I'd rate the flying experience as 'pretty good'.
That being said, if you live in an area of Australia which is not near a point of departure, you will have the added expense of getting there – ie Perth to Cairns. The flights I've taken to Japan with Jetstar were dayflights, so you either have to get up really darn early, or stay overnight at your point of departure. The sercice on the flight is adequate – not above par, just adequate. A bottle of water is placed on your seat before you sit down, and that is all you receive. Blankets, entertainment units, food and drinks can all be purchased. So here are some Japanavision tips: You are allowed 10kg of carry-on luggage, so pack a blanket and plenty of food. The flight attendants will provide you with boiling water, so why not bring coffee sachets and instant noodle packs ? As with all budget airlines, you are crammed in like sheep, so get up and stretch…walk around etc. Here is one thing I cannot figure… at Gold Coast International Airport you are required to hand over any drinks before you pass customs, but you can then purchase a drink BEFORE you get on the flight !
The streets all over Japan – especially at T intersections are often small with minmal vision. Subsequently, they install mirrors to assist you when making your turn. The sight of these mirrors is quite common for those who have lived here for years, but worthy of a post for those who have not.
If you are under the false illusion that Japan is only the neon of Shinjuku, the lightning fast bullet trains and the constant stream of traffic think again. Check this stunning photograph I just took whilst out walking in the Nasu region – Tochigi Prefecture. There is much to do here, and I will add to this post later, but for now…just enjoy this stunning scenery !


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Jacobo Urso (Dolores, 17 de abril de 1899 - Buenos Aires, 6 de agosto de 1922) fue un jugador de Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro que en la época amateur murió víctima de un golpe recibido en un partido de fútbol.

Biografía
Jacobo Urso fue hijo de los italianos Rosa Florio y Jacobo Urso. Tuvo 11 hermanos.

Trayectoria deportiva
Se incorporó al Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro en 1914 comenzando en la categoría sexta. En el año 1915 pasó a la tercera.

Tuvo el honor de integrar el equipo que inauguró el campo de juego de Av. La Plata al 1700 en el año 1916, y que venció 2 a 1 a Club Estudiantes de La Plata. En ese mismo solar se construyó en 1929 el Viejo Gasómetro.

Fue el primer jugador de San Lorenzo que fue citado para la Selección Argentina.

El domingo 16 de abril del año 1922 en la primera fecha del campeonato, San Lorenzo derrotó al equipo Club San Isidro, con gol de Jacobo Urso a los 6 minutos del primer tiempo.

El domingo 30 de julio de 1922, en la 13.º fecha del torneo organizado por la Asociación Amateurs de Football, San Lorenzo enfrentó al Club Atlético Estudiantes (de Buenos Aires) en cancha del Club Palermo. A los diez minutos del segundo tiempo, con el marcador 0 a 0, Jacobo Urso fue a disputar una pelota en el medio campo contra dos rivales, Comolli y Van Kammenade. Al buscar la pelota chocó brutalmente contra ambos jugadores. El choque hizo que se le rompiera una costilla, y esa costilla perforara uno de sus riñones. Urso demoró en reincorporarse, se tomaba el costado y escupía sangre. Respiraba con dificultad.
No quiso dejar a su equipo con 10 jugadores (ya que no existían los cambios de jugadores), por lo que siguió jugando. Al rato se acercó al lugar donde estaba parte del plantel que no había jugado (como no había cambios, no existía el banco de suplentes) para tomar agua. El entrenador le pidió que dejara el campo, pero él se negó. Aceptó un pañuelo, que mantuvo en su boca, y siguió jugando.

Agonía
Fue internado en el Hospital Ramos Mejía. Tenía dos costillas fracturadas y una de ellas atravesaba un riñón. Fue operado en dos ocasiones.

Fallecimiento
Falleció el domingo siguiente, 6 de agosto de 1922, a las 18:05 horas.
Su féretro fue transportado por el Viejo Gasómetro por los integrantes del equipo de San Lorenzo de Almagro y del conjunto checo Teplitzer FK, que estaba de gira por el Río de la Plata.

Fue velado en su domicilio de calle Beauchef 811. Una procesión de 7000 simpatizantes acompañaron su cuerpo hasta el Cementerio del Oeste (actual Cementerio de la Chacarita).

Clubes

 Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro (Argentina), entre 1916 y 1922.
 Selección Amateur Argentina

Referencias

 El símbolo
 Jacobo Urso en museodesanlorenzo.com.ar

Futbolistas del Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro
Futbolistas de las inferiores del Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro
Futbolistas fallecidos en competición

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Discover the historic province of Savoie © French Moments
Discover the historic province of Savoie
By Pierre on	 28 November Alps, Mountains of France, Pays de Savoie, Rhône-Alpes
The Pays de Savoie is mainly known for its mountains (The Mont Blanc and the French Alps) and its cheeses (Beaufort, Tomme, Reblochon, Raclette). The region has indeed some of the most beautiful parts of the Alps, such as the Aravis, the Bauges, the Chartreuse, the Vanoise and the Beaufortain mountain ranges, and the Maurienne, Tarentaise, Beaufortain and Arly Valleys. Highly populated in the valleys, for example in the cities of Chambéry, Annecy and Albertville and little populated in the mountains, the Pays de Savoie is a region of contrast.
Where is Savoie?
The region of Savoie is bordered by Switzerland and Italy. The tallest summit is Mont-Blanc (4,810 m above sea-level). Its main cities are Annecy and Chambéry, other mid-sized towns are Annemasse, Aix-les-Bains, Cluses, Thonon-les-Bains, and Albertville.
Map of Savoie © French Moments
The two Savoie: an historical introduction
Historically, the Pays de Savoie has developed in two Savoie, corresponding to two different départements (French administrative units): Savoie (southern part) and Haute-Savoie (northern part). This evolution is as much the product of the French administrative organization as an outcome of the European history.
The famous crossing of the Alps by Hannibal and his elephants shows how strategic the Savoy region is and its importance to Italy, France and Europe in general, especially for trading. The Pays de Savoie has always kept a strong regional identity – like Alsace or Brittany – thanks to its key role in Europe. Its great strategic position has therefore been the object of rivalry.
Roman ruins in Aix-les-Bains © French Moments
The Maison de Savoie (House of Savoy) appears in the course of the 11th century with the first Count of Maurienne. The Maison de Savoie then expands to the other valleys, as a result of battles and political alliances. In 1416, Amédée VIII of Savoy obtains the title of Duke, thus giving the the House of Savoy more power and influence. This event stresses the strategic role played by the Savoy in the European geopolitics.
The Dukes of Savoy will then take more and more interest into Italian politics. The Piemont (region of Turin) falls under the control of the Duke of Savoy. After several years of conflict between the Kings of France and the Duke of Savoy over the province, the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 gives justice to the Duke of Savoy. Duke Victor-Amédée II becomes King of Piemont and Sicilia and then of Sardinia, hence pushing Savoy even more into the Italian world.
Annecy Castle in Autumn © French Moments
Under Napoleon I, the Duchy of Savoy is annexed to France and after Napoleon's fall it returns to the Savoy dynasty. During the Italian unification wars, Napoleon III helps the Italian kings and dukes achieving the Italian unity against Austria. As a reward for its intervention, the Empire of France receives in 1860 the city of Nice and the Savoyards (the people of Savoy) are asked to vote by referendum about the opportunity to become French. They responded with a massive OUI ! (130,533 "Yes" against 235 "No").
In the historic town of Chambéry © French Moments
We remember… "In the past, the Savoie valleys were faced with unending poverty. Some extremely poor Savoyard children had to find work. What were they good at? Climbing! So, they became chimney-sweeps and, being agile, they would climb on the roofs. The young boys became emlems in Paris where many would see them, pulling a domesticated marmot, a red cap and on their back a hedgehog (a squeegee aimed to clean the inside of a chimney). Today, happily, those difficult times for children are over."
Petit Ramoneur de Savoie © Siren-Com – Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
The economic life in the Pays de Savoie
The old town of Annecy © French Moments
The proximity of regional centres such as Geneva in Switzerland, Lyon and Grenoble in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France have a great economic influence. Administrative affairs are managed respectively from Chambéry for the Savoie département and from Annecy for the Haute-Savoie département. Yet to find the historic centres of Savoie, one must go deeper in the valleys and visit La Roche-sur-Foron, Albertville, Montmélian, Abondance, Chamonix, Megève, Moûtiers or Bourg Saint-Maurice.
The economic life of the two départements is quite different from one another. The Haute-Savoie is a rich département because a lot of its inhabitants commute to Geneva (Switzerland), earning higher wages than in France but living in Haute-Savoie. It is also characterised by the décolletage industry, which produces screws and bolts, notably for the automobile industry. Because of the great amount of swarf this industry generates, the area around the city of Bonneville (Vallée de l'Arve) is said to be highly polluted.
An abondance cow peacefully grazing at the Glieres Plateau © French Moments
The Savoy has historically mostly lived of agriculture and farming. Nowadays only a few farmers are still living of this activity. Most of them have specialised in the region's strongest assets: cheese as well as wine production. The white wine amounts approximately for 80% of the wine production, amongst which the vineyard of Chignin and Apremont are the most famous. Yet the major economic activity nowadays is tourism.
In summer, the Savoy attracts a lot of tourists wanting to go hiking and enjoying its many lakes (such as in the Vanoise).
In winter, Savoy attracts by its wide offer of winter sports. It possesses the highest ski resorts in France and even in Europe with breaking records:
Val Thorens is the highest ski village in Europe (2300 m)
Tignes has the highest ski run in Europe starting at 3550 m)
Les 3 Vallées is the largest ski resort in the world (600km of ski runs).
The most famous ski resorts of Savoy are: Courchevel, Val d'Isère, Tignes, Les Arcs, La Plagne, Megève, Chamonix, Samoëns, Méribel, Val Thorens, Les Ménuires, Valmorel, Valloire, La Toussuire, Les Saisies, La Rosière…
The ski domain of Vallandry (Paradiski) © French Moments
Both "capital" cities, Annecy and Chambéry, are famous for their castles, nearby lakes and surrounding mountains and are very scenic.
Nature of the climate in the Pays de Savoie
The Glieres Plateau © French Moments
In the past, winter used to condemn the Savoy inhabitants to inactivity. Today, this season has obviously become the busiest season for most villages and ski resorts. The constant improvement of equipment has allowed the winter sports activities to take place from the first snowfalls in autumn through to May. The Pays de Savoie have long beautiful sunny days throughout summer with regular temperatures reaching 35°C in Chambéry, Annecy and the valleys in general.
Sport activities in the Pays de Savoie
Mont-Blanc seen from the Salève © French Moments
The Pays de Savoie are first and foremost renowned for their beautiful and very high mountains, as Mont-Blanc, culminating at 4,810 meters (11th highest mountain in the world). The region was thus the favourite playground of experienced alpinists, with the goal of opening new ways, to find more difficult tracks to take. The less experienced went hiking (faire de la randonnée) less difficult ways but still with stunning views. The region literally bursts with hiking tracks.
At the Col de la Chal (Les Arcs) with a view of the Mont Blanc © French Moments
Savoie is also renowned for its ski resorts on high mountain ranges. It is indeed the first French département in terms of the number of ski resorts. Most of them offer ski runs, snowboard parks, sledge runs, cross-country skiing runs, ice rinks and often bobsleigh tracks, ice-racing tracks and MTB snow-riding slopes and much more!
Chairlift at Vallandry (Paradiski) © French Moments
New sports have appeared that take advantage of the configuration of the Pays de Savoie's landscapes and please thrill seekers. The opening of Via Ferrata ("iron road" in Italian) in the most impressive gorges of the region is a good illustration. Adventurers climb along the gorge on thin iron steps build in the rock, sometimes crossing waterfalls or bridges hanging precariously over a torrent. The Via Ferrata du Diable (Iron road of the devil) around the ski village of Aussois (Maurienne Valley, Savoie) is perhaps the most spectacular. People climb the gorge with a view on the torrent 100m lower, until reaching the massive Fort Victor-Emmanuel (1300m).
Other extreme sports include paragliding from the highest summits, with startling views over the region's lakes and mountains. Thrill-seekers will also enjoy the Fantasticable, which consists in flying over a valley "like a bird". The daring adventurers are strapped to a cable, in lying position, arms along their body. The cable is sometimes as long as 1.2 km and speed often reaches 120km/h.
Mains sights in Savoie
Lake Annecy seen from Salève mountain © French Moments
Évian, Thonon, Challes-les-Eaux and Aix-les-Bains are cities renowned for their thermal baths, designed for therapeutic as well as relaxation purposes. But most importantly, the Haute-Savoie and Savoie départements include the three largest natural lakes in France: Lake Annecy, Lake Bourget and Lake Aiguebelette. Enjoy diving, cruising and the beautiful restaurants surrounding the lakes which offer the famous frog dish but also more traditional culinary delights such as the Raclette, Tartiflette, Croziflette and Diots au vin blanc (sausage cooked 4hrs in white wine)!
The Bauges Mountains seen from the vicinity of Annecy, Haute-Savoie © French Moments
Visitors can also enjoy the many facets of the architecture of Savoie. As a catholic land and a region where many conflicts occurred, the Pays de Savoie demonstrate a large variety of churches as well as a tremendous amount of defensive castles. For instance, the Tarentaise Valley boasts some of the most beautiful Baroque churches in France.
The Baroque altarpiece of the church of Granier © French Moments
The castle of Chambéry is renowned because it was the castle of the Dukes of Savoy. It was built during the 11th century and was meant since its origin to serve an administrative as well as a defensive purpose (fortress). The castle also shelters the Sainte-Chapelle, a stunning chapel in flamboyant gothic style with a Grand Carillon from the Paccard Foundry which is the biggest set of bells (70 bells!) in Europe and the 4th biggest in the world…
Sainte-Chapelle, castle of Chambéry © French Moments
The traditional Savoyard chalet is also an object of curiosity for tourists, since its style varies greatly from one valley to the other. What makes the specificity of the chalet's construction is its skilful combination of stone and wood. The chalet is supposed to blend in with the mountainous landscape.
Cow bells at the Plateau des Glières © French Moments
The higher up people go in the mountains, the more almost entirely stone-based chalets they are bound to discover. Whereas the valleys in Savoy mostly display huge gorgeous wooden chalets.
How to get to Savoie
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To go to both départements, you can take the TGV from Paris, Lyon, Grenoble. For instance, the TGV Paris-Chambery only takes 3 hours. Regional trains also go very deep in the mountains to small scenic villages and to the very heart of most ski resorts.
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Sustainable Biotechnology- Enzymatic Resources of Renewable Energy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Om V. Singh, Anuj K. Chandel
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Nature offers abundant renewable resources that can be used to partially replace fossil fuels and commodity chemicals but issues of cost, technology readiness levels, and compatibility with existing distribution networks remain huge challenges. Cellulosic ethanol and biodiesel are the most immediately obvious target fuels, with hydrogen, methane and butanol as other potentially viable products. This book continues to bridge the technology gap and focus on critical aspects of lignocellulosic biomolecules and the respective mechanisms regulating their bioconversion to liquid fuels into energy and value-added products of industrial significance. This book is a collection of reviews elucidating several broad-ranging areas of progress and challenges in the utilization of sustainable resources of renewable energy, especially in biofuels. This book comes just at a time when government and industries are accelerating their efforts in the exploration of alternative energy resources, with expectations of the establishment of long-term sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based liquid fuels. Apart from liquid fuel this book also emphasizes the use of sustainable resources for value-added products, which may help in revitalizing the biotechnology industry at a broader scale. This book also provides a comprehensive review of basic literature and advance research methodologies to graduate students studying environmental microbiology, chemical engineering, bio-economy and microbial biotechnology.
Production of Top 12 Biochemicals Selected by USDOE from Renewable Resources - Status and Innovation (Paperback)
Anuj K. Chandel, Fernando Segato
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Production of Top 12 Biochemicals Selected by USDOE from Renewable Resources: Status and Innovation covers all important technological aspects of the production of biochemicals from renewable feedstock. All the important technological aspects of biomass conversion for example biomass pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis for cellulosic sugars production followed by the fermentation into chemicals and downstream recovery of the products is reviewed. Recent technological advancements in suitable microorganism development, bioprocess engineering for biomass conversion for cellulosic sugars production and various fermentation strategies and downstream recovery of these top 12 products is presented. Each bio-chemical selected by US Department of Energy i.e. ethanol, xylitol/sorbitol, furans (5-HMF, 2,5-FDCA,), glycerol & its derivatives, hydrocarbons) isoprene, iso-butadienes and others), lactic acid, succinic acid, 3-hydroxy propionic acid, levulinic acid and biohydrogen/biogas is included in a single book chapter. In addition to the technical aspects of these 12 biochemicals, general technological challenges dealing with lignocellulose refining, perspectives and solutions are elaborated in the book. Also, life cycle analysis, techno-economic viability, and sustainability index of biofuels/biochemicals are comprehensively reviewed in the book.
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Madan L. Verma, Anuj K. Chandel
Biotechnological Production of Bioactive Compounds provides insights on the most recent innovations, trends, concerns, solutions and practical challenges encountered in the fields of enzyme technology and nanobiotechnology for the production of bioactive materials with extra health benefits. As nanobiotechnology has improved the bioactive extraction process significantly, many bioactives, including bioflavonoids, omega-3 fatty acids, biopigments and low calorie sugar substitutes are a pivotal part of the food industry. The book highlights the production of extra health benefits "bioactives'' from plants and microbes and explains how the extraction efficiency of bioactives molecules improves significantly with the recent advances in nanobiotechnology. Researchers in the fields of biochemical engineering, biotechnology, bioremediation, environmental sustainability and those in pharma industries will find the information in this book very helpful and illuminating.
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Anuj K. Chandel, Marcos Henrique Luciano Silveira
Advances in Sugarcane Biorefinery: Technologies, Commercialization, Policy Issues and Paradigm Shift for Bioethanol and By-Products, by Chandel and Silveira, compiles the basic and applied information covering cane and biomass processing for sugar and ethanol production, as well as by-products utilization for improving the economy of sugarcane biorefineries. In this unique collection of 14 chapters, specialists in their field provide critical insights into several topics, review the current research, and discuss future progress in this research area. The book presents the most current advances in sugarcane biorefinery, including sugarcane crop cultivation, new sugarcane varieties, soil health, mechanization of crop, technical aspects of first and second generation ethanol production, economic analysis, life cycle assessment, biomass logistics and storage, co-generation of heat and electricity, process intensification and alternative by-products utilization. The book also explores the business ecosystem of sugarcane biorefineries, marketing analysis of ethanol demand and price dwindling patterns, aiming for a futuristic scenario. This book will be especially useful for scientists, researchers and technicians who are working in the area of biomass based biorefineries, as well as professionals in the sugar and alcohol industry. It also brings relevant content for policy makers, market analysts, agriculture scientists and managers.
Sustainable Biofuels Development in India (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Anuj K. Chandel, Rajeev K Sukumaran
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This book will provide assistance to the broad range of readers involved in the crude oil import and production; renewable energy production; biomass analysis and bioconversion; greenhouse gas emissions; techno-economic analysis and government policies for implementing biofuels in India. This book presents important aspects on the large scale production of biofuels following a bio-refinery concept and its commercialization and sustainability issues. Hence, it is a useful resource to policy makers, policy analysts, techno-economic analysts and business managers who deal with commercialization and implementation of bio-based energy and other value-added products. The following features of this book attribute its distinctiveness: As a first uniquely focused scientific and technical literature on bioenergy production in the context of India. To its coverage of technological updates on biomass collection, storage and use, biomass processing, microbial fermentation, catalysis, regeneration, solar energy and monitoring of renewable energy and recovery process. To the technical, policy analysis, climate change, geo-political analysis of bioenergy and green transportation fuels at industrial scale.
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40 years of Sino-German relations
Forty years ago, the Federal Republic of Germany established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. Nowadays, the disparate partners rely on each other more than ever before.
On the one hand, there's the relatively small industrial nation in the heart of Europe which - after overcoming Hitler's fascism and the German Democratic Republic - is proud of its democracy and rule of law. On the other hand, there's the single-party state with a population of over one billion people and a huge territory resembling a continent. These two countries, Germany and China, could not be more different. And yet relations between them have developed in a way people never would have imagined 40 years ago.
Visits by one government to the other are regular occurences
Proof of that special quality is surely the bilateral talks between the countries' governments. The most recent one saw half of the German cabinet travel to Beijing at the end of August. One year before, the Chinese prime minister traveled with 13 of his ministers to Berlin. Sino-German relations were elevated to a "strategic partnership in global responsibility" in 2004. Over 30 working meetings between experts, ministers, state secretaries and government leaders take place regularly. German and Chinese universities cooperate on over 500 projects, and even exist five joint research institutes exists. There's also an abundance of twinned cities.
To mark this 40th anniversary, the German foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, has traveled to Beijing. With very few countries does Germany enjoy such an intense exchange.
Trade is the priority
Germany supplies what China wants - and vice versa
The core of the relationship is expressed in one figure: 140 billion euros ($181 billion). That was the volume of trade between the two countries in 2011. Germany is China's most important trading partner in Europe; Europe is China's biggest trading partner in the world. China is the fifth largest importer of German products, and the second biggest trading partner outside of Europe. German China expert Sebastian Heilmann says economic ties between the two countries have the utmost priority. "Everything else is subordinate to economic relations," he said. "The two countries have a complementary relationship - even today. In other words, Germany supplies things China can use. And China supplies things Germany can use."
A new beginning as early as 1957
As early as 1957, even before diplomatic relations were established, an initial agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and China was signed - not by the governments, which had no contact, but between the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT). Chief negotiator for the Germans was industrialist Otto Wolff von Amerongen. In an interview with Deutsche Welle before his death in 2007, Amerongen recalled that: "We didn't want the trade relations which had once existed and had of course changed completely due to political developments to completely come to nothing."
Nixon's surprising visit
Twinned cities, like Cologne and Beijing, strengthen the relationship
It was the time of the Cold War. Both Germany and Europe were divided. The United States and the Soviet Union were at a stand-off. At the climax of this conflict in 1972, banking on the logic of the proverb "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," US President Richard Nixon and his Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, made a surprise trip to Beijing. China, then ruled by Mao Zedong, had had a falling out with its former communist brother-in-arms, the Soviet Union.
For Wolfgang Runge, historian and former German consul in Guangzhou, Nixon's visit to China during the Cultural Revolution was the decisive global political event of 1972. It also had consequences for West German political policy: "At the time, since people were racing to get a foothold in Beijing after the People's Republic of China had taken up China's seat at the UN Security Council in 1971, Bonn could not and did not want to risk being at a disadvantage by not participating in the race."
Mao's man in Bonn
In 1972, Mao sent journalist Wang Shu to Bonn, then West Germany's capital - officially, as a correspondent for the Xinhua news agency. Unofficially, however, Wang was supposed to sound out whether establishing diplomatic relations was possible. Basic agreement was reached quickly, Wang said later, recalling his meeting with Foreign Minister Walter Scheel. "I met with Scheel right away, negotiated for 10 minutes about establishing diplomatic relations - and everything was fine after that." But what followed were 40 days of tough talks over the details of the bilateral agreement. The status of West Berlin was a particularly hard nut to crack. Finally, on October 11, 1972, diplomatic relations were officially established. A trade agreement was signed that same year, but trade remained limited. In 1973, in the year following the creation of diplomatic ties, trade was valued at just one million German marks.
German foreign minister Walter Scheel and his Chinese counterpart Chi Peng-fei reached agreement in 1972
Tiananmen Square massacre
It was Deng Xiaoping's reform policies beginning in 1978 that finally breathed life into the Chinese economy - and into relations with Germany. But 1989 saw the first break in ties when protests by the Chinese democratic movement were quashed by the government on June 4. Relations between Germany and China turned icy, but did not remain that way for long, recalls Runge. "Interestingly, it was only a limited break in ties. There was never a total embargo on trade," he said. "In 1991, trading volume once again reached that of 1988 - the year before Tiananmen Square. One can witness a steady upward economic trend throughout the 1990s."
Kohl's 'Asia Concept'
Helmut Kohl, right, and Deng Xiaoping oversaw booming trade
In 1993, the German government under Helmut Kohl's leadership presented its "Asia Concept," in which the region was described as offering huge potential for the future. German industry was encouraged to invest throughout the continent - especially in China. Sino-German political relations were increasingly used as an instrument to promote trade. German chancellors invariably began to allow large company delegations to accompany them on their trips to China. The success of state visits was often relayed via the number and the size of the economic agreements reached.
And that remains the same today, even if well-established forums for dialogue about rule of law and human rights exist, in which both sides can rub each other the wrong way with their different values.
'China takes the human rights dialog seriously'
Human rights remain a topic of conversation between China and Germany, despite the Asian country's proverbial sensitivity to criticism. DW spoke with Markus Löning, Germany's commissioner for human rights policy. (11.10.2012)
Opinion: Europe must speak with one voice in China
It is good that Germany and China are engaged in dialogue, but it would be better if Europe were represented by one voice, says Matthias von Hein, head of DW's Chinese department. (31.08.2012)
Merkel's China trip is not just panda diplomacy
Germany and China have been cultivating a brisk exchange, and since last year, have held joint government consultations. The current meeting takes place in the midst of major personnel changes in Beijing. (30.08.2012)
Author Matthias von Hein / als
Related Subjects Germany, People's Republic of China
Keywords China, Germany, Sino-German relations, diplomatic ties between Germany and China, politics
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I'm a Sewaholic girl. You probably know that by now and don't need me to tell you. So when I decided to make myself a shirt dress it seemed perfectly normal to me not to buy a new pattern but to mash up some patterns I already knew fitted and suited me well.
This Shirt Dress is a mashup of Sewholic's Oakridge Shirt which I made here and the Sewaholic Hollyburn skirt which I made here and here. I also added in the waistband from the Sewaholic Cambie which I made here and here. I know these patterns well. They fit me, they suit me and I wear them a lot. So it just made sense to put them together to make a dress out of them.
I cut the Oakridge down to my natural waist and pinned the Cambie waistband to it. It showed me that the top part was going to be quite blousey rather than fitted. I ended up liking the slightly looser feel of the top and cut a longer Cambie waistband so it would accommodate the little bit of ease. Once I was happy with the fit I sewed the Oakridge pieces together as per the instructions, sewed the Hollyburn pieces together as per the instructions then sewed the Oakridge and the Hollyburn to the Cambie waistband. The pieces were obviously not perfectly aligned since they weren't designed to go together but I'd cut a longer waistband so it was easy to sew it together and just use the fabric I actually needed.
While I was cutting all my pieces out I measured from my collarbone down to my knee to make sure I was cutting a placket piece long enough. I remember adding a little extra length on again just in case. It was a simple matter of laying the placket piece on the fabric and extending the piece down to the measurement I'd taken.
I sewed the placket up as normal, sewed on the collar/bow piece and it all came together really smoothly.
I made it from a plum/purple coloured polka dot chambray I bought from fabric.com a while ago. I've always loved the look of other people's chambray clothes and decided I needed to try it myself. It's lovely to sew with and just as lovely to wear. I think there'll be a lot more of it in my wardrobe before too long.
Everything went well on this make except of course for my sewing machine. Which was having serious issues with holding tension at the time. I once spent 2 hours trying to fix the tension and nothing I did could fix it. I took it in for a service which, instead of taking 7-10 days like they quoted, took 4 WEEKS. Once I got the machine back it was sewing much more nicely but they hadn't bothered to fix the tension properly which I had to fix myself. Luckily the machine was behaving enough for me to be able to do that. Ugh never going there again.
All that I was left with was sewing 12 buttonholes to get this girl finished. Thankfully my machine didn't eat the dress after all that and I managed to hand sew 11 buttons onto the dress. The 12th button which was intended as the last button at the bottom of the placket went MIA so if anyone finds it let me know, k?


A Blackpool man turned on police when they arrived to arrest him at a town centre supermarket.
Daryl Mullins, 29, of Cocker Street, was detained by Sainsbury's staff after he was suspected of shoplifting an £18 gift set.
While he was detained at the store he became agitated and punched a hole in a office wall causing £250 of damage.
Mullins was being put in the police van by a female officer when he started to struggle and the officer had her head banged against the side of the van several times.
The defendant then turned on another male officer and made racist remarks towards him. Mullins admitted theft, criminal damage to the wall, racially aggravated abuse to the officer and assaulting the female officer.
He was jailed for eight weeks and ordered to pay £285 in costs and compensation by Blackpool Magistrates.
The court heard Mullins was on licence from a prison sentence when he committed the offences.
A carer was more than three times over the alcohol limit when stopped by police.
Sabina Wood had no shoes on when officers spoke to her after they pulled her over in Wrea Green.
Wood, 31, of Sevenoaks Drive, Anchorsholme, pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol.
She was sentenced to a 12 months community order with up to 15 days rehabilitation, banned from the road for 28 months and fined £20 with £85 costs plus £85 victims' surcharge.
Prosecutor, Sarah Perkins, said police received a report about the driver of a Ford Mondeo acting suspiciously at a service station in Churchtown on August 31 about midnight.
Officers spotted the car on Blackpool Road.
Wood had no shoes on and was slurring her words.
A breath test showed 107 microgrammes of alcohol in her body - 35 is the limit.
Wood, who had no previous convictions, told magistrates: "I apologise for wasting everyone's time. There was no excuse for my behaviour. You should never drink and drive." She added that she helped care for her father and grandparents.
An electrician was caught driving with drugs in his body after police stopped his car because it was showing as having no insurance.
Jason Challinor, 23, of Ansdell Road, Marton, pleaded guilty to two offences of drug driving and having no insurance.
He was banned from the road for 12 months and fined £460 with £85 costs plus £46 victims' surcharge.
Prosecutor, Sarah Perkins, said police stopped Challinor's VW Caddy on Westmoreland Avenue because it was showing as uninsured on June 6 at 12.40am.
A blood test showed 163 units of benzoylecgonine, a derivative of cocaine, the legal limit of which is 50 and 50 units of cocaine - the limit of which is 10.
John McLaren, defending, said his client had been round to the home of friends where drugs were being used by others and Challinor decided to try it and joined it.
He took some drugs in the early evening and felt OK when he set off to drive the short distance home in the early hours.
Challinor had been in dispute with his insurance company and said he had not cancelled his car's insurance.
A woman accused of being a noisy neighbour has had a date for her trial fixed.
Paula Wilson, 38, of Palatine Road, Blackpool, pleaded not guilty to failing to comply with a noise abatement notice issued by Blackpool Council between March 24 and April 28 this year.
She is alleged to failed to have stopped noise by played amplified music with lyrics, singing, banging, stamping, loud voices and doors slamming at her address.
Her case was adjourned to December 17 for trial.
A man breached a court order for a second time when he failed to attend appointments.
Steven Allen, 27, of Iddon Court, Blackpool, pleaded guilty to failing to comply with a community order.
He was fined £80 and ordered to pay £60 costs.
Prosecutor, Cheryl Crawford, said Allen had been sentenced to a 12 months community order with 10 days rehabilitation and 120 hours unpaid work for the community for disqualified driving and drug driving.
He failed to attend appointments on August 5 and 19.
Kathryn Jamieson-Sinclair, defending, said her client had been ill at the time but could not provide proof of that as he had not been registered with a doctor for 12 years.
Allen had made progress with the order since missing the appointments.


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VVVVVV's soundtrack is now on gorgeous vinyl
It's a VVVVVV bonanza this week, to celebrate the game's 10-year anniversary.
Materia Collective has released a 52-track album of video game menu music
Yes, really. It's called Menu, and it's all just menu music. It's actually brilliant.
Children of Termina reinterprets the music of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Materia Collective confirm the release date for Children of Termina, a new orchestral arrangement of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask soundtrack
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Materia Collective has announced that Ballads of Hyrule, a new album of Legend of Zelda orchestral arrangements, is now available for pre-order.


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Fulham Shore has agreed the acquisition of Franco Manca for £27.5m
Fulham Shore has agreed the acquisition of Franco Manca for £27.5m. Fulham Shore said that since the announcement of the acquisition, two new Franco Manca restaurants have opened in London, at Belsize Park and Broadgate in the City, bringing the estate to 12. It is said that early trading at both restaurants has been positive. Fulham Shore has also said Franco Manca has a firm base on which it expand, initially in London and then, in time, elsewhere in the UK. It believes it has the potential to grow to at least 40 restaurants in the UK over the next five years.


Washington D.C. [USA], Apr. 11 : Tropical Cyclone Cook formed in the Southern Pacific Ocean and on Sunday, April 9, 2017 and moved across the island of New Caledonia in the South Pacific Ocean on early on April 10. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP Satellite passed over Cook as it was making landfall.
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided a visible image of Cook on April 10 at 0254 UTC (April 9 at 10:54 p.m. EST). That was about one hour before the storm's center made landfall in central New Caledonia. The image showed a cloud-filled eye surrounded by powerful thunderstorms. A large band of thunderstorms feeding into the center blanketed the islands of Vanuatu.
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 30 : Astronauts may soon be able to communicate faster to and from space as NASA's advanced laser communications system called LEMNOS has brought speedy connections closer to the reality.
Imagine being able to watch 4K ultra-high-definition (UHD) video as humans take their first steps on another planet. Or imagine astronauts picking up a cell phone and video-conferencing their family and friends from 34 million miles away, just the same as they might on Earth. LEMNOS, Laser-Enhanced Mission and Navigation Operational Services, may make these capabilities and more a reality in the near future.
New Delhi [India], Mar. 4 : NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN), which is in its second year of studying the Red Planet's atmosphere, was recently forced to perform unscheduled maneuver to avert a space-wreck.
In its first collision avoidance maneuver, MAVEN spacecraft carried out a rocket motor burn that boosted its velocity by 0.4 meters per second (less than 1 mile per hour) to steer clear of Mars' moon Phobos, NASA reported.
The correction was small, but it was enough for the spacecraft to avoid the crater-filled moon by about 2.5 minutes.
Google dedicates its doodle to NASA's seven earth sized exoplanets discovery!
New Delhi [India], Feb. 23 : Google has always made sure to celebrate every special affair around the globe.
Likewise, it has dedicated its doodle today to NASA's discovery of seven earth sized exoplanets.
In a short, comical animation, the doodle shows NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, which revealed the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star.
The discovery sets a new record for greatest number of habitable-zone planets found around a single star outside our solar system. All of these seven planets could have liquid water - key to life as we know it - under the right atmospheric conditions, but the chances are highest with the three in the habitable zone.
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has been exploring the Red Planet for more than a decade. Like a champion, it tackled all the difficulties that it faced during its journey on the planet. But now, the rover has got stuck on a hill. NASA officials and scientists in the project have made a bold decision to make the rover climb the hill.
As per NASA report, the rover got stuck when it was exploring the slopes of 'Marathon Valley'. The region is in Meridiani Planum of Mars. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced that the Opportunity rover will attempt to climb the slope. It will be the most extreme slope the rover has faced in its more than a decade mission on the Red Planet.
Orbital ATK is among the two private companies that presently hold a contract with the US space agency NASA for flying unmanned cargo missions to the International Space Station (ISS). The formation of the company took place with a merger of Orbital Sciences Corp. and Alliant Techsystems (ATK).
Specialized in launching tiny satellites, Orbital Sciences was best known for the Cygnus cargo spacecraft launch to the ISS, and ATK gained prominence by making solid rocket boosters for the space shuttles. Since the merger in February 2015, Orbital ATK has been working on defense systems, flight systems and space systems.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) used its Spitzer Space Telescope for creating a precision temperature (exo-) map of a nearby 'super-Earth' exoplanet, known as 55 Cancri e. This is the first of its kind graphical representation for the heat data available for such an exoplanet, which is located at a distance of 40 light years from Earth and is situated in the constellation of Cancer.
Astronomers investigating data and images beamed back by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft have found that dwarf planet Pluto once have had flowing lakes of nitrogen. The team concluded the new findings after studying details of body of nitrogen on the dwarf planet seen in a new picture.
New Horizons team announced that Pluto may once have harbored lakes of nitrogen, not water, billions of years ago when its surface conditions were different from today. The distant world's thicker atmosphere raised the temperature and created an environment where liquid nitrogen flowed on the surface, the team added.
The more we understand about dwarf planet Pluto, the more confusing it becomes. New set of data sent by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft revealed that the distant planet had lakes on its surface in the past. Before this, it was thought that Pluto only has an ocean under its frozen surface.
The data collected by the spacecraft during its flyby of Pluto last year in July also suggested that the planet in the Kuiper belt may have a nitrogen lake on its surface in future. NASA has released a new image confirming that there were liquid channels on the surface of Pluto millions or billions of years ago.
NASA has planned eight major projects that will be undertaken over a period of coming six months. The research projects will range from Greenland ice sheet to the coral reefs of the South Pacific. The purpose of this scientific investigations campaign is to understand the extent to which the Earth is changing and how humans are affecting this change.
"Combining the long-term global view from space with detailed measurements from field experiments is a powerful way of deciphering what's happening in our world," said the Director of NASA's Earth Science Division, Michael Freilich.
NASA's Cassini mission scientists have identified the highest peak on Titan, largest moon of planet Saturn. The tallest peak on Titan is 10,948 feet high, the research team said.
They have also discovered that all of the highest peaks on Titan are roughly 10,000 feet in elevation. The study has revealed surfaces in-depth using pictures and other data from Cassini's radar instrument.
Stephen Wall, deputy lead of the Cassini radar team at NASA, said that the point discovered by them isn't just the highest point they have found on Titan so far, but they also think that it's the highest point they would ever find there. Most of the tallest mountains on Titan are apparently near to the equator.
American space agency NASA has released some new close-up images of Ceres, revealing the dwarf planet's mysterious bright spots in unprecedented detail.
The images, captured by the space agency's space probe Dawn from just 240 miles above the surface, provides a closer look at Ceres surface that shows distinctive bright spots. The images unveil a dome covered with the bright material.
For the first time, scientists could look at the dwarf planet's Occator Crater. The crater, which measures around 2.5 miles deep and 57 miles across, contains the two bright spots that perplexed researchers for years.
However, even the new images failed solve the mystery of bright spots, but the images finally provided scientists with something to work with.
A team of planetary scientists has proposed a new theory stating that the Moon, Earth's natural satellite, has shifted off its original axis by roughly 6 degrees over the course of a billion years. This shift might have happened due to violent volcanic activity, nearly three billion years ago. Southern Methodist University, Dallas Planetary scientist Matt Siegler and his team has worked on the project.
After checking data collected by NASA missions, Siegler added giant mass of molten material could have caused a change in internal balance of lunar center of gravity. The study has been published in the journal Nature.
For the first time ever, scientists have managed to see a star going supernova in visible light. The Kepler space telescope captured two exploding stars in 2011. At that time, explosion of two red supergiants took place in what are known as Type II supernovae.
Type II supernovae occur when the core of the star collapses and explodes violently in fast succession. Such kind of explosion's shockwaves or shock breakout lasts just around 20 minutes due to which recording one of the events is a remarkable achievement for astronomy.
With the help of NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory, a UCL-led research team found that solar storms have triggered Jupiter's intense 'Northern Lights' by producing a new X-ray aurora that is eight times brighter compared to normal and hundreds times more energetic in comparison to Earth's aurora borealis.
This is for the first time ever that Jupiter's X-ray aurora has been analyzed during the arrival of a huge storm from the Sun at the planet.
The striking findings go together well with NASA's Juno mission this summer which is looking forward to understand the link between the two largest structures in the solar system, including the area of space managed by Jupiter's magnetic field and the region under the control of solar wind.
Late Tuesday, commercial Cygnus cargo ship was launched into space. Streaking into the Florida night sky, it is on a delivery mission, carrying a record-setting load of NASA experiments and gear to the International Space Station (ISS).
Yesterday, at 11:05 pm the Orbital ATK-built Cygnus blasted off atop an Atlas V rocket EDT in a smooth liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Packed with over 3.5 tons of supplies, the cargo ship is likely to arrive at the space station early on March 26.
The flight is the second for Orbital ATK's improved Cygnus craft on an Atlas V rocket given by the United Launch Alliance. The company representatives said that the cargo ship has onboard even more cargo as compared to the Orbital ATK's last record-breaking flight in December.
As part of its Mars exploration initiative, American space agency NASA has released a new gravity map of the red planet that is believed to have the potential of providing minutest and most detailed look of the planet's unforeseen interiors. The improved resolution may help scientists crack certain mysteries associated with various regions of the planet that still continue to perplex humans.
The gravity maps play the same role in scanning the inside of a planet as a doctor does while conducting an X-ray to see the close organ details of a patient, said Antonio Genova from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in a NASA press release.
A Soyuz rocket carrying a space team of three astronauts was launched on Friday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Now, the crew, including one NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts, has reached the International Space Station (ISS) safely.
A pair of Roscosmos cosmonauts—Oleg Skripochka and Aleksey Ovchinin—and American astronaut Jeff Williams arrived at the ISS after a journey of about six hours. With the latest mission, the 58-year-old NASA astronaut, Jeff Williams, will break another NASA astronaut Scott Kelly's record by spending 534 cumulative days aboard the space station. Kelly has lived 520 days in space at the ISS.
The trio, flying on a Soyuz space capsule, was welcomed by NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, ESA astronaut Tim Peake and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko.


In his book Fishing: More Than a Passion—published this fall by the Write Place—Chiodo uses a mix of prose, poetry, and farce to explore the ins and outs of the sport he loves. He recounts the thrill of tournament fishing, delves into the psychology of fly fishing, and nostalgically describes his first fishing rod (a Coke bottle with a white string, heavy sinker and hook attached). The text is enhanced by black-and-white illustrations provided by Larry Anderson, an Iowa artist and friend of the author.
Ben Chiodo grew up on the south side of Des Moines and currently lives in the town of Murray, Iowa. He has enjoyed fishing his whole life, as well as sharing the sport with others. As a member of Iowa bass clubs, Chiodo has participated in many fishing tournaments.
Fishing: More Than a Passion is Chiodo's first book. It is the second fishing book published by the Write Place. The first was The Reel Adventures of a Marion County Angler, a light-hearted memoir based on the fishing experiences of Jeff Rowland, an Iowa native and amateur angler who moonlights as a fishing guide. Both titles are available for purchase on Amazon and BarnesandNoble.com.


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