Dalton Rangel na WTM Latin America 2014
Apresentao do chef Dalton Rangel promovida pelo Turismo do Chile na World Travel Market Latin America 2014. No vdeo, o chef Dalton faz uma "Fritada de batata ao creme defumado de Salmo"....
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Official Rugby World Cup 2015 Travel Packages selling fast
With only 500 days to go until Rugby World Cup 2015, All Blacks fans are snapping up Official Travel packages for the Tournament.
To date over 4,500 tickets have been sold to Kiwi fans as part of Official All Blacks Tours packages.
General Manager of All Blacks Tours, the company exclusively appointed in New Zealand as the Official Travel Agent for RWC 2015, David Caldwell, says demand has exceeded expectations.
Traditionally Kiwis are renowned for leaving their travel plans to the last minute. However weve seen high booking demand since going on sale on 1 March. Everyone wants to guarantee their place at what promises to be the biggest event of 2015 and see the All Blacks attempt to make history by being the first team to go back to back, says Mr Caldwell.
All Blacks Tours has a wide range of ticket-inclusive supporter packages on offer for fans which include accommodation, flights and more, as well as official RWC 2015 match tickets.
The much-anticipated event is taking place in England and Wales in September and October 2015.
Fans wanting the true All Blacks experience can choose from eight fantastic Official All Blacks Supporter Tours, which take in all the big matches and also include a number of sightseeing options in Europe, as well as exclusive All Blacks Tours merchandise and access to the Official All Blacks supporter functions during the Tournament.
Alternatively, All Blacks Tours offers Ticket Packages for those who want the freedom to make their own plans around Rugby World Cup 2015. Fans can choose from Accommodation and Ticket Packages which include official match tickets coupled with accommodation around match days, or Flight and Ticket Packages, which include return flights from New Zealand.
All Blacks Tours has access to official match tickets for every game of the Tournament so that New Zealand fans can guarantee seats for all of the games they want to see, not just the All Blacks matches.
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Morocco has been unveiled as the host for the World Travel Awards Grand Final 2014, 2015 and 2016 today following the signing of a three-year hosting agreement during a ceremony hosted at Arabian Travel Market. The announcement was made at the press conference jointly hosted by World Travel Awards President Graham Cooke, Moroccan Minister of Tourism, His Excellency Dr. Lahcen Haddad, and Mohammed Arkobi, Chairman of Innovate Marketing Solutions.
Speaking at the event World Travel Awards President Graham Cooke said: "This is a momentous day for World Travel Awards and for the Moroccan tourism industry.
"Morocco is the ideal destination for World Travel Awards; growing rapidly to become the leading tourism destination in the region.
"There is so much to offer, from the beaches of Agadir, to the splendour of the Atlas Mountains and the cosmopolitan chic of downtown Rabat."
The first event will take place in the beautiful city of Marrakech later this year.
Discussing the role of Innovate Marketing Solutions in securing the deal, Graham Cooke added: "We look forward to building our relationship with Innovate Marketing Solutions, over the coming months ahead of the event.
"As World Travel Awards' representatives their role in negotiating the contract with the Moroccan tourism authorities has been instrumental."
Securing hosting rights for the World Travel Awards Grand Final is just the latest coup for Morocco, which has been able to use its reputation as one of the most politically stable destinations in the region to significantly increase its tourism revenue in recent years.
While Marrakesh has been a 'must see' destination for generations, Fez, Meknez, and capital Rabat are now joining the city on the global stage.
His Excellency Dr. Lahcen Haddad added: "Morocco is an enchanting, hospitable land full of mystery, wonder and cultural richness.
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DUBAI, May 6 (Bernama) -- Etihad Airways has been named Middle East's Leading Airline for the eighth consecutive year at the World Travel Awards Middle East, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.
The prestigious accolade was one of three awards won by Etihad Airways at a special gala ceremony here Monday night.
The airline was also named the Middle East's Leading Airline-First Class and the Middle East's Leading Cabin Crew.
The World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to celebrate excellence in travel and tourism, with industry professionals and travel consumers voting for the winners.
Described as the Oscars of the travel industry by the Wall Street Journal, winners are initially selected at six regional ceremonies, including the Middle East event, followed by a year-end global finale.
Meanwhile, the year also saw Etihad Airways achieve its third consecutive net profit, up 48 per cent to US$62 million (RM201.43 million), underpinned by record passenger numbers, freight volumes and revenues.
The World Travel Awards President '&' Founder, Graham E Cooke said that over the past decade the carrier has grown from a regional player into a global powerhouse and this achievement has again been recognised by the voters of World Travel Awards.
"The airline's strategy of organic growth and savvy partnerships, coupled with an unrivalled commitment to quality and service, has delivered record results and soaring passenger growth. The airline looks forward to another record year in 2014."
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FAITH Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning by: FR. GAMMY TULABING I would like to share with you this article from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Questions and Answers
What is a stem cell?
A stem cell is a relatively unspecia-lized cell that, when it divides, can do two things: make another cell like itself, or make any of a number of cells with more specialized functions. For example, just one kind of stem cell in our blood can make new red blood cells, or white blood cells, or other kindsdepending on what the body needs. These cells are like the stem of a plant that spreads out in different directions as it grows.
Is the Catholic Church opposed to all stem cell research?
Not at all. Most stem cell research uses cells obtained from adult tissue, umbilical cord blood, and other sources that pose no moral problem. Useful stem cells have been found in bone marrow, blood, muscle, fat, nerves, and even in the pulp of baby teeth. Some of these cells are already being used to treat people with a wide variety of diseases.
Why is the Church opposed to stem cell research using the embryo?
Because harvesting these stem cells kills the living human embryo. The church opposes the direct destruction of innocent human life for any purpose, including research.
If some human embryos will remain in frozen storage and ultimately be discarded anyway, why is it wrong to try to get some good out of them?
In the end, we will all die anyway, but that gives no one a right to kill us. In any case, these embryos will not die because they are inherently unable to survive, but because others are choosing to hand them over for destructive research instead of letting them implant in their mothers womb. One wrong choice does not justify an additional wrong choice to kill them for research, much less a choice to make tax payers support such destruction. The idea of experimenting on human beings because they may die anyway also poses a grave threat to convicted prisoners, terminally ill patients, and others.
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A Rising Tide: How Spirituality Can Save Your Congregation
This video is presented by Mark Bernstein, CERG Growth Consultant Spirituality has many meanings and takes many forms in our Unitarian Universalist congregat...
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Main Points from the episode 1 : * Happiness is not based on achievement. It is not the destination, it is on the journey. * Happiness is a state of being, created while working towards the...
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Joy S. Gilbert, Contactee 4-26-14 Pt. 2 "DNA, Human Evolution Spirituality"
In this lecture, Joy S. Gilbert speaks about the experiences that people consider paranormal are really NORMAL Human experiences. But, we have been conditioned out of recognizing these experiences...
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Jody Hirsh pulls a copy of the Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible, from a shelf in his overstuffed office. He turns to the Book of Jeremiah and recites what may be his favorite passage in scripture.
In it, the prophet laments that he cannot help but speak the name of the Lord, though it causes him "constant disgrace and contempt."
Hirsh can relate.
A Jewish educator, award-winning playwright and musician, Hirsh sees artists as the "prophets of our day." And like Jeremiah, he said, the urge to create, to speak, to be heard, burns to quote Jeremiah "like a raging fire" in the heart and bones, regardless of the consequences.
"I think that is the artistic impulse," said Hirsh, who employs the arts extensively in his role as Judaic educator at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center in Whitefish Bay. "It's the fire in your bones that has to come out."
If that is the case, it's Hirsh who stokes those flames, at least at the JCC, where he draws on theater, the visual arts, literature, music and more to explore Jewish history, identity and spirituality.
Arts and culture, he says, "are a huge common denominator for Jews," especially at Jewish community centers, which draw members from a broad spectrum of nationalities, religious observances and even beliefs.
"I want to create programs and events that people can relate to whether they believe in God or not. Whether being Jewish is the most important thing in their lives or a peripheral thing," said Hirsh, who was honored in March by the Jewish Community Centers of North America with an award it typically bestows on institutions, calling him "the Gold Standard for JCC Jewish educators."
"I really think the arts are something we can do at the JCC that nobody else in the Jewish community can do because of our diversity," he said.
Hirsh, 66, joined the JCC in 1998 after working similar posts on the West Coast, in Houston and Hong Kong.
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Hey! What #39;s Space Station Freedom? - 1992 NASA Documentary - CharlieDeanArchives
This video, #39;Hey! What #39;s Space Station Freedom? #39;, has been produced as a classroom tool geared toward middle school children. There are three segments to thi...
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ISS flyby Jupiter as close as 8 arcminutes.
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Space Taxi: Private Vehicles to Ferry Astronauts to ISS
NASA retired its space shuttle fleet in 2011. Since then, the only way American astronauts can get to the International Space Station (ISS) is through its old rival, Russia. But the cost of...
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Image Caption: Ham video in action. Credit: ESA
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While amateur radio enthusiasts have been able to communicate with astronauts on the International Space Station since its inauguration in 2000, a new digital amateur television (DATV) transmitter installed in the Columbus laboratory will add a visual element to those conversations, the European Space Agency announced on Monday.
For the past 14 years, people on Earth have been able to communicate with the ISS crew using standard radio equipment, the ESA said. The DATV system was developed by Kayser Italia and arrived at the station last August on board Japans space freighter. It was then connected to an existing S-band antenna in the Columbus laboratory.
The video signal works like standard TV broadcasts in that the crew members will not be able to see their audience, but they will be able to hear their questions and comments over the regular amateur radio system. The sessions have to be brief, as the connection requires a direct line of sight. Since the ISS travels at speeds of more than 17,000 mph, it quickly passes through the field of view of Earth-based amateur stations, the agency said.
The crew finished commissioning the set-up for the device on April 12, and NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins was the first member to broadcast over what has been dubbed Ham TV. He took part in a video chat with ground stations in Livorno, Casale Monferrato and Matera, Italy.
The ESA explained that they have contributed five ground antennas and equipment to the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) organization, which can be easily transported and repositioned as needed in order to receive video from the ISS when it flies overhead. When linked together, the agency said that the station is capable of providing up to 20 minutes of contact at any given time.
According to ARISS, the Ham Video transmitted operates with a Canon XF-305 camera. It has download frequencies of 2.422 GHz and 2.437 GHz, contingency frequencies of 2.369 GHz and 2.395 GHz, and a DVB-S like signal. Other characteristics include a DVB-S like signal (without PMT tables), symbol rates of 1.3 Ms/s, 2.0 Ms/s, FEC of 1/2, video PID of 256, audio PID 257 and RF radiated power (approximately 10 W EIRP).
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Ham Video Makes Its Debut On The International Space Station
The International Space Station's Dextre robot plucked a high-tech laser communications terminal from the trunk of a Dragon commercial cargo craft Monday, completing two weeks of unpacking the SpaceX supply ship's 4,600 pounds of experiments and provisions.
The Dextre robot is pictured near the Dragon spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA The cargo freighter's supply load included materials stowed inside its pressurized cabin and mounted in a rear trunk, an external logistics platform designed to carry large experimental packages and spare parts for operations outside the space station.
The Dragon spacecraft arrived at the space station April 20, two days after launching on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The unmanned cargo ship is the third operational vehicle SpaceX has sent to the space station under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA.
The space station's astronauts were charged with removing the gear packed inside the Dragon's internal cargo hold. The job of unloading the capsule's trunk fell to the outpost's Canadian-built robotics system.
The crew last week finished transferring cargo from the Dragon spacecraft's pressurized section, totaling 1,576 pounds of science and research equipment supporting more than 150 experiments, 1,049 pounds of crew supplies, 449 pounds of vehicle hardware, and 271 pounds of spacewalk tools, including a fresh spacesuit.
Among the items were legs for the space station's Robonaut 2 humanoid robot, a research investigation aimed at demonstrating vegetable growth in a habitat aboard the complex, and an experiment funded by the National Institutes of Health seeking to identify the cause of a suppressed immune system during long-duration space missions. Scientists say the research could help treat auto-immune diseases like arthritis and diabetes.
The Dragon's cargo delivery also replenished dwindling food stockpiles on the space station.
For the first time, SpaceX hauled technological experiments inside the Dragon spacecraft's external trunk: the High-Definition Earth Viewing payload and the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science, or HDEV and OPALS.
The space station's Dextre robot -- a 12-foot-tall, two-armed device with a toolkit for myriad repair and maintenance tasks -- moved the HDEV camera suite to a mounting plate on the European Columbus lab module May 1.
The camera system was activated and started transmitting high-quality views outside the space station May 2. You can watch live video from the HDEV camera system here.
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Mercury Redstone - Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2010
Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/rseferino1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orbiterfilmmaker On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard piloted the Freedom 7 mission and became the second person,...
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In mid-1964, an in-house team of engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama, became the first NASA group to study piloted Mars/Venus flybys based on Apollo Program hardware. They conducted their study because they wanted to see humans voyage to other planets, and because President Lyndon B. Johnson had made clear that, to contain spaceflight costs, the post-lunar landing space program should be based on hardware developed for Apollo lunar landings.
In public statements, NASA emphasized that LBJs vision called for a series of Earth-orbiting space stations based on Saturn rocket and Apollo Lunar Module (LM) components. Modified Apollo Command and Service Module (CSM) spacecraft would ferry scientist-astronauts, supplies, and new experiment apparatus to the low-cost stations, which would, it was hoped, provide concrete benefits to American taxpayers through research into biomedicine, new manufacturing processes, Earth and Sun observations, and advanced technology development.
The Johnson vision made no mention of piloted Mars/Venus flybys based on Apollo Program technology in its post-Apollo program. On the other hand, neither did it specifically forbid them.
Even before the MSFC engineers completed their study in February 1965, other NASA centers sensed that they might be left behind and got into the act. On 1 October 1964, North American Aviation (NAA), the Apollo CSM prime contractor, commenced a study for the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas of piloted Mars/Venus flybys based on Apollo Program hardware. NAA presented results of its nearly nine-month study at MSC on 18 June 1965.
NAA proposed to exploit three main Apollo Program hardware elements for its piloted flyby missions: the CSM; Saturn V rockets; and the SLA (Saturn Launch Adapter), which in Apollo lunar missions linked the bottom of the CSM with the top of the Saturn V S-IVB third stage and housed the LM moon lander. NAA was SLA prime contractor.
The photo of Apollo 11 on the launch pad at the top of this post zeroes in on its conical Command Module under a white Boost Protective Cover, its drum-shaped silver-and-white Service Module, and, below that, its tapered, segmented white SLA. The black band below the SLA comprises the Instrument Unit, the Saturn V rockets electronic brain, and the top of the Saturn V rockets S-IVB third stage. Note workers on the launch pad gantry for scale.
Image: NAA/NASA.
The NAA study team included no good-quality drawing of all the engineering modifications it recommended for the piloted flyby SM. The most obvious of these was deletion of the modules single Service Propulsion System (SPS) engine and its replacement by three Apollo LM descent engines. The throttleable LM engines, each with independent propellant tanks and plumbing, would provide propulsion redundancy during the long voyage between planets.
The presentation to MSC did, however, include the above detailed cutaway line drawing of the CM. The bowl-shaped heat shield (denoted by the letter A) would work in tandem with the two outboard LM engines on the SM to protect the four-person crew during Earth-atmosphere reentry. Flyby mission reentry velocity could depend on many factors, including, for example, the flyby distance at Mars. In many cases, the CSM would approach Earth at the end of the flyby mission moving much faster than the planned maximum lunar-return velocity of about 37,000 feet per second. Hence, NAA proposed an end-of-mission retro maneuver to slow the CM for reentry.
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