Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Everything must come to an end – including satellites. After 16 years of loyal service observing Earth, the ERS-2 satellite has retired. This edition of Space tells the life story of the venerable satellite. Read More
Monday, September 26th, 2011
Minister for International Development Heidi Hautala (Green), who is also responsible for matters related to state corporate ownership, does not plan to intervene in the activities of the state-owned railway company VR. “The owner, that is, the state, does not choose or remove the operative management. Read More
Monday, September 26th, 2011
Planning officials have cited the Government’s proposed changes to the planning system in a series of contentious decisions even though the new guidelines have yet to come into force. Approval has been granted to developments that will see meadows and green fields making way for new housing, office buildings and industrial lorry parks. Housing developers have
Monday, September 26th, 2011
A government commission and Southeast Asian center here have begun exploring areas of cooperation, particularly on climate change (CC). Knowledge management was initially identified as an area in which the Climate Change Commission (CCC) and the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization-Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEAMEO SEARCA) could explore possible collaboration. Read
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
The Plesetsk spaceport in the Arkhangelsk region has resumed preparations for launching a Glonass-M navigation satellite with a Soyuz-2-1b rocket on October 1, Space Forces spokesman Col. Alexei Zolotukhin told Itar-Tass on Friday.According to Itar-Tass, he said the spaceport personnel had attached the Fregat booster and the satellite to the rocket. The assembly will be
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
A joint initiative between a group of interior design students at UC Duoc Alameda, a technical university, and the Yungay Neighborhood Cultural Association has created the Yungay 2020 project to revitalize the Santiago neighborhood and make it a new cultural and tourist center. Read More
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
Members of the public have been asked for their views on legislation designed to crack down on rogue property factors. Minimum standards for the property and land management industry have been set out as a code of conduct. It follows the introduction of the Property Factors (Scotland) Act, which was passed by the Scottish parliament early in
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI) has come up with suggestions, including developing townships in the peripheral areas, strengthening the transportation system, to help the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) fine-tune the proposed master plan. CREDAI, the apex body of realtors, has suggested that integrated townships be developed to decongest the city,
Saturday, September 24th, 2011
The two new solutions – SAP Smart Meter Analytics software powered by SAP HANA and SAP CO-PA Accelerator software – were developed by SAP product and design teams working in close collaboration with customers, using design-thinking principles that work from the end-user needs backward. For example, these new applications are designed to give people real-time
Saturday, September 24th, 2011
England’s biggest cities will be able to make their case for new powers from central government to drive faster growth under new clauses to the Localism Bill. The Localism Bill aims to deliver a legacy of empowered cities that can drive private sector growth and jobs. The changes means city leaders, alongside the area’s local
