This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page a 28-year-old man was stabbed several times near his house on Sunday night in which case several individuals might be involved Join as a new member with your Sustaining support now Listen to the OPB News live stream (opens new window)Streaming Now Retail Chaussea notified the Autorité de la concurrence of its plan to take over 71 stores formerly operated under the Chauss’expo banner Chaussea operates stores offering affordable footwear for men The 71 Chauss’expo stores taken over as part of the transaction are also active in the same sector The transaction is part of court-ordered liquidation proceedings (liquidation judiciaire) at the end of which the Lille Métropole Commercial Court decided to assign the aforementioned assets to Chaussea two key players in the affordable town footwear retail market where large specialist retailers (such as Besson Gémo and La Halle) operate alongside major food retailers the Autorité examined whether the planned takeover by Chaussea was likely to restrict competition in areas with stores operated by both banners the Autorité identified competition risks in the catchment areas surrounding the Chauss’expo in Audun-le-Tiche (57) Dunkirk – Petite Synthe and Quaëdypre (59) the transaction was likely to affect competition and there was a risk of price rises or a reduced offering to the detriment of consumers given the significant combined market share of the parties and the lack of sufficient alternatives Chaussea has undertaken to divest stores in each of the areas concerned to one or more competitors * “OR” indicates that Chaussea may divest either of the stores indicated for each of the areas concerned Where an offer is received for both of the stores The commitments will ensure that sufficient competition is maintained and that consumer interests are protected in the local retail markets for affordable town footwear The proposed buyers will need to be approved by the Autorité which will ensure their ability to provide a credible affordable footwear retailing alternative in each of the areas concerned The commitments are intended to safeguard adequate local competition The aim is to allow a competitor to take over the stores and their activities in order to safeguard competition in the area concerned thereby ensuring that consumers have a diversified offering in terms of prices and products The party cleared to carry out the transaction must present to the Autorité buyers capable of ensuring a valid takeover and then providing effective competition which will clear the effective divestiture of the store in question The divestitures do not therefore entail the closure of the stores While the effective conclusion of a merger is subject to clearance by the Autorité de la concurrence the Autorité may grant a derogation enabling the parties to finalise part or all of the transaction without waiting for the clearance decision in order to allow for the continuation of the business activities The granting of such a derogation is exceptional A derogation may be granted in cases where takeover offers are presented for companies subject to court-ordered liquidation (liquidation judiciaire) or receivership (redressement judiciaire) the granting of a derogation by the Autorité is without prejudice to the final decision taken at the end of the investigation The national commission that oversees commercial development in France gave the project the go-ahead at the end of June which was initially rejected by the commission in May 2023 will see Primark open in a section of the existing Auchan supermarket building in the small town Mont-Saint-Martin already has an unusual concentration of large shops almost all of which are aimed at consumers crossing the border from Luxembourg “This is practically unique in the history of this brand because it is mainly present in large cities,” the town’s mayor Serge De Carli told Virgule Primark was rejected last year partly on environmental grounds but the latest plan includes rooftops composed of plants and vegetation and permeable surfaces in place of traditional asphalt The re-submitted plan had been approved in June much earlier than the initial expected date of September and that he anticipates the store will open next year is destined to develop and create jobs,” said De Carli who estimates Primark will spend between €5-€6 million on the project (This article was originally published by Virgule. Translation and editing by Alex Stevensson) 1 May, Labour DayTrade unions threaten general strike in Labour Day demonstrationsThe OGBL and LCGB unions used 1 May rallies to promise nationwide protests for worker and union rights ShoppingIs the sneaker trend running out of steam?With resale culture fading, Luxembourg shops strive to stay up to date with the latest must-have pairs CommerceBankrupt furniture chain Sichel closes its shops in LuxembourgSichel furniture shops closed their doors in Esch-sur-Alzette and Bertrange after the company was declared bankrupt Online shoppingTemu and Shein see US sales surge ahead of small parcel tariffAmerican consumers are stockpiling goods before e-commerce platforms raise their prices ClosureExki to close its outlet in Kirchberg Shopping CenterHead of Happy Snacks Antoine Scholer acknowledges the firm is facing tough times despite revenue raising deal with shareholders in January Trade warTrump exempts phones, computers, chips from ‘reciprocal’ tariffsSmartphones, laptop computers, hard drives, computer processors and memory chips generally aren’t made in the US Eating outCocottes to open café to replace La Baraque chip shopThe specialist fries outlet closed at the end of March, with the new café-sandwich shop due to open in early June Automobile sectorNew car sales sluggish in LuxembourgRegistrations increased by just 1.37% in the first quarter of 2025, with Tesla sales falling by 52% Advertiser contentTreat yourself to a stress-free holidayDreaming of a worry-free trip What if the secret to a smooth getaway was simply good preparation and the right protection Advertiser contentReal estate: Why should you take advantage of the start of 2025 to begin your real estate project?The main things we remember about the housing sector over the past 12 months are the rise in interest rates and the fall in property prices Advertiser contentProperty: I've decided to invest!The various forms of government support for investment Advertiser contentThe Luxembourg Times BusinessRun is happening again on 18th September!On Thursday 18th September with the starting gun of the 11th Luxembourg Times BusinessRun fired at the Coque at 7 pm Share this with instagramShare this with facebookShare this with linkedinSections Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 2/23/2025 12:37:00 AM | Alex Dean - Assistant Sports Information Director © 2025 University of Alaska Fairbanks Athletics Thanks for visiting ! The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Mont-Saint-Michel in France tops the list of travelers' favorite fairy-tale destinations. Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now splits her time between Colorado and Paris, ensuring she doesn't have to live without skiing or L'As du Fallafel. University of Montana AthleticsMonday, November 4Missoula, Mont.7:00 PMMontana Photo by: Tommy Martino/University of MontanaGriz open regular season at home on Monday11/3/2024 11:45:00 AM | Men's Basketball This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Fr. Marcel Rainville '67 and longtime friend Louis Giancola '68 organize delayed tour to France this June with President Sterritt, focused on important sites from history of the College's founding religious order Fr. Marcel Rainville, S.S.E. ’67, says Mass in France during a previous College-sponsored heritage trip, in the Church of St. Martin in Avallon, site of milestone inspirations for Edmundite founder Fr. Jean-Baptiste Muard. (Photos courtesy of Laurie Sabens, and Louis Giancola for two with him) Like many native Vermont students arriving at Saint Michael’s for college in the mid-1960s, Fr. Marcel Rainville ’67 and Louis Giancola ’68 brought high hopes and the promise of solid working-class family backgrounds and values, but were yet to glimpse much of life outside their native state. Now half a century later, these two friends and longtime acquaintances have experienced education’s power to open an endlessly fascinating wider world. Today, each man easily shares cosmopolitan stories of global adventures with agreeably natural straightforward enthusiasm that endears. This past year as together they began organizing a pandemic-delayed trip to France with Saint Michael’s College President Lorraine Sterritt for June 2022 to visit important sites in Edmundite history, Marcel Rainville and Louis Giancola clearly have come — and gone – a long way since college, even if on distinctly different paths. Louis Giancola ’68 and wife, Mary, at Mont Ste. Michel during the 2018 tour. An earlier planned 2020 Edmundite historical tour had to cancel during the pandemic, but most of the would-be travelers opted for travel credit and will be joining the 2022 tour of just over 30 people including President Sterritt, who earned her doctorate at Princeton in French literature and speaks fluent French, as does Father Rainville. Beautiful countryside and villages off the beaten tourist paths are on the coming trip. Deep French roots, 50 years a priest, 15-plus heritage trips Fr. Marcel playfully demonstrates for 2018 travelers how the residents/priests used to have to wash outside. The popular, mild-mannered priest says he has enjoyed the great variety of Saint Michael’s community members who have joined these trips through the years. These include most of the resident Edmundite priests and brothers at some point, and faculty and staff members of all faiths (or no faith) who glowingly tell of trip rewards well beyond its religious pilgrimage opportunities. Others to join in the past have been trustees plus various interested community members. Fr. Marcel and his two sisters & brother in law in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Louis Giancola:  St. Mike’s lifer, travel enthusiast Giancola is a big fan of Fr. Rainville going back to their student days in the 1960s, and even more so after touring with him. “I think he’s a very humble man considering all that he does — on the last tour he had health issues but he did not let that stop him. He did the homilies in French, organized gourmet luncheons … He is gifted in so many ways and was wonderful to work with. I think we made a good team.” A Rutland native of Italian heritage and a first-generation college graduate in his family, Giancola chose to major in French literature at Saint Michael’s. He studied abroad in Paris through an early UVM program, with extensive European travel while still an undergraduate, got his master’s at Middlebury and had a varied teaching career, including as instructor of English as a second language (ESL) and helping resettle refugees in Vermont. A gourmet luncheon at an establishment that a friend of Fr. Marcel runs. “I spent my senior year in Paris for orientation for six weeks, then to University of Nice,” he said.  Being in France allowed him wonderful vacations from school terms there and he traveled all over Europe — to Italy, Spain and Switzerland. After returning to Saint Michael’s and passing his demanding comprehensive exams or “comps” of those days, he decided to pursue a master’s in French at Middlebury, which was world-renown even then for its language programs. Louis at Pontigny on an earlier Edmundite heritage tour. The cemetery at Omaha Beach in Normandy is on the heritage tour as it is not far from Mont-Saint Michel, once under the care of the Edmundites. A personal highlight for Giancola and Fr. Marcel was traveling to the smaller towns in Burgundy and Normandy, “places where we would not have visited if not for the Edmundites, so it was a taste of authentic France,” off of the beaten tourist path, Giancola said. “People were very friendly,” both wherever they visited and among the travelers, Giancola said, and he particularly appreciated the congenial spirit continually enhanced by the lovable Father Rainville along the way. “One of the highlights for me on the 2018 trip as well was getting a deeper appreciation for the Edmundites and their whole philosophy for service and social justice,” he said. A panorama view of Auxerre from the 2018 trip, with St. Etienne at the top. DPD says drones are quicker and safer than driving a van up mountain roads in winter France’s postal service has begun using drones to make parcel deliveries to a remote Alpine village says flying packages by remote control is more reliable quicker and safer than driving a van up narrow mountain roads in winter when they are often icy or blocked by snow Launched during a normal postal delivery round from a special launch-and-landing platform that emerges from the side of a vehicle the drone is guided to a “secure terminal” near the village where it releases the package to be collected by the customer using a code DPD began researching the possibility of using drones to make deliveries in 2014 and has been honing the technology ever since La Poste was given permission by France’s civil aviation authority to begin using the drones which have six electric rotors that can be charged using solar panels for deliveries in the Isère region of south-east France They will carry small parcels between Fontanil-Cornillon to Mont-Saint-Martin which is 760m above sea level and north of Grenoble in the Chartreuse mountains “There are many benefits to drone delivery in the mountains as compared to delivery by van there is reduced risk on roads that are dangerous and sometimes blocked especially in winter,” DPD said it guarantees that they will receive their parcel even if the road is impassable it does not emit any CO2 into this protected natural environment,” it added A drone is launched from a special launch-and-landing platform that emerges from the side of a vehicle. Photograph: Siavosh Hosseini/La PosteDPD says the drone has numerous safety features it can only carry parcels weighing under 2kg and measuring less than 31cm x 15cm x10cm La Poste has been using drones to make deliveries in the Var region of southern France but this is the first time the technology has been used in the mountains “We’re heading for the winter period and in the Alps there are regular snowfalls that can stop traditional deliveries to Mont-Saint-Martin,” Jean-Luc Defrance DPD director told Le Parisien. More logistics firms and retailers are turning to drones for last mile deliveries Your browser doesn't support speech synthesis The sight of drones dropping parcels in back gardens or balconies is closer than ever as more aviation authorities give trial schemes the green light amid growing interest from retail and logistics players Spanish innovator GesDron recently launched a pilot for Europe’s first home delivery drone for food orders in Madrid while Ireland now has drone service Manna delivering groceries with plans for rapid expansion in the UK and U.S the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority approved plans for Sees.ai to begin test flights using remote piloting – a significant step forward from previous trials in which drones had to remain in view 16 public and privately owned organisations in Sweden Norway and Denmark just backed an initiative to probe the efficient use of airspace for drones where the likes of logistics firm UPS and Amazon have been piloting schemes following approval from the U.S drones have huge potential to transform the logistics sector as technology advances at speed and consumer demand for convenience grows EMEA logistics development director at JLL research firm MarketsAndMarkets predicts the glocal market for drone delivery will grow from $528 million in 2020 to $39 billion by 2030 progress on the research and development side and those technological advances have stimulated governments to come up with new rules and regulations which of course differ from country to country,” he says “But it’s only recently that we are starting to see some steps made by third party logistics providers (3PLs).” The UK’s Royal Mail is now trialing drone deliveries for the first time to deliver letters and Covid-19 testing kits to the Isles of Scilly Over in the U.S., retailer Kroger is following in the footsteps of Walmart by running its own pilot drone schemes to deliver groceries in as little as 15 minutes Drone technology itself is also evolving with a new German model from Wingcopter capable of delivering three parcels in one go “All things point towards greater use but there are a few challenges to overcome for it go further,” says Smart From concerns over safety and privacy in low lying airspace to energy efficiency drone delivery is not quite ready for large-scale commercial take-off just yet But efforts such as the Nordic Drone Initiative – where several countries with common regulatory areas have come together – could speed things up warehouses will also need to adapt to manage a steady flow of drone deliveries “How those 3PLs factor in drones will play a big part in their success – but it’s also about futureproofing warehouses which have historically gone through little change in terms of their configuration over the years,” says Smart “Buildings will need to accommodate drones in just a few years’ time if technical and regulatory progress continues at its current pace.” or more space outside for drone landing pads may not only mean altering warehouse design but rethinking picking and packing operations “3PLs more used to dispatching multiple items will be switching to single items being sent out individually – that alone is a big change to overcome given traditional delivery methods,” Smart says involves an un-crewed aerial vehicle carrying up to 100kg of mail to an airport a smaller drone takes deliveries to dedicated points urban areas will also need to rethink their current airspace regulations,” says Smart pointing to the city of Madrid’s stipulation that currently restrict drones from built-up areas But drones are clocking up the miles in more remote locations; France’s La Poste has a small-scale drone delivery service up and running with drones transporting packages up to the village of Mont-Saint-Martin in the Alps. The cost of scaling up may raise questions over financial feasibility – and damage to and a loss of drones over time could alone prove to be prohibitive. But as Smart points out, drones were always more likely to play a supporting rather than main role in the delivery process. “They’re on their way now and the level of discussion among supply chain players has risen,” says Smart. “With more trials underway, the coming months will give us more clarity as to how big a delivery role drones can actually play in future logistics networks.” The latest news, insights and opportunities from global commercial real estate markets straight to your inbox.  My NewsSign Out Sign InCreate your free profileSections news Alerts Follow @NBCNewsPictures •Sign up for the NBCNews.com Photos Newsletter the Olympic flame is about to reach French soil Torchbearers and how to watch the Marseille arrival live","tag":"[\"paris-2024\",\"topics-torch-relay\",\"newsclip\",\"apple-news-all\",\"torch-relay\",\"marseille\"]","module_type":"InStoryCampaign","module_title":"Paris 2024 Olympic Torch Relay preview: full route 🥇","event":null,"destination_url":"","entry_point_tag":"base","entry_point_type":"instory_campaign"}" data-tracking="click" href="https://www.olympics.com/en/sign-in?entry_point_type=instory_campaign&entry_point_tag=base&template=base&origin=https%3A%2F%2Folympics.com%2Fen%2Folympic-channel" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Olympic Membership - Free Live Stream Sports & Original Series - join now Bordeaux and the Libournais area (Bordeaux) from the Loire to the Atlantic Ocean (La Baule-Escoublac) the European region of Alsace (Strasbourg) Picture by Vincent Curutchet / Caisse d’EpargneThe Olympic flame departs Athens on board the Belem on 27 April 2024 Wednesday is set to be an unforgettable and emotional day The famous ship will appear off the northern harbour of the French city from 11:00 (all times CEST) the Belem will start a parade along the coast as it sails to the southern section for 17:00 will take place around the Old Port of Marseille The French swimmer will be the first in a long line of former Olympians sports stars and celebrities to take part in the Olympic Torch Relay in Marseille Around 150,000 people are expected to attend the arrival of the Olympic flame in Marseille A huge outdoor concert featuring local rappers Alonzo and Soprano will take place from 21:00 until midnight The arrival of the Olympic flame will be filled with great symbolism since it marks a connection between two cities which are closely linked by their influence over the Mediterranean basin: Athens and Marseille After the celebrations in Marseille on 8 and 9 May 65 French departments and six overseas territories (Guadeloupe the island of Réunion and New Caledonia) will host the Olympic Torch Relay the last visited city will host a lighting ceremony of the Torch Relay cauldron the general public will have the opportunity to get involved and enjoy various activities from sporting initiations and cultural initiatives to concerts and shows These celebration venues will be open to the public from 15:30 until 19:45 around 10,000 Olympic Torchbearers will travel across the French territory skating or even climbing; both individually and as a group Each Torchbearer will carry the Olympic flame over an average distance of around 200m but they must follow a minutely-executed process before and after their relay handover The team is not only made up of champions but also everyday athletes They might come from different backgrounds but they all have something in common: they embody the energy of sport and the Olympic spirit with coverage getting underway from 18:30 CET You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed the Grand Ducal police have arrested a man on suspicion of murdering the woman whose dismembered body was discovered on 19 September in Mont-Saint-Martin The 48 year old suspect was placed in custody by order of the public prosecutor on Friday and will be investigated for murder and manslaughter alongside the ongoing investigations from the judicial police Investigators were able to identify the 40 year old woman with Portuguese roots by her tattoos with her identity later confirmed through DNA analyses Once established that the victim lived in Luxembourg the public prosecutor of Nancy transferred the case to the Diekirch prosecution the Diekirch prosecutor said the suspect is deemed innocent until proven guilty and added that further details are unlikely to be made public in order to prevent any disruption to the investigation Investigation into murder of Diana Santos proceeds Dismembered body is Portuguese resident from Luxembourg LOWER GWYNEDD >> Mount Saint Joseph Academy’s Daria Yohe got things done in the batter’s box and the pitcher’s circle against Gwynedd Mercy Academy Tuesday afternoon The freshman threw a complete game and went 3-for-5 with two runs scored in the Magic’s 9-2 Athletic Association of Catholic Academies win at Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School Yohe scored the first run of the game with one out in the top of the first inning and the Mount (7-5 Yohe and Emily Vinal hit back-to-back one-out singles and Charlotte Gale worked a walk to load the bases Jewel Schaefer followed with a two-run single Yohe doubled to lead off the top of the third inning and courtesy runner Mary Kate Martin scored for her on an error to put the Magic ahead singled and scored – alongside Vinal – on Gale’s two-run single to make it a 5-1 game the right-handed Yohe scattered five hits across seven innings She allowed two runs – one earned – while striking out three batters to one walk She credited her curveball and screwball for the successful outing Her biggest jam came in the bottom of the sixth inning with a 6-2 lead 6-1 AACA) had runners on first and second with one out and were one batter away from the top of their lineup Mount second baseman Vivian Moore snagged a hard-hit line drive and touched second base to turn an unassisted double play and end the threat The Magic carried that momentum to the top of the seventh Emily Markowski hit a solo home run before Kayla Funk and Meghan Martin scored on an error to make it 9-2 “That was incredible,” Yohe said of Moore’s play (Moore’s play) brought the energy back into the game and really helped us finish it off.” finished the game 4-for-4 with two runs scored Her two-out single in the top of the sixth gave the Magic their sixth run “Our first couple games we had sporadic hits,” Yohe said “As our team bond has become a little closer we’ve definitely built off each other and the hits are really contagious.” Jenna Morrison got the Monarchs on the board when she hit a two-out single stole both second and third and scored on a Morrison groundout in the fifth “(Mount is) a good team,” GMA coach Charlie Ball said “We have to step up against a good team You can’t just put cleats on and think you’re going to win.” Kerstein Dunlap and Alexis Mulado split the game in the circle for Gwynedd allowing four runs on six hits with three strikeouts to one walk Mulado allowed five runs across three innings with one strikeout to two walks The result puts Mount Saint Joseph and Villa Maria Academy within one game of Gwynedd Mercy in the AACA standings.The Magic’s win also improves their chances of earning a spot in the 12-team District 1-5A playoffs “We need someone else to beat (Gwynedd) and then we’re tied for first in the league,” Yohe said “Last year we had not-so-great of a record This year I think we’re stepping it up so it’s pretty exciting for me.” “Any game is a league championship game,” Ball said Mount Saint Joseph Academy 201 021 3 – 9 Save my name and email in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" For the reopening of the Saint-Michel de Brasparts Chapel in Brittany Ronan Bouroullec elevated the interiors with a new altar design The 17th-century Chapelle Saint-Michel de Brasparts reopens to the public in July 2023, after a thorough restoration and with new interiors by Ronan Bouroullec following a series of fires in the surrounding areas and the restoration was supported by François Pinault ‘The Chapel of Saint-Michel de Brasparts is a modest building with a canted apse,’ Martin Bethenod former managing director of the Bourse de Commerce – museum of the Collection Pinault The Arrée-hills-slate roof rests on an oak frame magnificently restored by the craftspeople from Ateliers Le Ber in Sizun The beaten-earth floor is slightly raised in the choir area The door of the main west façade is only rarely used a resting place open to all – passers-by made of locally sourced Nuit Celtique de Huelgoat granite and comprising an altar with a base to hold a cross and candles Essential in their appearance yet carefully conceived in proportions and execution these pieces were created in collaboration with stone mason Christophe Chini from nearby Plonévez-du-Faou an artist–metalworker based in Roscoff who helped Bouroullec create the cross and the candle holders.  Behind the altar, Bouroullec placed a round mirror, previewed by Galerie Kreo at Design Miami/Basel earlier this year and featuring a rippled surface created with a master glassmaker from Murano and placed in conversation with the chapel’s only decorative elements – namely the stained-glass windows were attributed to the Breton master glassmaker Auguste Labouret ‘The whole challenge of the project lies in the magical operation of creating lightness from mass applying the rules of the golden ratio to the altar Balance in the paradoxical relationship between the mass of the block of granite for the console-table and its virtual suspension on steel legs that extend into candlesticks Balance between the weight of the mirror and its impalpable almost unreal quality,’ continues Bethenod the elements that Ronan Bouroullec has placed in the chapel must succeed despite or because of these characteristics in establishing an intimate relationship with the sacred.’ escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox @ronanbouroullec Rosa Bertoli was born in Udine she has been the Design Editor of Wallpaper* where she oversees design content for the print and online editions she has written extensively about all areas of design Rosa has been speaker and moderator for various design talks and conferences including London Craft Week Rosa has been on judging panels for the Chart Architecture Award the Dutch Design Awards and the DesignGuild Marks She has written for numerous English and Italian language publications and worked as a content and communication consultant for fashion and design brands Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker In the winter, delivering packages to villages in the mountains can be dangerous and unreliable because the roads are icy and sometimes blocked by the snow. That’s why, La Poste, a French postal service, has decided to start delivering its parcels by drone to remote villages in the Alps mountains France’s civil aviation authority permitted La Poste to start using the drones for deliveries DPD operates the service on behalf of La Poste in the small village Fontanil-Cornillon in the Isère region of south-east France that’s equipped with a special launch-and-landing platform and flies the drone 760m above sea level up the mountain to a small village called Mont-Saint-Martin The drone containing the parcels is guided to a “secure terminal” where it releases the package The recipient then receives a code and can go collect their package There are many benefits to drone delivery in the mountains as compared to delivery by van there is reduced risk on roads that are dangerous and sometimes blocked the drone also has several safety features: The only downfall is the drone can only carry packages weighing under 2kg and measuring less than 31cm in length snow falls regularly in these mountain areas and can prevent a traditional delivery person from climbing to Mont-Saint-Martin we will still be able to transport the packages to the village La Poste has already used drones to make deliveries in the Var region of southern France. However, this is the first time the post office used the technology in the mountains France isn’t the only country using drones to deliver parcels the postal services are already using drones in mountain areas Log in to leave a comment Tony Martin wins time trial; Chris Froome pads Tour de France leadAPMONT-SAINT-MICHEL France (AP) — German rider Tony Martin won the 11th stage of the Tour de France and second-placed Chris Froome finished way ahead of his main rivals to significantly improve his overall lead on Wednesday Martin did not disappoint over the 20.5-mile route in Normandy from Avranches to the medieval walled city of Mont-Saint-Michel Froome was faster over the first two time splits but slowed down in the last section and rolled in 12 seconds slower than Martin "My biggest race today was with the other GC riders," Froome said "I've extended my lead today so I'm very happy with that Hats off to Tony Martin for winning that stage Froome was the only rider to get within a minute of Martin with Belgian Thomas De Gendt 1:01 behind in third others who are supposed to be slipped further behind Alejandro Valverde and two-time former champion Alberto Contador were two minutes or more behind Froome and 2010 champ Andy Schleck and 2011 champ Cadel Evans lost massive time Valverde remained in second place overall but is 3:25 back Contador improved to fourth but is 3:54 behind "I think I've shown in the mountains that I can hold my own Contador looked stern-faced and tense when he prepared to start 2:15 behind Martin; Evans was 2:30 slower and Schleck finished 4:44 behind Martin "No one's won the Tour de France yet and no one's lost it We have to get to Paris yet," Contador said "It's true that Chris Froome is in impressive form and is a great climber Even though Evans is 6:54 behind Froome in 14th place "I couldn't get the best out of myself," the Australian said and in the last four days (of the race) we will give everything." Martin was lucky to still be in the race after losing consciousness on his team bus after his crash in the opening stage It was so bad that his left lung was bruised and layers of skin were shredded off his back preventing him from sleeping properly for several nights There are still some deeper wounds that are left to heal but it's not that painful anymore like directly after the crash," Martin said It was more or less like every time trial." Martin won the penultimate stage of the 2011 Tour He also finished second behind Bradley Wiggins in the time trial at the Olympic Games last year in London whose website dates the town's origins to Celts in the 9th century B.C It ended at the breathtaking island citadel of Mont-Saint-Michel a World Heritage site because of the Gothic-style Benedictine abbey erected between the 11th and 16th centuries riding at an average speed of 34 mph in humid conditions there was little time for Martin to take in the sights Mark Cavendish had an eventful day — but for the wrong reasons Cavendish's team said it believes someone threw urine at the British rider "That's really disappointing to hear," Froome said "To do something disrespectful like that is really sad and ruins the whole atmosphere." The 12th stage Thursday is one of two consecutive flat days for sprinters taking the riders on a 135.5-mile route from Fougeres to Tours in the Loire valley The climbers will face a medium mountain stage on Saturday and daunting ascent of Mont Ventoux on Sunday The Guigal family has purchased Domaine Les Clefs d'Or in Châteauneuf-du-Pâpe while the owners of Château Mont-Redon have acquired a winery in nearby Cairanne "We've been looking to buy another vineyard with exceptional terroir co-owner and president of Château Mont-Redon Domaine de L'Oratoire St.-Martin has been in the Alary family since 1692 Fabre entered into negotiations with brothers Frédéric and François Alary 18 months ago "We weren't alone in bidding for the estate He added that they did not make the highest bid but they promised to maintain the continuity of the estate The brothers had been running the 62-acre estate since 1984; nearing retirement and with their children having chosen different careers they decided to find new owners who would maintain the spirit of the estate the Alary brothers have eschewed pesticides and chemical fertilizers for the past 30 years "Mont-Redon is HVE3 [High Environmental Value] certified we'll learn more about organic and biodynamic growing and see what we can adapt to use at Mont-Redon," said Fabre The wine will continue to be made at Oratoire though eventually they might renovate the cellars with 85 percent [of vines] on the hillside Fabre took over from his father and uncle three years ago Mont-Redon has 247 acres under vine in Châteauneuf-du-Pape 62 acres in Côtes du Rhône and 82 acres in Lirac They also produce 33,000 cases under their négociant label Réserve Mont-Redon Stay on top of important wine stories with Wine Spectator's free Breaking News Alerts Meanwhile the Northern Rhône négociant E. Guigal has expanded its holdings in Châteauneuf-du-Pape with the acquisition of Domaine Les Clefs d'Or. Philippe Guigal first came to the appellation in 2017 with their acquisition of the historic 124-acre Château de Nalys after a decade-long search for a prime Châteauneuf estate Philippe Guigal, general director and winemaker, was looking for more vines in the La Crau lieu-dit of Châteauneuf, because he believes the area produces fresher, more vibrant wines, even as the climate grows warmer. Les Clefs d'Or has been in the Deydier-Méry family for six generations. The property now includes 87 acres spread between Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Côtes du Rhône-Villages. The 47 acres in La Crau, next to some plots of Nalys and near Clos des Papes, includes a plot of old Grenache vines believed to have been planted in 1896. Nalys has a large contiguous vineyard in the La Crau, Séneseau and Grand Pierre lieux-dits. The Guigal family also owns the 17-acre Domaine Mercier. Both Les Clefs d'Or and Mercier will be folded into the production at Nalys from the 2020 vintage, with the same technical team of vineyard manager Lionel Duplessis and agronomist-enologist Ralph Garcin. A new cellar is being planned for Nalys. The transaction also includes vines in Côtes du Rhône-Villages Massif d'Uchaux, which will be integrated into the Guigal portfolio. The owner of Stoller and Chehalem wineries was devoted to the future of Willamette Valley … Inside the first U.S. location of the French luxury retailer, guests can enjoy fine wine at … Phase one of the Viticulture and Winery Technology program’s new home, funded by a $10 … The Tuscan wine company has purchased a minority stake in Tenute delle Terre Nere; De … While the White House has paused tariffs on foreign wines at 10 percent for now, the trade … Vintners and guests at Italy’s premier spring tasting shared the belief that quality beats … Click 'OK' then 'Allow' to enable notifications InstagramXThreadsSnapchatTikTokYouTubeLAD Entertainment Home> News> US News we can't help but think about what must have been going through the victim's minds at the time For the most part, all we can do is assume - but on some occasions, their final words and thoughts are immortalised by recordings which captured their last few moments in this world Bringing both closure and context, these audio files can help people piece together exactly what went wrong These snippets emerged in the midst of investigations into both tragedies listeners heard what was going on in his last moments in real-time The volunteer radio operator met a grizzly end during a shift for the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service when Mount St Helens in Skamania County He was a Navy veteran who had been trained as a short-wave radio operator so it made sense for him to offer his services to the team Gerry had driven his motor home up onto a ridge near the volcano the day before the disaster to monitor the mountain - and unknowingly gave himself a front row seat to an eruption that has been described as being 'more powerful than a nuclear bomb' The 64-year-old would no doubt have realised he might have been in danger after noticing that the volcano was bubbling on Mount St Helens which was dubbed 'fire mountain' by locals A small earthquake which had taken place a few weeks prior in March 1980 seemed to trigger the volcano as steam was seen rising from it just a week later while the ground also appeared to be stirring on the north face of the mountain Brave volunteers like Gerry and volcanologist David A Johnston were the ones keeping an eye on it - but neither of them had any idea about the death and destruction it was about to cause A colossal debris avalanche was set off by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake which in turn caused a lateral eruption which diminished the elevation of the mountain's summit by over 1,000ft and left a mile-wide horseshoe-shaped crater in it Lava spilled down the volcano's sides at speeds which dwarfed those of the landslides while it also pumped out hot gases at more than 300mph Gerry realised what was about to unfold with just seconds to spare - and he used those final moments to warn his fellow radio operators of what was about to come the camper and car that’s sitting over to the south of me is covered no trace of Gerry or his motor home was ever found but it is believed that he was essentially 'buried alive' by the hot ash and lava which spewed out of the volcano The 57 victims of the Mount St Helens eruption suffered the same fate and are reported to have passed away from asphyxiation after being trapped underneath the scorching debris which is still the most active one in the Cascade Range continues to show signs of life all these years on The 1980 disaster remains the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in US history Topics: US News, News, History, Health, Technology Olivia is a journalist at LADbible Group with more than five years of experience and has worked for a number of top publishers She also enjoys writing food reviews (as well as the eating part) but still finds time for a serious documentary An autumn of concerts and conferences is planned as Mont-Saint-Michel’s famous abbey celebrates its 1,000th birthday and it has since become one of France’s most-visited tourist attractions Some 2.8 million people visited Mont-Saint-Michel in 2022 The island is so popular that the Unesco World Heritage site introduced discount parking at certain times of the day in August to try to regulate the flow of tourists Read more: French attraction moves to tackle problem over overtourism President Emmanuel Macron visited the abbey in June to mark the millennium including a tour of The Archangel’s Abode exhibition This comprises 30 works of art and religious objects that shed a light on the monument’s history Other events this month include a free dance performance The full programme of events can be found here To mark the anniversary year here are some lesser-known facts about the site: a year after the Archangel Michael appeared to the bishop Aubert in a dream and asked him to build a sanctuary on the island The first Benedictine monks settled there in 966 Read more: Has a longstanding mystery at Mont-Saint-Michel finally been solved? ran across the bay to the feet of the city’s walls La ligne de Pontorson au Mont-Saint-Michel was run as a tourist attraction between 1901 and 1938 with five to six trains a day during high season Mont-Saint-Michel is at the centre of local rivalries as people in both Normandy and Brittany claim it as their own It did indeed belong to Brittany after the Treaty of Compiègne in 867 ceded the area to the then-kingdom Normandy regained control of the tidal island and today it belongs to the Manche department that has not stopped it being associated with Brittany the mayor of Mont-Saint-Michel caused controversy by hoisting the Breton flag next to the Norman one Read more: EU Council confuses Mont Saint-Michel as being in Brittany The monument was built with the same stone used for pavements in London and Paris Granite from the Chausey islands off the coast of Normandy was also used in many old houses on Jersey The island was once nicknamed the ‘Bastille des mers’ (Bastille of the sea) as it has at various points been used to house prisoners Inmates included clerical opponents of the regime and other political prisoners A tidal island called St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall is its English counterpart In the 11th century this site was given to the Benedictine order of Mont-Saint-Michel and construction of a church began in 1135 Lamb from the salt marsh meadows near Mont-Saint-Michel was registered Appellation d’origine protégée (AOP) in 2013 The high salinity in the grass gives the meat a distinct taste that is considered a delicacy France overtourism: five alternatives to the most popular destinations Normandy wins ‘most desirable region’ for British tourists French legends part 1: Beasts and beauty - stories from the north ‘All I have is this precious image and the story behind it’ ‘I don’t think anyone could walk through without getting a real sense of respect for the soldiers who died here’ Health warnings are in place for vulnerable people The case of the dismembered body of a young woman which was discovered early Monday afternoon on the outskirts of an old disused supermarket in Mont-Saint-Martin has shaken the town of nearly 9,000 inhabitants a 50-year-old resident of Mont-Saint-Martin said he witnessed the discovery early Monday afternoon He was at the café which is thirty-four metres from where the body was discovered when a young man came to get him He was peeing behind the shop which has been closed for years when he came across the body The young man thought it was a dummy at first Abelkader remembers a strong smell of putrefaction on the site before he saw the dismembered body of a woman who concluded that the body must have been transported from place A to B 'B' being an old bin at the back of the supermarket which has become a dumping ground in this urbanisation zone where one finds rubbish The naked body of the victim - a relatively young woman according to the Nancy prosecutor's office - will be autopsied at the Nancy forensic institute Her office was relinquished on Monday afternoon after the judicial police had conducted investigations Abdelkader also remembers how witnesses went to meet the local policeman He didn't believe it until several colleagues arrived to the scene As for the person who discovered the horrible scene he was immediately taken care of by the fire brigade and left with the ambulance another headless body was discovered by walkers in the state forest of Moyeuvre-Grande the death of this man could date back several months But there is no link as yet between the two cases MenuMenuThe groupActivitiesCommitmentsBackThe groupOur purpose : To be the first European platform for links and exchanges at the service of our customers in their projects and of the society as a whole in its changes BackCommitmentsLa Poste puts its societal commitments at the heart of its business model and its strategic plan 2019DPD France launches a parcel delivery line using drones in IsèreInnovationThe talksFranceDPD France is launching a regular commercial line to deliver parcels using drones DPDgroup launched the first line of this kind in 2016 This second line will make deliveries from a mobile take-off pad in the delivery vehicle DPD France is authorised to make parcel deliveries by drone connecting Fontanil-Cornillon to the village of Mont-Saint-Martin in a return journey time of 8 minutes the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) authorised DPDgroup the international express delivery subsidiary of Le Groupe La Poste to deliver parcels by drone on a regular commercial line in Var between Saint Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume and Pourrières This first line has shown the utility of drone technology for parcel delivery in isolated areas DPD France is innovating with the “Delivery Assistant” solution: a mobile pad that allows drones to take off and land safely directly from the side door of the vehicle This means the drone can be used during a normal delivery round by lorry if the delivery driver has parcels for customers in Mont-Saint-Martin they can park their vehicle in a dedicated space in Fontanil-Cornillon in order to carry out the operations safely it requests authorisation to take off from an operator qualified by the Aviation Safety Agency who then monitors the journey to ensure it goes smoothly When the parcels arrive in Mont-Saint-Martin fixed receiving terminal near to the town hall where several parcels can be received and stored A delivery receipt is sent by SMS/email to a town hall employee who can take delivery of the parcel as they would via a mailbox then deliver it personally to the end-customer the drone returns to the lorry and the delivery driver can continue their round The drone navigates from the mobile take-off pad to the fixed terminal and back without the delivery person needing to control it at any point on a round trip taking approximately 30 minutes to get to and from Mont-Saint-Martin delivery vehicles do not need to take the mountain road which reduces the distance that the parcel travels to around 3 km taking 8 minutes for the drone to fly to its destination and back Drone delivery in the mountains offers many advantages since they do not have to drive along difficult or dangerous mountain roads it guarantees that they will receive their parcels even when precipitation makes the road impassable since the drones are powered using electricity which is an additional benefit in this protected natural environment For more information, the press releasepdf - 227 kBDownloadRead also Financial information Non-financial information Overall this gave Emilly Johnston an impressive fourth place title Isabella was fifth and Ella McPhee in eighth for 2024 The women’s elite class saw the riders tackling the damp cold conditions with Loana Lecomte building an eight second lead after the first lap they caught up to Lecomte by the end of lap two and Stigger and Lecomte traded places in the front of the race Lecomte pulled away on a climb and managed to cross the finish line first This gave Jackson a 17th place overall for the 2024 XCO season Carter Woods 48th and Leander Bouchard 50th Get the digital edition of Canadian Cycling Magazine Top five still possibe for Australian former Tour winner Evans vows to keep fighting as three teammates crash Evans keen to see his rivals' form in the Pyrenees Martin and then daylight for Tour's first ITT Tour de France shorts: TT start times BMC Team Manager Jim Ochowicz said the team would come out fighting on the flat 33km time trial finishing in Mont-Saint-Michel in preparation for a tough final week which could deliver a mass shake-up to the GC Currently 3:11 separate the 2011 Tour winner Evans in 16th from Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) in second Chris Froome (Sky) has a commanding hold on yellow the placings are going to change," said Ochowicz The hardest part of this Tour hasn't started yet We expect to see again a displacement of the general classification in a way that's unpredictable "The only outcome from this last weekend that was predictable was Chris Froome Ochowicz said Wednesday's time trial suits powerful TT-riders Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) has the best chance of winning he added "Tejay [van Garderen] and Cadel are ready for the race - they're going to prepare the race Evans - and van Garderen in particular - had a torrid weekend in the Pyrenees Van Garderen suffered in the broiling heat and now lies more than half an hour behind Froome (Sky) Evans labelled stage 8 to Ax-3-Domaines the worst Tour performance of his career He recovered on stage 9 and moved up nine places He still believes a top five is possible according to Australian paper the Herald Sun World time trial champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) won his second Tour de France stage against the clock this afternoon but the day belonged to race leader Chris Froome as he extended his lead to over three minutes on his nearest challenger Early-starter Martin set a benchmark for the 33-kilometre stage from Avranches to Mont Saint-Michel that only Froome looked like challenging The Briton and last-man off went quicker than the German at the two intermediate splits along the course but ended up finishing 12 seconds down on the stage winner Froome finished comfortably ahead of his GC rivals with Bauke Mollema (Belkin) the next best of the overall contenders in 11th the Sky rider extended his lead over Alejandro Valverde to 3-25 with Mollema a further 12 seconds in arrears 2007 and 2009 Tour winner Alberto Contador moved up to fourth overall but is nearly four minutes down on the Briton Froome's Sky team-mate Richie Porte finished fourth suggesting his troubles on Sunday's stage are behind him Mark Cavendish was jeered at and had a bottle of urine thrown at him by a spectator in what is believed to be retaliation for his part in the crash that felled Argos-Shimano rider Tom Veelers in yesterday's stage finish Cavendish refused to comment on the issue when asked about it by journalists ResultsTour de France 2013 stage 11: Avranches to Mont Saint-Michel Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 33km in 36-29 Thomas De Gendt (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM at 1-01 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step at 1-31 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step at 1-37 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar at 1-52 Alberto Contador (Spa) Saxo-Tinkoff at 3-54 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Saxo-Tinkoff at 3-57 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step at 4-44 Jean Christophe Péraud (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale at 5-39 Stage nine: Martin wins stage as Froome fights to keep lead Stage eight: Froome wins Tour mountains stage to take overall lead Stage seven: Sagan scores first win of 2013 Tour Stage six: Greipel wins as Impey moves into lead Stage five: Cavendish wins; Gerrans keeps lead Stage four: Orica win Tour's team time trial to put Gerrans in yellow Stage three: Gerrans outpaces Sagan to take win Stage two: Millar denied yellow as Bakelants takes spoils Stage one: Kittel wins chaotic opening stage Podcast five (stage eight) Podcast four (stage six) Podcast three (stage five) Podcast two (stage four) Podcast one (stage one) Tour de France 2013: Comment, analysis, blogs Lessons learnt by Team Sky after Tour visits Pyrenees Was Sunday (stage nine) a missed opportunity for Froome's rivals? Tour de France 2013: Cycling Weekly's coverage index Thank you for reading 20 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1 *Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1 Nick Bull is an NCTJ qualified journalist who has written for a range of titles as well as being a freelance writer at Beat Media Group which provides reports for the PA Media wire which is circulated to the likes of the BBC and Eurosport His work at Cycling Weekly predominantly dealt with professional cycling and he now holds a role as PR & Digital Manager at SweetSpot Group which organises the Tour of Britain.  The mayor of Mont-Saint-Martin, Serge De Carli, confirmed in the French publication Le Républicain Lorrain that the Aushopping Pôle Europe shopping centre will welcome a new Primark shop The shop was to occupy an area of 3,000 square metres and create about 100 jobs filed a complaint against the company's branch in the neighbouring municipality This was reported by Le Républicain Lorrain earlier this week it is his duty to "defend the businesses in the city centre" the arrival of Primark would decrease the level of quality He highlighted in particular the "deplorable conditions" under which the brand makes "men The project is in a difficult position now and may not be implemented at all the project will  be delayed as a result of the lawsuits Quebec ready to inject money into Mont Sainte-Anne upgrade With a nip in the air and the ski season in the offing the Quebec government is reportedly negotiating a deal to help finance the revitalization of Mont Sainte-Anne (MSA) 25 report in the local publication Le Charlevoisien said the government would announce a deal with the ski centre owner Calgary-based Resorts of the Canadian Rockies (RCR) Le Soleil confirmed the report from a “reliable source.” The reports sparked a flurry of reaction the same day at the National Assembly with Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) ministers dodging questions but not denying the reports The group advocating for new owners for the resort we will not comment; we have not seen the agreement and have nothing concrete to base it on.” Quebec Infrastructure Minister and Minister for the Quebec Capital Region Jonatan Julien told reporters during a brief scrum Pierre Fitzgibbon had handled the file as minister of economy Fitzgibbon had ruled out expropriating the resort from RCR but said the Quebec government would be willing to invest in its upgrade “Nothing has been signed,” and refused further comment There have been two offers to buy MSA from RCR recently The owners of Le Massif de Charlevoix made a bid in 2022; earlier this year but thanks to a 100-year lease signed in 1994 with the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (Sépaq) RCR proposed a $500-million plan to upgrade the facility which has been plagued in recent years with accidents on its lifts While reaction to the reports of a possible deal was positive in media reports “It is important not to put public money in the pockets of a company that does not deserve it Mont Sainte-Anne is one of Canada’s oldest and best-known ski resorts and the host of many international competitions It also hosts mountain bike races on its network of trails Copyright © 2025 | Powered by Astra WordPress Theme The shopping basket concocted by Paperjam has seen an average inflation of 9% in the space of eight months From one country and one supermarket to another France and Luxembourg are experiencing price rises But where is the best place to fill your shopping trolly Delano’s sister publication Paperjam already in September last year did a test at three locations in the greater region with the bill at the Auchan supermarket in Mont-Saint-Martin in France 21% lower than at the Cora in Messancy in Belgium comparing products of identical brands in the three countries The first finding is that no-one is immune to inflation: in the space of eight months the price of this range of 50 products has risen The range varies from 7% in Belgium to 11% in France Luxembourg--which in March had the lowest inflation rate in the eurozone--has seen its prices rise by 10% Lesson two: France remains the country where shopping is cheapest the receipt at Auchan Mont-Saint-Martin cost €287.96 the price has risen to €320.03 for the same trolly Packaging has changed considerably in recent months where 17 products out of a sample of 50 have changed their packaging volume More than one in three products is subject to shrinkflation a combination of contraction and inflation that can confuse consumers they can always refer to the price per kilo or per litre to try and see things more clearly While this may enable manufacturers to limit price rises on the shelves it can also have an impact on their sales volumes That’s why some products come in smaller packaging it’s up to the consumer to choose the format how often they use the product in question In the case of the emblematic Coca-Cola bottle Belgium and Luxembourg have stuck with the 1.5-litre format while in France the American soft drinks giant offers its beverage in two sizes: 1.25 litres and 1.75 litres prices rose by 9% on our basket of 50 products bought in the three countries There are significant differences from one shop to another The biggest variation was in the price of a packet of Herta Original Knacki sausages which rose by an average of 42% in the three supermarkets while at Cora in Messancy it was 61% and at Auchan in Mont-Saint-Martin 60% The second biggest increase was also for a Herta product the 6-slice nitrite-free cooked ham (+36%) Liebig’s pumpkin velouté saw its price jump by an average of 32% Two products are less expensive than in September: Durex condoms in boxes of 10 (-31%) and Kellogg’s Special K cereals Prices for the latter have fallen by an average of 14% that this conclusion is based on a rule of three as none of the three shops offered this product in the reference format used in our September survey (550 grams) France comes out on top when it comes to dairy products and water Luxembourg stands out on alcoholic beverages with the exception of Ferrero and Lotus products It should be noted that the Paperjam test excludes special offers An important point about drinks: Cora Messancy is playing the promotions card when large quantities are purchased two packs of Vittel purchased entitled the holder to two others free of charge at the time of our visit on 19 May the annual inflation rate in the eurozone reached 7% according to Eurostat Luxembourg stands out with a price rise of 2.7% compared with 3.3% in Belgium and 6.9% in France This article was first published in French on It has been translated and edited for Delano for the 370th commemoration of the Concordia Treaty signed on the Mont des Accords on March 23 the Collectivité of Saint-Martin and its Territorial Youth Council (CTJ) in association with the school community of the College Mont des Accords of Marigot A march for the commemoration of Concordia Treaty before the event at the College Mont des Accords the Territorial Youth Council of St Martin will organize its annual march on the occasion of the commemoration of Concordia Treaty This year the CTJ will meet the Youth Parliament of Sint Maarten at the summit of the Mont des Accords they will read the articles of the original text of the Treaty in French FindAGraveRobert Landsburg was a 48-year-old photographer from Portland who died when Mount St a photographer who had been documenting the volcanic activity in the weeks prior to the eruption Landsburg was about four miles west of Mount St but the pyroclastic flow traveled so quickly that he barely had time to react before it reached him Landsburg snapped a few stunning images of the approaching ash cloud and used his body to shield it from the heat Rescuers pulled Landsburg from the debris 17 days later He’d died as soon as the hot ash reached him — but his photographs survived Landsburg’s final photos are among the most haunting images captured on the day Mount St In March 1980, seismographs picked up small tremors beneath Mount St. Helens an active volcano in southwestern Washington that’s part of the Cascade Range and curious hikers flocked to the area in hopes of seeing an eruption a 48-year-old freelance photographer from Portland He visited the volcano numerous times in the weeks leading up to the disaster such as the large bulge that appeared on the mountain’s northeastern slope as pressure built below the surface On the night of May 17, Landsburg set up camp near Mount St. Helens in preparation for another day of hiking and taking photos. That evening, according to the book Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens “Feel right on the verge of something.” Geological Survey named David Johnston was also closely watching Mount St When a 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck at 8:32 a.m just hours after Landsburg’s ominous journal entry U.S.G.S.Geologist David Johnston watched the volcano erupt before he was killed by the pyroclastic flow Right in front of Johnston, Landsburg, and countless onlookers, the northern face of the volcano appeared to liquefy. The bulge vanished as the mountain released 24 megatons of thermal energy — equivalent to 1,600 of the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima The pyroclastic flow exploded from the volcano at 400 miles per hour It also overtook a ham radio operator named Gerry Martin who watched the cloud destroy Johnston’s station before saying According to Scientific American a geology student named Catherine Hickson was nine miles from Mount St “All hell broke loose… An incredible black cloud was cascading down the mountainside fed by the billowing columns soaring upwards into a huge mushroom cloud.” Wikimedia CommonsIn the first of a series of photographs Landsburg captured the initial blast at 8:32 a.m Robert Landsburg was five miles closer to the volcano than Hickson Robert Landsburg had driven his station wagon to the South Fork of the Toutle River he was less than four miles from the summit Wikimedia CommonsThe ash cloud grew quickly ultimately reaching a height of 80,000 feet Forest Service had restricted travel to scientists and law enforcement But the blast was larger than anyone had predicted Robert Landsburg started snapping photos while retreating to his car Landsburg’s car offered little protection from the massive ash cloud which reached temperatures as high as 800 degrees Fahrenheit But the photographer wanted to protect the delicate film that he’d just shot the ash had nearly blacked out the sky from Landsburg’s position four miles from the summit Landsburg removed the roll of film from his camera and placed it in a canister He buried the camera and the film canister deep in his backpack he placed the backpack on the seat next to him and covered it with his body Wikimedia CommonsThe final photograph captured by Robert Landsburg shows the ash reaching his location just seconds after the side of the mountain collapsed His official cause of death was asphyxiation by volcanic ash The eruption of Mount St. Helens covered the surrounding area in thick mudflows Rescuers initially focused on locating survivors Photographer Reid Blackburn had been camping a few miles north of Landsburg when Mount St Blackburn snapped multiple photographs as the billowing ash cloud overtook his campsite when rescuers reached Blackburn’s car seven days later Forest ServicePhotographer Reid Blackburn’s car was discovered buried in mud and ash a fellow photographer attempted to recover a remote-activated camera that Blackburn had stationed three miles north of the summit “I dug around for 45 minutes and got the camera,” Stocker told the Spokane Daily Chronicle at the time “It was buried under two-and-a-half feet of ash and mud.” But the film inside the melted camera could not be developed U.S.G.S.Reid Blackburn’s camera was recovered from the blast zone Rescuers found Robert Landsburg’s car on June 4 1980 — and in it the roll of film that he had protected with his body Thanks to his quick thinking under unimaginable distress the photographs he’d taken of the eruption were actually salvageable and the photos revealed a dark cloud growing larger in every frame National Geographic published the haunting images in January 1981 sharing Landsburg’s final moments with the world After learning about Robert Landsburg and his death during the eruption of Mount St. Helens, check out more photos of volcanic eruptions from around the world. Then, read the tragic story of Omayra Sánchez the Colombian teenager whose final moments were photographed after she was trapped in debris from an erupting volcano A DNA comparison brought clarity to the suspicion French news outlets have also indicated that the Nancy prosecution has now been relieved of this case and it is the Luxembourg judicial authorities who are taking over The Nancy prosecutor said the woman was between 20 and 35 years old and that the lack of blood at the scene indicates that she had "probably been murdered elsewhere" and then transported to Mont-Saint-Martin Construction of the world’s longest railway tunnel is progressing with all excavation contracts now awarded it will boost rail freight capacity between France and Italy Trade between France and Italy is expected to increase after the new 270km freight and passenger railway between Lyon in France and Turin in Italy is complete The new line is also expected to reduce the Alpine region’s carbon emissions by 3M.t per year by taking 1M lorries off the roads Building it involves the construction of the 57.5km long twin tube Mont Cenis base tunnel between the railway stations at Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in France and Susa in Italy The tunnel is the railway project’s key infrastructure asset Currently trains travelling between the two countries in this region have to climb the Mont Cenis mountain on gradients of up to 3% to a height of 1,300m This requires up to three locomotives to haul the trains Rail traffic must then go through the 13.7km Fréjus Rail Tunnel This tunnel does not meet current safety standards as it is a single tube The Mont Cenis base tunnel will create a railway with flatter gradients allowing for increased capacity and trains capable of carrying maximum loads of 1,500t compared to today’s 700t maximum Trains will also be able to reach higher speeds – up to 120km/h for freight and 220km/h for passenger services This means a non-stop journey from Lyon to Turin will take 1 hour 47 minutes compared to 3 hours 47 minutes today it is estimated that trains on the lower gradient railway could use up to 40% less energy per journey A total of €8.6bn (£7.4bn) of funding has been allocated for the 65km cross border section of the Lyon-Turin line which includes the base tunnel and 7.5km of above ground infrastructure The European Union provided 40% of the funding with 35% coming from the Italian Government and 25% from the French Government State owned Italian-French project promoter Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin (Telt) is responsible for constructing and managing the base tunnel with the final route decided in the same year The Mont Cenis base tunnel will cover a distance of 45km in France and 12.5km in Italy The twin tube tunnel will have an internal diameter of 8.4m It will have a total of 205 cross passages between 8.4m and 75m long and with an internal diameter of 3.5m Base tunnel excavation started in 2016 as part of the exploratory work programme A consortium of six contractors – led by Spie Batignolles TPCI and including Eiffage Génie Civil Cogeis and Sotrabas – won the contract to excavate a section of the southern tube of the Base Tunnel linking the existing Saint-Martin-la-Porte and La Praz access tunnels The exploratory work was carried out to evaluate assumptions about the geology in that area It was also carried out to acquire experience in driving tunnel boring machines (TBMs) through the challenging ground conditions of the Briançonnais Houiller zone But what is more active is the French side of the project A TBM excavated 9km between July 2016 and September 2019 The contractors then excavated an additional 1.5km using drill and blast in an area with a long coal fault the tunnel was built on the same axis and to the same dimensions as the base tunnel says Telt deputy general manager for France Lionel Gros Telt awarded the contracts to bore the base tunnel It split the work into four construction lots (see diagram) The £2.7bn contracts for the work in France were awarded in 2021 while the £860M contract for the lot in Italy was awarded in August 2023 But what is more active is the French side of the project because around three quarters [78%] of this tunnel is on the French side So that’s why the activity started earlier,” says Gros Telt says there are 14 different types of ground condition along the tunnel route According to “The Mont Cenis Base Tunnel” paper published in Geomechanics & Tunnelling in 2017 the ground conditions include granular soils complex rock mass formations and high strength or abrasive rock masses Seven TBMs will be used to excavate 85km out of the 115km length of the twin tunnels Drill and blast will be used for sections shorter than 7km where TBM use is not economically viable and where the ground conditions are not suitable for mechanised excavation - like the lot near the French tunnel entrance Swiss contractor Implenia won the contract to excavate the 2.8km section between the French portal at Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis and towards Saint-Martin-la-Porte It is leading a consortium which includes NGE Describing the ground conditions in this lot Implenia’s project director Alexander Heim explains that there is 500m of loose ground at the tunnel portal the ground conditions in this lot consist of flysch and schist with the latter expected to be found closer to the Saint-Martin-la-Porte end “But the medium resistance of the rocks should not be higher than 120MPa,” Heim adds He says that ground conditions will be more challenging on other lots pointing to the higher overburden and the hard rock conditions on the section between Modane and the Italian border We had this on the Gotthard Base Tunnel construction and resistances could reach up to 180MPa,” he explains This does not mean that the work in the base tunnel’s westernmost lot will be easy particularly when it comes to excavating through the area of loose ground near the entrance The base tunnel will be predominantly excavated by seven TBMs Heim says the New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM) – also known as the Sequential Excavation Method – is being used for this section and more than 400m has already been excavated The Austrian Society of Engineers and Architects defines NATM as “a method where the surrounding rock or soil formations of a tunnel are integrated into an overall ring-like support structure Thus the formations will themselves be part of this supporting structure.” Reinforcement techniques will be used to limit tunnel excavation-induced settlement As the tunnels are only 4m apart at the beginning of this section jet grouting for the first 50m was used to stabilise the ground before excavation began Implenia’s team is using the umbrella arch method for ground reinforcement for the rest of the area of loose ground This involves the installation of steel pipes in the ground along the tunnel crown and injecting grout through them Heim says the team will use drill and blast to excavate the remaining 2.3km with this work expected to start in February 2024 the drill and blast and lining work will be carried out in parallel Heim believes this will be the biggest challenge for the team as the logistics must be planned in a way that excavation performance will not be impacted by the lining operations Gros cites ground conditions as one of the project’s main challenges he believes that sharing knowledge acquired from major tunnelling projects in the region – such as Gotthard Base Tunnel and Brenner Base Tunnel – will be vital “The main challenge is to keep these construction sites safe it’s very difficult not to have dramatic accidents,” Gros stresses Telt anticipates that 4,000 people will be working on the various sites at the peak of construction in 2025 To tackle the challenge of keeping the project safe Telt created the Mission S strategy – S stands for safety – aimed at eliminating accidents and achieving zero fatalities The starting point is that safety is a responsibility shared by all the stakeholders and that it is crucial to learn from even the smallest incident if future accidents are to be prevented The parties involved in the project commit to: is to be able to complete the work on time and on budget,” says Gros Telt anticipates that the project will be completed in 2032 and it has established a strategy which could lead to faster base tunnel excavation Gros says that adjacent lots are working towards each other so that if contractors finish their lot and there are delays in the neighbouring one they could be asked to excavate further than the original plan to earn more money For example Heim says that in Implenia’s contract there is the option for it to excavate an additional kilometre of the base tunnel “It [Mont Cenis base tunnel] is scheduled to be completed in 2032 We will be adapting the planning with everything that can happen on such a big project but as most of the big contracts are already signed [tenders for equipment and maintenance have been launched but not awarded yet] I would say we are more confident about this completion date,” Gros concludes Like what you've read? To receive New Civil Engineer's daily and weekly newsletters click here. Construction of a new sewage treatment works in Guildford involves a range… Tunnelling specialists around the world are redoubling their efforts to reduce emissions… A 1.2km exploratory adit has been constructed for extensive ground investigations to… How can artificial intelligence influence the way tunnels are being constructed and…   MARIGOT—A selection of four cyclists left St Martin on August 6 to compete in the Cadets category of the French Championships of the future (Championnat de France de L’Avenir) which are taking place from August 9 to 13 in Saint-Martin de Landelles next to Mont St-Michel They are accompanied by coach Patricio “Blade” Carty and President of the Territorial Cycling Committee of Saint-Martin Nagau-Grell Dyclaï will be competing in the Junior category of the same Championships and his race takes place on Friday Nagau-Grell now lives in mainland France thanks to the high-performance project set up with the help of the mobility grant from the Collectivité of Saint-Martin that permits him to continue his studies while training with a high-level cycling team Copyright © 2020 All copyrights on articles and/or content of The Caribbean Herald N.V. dba The Daily Herald are reserved Without permission of The Daily Herald no copyrighted content may be used by anyone.