[esmetea-blog]

The third girl singer is Leah Dou (Jingtong Dou, 窦靖童). Since she was born in1997, she never loses public attention because her parents at that time are best-loved legendary Chinese musicians and singers.

Her mother Fei Wong is a singer-songwriter as well and also an excellent actress (mostly in Wong Kar-Wai’s movies like Chungking Express, 2046). She is always referred to by media as a “diva”. Her father is Wei Dou, a multi-instrumentalist and produces music across many genres. He first came to prominence as a member of the hard rock group Black Panther. Although departed, Leah’s parents still holds their influence in China and do their own project. They are artistic and avant-garde.

Maybe inherited music genes from their parents, at the age of 18, Leah Dou displays her talent in her works in recent years.

My Days also revolves around a teenage girl’s nostalgia of her carefree childhood, demonstrating her independent personality and attitude towards the big big world. Released in 2014, this MV was shot in a black-and-white retro style recording her hanging around activities by her won, which somewhat reveals her loneliness inside.

Chimes is Leah’s latest song released in May, 2015. With Leah growing up, we can see her singing changed from a mainstream crooning sound to a more psychedelic electro-rock style, which in many senses, captivates a growing number of fans. We can also see her music arrangement becomes more complicated and maturer.

Apparently she is a girl with an attitude. Whatever style she may follow in the future, I’m deeply convinced that she’s got an ever-promising career. (I’m such an avid fan!!!) Let’s look forward to her following development.

[lleyccc-blog]

when seeing Fei Wang’s daughters, I always wonder how clever a mother is to raise up those three playful but talented girls. however, Fei Wang herself is kind of playful and talented woman. hope to see more news of those girls.

[jessieqiong-blog]

A New World for Asian Movies:ASIA FILM SCREENING

Asia Film Screening Organizing Committee was found in New York,2015. The screening will be held annually. The whole screening has many activities, including screening some outstanding Asian movies, creating dialogue between Asian and American film makers, and conducting some workshops for students whose major and hoppy is film making.

2015 is seventieth anniversary of United Nations. Asia Film Screening born in this year expresses its mission, that is” Pursue peace and friendship; Focus on communication and corporation; Promote mutual prosperity”。

The First Asia Film Screening was held in 2015, co-organized by the Asian Film Screening Organizing Committee and the One Film Fund, and greatly supported by the Film Bureau of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of China, the Motion Picture Association of America and the UNSRC Arts and Culture Appreciation Association.

The screening festival’s opening ceremony was held on November 7, at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Attendees include:  Li Liyan, consulate general of China in New York; William Feng, the general manager and chief representative of the China Office for the Motion Picture Association of America; Wang Yiyang, CEO of the One Film Fund; Guan Hu, Chinese Director; Liang Jing, Chinese actress.

In the film screening section, Go Away Mr. Tumor, nominated as a representative of Chinese movies for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards in 2016, was shown at the opening ceremony.

Besides Go Away Mr. Tumor, other Asian films has been screened in Anthology Film Archive and SVA Theater. They are: Design of Death, Wolf Totem, Monster Hunt, The Taking of Tiger Mountain and Miss Granny.

New York Asia Film Screening will be held annually. With the mission of” Pursue peace and friendship; Focus on communication and corporation; Promote mutual prosperity”, the organizing committee will provide Film makers and movie goers a new multi-functional platform in which they can build conversation and corporation to exchange culture, improve arts and technology and introduce movie financial products or new outlets.

[lleyccc-blog]

this article reminds me of the cinema AMC empire 25 at Time Square; it is the only one cinema in New York, which screens Chinese films.it is really a good strategy, both for AMC and this ASIA Film Screening, to introduce Chinese films to the US, and offer the opportunity for Chinese in the US to see Chinese local films oversea.

[jessieqiong-blog]

In Social Media Era, a celebrity must know...

These years, many celebrities are involved in scandals. Internet era increase their exposure to public, which lead to both chances and challenges for them as almost everyone online can be reporters with their social media accounts.

In order to take advantage of the social media, those celebrities must be active to use it.

Here are some tips for them.

(1)      It is inevitable for celebrities to be spokesperson for some brands. But on social media platform, they should try to do commercial for those brands as less as possible. Their followers are willing to see some stories or some interesting things in the celebrities’ homepage rather than ads.

(2)      Try to interactive more with those super stars who has positive public impression. There is a saying that a person can be defined by watching his/her friends. If those friends are nice, generous people, then the person could not be a mean, bad one.  So more interacting with those people who have positive reputation is a great way to build the same reputation among followers.

(3)      Avoid speaking dirty word or responding those negative reply. If you are bite by a dog, will you bite back? Yes. This kind of action will do nothing but lead to bad impression of you among public. Try to avoid those negative reply or ask for advice from PR person.

(4)      Try to recommend some books, movies or places to travel for followers. Showing your healthy hobby, such as cooking, is also highly recommended. A person who loves life and develops a positive lifestyle is really a charming one in the modern life which almost all people are busy with their work.

(5)      Try to respond fan’s friendly reply or retweet their twitters once a month. Interactive with them. Social Media provides two-way communication. In social media, the halo around a super star decreases while dialogue between celebrity and fans increases. People likes those celebrities more like a close friend rather than a people far away from the stage under limelight.

(6)      Engaging in some interesting online event, such as ice bucket or black vs purple dress.  

(7)      Be humorous online. Everyone love Raymond.

(8)      When receiving some awards, please show thanks to fans and organization who offer you the honor, and show the public your confidence to be a better person and actor.

(9)      Do not lie in front of public, and do not make apologize without discussing with PR people.

[lleyccc-blog]

So these are why PR getting more and more important nowadays. people have chances getting to know celebrities from all kinds of media, instead of several certain outlets as before. to maintain a good and unified image through each media, celebrities definitely need those tips to behave themselves.

[teenietingtingblog-blog]

I will be there for you

I spent 6 months to watch the most precious ten years of six people and I was lost in reverie when I finished. During all the 10 years, all the people are grown-up and finally figure out who they are and what they want. Rachel left from the Central Park and said good bye to the princess time, finally became an independent career woman in the fashion circle. Monica became the chief cook in a great restaurant，Chandler left from the boring accounting data and find himself in advertising area, those two lovely person helped each other come over the unhappy childhood past and finally get married；Joey became a real actor actually a real star，the most touching part for him is the moment when he fall in love with Rachel，which tell us love can change the big boy to a real man; Ross always does well in his career, the most important thing he find out the that he finally understand nothing can separate him with his beloved Rachel, the girl he loves for 20 years.

The whole tenth season is in the atmosphere of memory. Monica and Chandler is going to move to suburb; Rachel is going to Paris; Phoebe gets married; Even the football table is no longer exists. Phoebe said at last that “I’m gonna miss these people, these characters……” Many fans share their favorite moment, the moment Chandler proposes to Monica, the man who is used to avoiding responsibility finally become responsible，Phoebe birth to her brother’s 3 children and have to say good bye to them，the wedding in the snow，endless break and reunion of Rachel and Ross.

It’s hard to believe Friends has such magic power that even in 2015 there are still many fans watch it around the world. Maybe it’s because the beauty of friendship has such much things in common regardless of national boundaries, nations, religions or ideologies. 

[lleyccc-blog]

I just saw it during my dinner! Friends is  glossing even today, what it try to convey won’t fade away as the time goes by; maybe that is why it remain attract us and we regard it as a classic.

[zejinj-blog]

Winter Has Come, and Spring is a Little Far Behind

It’s the end of November now. Although it is much warmer than the same period during last year, winter has come to Manhattan. To people like me, who live thousands miles away from home, and could be very emotional sometimes, winter is a season that can cause nostalgia heavily.

I still remember my anxiousness and depression during the first several days after I came here. I hadn’t figured out the differences between traveling and living in a foreign country until I began looking for an apartment with my two huge trunks. Also, language is a big problem. At the beginning, I would feel very nervous when I had to chat with people in English. And when people say “sorry” or “pardon” to ask for repeating, it would make my nervous even worse.

I even began asking myself “why I came here?” I just couldn’t find out the answer.

What cheered me up is an email from my professor – “Joy, your coming to New York to live and study is an amazing act of courage. I admire you for it, and I think you should be proud.”

After that, I began to pretend as a person full of courage.

Winter has come, and spring is a little far behind. Everything is waiting under earth for the opportunity to sprout.

Isn’t it a good thing to wait a little longer?

[lleyccc-blog]

it always needs time to get accustomed to a strange city, and needs much more courage to make friends with people who has their own cultures and values. but whether you will fit in the new environment well is all decided by your determination to overcome your speaking and keep communicating. i believe all of us will do it well. let’s do it together!

[vintagepales]

“L'amour ne périt jamais”

[lleyccc-blog]

Always plan ahead.

Many times you arranged all the work which you have to be done perfectly, but eventually some other things got in and you find everything went much far beyond your thoughts. Just like my tragic experience this weekend. Yesterday I came to Bobst at 12 a.m. and got a satisfying seat successfully. But when I arrived at Bobst at 2 p.m. today, I spend almost 1 hour to find somewhere to study, which made me exhausted and crazy already.

The message what I want to convey is, always plan your schedule ahead and leave enough time for emergency. Nobody can predict; man proposes but God disposes. Everyone get busy at final week, and other people need study at Bobst either. Therefore, you have to make more effort than others such as arriving early to occupy a seat to achieve your goal and never take everything for granted.

What’s more, I have to complain about my procrastination. I would never ever put my work off for the last minute again I promise

[lleyccc-blog]

The reason why I love Weibo

Sina Weibo is a Chinese microblogging website, which is one of the most popular sites in China. “Weibo” in Chinese stands for micro-blog; it is known as Chinese Twitter. According to Weibo's official statistic, it already owns 358 million registered users and 36.5 million active users daily with 100 million messages posted every day. Compared to the Twitter, Weibo are more easy-to-go.

First, Weibo has threaded comments from the beginning. When you retweet a post, you can leave your comments right before the post. In this way, your followers will know about what you shared as well as your comments about that. One advantage of threaded comments is, if a user posts something untrue, others can correct it easily just to add a threaded comment and share it. It’s a good way to clarify rumors.

Second, Weibo can insert rich media such as image, video, music, vote, emotions etc. After uploading your media, there will be thumbnails about them to tell others what you shared. What’s more, Weibo provide approximately 400 emotion features for users who are keen on using emotion feature to express their thinking and feeling. So sweet.

Third, Weibo has reward system based on users’ Weibo level. Users have chance to win better prizes with higher Weibo level such as IPhone 6, XBOX etc.

Also, there have another small but useful functions. For instance, Weibo can provide each Weibo’s visitor statistics to its users, which offers convenience to evaluate one’s Weibo account.

[lleyccc-blog]

Could be a good PR strategy for Chinese political leader.

Nowadays, a famous Weibo account named Xi’s Learning Group reporting Chinese leader Xi, Jinping’s task schedule with exclusive news and close distance photos attract public’s eyes. Although the identification of this account’s operator becomes mysterious (he said himself is a normal person, but who knows), it brings lots of positive advantages to build a good image about Xi, Jingping.

First, it reports Xi’s daily lives such as his food, his visit and his funning face expression as pop stars, attracting young people to focus on politics. You may ask that why does the account aim at young people? Because from Weibo official users reports in 2014 indicates that 72% of users are between 19 – 35 years old.That means if you want a thing to become a hot topic, you have to attract the young people and adults first. So knowing about that, Xi’s learning group shapes and reports Xi from a fan’s eye, to turn the boring politics into funny one.

Second, it humanizes Chinese political leader, make Xi closer and more friendly to the public. From the past, Chinese policical leaders are always considered to be coldblooded, unfriendly, and self-interested. This Weibo account shows us a different but more kindly and gentler leader to us. For instance, he held umbrella for his wife, as well as the Chinese first lady Peng, Liyuan,to show that, he is a husband, a father besides a leader.

Third, it shows transparency to Xi’s schedule and daily live. We have access today to see our leaders on social media, which was not seen before.

[teded]

All animals communicate. But do they have language? One of the four specific qualities that are often associated with language is displacement - the ability to talk about things that are not right in front of you, such as past, future, or fictional events. So, does animal communication exhibit any of these qualities?

Great question! Check out the answers by watching Do animals have language? - Michele Bishop

Animation by Avi Ofer

[lleyccc-blog]

for most of time, we’d better not to be so assertive to the things we don’t know such as can animal think or communicate until scientific research. Just love those cute and vivid cartoons for educating people! Learnt a lot.

[lleyccc-blog]

Not to be trapped by your social media.

Some pieces of thoughts.

Last month I’m not so much busy at that time, so I often look at friends’ news such as photos, music, videos, articles shared in Wechat. A function of Wechat is that we can click the “like” to express we’ve already seen that news and show our affection and affirmation, pretty like the thumb up on Fackbook. And I, a person who love to click on likes instead of leaving comments, prefer using the likes to suggest the close friendship with my friends.

So at many times I heard complaints from friends about “Why did she not like my news? Did I do something wrong with her” or something. it feels like we know all of other people’s thoughts and emotions about yourself merely from a “like”. Of course this stupid thing is not true, maybe your friends are just too busy to look at your share, or they just miss it due to too many news appearing.

Although I am not the person who cares to much about likes; however, Wechat indeed annoys me a lot. As I mentioned before, last month there is lot of spare time for me, so I like almost all of my friends’ news. With the final week coming and getting busier and busier, I won’t spend too much time on Wechat. It means many friends’ news are missing. In case of people think me have something to them, I have to go over Wechat everyday to check whether I miss someone’s like. The same as the Instagram. When looking at friends’ shares becomes a duty everyday, I deeply feel it bored and meaningless. Will the friendship change somehow because of a like? Will the like effect something in our real world? I believe the answer is “no”, if you are really best friends, instead of maintain friendship by a like.

Thought about this, maybe those people who begin to distance you because of a like just need to find something to do.

[zejinj-blog]

The Starbucks Way of PR

It seems that there’s no one in the world who don’t know Starbucks. It is the largest coffeehouse company in the world. 

Starbucks seasonal beverages have already been a part of customers’ yearly holiday traditions, and every year Starbucks bring back favorite holiday beverages that evoke the spirit of the season.

This year, it’s time for red cups. Starting November first, Starbucks seasonal espresso beverages return in their festive red holiday cups to stores in the U.S. and Canada.

Customers in the United States and Canada can participate in Starbucks Red Cup Contest on Instagram by snapping a photo with their red Starbucks cup, uploading and tagging it #redcupcontest for a chance to win a Starbucks eGift card.

On Twitter, holiday tweets will be a bit more festive this year, with a red holiday cup emoji hashflag appearing after the #RedCups. 

Now, not so long after Starbucks released red cups, you can see people holding a red cup everywhere in street or on social media.

However, comparing to other chains, Starbucks spent little money on traditional advertising. it’s rare to find a Starbucks ad in a billboard, ad space, newspaper or poster in places. According to Advertising Age, “Starbucks has long been something of a curiosity in the marketing world because it has spent so much less on traditional advertising than other big chains.  And yet, it’s been doing better than what almost anyone expected from it a few years ago.”

Actually, Starbucks utilizes almost every media and PR channel available. And what Starbucks doing is building relationships, by focusing on customer experience and innovation, using public relations strategies.

1. Focus on Word-of-Mouth Promotion

Starbucks is making consumers to be their advertisers and endorsers by offering products customers want and giving them a good experience. Customer satisfaction is a very important issue with Starbucks. From entrance to the store to the very last drop of their coffees, it is a must that customers feel the uniqueness of enjoying their Starbucks coffee experience. 

2. Make Emotional Connections

There is an essential concept, “third place”. Starbucks offers more than a cup of coffee. It provides an emotional experience. From the very beginning, the Starbucks marketing strategy has focused on creating the “third place” for everyone to go to between home and work. It’s a retreat from a busy day, a place to meet and share with friends, a comfortable, daily destination. It’s welcoming and homey. Creating this unique and relaxing “experience” and “atmosphere” for people has been very important for the company as they have realized that this is one of the strongest concepts attached to the company, to which customers have been strongly attracted.

3. Utilize Social Media “Craziness”

Starbucks took the advantage in the social network “craziness” by position itself in different social media platforms.

Facebook Starbucks successfully promotes its brand and latest product in the Starbucks’s Facebook fan page. In this page, customers are also given a space to express themselves in relations with Starbucks services. Eventually, a viral marketing is formed through these connections. When the customers tag Starbucks name in their status, they are letting their friends to know the brand, thus promoting Starbucks. With the existence of this page, Starbucks has promoted its brand to various people with just one click. 

Twitter At the same time, Starbucks has positioned itself in microblogging, Twitter. Through Twitter, Starbucks promotes and alerts its followers on products, promotion and cause. They are also actively responding to users. But, what is actually Twitter? It is new, has a focused communication, brief and fits easily into computers and mobile phones. Twitter creates a platform for Starbucks to reach its customers thus establishing a two-ways communication.

Mobile Applications Starbucks has involved in iPhone, Blackberry and Android applications. The application can be used as a store-locater navigator that provides the directions plus the details on the menu, nutrition facts as well as designing customer’s own favorite drinks. The application also functions as Starbucks Card, a digital form of reward card that is used during the purchase of Starbucks items. The application is able to help customers to register their cards, check Starbuck Card balance, reload the card, track the stars in My Starbucks Reward program and send a friend with an eGift. By providing an easy and fun access to Starbucks services, Starbucks’s customers will feel ‘closer’ to the brand. 

Flickr Flickr is a photo-sharing website where anyone can upload and tag photos, browse other photos and add comments and annotations, in which customers could share Starbucks experience by uploading their favorite drinks or simply share their experience in Starbucks. Basically, Starbucks has created a venue for sharing experience and building the relationship between Starbucks and its customers.

ITUNES More unique, this is an instant reward for consumers. On the counter at most locations, consumers can find a card for a free song or application from iTunes. All they need to do is enter a code. Not only does this tap into the technology and mindset of the consumer, it offers a free and quick reward.

4. Have Consumer Conversations Many companies make it difficult to reach them when consumers have a comment or problem. You often have to dig deep on a website to find a contact number or email address. Not Starbucks. You can find brochures at Starbucks read “Share your thoughts with us.” And messages like this: “It’s how we know we’re making your experience at Starbucks the best it can be. So please tell us what’s working, or if there’s anything we could be doing better. Don’t worry. We’ll take it personally.” Also, Starbucks creates custom feedback brochures for each district that gives customers many ways to provide feedback, including main customer service number, Mailing address, The name of the district manager, The district manager’s phone number, The district manager’s email address, and the store number you visited.

5. Launch Unique Customer Feedback Strategy Starbucks has also developed its own community website that encourages its customers to share, vote and discuss idea for the improvement of Starbucks services. http://mystarbucksidea.force.com/ And Starbucks lets you know which ideas are in action via blog posts written by actual Starbucks corporate employees. By doing this, Starbucks are creating a mutual relationship with its customers. It basically positioned Starbucks as a company that concern over its public and appreciate their views.

6. Set Customer Reward/Loyalty Program Starbucks have the most successful loyalty program in the U.S. Millions of consumers worldwide drink coffee on a daily basis, and Starbucks continues to cash in on the popularity of this energizing drink. The more people go to Starbucks to drink coffee, the more they are rewarded, thanks to “My Starbucks Rewards,” which is Starbucks’ famous loyalty program.

[lleyccc-blog]

No one can deny that Starbucks does a really good PR job on their seasonal limited stuffs and publicity. For me, I would come to get a red cup rather than a coffee. Can’t help loving all the things with limited. 

[nasa]

2000 vs Now: 15 Years of Humans on Space Station

Humans have been living in space aboard the International Space Station 24-7-365 since Nov. 2, 2000. That’s 15 Thanksgivings, New Years, and holiday seasons astronauts have spent away from their families. 15 years of constant support from Mission Control Houston. And 15 years of peaceful international living in space. 

In November 2000, many of us stuck on Earth wished we could join (at least temporarily) the Expedition 1 crew aboard the International Space Station. Floating effortlessly from module to module, looking down on Earth from a breathtaking height of 350 kilometers…. It’s a dream come true for innumerable space lovers.

But be careful what you wish for! Living on the Space Station also means hard work, cramped quarters, and… what’s that smell? Probably more outgassing from a scientific experiment or, worse yet, a crewmate.

To get a feel of how long ago that was, this is what the world looked like then vs. now:

2000: Eminem released The Real Slim Shady

Now: Scott Kelly listens to  Eminem from space as part of his “Songs of a Year In Space” Spotify playlist

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2000: Cell phones were entering the mainstream

Now: Astronauts can video chat with their friends and family from space

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2000: Tom Hanks was left alone on an island in Cast Away

Now: Matt Damon is stranded on the planet Mars in The Martian

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2000: Scott Kelly had just returned from his first spaceflight on Space Shuttle Discovery to service the Hubble Telescope

Now: Scott Kelly is spending a year aboard the International Space Station for the longest mission ever embarked upon by a U.S. astronaut. 

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2000: The Playstation 2 was released

Now: A Hololens is planned to be shipped to the space station aboard SpaceX

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2000: You were instant messaging your friends from your desktop

Now: Astronauts have access to Twitter, Facebook, Vine, Instagram and Pinterest FROM SPACE

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2000: Britney went to Mars in her “Oops!…I Did It Again” music video

Now: One Direction trains for the journey to Mars in their “Drag Me Down” music video

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2000: The International Space Station was under construction

Now: It is approximately the size of an American football field and weighs nearly 1 million pounds

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2000: Space was on the cover of Time Magazine

Now: Space is on the cover of Time Magazine

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2000: Inflatable furniture was a thing

Now: An inflatable space module is a thing

What differences do you remember from 2000? Tweet it to us at @Space_Station using #15YearsOnStation. 

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space:http://nasa.tumblr.com 

[lleyccc-blog]

It’s really cool to know that there are some people indeed doing mission in space and when they’re coming back, they have to get accustomed to a new changing world. Only see those scenes in movies and comics! Really Amazing!

[teded]

3 Tips to Boost Your Confidence

When faced with a big challenge where potential failure seems to lurk at every corner, you’ve probably heard the advice, “Be more confident!” But where does confidence come from, and how can you get more of it? Here are three easy tips to boost your confidence.

Tip #1: Try a quick fix. There are a few tips that can give you an immediate confidence boost in the short term. Picture your success when you’re beginning a difficult task. Something as simple as listening to music with deep bass can promote feelings of power. You can even strike a powerful pose or give yourself a pep talk.

Tip #2: Believe in your ability to improve. Do you think your abilities and talents are fixed at birth like your eye and hair color? Or that can they be developed - like a muscle? These beliefs matter because they can influence how you act when you’re faced with setbacks. With a fixed mindset, you may be more likely to give up - thinking that you’ve discovered something you’re not very good. But with a growth mindset, a challenge can be an opportunity to learn and grow. In fact, the connections in your brain get stronger and grow with study and practice.

Tip#3: Practice failure. Face it: you’re going to fail sometimes. Everyone does. Studies show that those who fail regularly and keep trying anyway are better equipped to respond to challenges and setbacks in a constructive way. They learn how to try different strategies, ask others for advice, and persevere.

So, think of a challenge you want to take on, realize it’s not going to be easy, accept that you’re going to make mistakes, and be kind to yourself when you do. Give yourself a pep talk, stand up, and go for it. The excitement you’ll feel knowing that, whatever the result, you’ll have gained better knowledge and understanding. This is confidence.

Watch the full lesson on confidence we made in partnership with the Always ‪#‎LikeAGirl‬ campaign: 3 tips to boost your confidence

Animation by Kozmonot Animation Studio

[lleyccc-blog]

I think the most important thing to build confidence is to change your attitude when facing obstacles. Only if you feel everything in a positive way, you shall see yourself as a better person.

[nasa]

Where Will We Land On Mars?

What?

You’ve heard us say that we’re on a journey to Mars, but the Red Planet is big. Once we get there, where will we land the first humans? We’re holding the first Landing Sites/Exploration Zones Workshop for Human Missions to the Surface of Mars to figure it out. This first workshop will be held Oct. 27-30 at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston.

Why?

The goal of this workshop is to collect proposals for locations on Mars that would be of high scientific research value while also providing natural resources to enable explorers to land, live and work safely on the Red Planet. Determining where we will land humans on Mars is a multi-year process. There will be around 45 proposal teams at the workshop, and we hope to emerge from the week with around a dozen proposals for further review. This will be the first of many workshops to determine the best landing site for human exploration on Mars.

Why Now?

We plan to use existing assets at Mars, such as the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) and the Odyssey spacecraft, to support the selection process of potential Exploration Zones. However, the life expectancy of MRO and Odyssey are limited. We are eager to take advantage of the remaining operational years of those Martian images to gather high resolution maps of potential Exploration Zones while the spacecraft remain operational.

Stay Updated

The workshop will be aired live USTREAM starting at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 27.

This blog post will also be updated daily with a recap from the workshop’s events.

For a full schedule of the event visit: http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/explorationzone2015/pdf/program.pdf

Day 1 Recap:

“There is no such thing as robotic exploration. All exploration is human exploration — the robot is just a tool.” - John Grunsfeld, NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate

Day one of the workshop answered a lot of basic questions about why looking at landing sites now is important for the future of our journey to Mars.

Attendees heard from many presenters, including Ellen Ochoa, Director of Johnson Space Center and John Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.

Experts explained that in order to leverage our current assets at Mars and start the process of picking possible landing sites, we need to start the discussion now.

This data will Inform our efforts to define what we need as far as future reconnaissance capabilities at Mars and drive where we send robotic landers to get ground truth.

Check back tomorrow for the day two update, and watch live on USTREAM starting at 9 a.m. EDT.

BONUS: Have questions about potential landing sites on Mars? We’ll be hosting a live social Q&A tomorrow at 7 p.m. EDT. Two NASA experts and one 15-year old student on one of the proposal teams will be answering your questions. Tune in and use #askNASA.

[lleyccc-blog]

The topic about Mars is pretty hot recently from finding water on Mars to the movie Martians. Now NASA holds transparent conferences to determine where do they need to land on Mars to make NASA come back to people’s eye sight. they are great PR strategies.

[lleyccc-blog]

When I saw the title of the film the Martian for the first time, I thought it must be a story talking about aliens and fights. However, after watching this film in the cinema, I begin to realize that this film is definitely a Martian version of the Robinson Crusoe.

Astronaut Mark Watney was left behind by his crews after a storm. However, facing the diverse temperature, the limited supplies and the empty planet, he never gives up the belief to get contact with the earth and come back home. He creates a greenhouse to nurture organic potatoes, moves the base to a safer place, and repeats to listen the 80’s disco as a pastime although he isn’t fancy to. Time goes by, it is already more than 400 days he lives on Mars alone. How can he stand the situation without a strong mentality facing all of the truths and all of the troubles he’s got based on such a harsh condition? His greenhouse is broken in the midnight and the extremely low temperature kills all of his plants to eat. He feels depressed, but doesn’t think about death. When his muscle becomes atrophic, his foods are almost running out and still receive no messages about the rescue, he feels depressed, but never think about death. His strong desire to be alive makes him alive, and struggles for it. Watney’s story makes me think that, it’s pretty easy to have your dream, your belief; however, what makes people differ from each other is whether you can strive to your dream and never give up chasing it.

One more interesting thing is that, after NASA announcing they have found liquid water in Mars, the film the Martian related to NASA and Mars is launching. There are always something seems irrelative but arranged by some people to some degree. That’s also why I think PR is full of fun.

[fyp-science]

Scientific Link Between Naps and Happiness

Less than 3% of people are getting the recommended 8 hours of sleep a night. The worst part is that they don’t even notice it.

Keep reading

[lleyccc-blog]

Just what I need recently! People spend one third of the time on sleeping and that’s the reason why I never give up my sleeping time even though there are so many works need to be done. only when you are prepared and energetic to face the difficulties will you get them through.