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redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The most dangerous fault line on the island of New Zealand is the Alpine Fault. It is approximately 80 miles northwest of the islands main city of Christchurch. Research published in the prestigious journal Science, co-authored by University of Nevada, Reno's Glenn Biasi and colleagues at GNS Science in New Zealand, shows that very large earthquakes have been occurring regularly on the Alpine Fault along the southwest coastline of...
Alpine marmots (Marmota marmota) live in extended family groups of up to 20 individuals. The groups consist of a dominant territorial pair and a number of subordinate individuals, typically descendants of the dominant pair. Over a 14-year period, Klaus Hackländer of the Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna and Walter Arnold of the Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology (FIWI), University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna...
DENVER, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpine Access, the premier provider of virtual contact center solutions and services, today announced it has been selected by one of the nation's largest top 10 banking institutions to provide virtual workforce training and consulting services. In this unique partnership, Alpine Access will use its years of experience to assist the bank in establishing an effective and efficient internal, home-based employee workforce. According to a survey by Frost...
DENVER, Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpine Access, the premier provider of virtual contact center solutions and services, today announced it will be expanding its existing relationship with a Fortune 100 financial services client to provide targeted selling capabilities for a select group of business customers. This new program will be provided in conjunction with the existing customer care services and allows Alpine Access to further penetrate the financial services industry with its...
DENVER, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpine Access, the premier provider of virtual contact center solutions and services, today announced it has been selected by a leading on-demand video Internet subscription service company to develop virtual learning curriculum for hundreds of employees in locations throughout North America. Once developed, the multi-faceted, eLearning program will be delivered using Alpine Access' integrated talent development platform, including a proprietary,...
CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpine Access, the premier provider of virtual contact center solutions and services, today announced it has been selected by an international, on-demand video Internet subscription service company to develop virtual learning curriculum for hundreds of employees in locations throughout Canada and the United States. Once developed, the multi-faceted, eLearning program will be delivered using Alpine Access' integrated talent development platform,...
DENVER, Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpine Access, the premier provider of virtual contact center solutions and services, today announced its results for the first half of 2011, with revenue growth of 76% over the prior year. The company sustained its pace of rapid expansion to meet unprecedented client demand, and has now achieved three straight quarters with revenue growth over 75%. Alpine Access' success continues to validate the desire by leading brands to improve their customer...
DENVER, Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpine Access, the premier provider of virtual contact center solutions and services, today announced plans to hire over 1,000 work-from-home employees across the nation by the end of 2011. These jobs will primarily focus on customer service and are the result of ongoing demand from new and existing Alpine Access clients. These open positions further illustrate the positive impact the virtual home-based call center model is having on the nation's...
DENVER, June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpine Access, the premier provider of virtual contact center solutions and services, today announced it has been selected by one of the nation's largest membership organizations for people over 50 to provide nationwide support to thousands of its members. Alpine Access was selected for the quality of service and tremendous value its virtual model delivers to clients. The company's home-based employees will provide assistance to both new and existing...
PRINCETON, N.J., May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NIKSUN®, a world leader in real-time enterprise network monitoring solutions, today unveiled NIKSUN NetOmni Alpine - its next-generation network-wide security and performance monitoring platform. NetOmni is the first network-wide monitoring platform built on NIKSUN's Alpine technology, the world's most scalable and modular technology designed specifically for large-scale network monitoring. Today's changing IT environment is bringing a...
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The Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) can be found in the European Alps. It is locally known as the Steinbock in German, the bouquetin in French, the kozorog in Slovenian, and the stambecco in Italian. Its range was once restricted to Northern Italy in the Gran Paradiso National Park, but now comprises nearly all of the European Alps including France, Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Austria, and Switzerland. It prefers a habitat within rocky areas near the snowline on the edge of forests. It can be found at...
The mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), also called the Rocky Mountain goat is only found in North America. Even though it is a goat in name, it is not in the Capra genus of true goats. It belongs to the subfamily Caprinae, which holds goat-antelopes which holds thirty-two other species. It is in the family Bovidae that holds other creatures such as cattle, antelopes, and gazelle. It is the only species in the Oreamnos genus. The mountain goat is listed as of “least concern” by the IUCN....
The African Alpine Bamboo (Yushania alpina) is a species of perennial bamboo that is native to tropical Africa. It grows in dense stands on the mountains and volcanoes surrounding the Great Rift Valley between 8200 feet and 11,000 feet above sea level. The grass stems of the alpine bamboo are often used as fencing, plumbing and other building materials. Photo Copyright and Credit
Reindeer moss is a moss belonging to the family Cladoniaceae. It grows in both temperate and cold climate areas. It has had great economical importance, since it is the main fodder for reindeers. It can also be used in the making of aquavit and is sometimes used as decoration in glass windows. Reindeer moss is actually another name for reindeer lichen. This lichen is found in the Alpine tundra and can survive in the cold. Image Caption: Reindeer Moss photographed in White Oak Mountain,...
