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Bad Dürrheim in the Black Forest boasts the double distinction of being a salt-water spa and a climatic health resort, which makes it ideal for a successful health break.
Bad Dürrheim is a pretty town whose precious salt water makes it the only salt-water spa in the Black Forest. It is also a climatic health resort thanks to the pleasantly bracing mountain climate in these Alpine foothills and the low levels of humidity. For visitors this means just one thing: the ultimate in health and relaxation.
Take time out in the salt-water spa
Numerous sports, wellness options and health facilities provide the perfect combination between an activity holiday and a health-focused break. A salt-water cure relieves stress on the joints and muscles with the help of soothing salt-water baths, strengthens the heart and circulation, clears the airways and boosts skin regeneration. The salt required comes directly from Bad Dürrheim's salt reserves.
Solemar and Dead Sea salt grotto
At the Solemar centre visitors can enjoy an array of water attractions and experience blissful warmth in the six themed saunas that make up the 3,200 m² Schwarzwald sauna complex. The 23°C Dead Sea salt grotto, where the humidity never rises above 50 per cent, is also wonderfully relaxing. Its pure ionised air, combined with soothing sounds and lighting, soon reveals its positive effects.
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Bad Dürrheim also encourages visitors to put together their own formula for enjoying outdoor activities: in the extensive spa gardens, on more than 100 kilometres of cycling and walking routes or on three Nordic walking trails. The popular holiday region between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb also offers many exciting discoveries.
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Annual Physicals Popular Despite Benefit Doubts
Health planning experts can't find any evidence that annual physical exams benefit healthy adults. But a new survey shows that 65 percent of doctors still perform the regular checkups. They say the benefits may be difficult to quantify, but they are real.
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Physicians who believe annual physicals are beneficial often note that the visits allow them to perform certain medical screenings — for blood pressure or cholesterol, for example. But with so many types of screening tests available and promoted by various organizations, how is a patient to know which tests to ask for?
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is a panel of experts that tries to address this question with rigorous science. Looking at evidence from clinical trials, they evaluate the health costs and benefits of screenings. The USPSTF then assigns a recommendation for or against each particular screening. Or, they will declare that "the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against" a screening.
The standards of the task force are high, and some organizations, like the American Heart Association, recommend screenings that the USPSTF says are not sufficiently supported by evidence. This doesn't mean the screenings aren't worth it for some individuals; it just means that the Task Force didn't find evidence that the benefits clearly outweighed the risks.
As with almost everything in medical care, the screenings physicians perform should be tailored to the age, sex, symptoms and medical history of the individual patient.
Below is an outline of which screenings the USPSTF recommends for adults without disease symptoms. There are several screenings the USPSTF recommends that are not included, because they don't involve lab tests. These include screenings for depression, alcohol misuse, obesity, hearing loss and visual impairment.
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm: Men only, ages 65-75: one-time screening by ultrasound for people who have smoked at some point in their lives
Blood pressure: Ages 18 and over: screen for high blood pressure
Breast cancer: Women only, ages 40 and over: mammography every one to two years, with or without clinical breast exam
Cervical cancer: Screen women who have been sexually active and who have a cervix; may choose to decline screening after age 65 if not otherwise at risk
Chlamydial infection: Women only, ages 25 and younger; screen sexually active individuals
Colorectal cancer: Adults ages 50 and over; screen using one of several tests
Osteoperosis: Women only, ages 65 and older; screen for bone density
USPSTF Recommendations for Pregnant Women
Anemia: Using hemoglobin or hematocrit
Down syndrome: By serum multiple-marker testing
Hepatitis B: At first prenatal visit
HIV: During prenatal care
Neural tube defects: During prenatal care
Preeclampsia: At first prenatal visit and periodically through rest of pregnancy
Rh incompatibility: For blood type and antibody testing at first prenatal visit
American Heart Association Recommendations
Blood pressure: Screen at least every two years
Body Mass Index: Screen at least every two years
Waist circumference: Screen at least every two years
Pulse: Screen at least every two years
Fasting lipid profile: Measure at least every five years
Risk of coronary heart disease: Assess 10-year risk of CHD with a multiple risk factor score every five years
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|4 Tablespoon
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|Dry white wine
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1) Trim and chop the shallots finely.
2) Skin, deseed and chop tomatoes.
3) Skin and rut the garlic.
4) Preheat oven at 350°F
5) Grease a shallow, flameproof dish with 1 tablespoon of butter.
6) Nib garlic lightly around dish.
7) Place sole fillets in a single layer in the dish.
8) Sprinkle salt and freshly ground pepper.
9) Sprinkle shallots on the fish.
10) Place tomatoes on it.
11) Add stock and the wine. Seal with buttered waxed paper.
12) Bring to simmering point on top of the stove and decrease the heat.
13) Poach sole for 7 minutes till firm.
14) Alternately, bake fish in the center for about 15 minutes.
15) Cover the fish and drain it to keep it warm.
16) Boil the cooking liquid with shallots and tomatoes and reduce to a quarter.
17) Remove from heat and mix cream.
18) Add beurre manie piece by piece and whisk till completely absorbed.
19) Gently mix the tarragon.
20) In a bowl, add remaining butter and egg yolk. Mix into cream sauce.
21) Adjust seasoning.
22) Before serving, arrange sole fillets on a large flat heated dish.
23) Sprinkle lemon juice on it.
24) Blend few drops of Tabasco into the sauce.
25) Cover fillets with sauce and sprinkle parsley with sauce.
26) Serve with plain green salad and boiled potatoes.
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Calories 3850 Calories from Fat 2412
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Total Fat 274 g421.5%
Saturated Fat 162.7 g813.5%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 1603.5 mg534.5%
Sodium 2852.7 mg118.9%
Total Carbohydrates 59 g19.7%
Dietary Fiber 9.8 g39.2%
Sugars 21.3 g
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Post here if you're in need of a co-op partner to obtain the online achievements.
Just got the game and looking to do coop
can only get online after 10pm GMT
G/tag= TRICKY1976
Looking for people to get the well travelled with. If it's not glitched. Add tricky32 if interested
GT: Daggerer - If you're after the "Well Travelled" achievement.
Looking for a friend in need and well travelled achievements any help appreciated thanx.
GT Shadowbcfc
Im also up for all the multiplayer achivements so send me a friend invite with a message. Ill be on pretty much all day tomorow so just hit me up!
looking for well travelled if people wanna swap matchs *seems to only work when u are hosting it counts* so we can just each host it and do one level
Tuck09 looking for help/will help well traveled ach. Add me I will be on 530 central time.
looking for a partner for online. send me a FR and message when your available.
GT: snake42069
I will be available for the next couple of hours (until ballgame starts). Just started game but it looks like objectives are easy enough. Send msg. SDPADFAN
Working on the Friend In Need and Well Traveled achievements for the next couple of hours. Send msg if interested. SDPADFAN
looking for partners to do the online acheivements with.. friends request and message please... GT: oliverio
Anyone looking for online co-op tonight? I'm getting tired of getting kicked out of games (if they don't want anyone to help, why do they set the multiplayer to "Everyone?")
Don't really understand how this works completely, but will help however possible.
please help me with online avhievement well traveled. my gamertag menialcat26. and i can help everyone
Looking for someone to run through casual chapters for Friend Indeed achievement. Will be on most of the day. SDPadFan
Anyone know if doing the levels by chapter select counts, also does any progress appear like 1/20 levels done or anything??
I'm getting this game from Gamefly and am looking for someone reliable to partner up with to complete the game in coop. Im not gonna play it at all if I dont hear from someone by the time I get it. I am reliable and would be willing to play through twice so we can both get the achievement forhosting and finishing the story. only message me if ur serious. thanks alot.
i need a partner for coop
Looking for some1 to do co-op..pm me.. thanks
Looking to get and helpmin return with the Well Travelled achievement.
GT: Pasanius
Need help with about half the levels in coop. Willing to return the favor and play thru the game with someone. Im playing thru on hard. Message me if you want to partner up and knock it out.
EDIT: 1250/1250. Thanks for the assist!
I will be on this game or something else most the day. Just send a request if you want to do some co-op.
Lookingto get the online cheevs
If anybody has the arena DLC i need help in the 3rd round please help though only in the next 2 days as i go to france on wensday
I'm Looking for a co-op partner to speed run the game (for ach) in 1 sitting
gamertag: dark razzle
message me on live if interested
Looking for a partner to get these co-op achievements done, particularly the one for completing all chapters in co-op.
UPDATE: No longer looking for people. Game is complete and sent back to gamefly
Trying to get the well travelled achievement and am willing to join in and do a level with another person if they do a level with me to help get the achievement, message me my gamertag is DJ RJester.
EDIT: have finished game now and sold it on, thanks for everyone's help.
Looking to do online achievements, even better if you want to go through on hard difficulty. Please message me on xbl
I need the A Friend Indeed (30g) achievement and I am willing to play through the campaign via online co-op twice.
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Have owned this warm mist humidifier for 2yrs now and have had no issues besides the occasional cleaning. A larger tank would be nice if running it on the high but we rarely need to do so. I like the simplicity and reliability that comes with this unit.
Nice design, water container fits under faucet in the kitchen and fills easily. Low setting lasts me about 18 hours. Adds plenty of humidity at low for a room 20x20. Had one problem with the unit "overheating". Actually all that was wrong was I accidentally filled it with hot water. The instructions state to use cold water. Senior moment I guess....
I bought this to help my son, my bf and myself breathe better in the evenings. For the price, I have no complaints on the device. It's easy to use, and not too noisy. At first I thought it was a little noisy as I had never had a humidifier before but now were used to the sounds it does make which isn't much. Kinda sounds like boiling water. Then every 5 minutes or so it does a gargle sound and goes back to the boiling sound. The blue light is quite bright. If u need pitch black to sleep, maybe this is not for you. Perhaps depending on where you place it in a room it may not be as bothersome to some. On level 1 it lasts pretty much all night. Haven't cleaned it yet but will definitely be following guidelines stated in the manual.
I prefer the warm humidifier so there are no pads to clean or purchase. This has been easy to use and clean.
The light on this is hideous. I run it in the bedroom at night as I have bad allergies. The light is so bright that I had to prop a book over it so I could sleep. It works good and puts out a lot of humidity and that is what I got it for.
Have had the Crane a week or so. It is nicely designed and has worked well so far. The water tank is removable and easy to fill. It has two heat settings high and low. According to instructions it can use up to 400 watts so if it runs full time it could add a few bucks to electricity bill. It also throws off a little heat so maybe save a little on heat bill.. It basically boils water to create steam and humidity. I previously was using a tea kettle on the stove but it had to be watched so did not boil dry. This unit shuts off automatically when water is low although I have not run it dry yet. It does need to be cleaned periodically especially if water has minerals. This is exactly what I was looking for.
I received my Crane Warn Mist Humidifier yesterday. It arrived a little late due to the bad weather across the country. It worked off and one for the first night. I had it shipped to residence. I will have to return it for one that works like it should.
This one puts out more moisture then my old honeywell did . I like the fact the heating element is AWAY from the tank which is how my other one broke.. it was too close. I also like the tip over sensor which keeps it from overheating if knocked on it's side. So quiet I keep checking the water level to make sure it's working. What I don't like?? heating element is hard to clean due to the base's design. soaking in strong vinegar helps that.
I simply love this humidifier. It is quiet, easy to clean, no filter, cost efficient, and I save on the energy cost because it keeps me warm at night so I don't have to turn the heater on. I also sometimes use it as a facial, lol. I think it is definitely a great buy.
I have been really worried about the quality before I receive my humidifier, but it really fantasitc. It works really well and doesn't make loud noise at all. And it can turn off by itself when there is no water inside, so it's been really safe to use.
works great,
I mail ordered this humidifier and the water tank cap warped after 2 weeks of use. I went to refill the tank and the cap was not round and would not screw back on the tank correctly. Returned it for a Vicks which I have used for years. I won't be trying something new anymore since I still have my Vicks for 4+ years.
Wonderfully quiet - great little humidifier for a bedroom.
So far it's great. We will have to determine long usage
My 10 days of use, is useless as a review in my opinion. The previous Holmes lasted 5 yrs with minimal maintenance, hope this one does. Holmes reviews were not good, thus changed brands. At this point it functions as is advertised.
When I got it from Fedex office to home, it did not work at all. So the next day I took it back into package and return to walmart for replacement. Now I am still wait for a new one.
I boght this pile of JUNK last yr and it only lasted me 3 months. I have to buy a diffferent humidifier this winter now as it burnt itself out despite my taking care of it and following directions. STAY AWAY!
Works good. Better than the Vicks humidifier I purchased.
just got the unit. I let kids to open & install it. It was so easy for them. I love it.


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If you're not familiar with Reddit or IAmAs, Reddit dubs itself the "homepage of the internet," where users can click on links to see the day's news, look at cats, or learn about thousands of other topics. IAmA, is a Reddit subtopic where users can interview people in an ask-me-anything forum.
"The interviewee begins the process by starting a post, describing who they are and what they do. Then, commenters leave questions and can vote on other questions according to which they would like to see answered," according to IAmA's rules.
As digital-first journalists, Kuhney and Van Velzer cover a wide variety of digital-centric and trending news stories including Arizona's legal fireworks, the Grand Canyon gondola project, Arizona law enforcement's military-grade weapons and the state's nudist resorts.
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Assistant Chief Patrol Agent Eligio "Lee" Pena warned more than 3,000 agents based in the Rio Grande Valley that reporters looking for information on what President Barack Obama has described as a humanitarian crisis, "may try to disguise themselves."
In an email sent to agents, Pena said agents should not speak to reporters, on or off duty, without permission.
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The present invention relates to a motor vehicle having dynamic stability control.
Driver error is the cause of many motor vehicle accidents. Sometimes, the driver does not anticipate correctly slippery road conditions, or the driver panics and applies the brakes or the accelerator in a manner that causes the wheels to slip, or uncontrollably slide. Once the wheels start to slide, a driver can quickly loose control of the vehicle. As a result, anti-lock braking (ABS) systems and traction control systems have been developed that detect the onset of wheel slip. These systems control braking and wheel torque to reduce wheel slip. However, unless the driver steers correctly, an accident may still happen. In addition, the effectiveness of traction control and ABS systems is reduced if a vehicle's wheels slide owing to poor grip between the wheels and road, for example, due to ice on a sharp corner.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a dynamic stability control system that can help the driver keep the vehicle on the road when one or more of the wheels starts to slip or slide.
According to the invention, there is provided a motor vehicle comprising a plurality of road engaging wheels, and a dynamic stability control system that includes a means for deducing the position and orientation of the vehicle with respect to a roadway on which the vehicle travels, a path prediction system for predicting the trajectory of the motor vehicle with respect to the roadway and for identifying when the predicted trajectory would place the vehicle in danger, and a wheel slip detection system for detecting loss of traction of one or more of the wheels, wherein the dynamic stability control system is arranged to predict the trajectory of the vehicle, determine whether the predicted trajectory would place the vehicle in danger, and, if loss of wheel traction is detected when the predicted trajectory would place the vehicle in danger, to alter the predicted trajectory in such a way that the identified danger is reduced or eliminated.
The dynamic stability control system may alter the trajectory by altering the degree of braking applied to at least one of the wheels of the vehicle by the vehicle braking system, or by altering the level of drive torque applied to at least one of the wheels by whatever motive means the vehicle includes. This may include, for example, a controllable differential which can vary the distribution of drive torque between the two sides of the vehicle. Systems using control of the magnitude and distribution of braking and/or driving torque between the wheels have the advantage that the trajectory of the vehicle can be controlled without the need for expensive and complex active steering or steer by wire systems. However, where the vehicle includes a steer by wire, active steering, or electric power assisted steering system, the vehicle trajectory can be altered using the steering system. In any event, because the system only starts to alter the vehicle's trajectory when loss of traction is detected, for most of the time the driver retains direct control over the vehicle's trajectory. In the case of steer by wire, the steering can be controlled so as to follow the steering angle requested by the driver using the steering wheel when loss of traction is not detected. The steering then only becomes truly active during loss of traction.
The motive means may include any type of motor, such as an internal combustion engine or an electric motor.
The dimensions and shape of the roadway, including the width of the roadway, the radius of curves, the location of lanes, hard shoulders, crash barriers and fixed obstacles may all be measured as the vehicle travels on the road. For example, a forward-looking radar or machine vision system may include processing means by which any of the above factors may be determined. The position of a lane in the roadway may be deduced over time from the course the vehicle travels and the measured dimensions and shape of the road. From this, the position and orientation of a vehicle with respect to the roadway may be deduced. In practice, however, it may be difficult to use radar or machine vision to detect and measure unambiguously various features in a continuous manner as the vehicle travels down the roadway, particularly if it is desired to achieve a precision high enough to enable a good estimate of danger in the event of wheel slip. In many cases, the difference between a safe vehicle trajectory and a dangerous vehicle trajectory may be a difference in trajectory of about 1 m or less. Preferably, the predicted vehicle trajectory is accurate to within �0.1 m of the actual trajectory.
Another approach to predicting the vehicle trajectory with respect to a roadway involves a priori knowledge of roadway dimensions and shape combined with means by which the position and orientation of the vehicle can be accurately estimated, for example using internal vehicle movement sensors. For example, road speed can be measured directly from wheel speed sensors as part of a known anti-lock braking system (ABS). The vehicle may also have a number of accelerometers or yaw rate sensors, by which changes in vehicle orientation with respect to a co-ordinate system can be deduced. In general, the shape and characteristics of a roadway can be measured beforehand and stored in the vehicle for future use. For example, such stored data may be generated by a road mapping agency or company, or by the vehicle itself on a previous run over a particular route. In the latter case, numerous vehicles may upload data, for example by radio or cell phone link, to a central repository of such vehicle generated road map data, from which individual vehicles may then similarly download particular road map data.
Therefore, the means for deducing the position and orientation of the vehicle with respect to the roadway may include a memory means that stores road layout data for a geographical area in which the vehicle travels.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the dynamic stability control system is responsive also to the selected steering angle so that when the dynamic stability control system acts to alter the predicted trajectory, the trajectory is altered towards the selected steering angle when this corresponds with a trajectory of reduced or eliminated danger. This provides a number of advantages. First, the means for deducing the position and orientation of the vehicle with respect to the roadway may in some cases not be able to characterize the road completely. If the road layout is stored in a memory, then the layout may have changed since the layout was stored, or the resolution may be limited in some way. Forward-looking radar or vision systems also have limitations, in that certain obstacles or hazards on the roadway may be undetected or misinterpreted. The system, therefore, takes advantage of the driver's perception of such dangers and allows the driver still to influence the trajectory of the vehicle as the dynamic stability control system alters the trajectory to reduce or eliminate the detected danger.
The memory means may include a high capacity solid state memory, or random access storage medium such as a CD ROM disc or a magnetic hard disc. The roadway may be characterized by data including information about any parameter applicable to a roadway, for example: the road's width; the number of lanes and direction of traffic in these lanes; the width of the lanes; the type and location of crash barriers; the width and type of hard shoulder; and the presence of fixed obstacles or other hazards, such as lamp poles and bridge abutments. Although in principle a memory means may store data that characterizes a roadway with any desired degree of resolution, a huge amount of data would be needed to characterize all roadways throughout a geographical area such as an American state or a European country, to the point where a meaningful assessment of danger could be made in the event that wheels begin to slip.
Furthermore, it may be difficult to locate the position of a vehicle accurately using only inertial sensors, particularly when it has been traveling for an extended time in a straight line, for example on a motorway.
Therefore, it is particularly advantageous if the means for deducing position and orientation of the vehicle with respect to the roadway includes in addition to a priori knowledge of the roadway within a certain geographical area, also a means for determining externally of the vehicle the position of the vehicle. The position of the vehicle may be determined either in absolute terms, for example as a pair of Cartesian co-ordinates, or in relative terms, for example with respect to remotely sensed and identified roadway features, such as the location of the edge of the road, or the location of a central reservation crash barrier.
In one embodiment of the invention, the means for deducing position and orientation of the vehicle with respect to the roadway includes a receiver for receiving a remotely transmitted location identification signal within the area, and means for using both the road layout data and location identification signal to deduce at least the position of the vehicle with respect to the roadway. An example of such a location identification signal is a global positioning signal (GPS).
The means for deducing position and orientation of the vehicle with respect to the roadway may include an optical vision system that captures optically a view of the roadway.
Also according to the invention, there is provided a method of dynamically controlling the trajectory of a motor vehicle that includes a dynamic stability control system, and a plurality of road engaging wheels, wherein the method comprises the steps of using the dynamic stability control system to:
The invention will now be described by way of example in further detail and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
The vehicle has a conventional arrangement of driver controls, in particular a brake pedal 3, accelerator pedal 11 and steering wheel 19. The brake pedal 3 is linked to an anti-lock braking system control module 18, and the accelerator pedal 11 provides a driver demand signal to an engine management system 52 that controls engine power of an internal combustion engine (E) 50.
With reference now also to
The vehicle 1 also has a forwards looking radar transceiver module (R) 20 together with an associated radar signal processing unit (P) 21, and a global positioning system (GPS) receiver 22, which also provide input signals to the dynamic stability unit 2. Optionally, a machine vision system (not shown) may be used in place of the radar system 20, 21. The GPS receiver signal provides a measure of the vehicle's position on the surface of the earth accurate to about �10 m. This is used by the dynamic stability unit 2 to interrogate a CD-ROM reader unit 24 which is loaded with a CD-ROM disc having information regarding the road 4, such as its orientation, the width, number of lanes, presence or a hard shoulder and any obstacles such as crash barriers, embankments or bridge abutments. The accuracy of the GPS signal is deliberately degraded for national security reasons, and is not normally accurate enough to allow the dynamic stability unit 2 to obtain information from the CD-ROM unit 24 that would allow the dynamic stability unit to predict unambiguously the edge positions 5, 6 of the road 4, or a predicted trajectory TP of the vehicle 1 with respect to the road 4. In addition, overhanging trees or tall buildings near the road can adversely affect GPS signals. In any event, road information data stored on the CD-ROM disc may not have resolution as good as �0.5 m for every road in a country or state, and will not have information about any recent or temporary obstruction or obstacle on a road.
Therefore, the dynamic stability unit 2 uses signals received from the radar module and unit 20, 21 to refine the position information received from the GPS signal, and also to fill in details on road layout or hazards not known from the CD-ROM. For example, if a bridge abutment is known from the CD-ROM to be at a co-ordinate (x, y) along the road 4, then as the vehicle approaches the abutment, the GPS derived co-ordinate (X, Y) at that bridge abutment can be corrected to match the CD-ROM co-ordinate using the radar derived information. The various movement sensors 12-17 are then sufficiently accurate to keep track of the vehicle's position and orientation with respect to the road for the next several minutes without the need to make a further correspondence between the GPS, radar and CD-ROM co-ordinates.
Once the dynamic stability unit 2 has deduced the position and orientation of the vehicle 1 with respect to the road, it assigns danger levels to various coordinate points along the road particularly towards and beyond the road edges 5, 6. The danger levels are calculated to include any expected mismatch between road features such as the true edge of road 5, 6, and calculated edge of road 25, 26, so that that danger is assessed conservatively.
Once the vehicle's position and orientation with respect to the road 4 are known, the next step 32 is to predict the trajectory TP of the vehicle 1 with respect to the road 4. Because steering angle α will affect the future movement of the vehicle 1, a steering angle sensor (T) 27 provides an input signal to the dynamic stability unit 2. This together with the calculated position, orientation, velocity and yaw rate of the vehicle permits the dynamic stability unit 2 to calculate the predicted trajectory TP of the vehicle with respect to the road 4. Here, the predicted trajectory TP will take the vehicle 1 off the left-hand edge 5 of the road, and so the trajectory is identified as one that would place the vehicle in danger.
Of course, it may be that the driver is intentionally driving the vehicle off the road in a controlled manner, for example to park on a grass verge. In this case, none of the wheels 7-10 should be slipping. The next step 34 in the flowchart of
In the example of
In the illustrated example, the front wheels 9, 10 are steering towards the reduced danger calculated trajectory TC, giving a good indication that the driver also perceives this to be of reduced danger. The dynamic stability unit 2, therefore, takes into account the steering angle a as supplied by the steering angle sensor 27 in generating the calculated trajectory TC.
In the illustrated case of under-steer, the dynamic stability unit 2 would via the ABS unit 18 apply the right rear brake 15 to cause the right rear wheel 8 to exert a rearward directed force 54 at that wheel to impart a clockwise yaw to the vehicle so that it may follow the calculated trajectory TC.
The vehicle 1 may not, of course follow the calculated trajectory TC exactly, and so the flowchart loops back to the first step 30, so that the vehicle position and orientation with respect to the road 4 can be recalculated. The process continues until wheel slip is no longer detected.
The invention can, therefore, help a driver to maintain control of his vehicle in extreme circumstances, and yet does not interfere with the driver's primary means of controlling the vehicle's trajectory using the steering wheel. Once wheel slip is detected, the driver may be losing control the vehicle. Only then does the dynamic stability control system become operational to direct the vehicle to a safer trajectory. Data from inertial vehicle movement sensors can be combined with other data to obtain an accurate measure of a vehicle's position with respect to the roadway. Examples of sources of such other data include: wireless connection to an internet-based database of road map data; an in-car memory such as a CD-ROM system storing details of the road; remote location identification signals; and a radar or machine vision derived measure of the road and its surrounds to provide. It is, therefore, possible to obtain an accurate basis for determining the vehicle's position and orientation with respect to the road, and the likelihood that the vehicle's trajectory will place the vehicle in danger. Action can then be taken by the dynamic stability unit 2 to control wheel braking and/or engine power applied to the driver wheels in order to alter the vehicle trajectory to a safer course.
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When I entered Khatam Hotel it was full of Indian workers from Dubai having breakfast. As there were only men I was not sure this was the right place for me. But I did not know where else to go as there are not many cheap hotels on Kish. I asked for a single room and they said it was IR 340 000. I said it was too expensive for me and showed the price in Lonely Planet, IR 200 000. They said it was an old price, but I could get the room for IR 200 000 (June 2006).
The room was not big, but had two beds, a small bathroom, air-condition and a TV with BBC News (but the picture and sound was not always too clear). It was not very clean but as I asked for new sheets I got completely new ones, from the package. There were no towels and no toilet paper (but tissues).
Breakfast is included in the price and starts at 8.00 when the fresh bread arrives (if you want to eat breakfast earlier you will get yesterdays bread). There is also lunch and dinner for about IR 20 000, including a big bottle of water. The restaurant is Indian so the food is a bit spicy, hot.
The staff is very friendly and helpful (also two women are working in the reception) and speaks good English. If you need a taxi they will call one and it will arrive immediately.
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This scrumptious collection of recipes and stories from the owners of Paley's Place Bistro and Bar in Portland, Ore., offers an intriguing mélange of Eastern European Jewish, Mediterranean, mainstream American and Pacific Northwest culinary influences, from Truffled Crab Melt to Duck Wellington with Mole Sauce, designed to match a Syrah's flavors of cinnamon, clover, black pepper, cayenne, butter, chocolate, tobacco and fungus. Some recipes are almost outrageously simple, like George's Gathered Greens: mixed greens, lemon, olive oil, salt and pepper. But most are complex, and many, like Chicken Roulade, in which chicken legs are ground with herbs and wrapped with breasts in caulfat-the lacy "lining of a pig's abdominal cavity" that keeps the chicken "beautifully moist, then melts away in the cooking"-require elaborate preparation, which, fortunately, the authors illustrate with excellently detailed photos. The Paleys often highlight their suppliers, such as Gene Thiel, a potato farmer in his 70s, who "speaks of the pleasing esters present in potatoes, explaining how they affect both taste and smell" and likes to breakfast on a pan-sized steamed potato pancake with herbed scrambled eggs and vinegared bread. Recipes for "pantry" items such as ketchup, maraschino cherries and persillade (a mix of chopped garlic and parsley) are included, as well as imaginative suggestions for wines to complement the dishes. (Oct.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Nestled in a converted Victorian in Portland's trendy Northwest District, Paley's Place Bistro and Bar has been serving Vitaly Paley's creative, beautifully executed cooking for over a decade. Co-owner Kimberly Paley's joyous hospitality has helped make their restaurant into a West Coast destination. Both Paleys' unquenchable ardor for local, luscious, sustainably produced food and drink means the Paley's Place dining experience just keeps gets better. With characteristic generosity, Vitaly and Kimberly bring their elegant, soulful fare home in The Paley's Place Cookbook. Chapters on appetizers; soups, salads, and sandwiches; pastas and grains; fish and shellfish; meat, game, and fowl; vegetable side dishes; and desserts are complemented by extras, including a primer on putting together a knockout Oregon cheese course and a bevy of recipes for hand-crafted and seasonal cocktails. Wine pairings point the reader to well-matched styles and makers from the Pacific Northwest and France. Teaching the reader to create blissfully perfectdishes from the ground up, whether simple (Grilled Figs Wrapped in Prosciutto; Tomato-Bread Soup) or showy (Duck Wellington with Mole Sauce; Vegetable-Stuffed Morels with Green Garlic Confit and Parmesan Cream), the authors emphasize the building blocks of wonderful food: great ingredients and great technique. Throughout the book, the Paleys introduce us to some of the many skilled food producers who make the Pacific Northwest a culinary treasure trove, and also take us inside the chef's thought process as he creates and refines his recipes. Evocative photographs—of finished dishes, gorgeous local foodstuffs, and the people who produce the food that gives so much pleasure—round out this personal, passionate, enlightening, and utterly delicious cookbook.
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Close to Home: Cooking in the Pacific Northwest by Vitaly Paley The story of Paley's Place began in New York, where Kimberly and I met. She was a dancer who had come from California to study at the Martha Graham School. Born in Russia, I had come to New York as a teenager and now, in the eighties, was studying music at Juilliard. Like many of our friends, we subsidized our art by working in the food world, and we met when we were both managers for a dinner cruise company. One July Fourth—the 100th birthday of the Statue of Liberty—when our work was done for the night, we wound up making out in the shadows of the torch the old Dame held high. We remember fireworks. Looking back, we think we chose food over art, but perhaps it was fate, and food chose us. I went to the French Culinary Institute in New York, and together we moved to France to work and learn together at a Michelin-starred restaurant called Au Moulin de la Gorce, near Limoges. Back in New York, we worked with the best, including Tom Valenti at Alison on Dominick, David Bouley of Bouley, Michael Romano and Danny Meyer of Union Square Café, and David and Karen Waltuck of Chanterelle. Kimberly studied with Kevin Zraly at Windows on the World, Andrea Immer, and master sommelier Roger Dagorn. But it was in our tiny Bleecker Street apartment that our vision for the restaurant that would become Paley's Place began to shape itself. In the spirit of collaboration that we still share, we invited friends and family to dinners—and not just any dinners. On each occasion, we created experiences that reflected whatever inspired us about a particular menu. We wrote invitations, specifying a dress code for the evening—informal or jacket and tie. Kimberly's hospitality was unstinting, her eye for detail meticulous. She set the stage, making menus by hand and dressing the table with silverware arranged face down, as she learned to do in France and as she still does in the restaurant. If I plucked basil from clay pots on the fire escape, Kimberly described it on the menu as "local," a nod to the lessons we learned in France and a sweet gesture toward our yet-unwritten future in Portland, in the cool, open West. After one summer too many in hot, airless, underground restaurant kitchens (me) and coping with the behind-the-scenes madness of restaurant dining rooms (Kimberly), we sold our apartment on Bleecker Street, packed up, and left New York knowing two things: we wanted our own restaurant, and we wanted it to be in Oregon. Oregon reminded us of France, where ingredients are stars. In New York's kitchens, I saw you could get anything at any time. I also noticed that not much came from close by. While Kimberly and I didn't necessarily want ours to be a French restaurant, we knew we wanted to sustain what we learned in France about being closer to the sources of food. In Portland, we see not only where food comes from, but who grows it. Here, our food is shaped by connections with people and the ingredients they bring to the restaurant's door—mushrooms, potatoes, truffles, chestnuts. A signature reference on our menu to "George's Gathered Greens" (page 60) doesn't refer to the chef, but to the farmer, George Weppler. In anticipation of moving to Oregon, we had already made connections with winemakers Ken Wright (then of Panther Creek and now of Ken Wright Cellars) and Russ Raney of Evesham Wood. Once here, we discovered food producers—like George Weppler and cheesemaker Pierre Kolish of Juniper Grove Farm in Redmond—who we feel are visionaries. Over the years since we opened Paley's Place, we have come to feel that we have not just created a restaurant, but are participating in a bigger movement to establish the uniqueness of Oregon, a region that has figured out how to sustain the integrity of its agricultural traditions. Unlike France, Oregon doesn't have an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) system as a guarantee of superior quality. But Oregon's producers make a certain kind of promise among themselves: when they say the berries are good, they mean it. In this book, as in our restaurant, we have tried to bring out the stories of the people who provide us with impeccable ingredients. Their stories reflect the way we strive to do business; their engagement matches ours, and therefore fosters respect each time we touch what they provide. In these pages you will get a glimpse of the growers, foragers, fishermen, and artisan producers who provide us with lamb, mushrooms, potatoes, greens, nuts, cheese, salmon, and more. Other stories in these pages are meant to shed light on some of the culinary techniques and influences, hospitable spirit, and threads of memory that tie our past experiences to our present. Our approach to food and wine and the dining experience is deeply personal. The recipes and stories in this book reflect how and why we do what we do with these products in this place. In the end, it is all about relationships. It starts with Kimberly and me—our collaboration is an endless source of inspiration for both of us. Our relationships with our customers, our purveyors, and our staff are gifts. Without them, this story would be very different. * * * Cooking seasonally does not come naturally to most of us. We can buy anything at any time of year, and that path of lesser resistance is always easier to follow. The foods we buy have to be seasonal somewhere, right? But defrosted fish is not the same as fresh off the boat, and an out of season tomato or ear of corn can never compare to just picked. Let your senses guide you to what smells and feels real rather than what looks shiny and flawless. If you search out locally produced and grown goods whenever possible, chances are they will be seasonal as well. In the kitchen, trust your senses to help you take a dish to its logical conclusion rather than blindly following the recipe. Experience has taught me that achieving a perfect balance of flavors is a learned skill. Each dish can attain a "sweet spot," however elusive it might be, and you learn where it is by tasting. I am constantly reminded of my final exam in cooking school, where I had to reproduce several classic French recipes. I was a good student and I knew them all by heart, so making them was easy, I thought. When I presented the finished dishes to the panel of judges, I received a less-than-enthusiastic critique. I had followed the recipes exactly as I had been taught to do them. So what went wrong? One judge asked me if I'd tasted what I made. There and then it all made sense. I've never forgotten that lesson. I urge you to taste, taste, and taste what you're cooking at every stage. Learning to follow flavors as they unfold will help you navigate through written instructions and will eventually educate your senses and produce impressive results. Now for a few words about preparing the recipes in this book: • Use kosher salt for general seasoning. Use a coarse sea salt of any kind (I prefer fleur de sel) for finishing a dish. Do not use generic table salt. It is full of iodine and added chemicals to mask its unpleasant flavor. When it comes to pepper, I only use black. It simply tastes better than white. Grind it fresh every time you use it. Be liberal with your seasoning when cooking, and you and your guests will appreciate the results. • Use extra-virgin olive oil for vinaigrettes and to sauté vegetables. Use grapeseed or canola oils to cook meat, poultry, and seafood unless the recipe calls for something else. • Use only unsalted butter, as it has the taste of cream. Salted butter is usually of lesser quality, and using it will prevent you from seasoning the dish correctly. For me, cooking is about both soulful searching and rigorous technique. It is influenced by mood and memories, yet it also requires constant repetition and a tireless quest for both perfection and consistency alongside a readiness to adjust on the fly. Cooking is an art whose disciplined performance must retain what I like to call a fresh drop of blood—the ability to be new and exciting and to inspire every time you do it. May this book inspire you to cook with care and add to your joy in making food. Minute-Cured King Salmon, Salade Russe, and Caviar Crème Fraîche Serves 4 to 6 What is known as Salade Russe (Russian Salad) in France is called Salade Olivier in Russia. Both are cold salads of diced vegetables and other ingredients dressed in a mayonnaise-type sauce—the luxe original, Salade Olivier, was created in Moscow by a French chef and included both lobster and caviar. I grew up eating Salade Olivier on special occasions, and learned an all-vegetable version called macedoine de legumes at the French Culinary Institute. So this dish is part of my own history, and my version, with caviar and crème fraîche, restores some of its original opulence. I serve it alongside silky salmon lightly cured with lemon juice and olive oil. 1 large Yukon gold potato1/2 pound green beans, stemmed 1 large carrot, peeled and cut into 1/3-inch dice 1 large beet, roasted, peeled, and cut into 1/3-inch dice1 large hard-boiled egg, peeled and coarsely grated on the largest holes of a box grater2 tablespoons drained capers, coarsely chopped 1 medium dill pickle, cut into 1/3-inch dice1 large sprig of dill, leaves stripped and coarsely chopped 1 bunch chives, finely chopped1/2 cup Aioli (page 203)Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper1/4 cup crème fraîche1 ounce American sturgeon caviarJuice of 1 lemon3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil1 pound wild King salmon fillet, pin bones removed (see Chef's Tip), skinned, and very thinly sliced In a small saucepan, cover the potato with cold water and season it with salt. Bring to a boil over high heat and cook until tender when pierced with a knife (don't overcook), about 20 minutes. Cool the potato, peel, and cut into 1/3-inch dice. Have a bowl of ice water ready. Bring another pot of water to a boil and season with salt. Add the green beans all at once and cook until tender, yet still bright green, about 5 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer the beans to the ice water to stop the cooking (don't discard the cooking water). Drain them and dry on paper towels. Cut into 1/3-inch lengths and set aside in a bowl. Have a bowl of ice water ready. Cook the diced carrot until tender in the same boiling water as the green beans, about 5 minutes. Drain and refresh them in the ice water to stop the cooking. Drain them and dry on paper towels as well. Set aside in a bowl. To make the salad, in a large bowl, combine the potato, green beans, carrot, beet, grated egg, capers, and pickle. Add the dill, chives, and aioli. Season with salt and pepper, then mix gently with a spoon to incorporate all the ingredients. Cover and set aside. In a small bowl, combine the crème fraîche with the caviar and half of the lemon juice. Set aside. In another small bowl, whisk the rest of the lemon juice with the olive oil. Lay all the salmon slices side by side. Brush them liberally with lemon oil, then season generously with salt and pepper. Turn the salmon slices over, brush with lemon oil, and season again. Divide the slices among individual serving plates. Spoon some caviar-crème fraîche mixture over the salmon. Place a healthy spoonful of salad next to the salmon and serve. Leftover salad keeps well in the refrigerator and makes a perfect lunch the next day. Chef's TipYou can either remove the slender pin bones one by one with a pair of needle-nose pliers, or have your fishmonger do it.
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Vitaly Paley and Kimberly Paley opened Paley's Place Bistro and Bar in Portland, Oregon in 1995. Vitaly is a Russian-born, French-trained chef whose work at Paley's Place garnered him the James Beard Foundation's award for Best Chef: Pacific Northwest in 2005. Kimberly manages the restaurant and runs its wine program. Paley's Place has been featured in the New York Times, Gourmet, Bon Appétit, USA Today, and many other publications, and is consistently ranked in national top 100 restaurant lists.
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The official results of Nigeria's elections last April showed overwhelming victories for the ruling party. The presidential winner, Umaru Yar'Adua, received 70 percent of the vote; his nearest opponent had 20 percent -- a margin of victory exceeding that in 1983, when discontent over extensive rigging led to a coup ousting the just-elected civilian president.
According to international and domestic observers alike, the process was deeply flawed. It was unclear until just days before each election -- for state offices on April 14 and for the presidency and the National Assembly on April 21 -- who the final candidates would be. On election day, the names of some contenders who had been reinstated by the courts were not on the ballots. The elections themselves were disastrous, with even more rigging and violence than during the previous presidential election, in 2003, when stolen ballot boxes and bogus vote counts marred the polling. All told, there were some 700 violent election-related incidents between November and March, among them the assassinations of two gubernatorial front-runners.
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Fletcher town councilman Wayne Garren announced Thursday his intention to run for mayor of Fletcher.
Chief among the reasons Im seeking this office, Garren said, is that I want to have a strong leadership role in the Heart of Fletcher development program. I believe my experience both in corporate employment and my years as a small business owner will serve the town well as we go forward with this program to create a new civic and business environment in Fletcher.
Garren was appointed to the town council in 2007 to fill the unexpired term of councilman Jim Clayton, who moved to Mills River.
Current mayor Bill Moore extended his congratulations to Garren via a telephone interview with the Times-News on Thursday.
As far as I know I will have my name in the hat, too, he said about running for another term as mayor. He (Garren) has every opportunity and right just as anyone else in town to run for mayor.
Prior to Garrens appointment, the newly announced candidate had served on the planning board since 2001.
I actually first served on the Fletcher planning board back in 1989, when Fletcher first incorporated, he said.
When he accepted the 2007 appointment as councilman, the town was experiencing turmoil in its police department and all the citizens unrest and adverse publicity that accompanied it.
I was pleased to have the opportunity to work with the other members of the council, the mayor and town manager to find a good solution for the problems we were facing, he said. I am real excited about the police department now. We are blessed to have Tim (Christol) as our police chief.
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I have been very involved with Norcom working on the Heart of Fletcher, he said. They bring a level of expertise that I respect and look forward to continue working with.
Garren said his top priority is not constructing a new town hall immediately.
There are other interested parties looking at the Heart of Fletcher, he said. Fletcher is a hot spot in Western North Carolina.
Fletcher is facing tough times, he said. We have businesses laying off employees. Sales tax revenue is down due to our slumping economy. I am not sure if Fletcher will benefit from a stimulus package. We cannot wait; we must take the initiative. We have a great opportunity with our Heart of Fletcher plan.
Garren said he is looking forward to taking a leading role in this effort.
I have some experience in commercial real estate development and I will use this experience for the benefit of Fletcher, he said.
As for taxes, Garren agreed with Town Manager Mark Biberdorf that in these economic times a tax increase would not be wise.
I was initially in favor of the annexation effort in Fletcher, he said. After listening at the meetings to those opposing the annexation and after reviewing the results of the survey done in the town, I felt compelled to vote no on the annexation. Those opposing the effort were united against the annexation, and 53 percent of Fletcher residents said no on our survey.
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Will Smith is adamant he has yet to reach the peak of his career as he embarks on a new chapter at Hampshire.
The batsman has experienced a huge amount of success in county cricket, winning the LV= County Championship for a fourth time in 2013.
After securing his maiden title in 2005 with Nottinghamshire, he was an integral part of Durham's trio of trophy triumphs, captaining the north-east county to their second title in 2009.
Durham's financial constraints meant Smith's contribution of 786 runs in this year's victorious campaign was not enough to secure a new deal at the Emirates Durham ICG but, at the age of 31, Smith insists he has a lot more to offer at the Ageas Bowl.
"I'm just very excited," he told ecb.co.uk.
"I'm at a stage of my career now where I have a fair amount of confidence that my best years are probably ahead of me, certainly as a batsman.
"I feel that in the last couple of years I've had a couple of things to work out to help my game and also about the game as a whole that could see me do hopefully pretty well in the next four, five, six years.
"I think most batsmen would probably admit as well that they don't feel they are at their best until their early 30s.
"Speaking to people like Michael Di Venuto, who I played with at Durham, he was adamant that he hadn't worked out his game in the entirety until his last few years at Durham.
"The move has coincided with a time where I genuinely think I've got my best years ahead of me and also going to a fantastic club like Hampshire."
While Smith was disappointed to leave the county he had spent seven years with after joining from Notts in 2006, he revealed the challenge that awaits him at Hampshire was too good to turn down.
Asked why he decided to move to the south coast, he replied: "There are so many things. The ground is a fantastic stadium, it's a good batting wicket and the stadium is only going to get better in the next few years.
"What Rod Bransgrove has done at the club has been unbelievable and I'm sure he'll continue to do so in the future.
"The facilities they've got and the squad they've got - obviously they're an incredibly well-drilled one-day unit and I feel I'm a better one-day player than a lot of people have given me credit for at Durham in the last few years so that's somewhere hopefully I can fit in and really prove that I'm as good a one-day player as I am a four-day player.
"And also the situation Hampshire find themselves in in four-day cricket is obviously not where they want to be and it will be a great challenge for me and everyone else within the Hampshire squad to get them back towards the top of Division One, which is where they were not so long ago.
"When I thought about the move, there are so many ticks in a lot of boxes and when you add them all up it adds up to a pretty attractive situation."
Smith also revealed the opportunity to work with manager Giles White and skipper Jimmy Adams was another defining factor behind the switch.
"That was a huge reason in going to Hampshire as well, to play for Jimmy Adams," he added.
"He's someone who I've played a lot with and against in the past and he's a man I greatly respect; I respect what he's done on the pitch and I respect what he's done off the pitch.
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This is the spirited story of a survivor whose racy anecdotes and shady dealings only underline her essential warmth and goodness. But there is nothing sentimental about Moll, who presents herself warts and all. Though her adventures take her abroad, she remains the vivid creation of London.
Moll Flanders, pickpocket and prostitute a mercantile genius trading in the oldest human commodity has been for the past three centuries an enduring representative of reckless vitality combined with unshakable inner virtue. Daniel Defoe manages his story with such skill that our affection for his heroine increases with each astonishing sin she commits.
Moll's adventures possibly taken by Defoe from the story of some real criminal he met in Newgate, who five times a wife, twelve year a thief, eight year a transported felon, at last grew rich, lived honest and died a penitent is told with the directness of narrative and reality of incident in which Defoe, often called the father of the novel, has never been equaled.
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About the Author
English author Daniel Defoe was at times a trader, political activist, criminal, spy and writer, and is considered to be one of England s first journalists. A prolific writer, Defoe is known to have used at least 198 pen names over the course of a career in which he produced more than five hundred written works. Defoe is best-known for his novels detailing the adventures of the castaway Robinson Crusoe, which helped establish and popularize the novel in eighteenth century England. In addition to Robinson Crusoe, Defoe penned other famous works including Captain Singleton, A Journal of the Plague Year, Captain Jack, Moll Flanders and Roxana. Defoe died in 1731.
Praise For…
"The brilliance of Moll Flanders, and of the best of Defoe's other novels, is that they dramatize the uncertainty that goes with the opportunism, and show us a world in which, if you can make yourself, you can lose yourself too." –from the Introduction by John Mullan