text: Thanksgiving A 52-Pound Turkey, 26 Small Ones and The Cooks Behind Them By Jack Rodolico, Brady Carlson & Paige Sutherland • Nov 26, 2015 Paige Sutherland/NHPR For most of us the highlight of Thanksgiving is the food. So this year we thought we'd hear from people who cook for a living—professional chefs—and see what their Thanksgiving meals and traditions look like. How to Avoid Inviting the Local Fire Department to Thanksgiving Dinner By Casey McDermott • Nov 25, 2015 GIF created using footage from Wayland Fire Department Each year, Goffstown Fire Chief Richard O'Brien and firefighters around the state find themselves responding to a cornucopia of cooking incidents. Oven fires, stovetop fires, not to mention the occasional turkey fryer that boiled over and quickly became engulfed in flames. Need Help Carving Your Thanksgiving Turkey? Check Out These Video How-To's By Rebecca Lavoie • Nov 25, 2015 Rhett Sutphin via Flickr CC Your dad made it look easy...maybe. But carving a turkey is a bit more complicated than you might think. It's a big bird, after all, and not every knife is created equal. (Nor is every bird, thanks to the "spatchcock" craze!) But never fear, humble home-chef, there's somewhere to turn if you're confounded by the prospect of carving: YouTube. Listed below are some of the most informative and easy-to-follow turkey carving how-to videos on the site. Pro Tip: Watch them in advance of the family arriving and you'll look like a turkey carving ninja come dinner time. Ahead Of Thanksgiving Holiday, New England Is Hitting The Road By Brady Carlson • Nov 25, 2015 Stanley Zimny via Flickr/CC - http://ow.ly/KsGVQ With gas prices just north of $2 a gallon, and no freak holiday snowstorm in sight like last year, about 1.8 million New Englanders are hitting the road this Thanksgiving. That's up from last year. Tales and Travails of Thanksgiving Day By The Exchange • Nov 25, 2015 File Photo Digital Archive / Flickr/CC From burnt pies to traffic jams to last year's giant power outage, everyone has a story to tell about this uniquely American holiday. We'll hear tales from around the Granite State about how we gather on this day, and look at what makes Thanksgiving so linked to tradition. Guests: The Peculiar Parade Of Thanksgiving Traditions By Linton Weeks • Nov 25, 2015 Time was in America that stores routinely closed on Thanksgiving Day. Folks sent Thanksgiving greeting cards, people donned odd costumes and schools and communities staged elaborate parades and Thanksgiving pageants in which Native Americans and Pilgrims gathered together and smiled and waved. Breaking The Cranberry Mold: New Ways To Savor This Seasonal Berry By NPR Staff • Nov 25, 2015 The New England area where the Pilgrims first settled is cranberry country. These early colonists likely enjoyed a version of cranberry sauce on their autumn tables — though it probably took the form of a rough, savory compote, rather than the sweet spin we're most familiar with. For ideas on using this bitter red berry of the season in new ways this Thanksgiving, NPR Morning Edition's Renee Montagne turned to Chris Kimball, founder of America's Test Kitchen. Green Bean Casserole: The Thanksgiving Staple We Love — Or Loathe By Peggy Lowe • Nov 24, 2015 Move over, turkey. Step aside, stuffing. Green Bean Casserole, an iconic Thanksgiving dish, turns 60 years old this year, and it's as popular as ever. Love it or loathe it, the classic Midwestern casserole has come to mean more than just a mashup of processed food sitting next to the mashed potatoes. Behind Your Holiday Sweet Potato Dish, Hard Work In The Fields By Daniel Charles • Nov 24, 2015 There's an oil painting on one wall in the cluttered room that serves as central headquarters of Burch Farms, a large vegetable grower in Faison, N.C. The painting shows an African-American couple, the woman in a long, plain dress, the man in a homespun shirt. They're digging sweet potatoes with their bare hands and an old-fashioned hoe. Instead Of 'What,' Be Grateful For 'When' This Thanksgiving By Adam Frank • Nov 24, 2015 This year at Thanksgiving tables across America, folks will sit down with family and ask themselves the time-honored question: "What am I thankful for this year?" It's a moment that makes Thanksgiving one of the best ideas we ever came up with. But this year, I thinking of tipping that inquiry in a slightly different direction. This year, instead of asking what (or who) we're thankful for, what if we asked when we're thankful for? So Long, Turkey: 3 Ways To Spice Up Thanksgiving Without The Bird By NPR Staff • Nov 23, 2015 If you are turkey-averse, turkeyphobic or just bored with the bird, fear not. We've got some other main dish ideas for you. "What I think is cool is to put a center roast on the table that comes from the woods itself: something wild, something home-hunted, like venison," Amy Thielen, Minnesotan and author of The New Midwestern Table, tells All Things Considered's Ari Shapiro. Deer, says Thielen, is "one of those secret underground proteins in the American meat-eating story." Thanksgiving Trend Watchers Test Recipes So You Don't Have To By NPR Staff • Nov 23, 2015 For those who like to try new recipes at Thanksgiving, let Clay Dunn and Zach Patton be your guides. They're the couple behind the food blog, The Bitten Word, and every year before the holiday, they scan 10 leading food magazines to identify recipe trends. Thanksgiving, Frozen: A Day-By-Day Guide To What To Cook Ahead, And When Editor's note: A version of this story originally ran in November 2014. The countdown to Thanksgiving has begun. And for those of us who already feel short on time during a regular week, the pressure is on to figure out just how to squeeze in all that extra shopping, prep work and cooking ahead of the holiday. Something Wild: The American Chestnut By Dave Anderson • Nov 28, 2014 Internet Archive via flickr Creative Commons Thanksgiving leftovers in my kitchen include Chinese chestnut-stuffing. Most people know that our American chestnut trees were decimated by an Asian fungus detected in 1904 that killed untold billions of trees and wiped-out one of the most common and most important lumber and wildlife trees from eastern forests before 1940. On A Thanksgiving Without Power, New Hampshire Residents Improvise By Sam Evans-Brown • Nov 27, 2014 Courtesy Chris Saunders With tens of thousands of New Hampshire homes without power, many residents got creative in order to cook their Thanksgiving meals. Gilmanton resident Kelly Cleveland said her household at least has a backup plan. "My husband has grand ideas of cooking our turkey in our wood cookstove, so it should be very interesting to see how this comes out." Asked if the family had tried this technique before, Cleveland said, "Not with a turkey. I did try a roast one time, and blew up my Pyrex baking dish. So hopefully he'll choose something other than Pyrex." Turkey Tales From Around New Hampshire By NHPR Staff • Nov 26, 2014 Len Medlock via Flickr CC Listen Listening... / Listen to the radio version of this story When it comes down to it, Thanksgiving is really about one thing: the turkey. Especially here in New England. When The New York Times put out its map of the Thanksgiving foods represented each state, New Hampshire was awarded the crown prize, the New England Roast Turkey. So on this Thanksgiving, we thought we'd bring you some stories all about turkeys—from a restaurant that serves turkey dinners every day to a lawyer raising the bird to a soup kitchen making sure no one goes without the main dish this year. Every day is Thanksgiving at Hart's Turkey Farm in Meredith by Sean Hurley "All the time." That's Sam Willey. His grandparents opened Hart's in 1954. Willey himself has bussed and waited tables, prepared food, bakes pies. "I started when I was 7 years old. Pick up the parking lot was my first duty." Now Willey's one of the owners. How does a restaurant that serves Thanksgiving dinners year round top itself on the big day? "We actually do everything the same," he says. But just a lot more of it. Mike Cornellison is the executive chef. On a good day 500 hot plates will emerge from his kitchen. On Thankgiving, he's expecting to serve well over 1000. "The hardest part of my day is making sure everything gets up and is hot and fresh cause we are a scratch kitchen here so we make everything from scratch. Today, out back right now I think there's 36 people back there." Making rolls, thickening gravy, prepping turkey...or like baker Sherry Agengo, making lots and lots of pies. "I'm making peach cobbler," Agengo says, "Today, I made over a hundred." In the busy gift shop out front, the phone doesn't stop ringing. Orders for cranberry sauce, stuffing, for the biggest turkey they have. "We actually get a lot of calls, why we don't mail gravy? Maybe one day we'll be there, but I'm not ready for that," Willey says, laughing. There's nothing in the world that can prepare you for mailing gravy, but if anyone can figure it out it'll be someone from a land where Thanksgiving never ends. Spatchcocking 101 & Cranberry Salami: New Techniques For The Classics By Word of Mouth • Nov 26, 2014 RoadSidePictures via flickr Creative Commons When Thanksgiving rolls around every year, do you stick to the script, or do you like to experiment to make the feast a little more memorable? With the big day looming, J.M. Hirsch joined Taylor in studio to talk about some new ways to cook the time honored tradition of roast turkey plus, ways to satisfy all of your guests without too much extra effort. If you've got some great tips for making Thanksgiving great, let us know in the comments or join the conversation on our Facebook page. Bon appétit! Thanksgiving Tales, Tips, & Travails By The Exchange • Nov 26, 2014 Satya Murthy / Flickr/CC From family feuds to terrible traffic to sixteen dinner guests with varied dietary restrictions, we're hearing stories from this uniquely American holiday: how we gather, why we gather, and what makes this day so linked to tradition. Also, we'll look at the debate over how Black Friday has crept into Thanksgiving Thursday. GUESTS: On Demand: Six Films Featuring Dysfunctional Families To Prepare You For Thanksgiving Dinner By Taylor Quimby • Nov 24, 2014 In our monthly segment "On Demand," we help improve your movie nights by offering suggestions for films that are currently streaming on Netflix Instant. This month, we thought we'd do something a little different. Just in time for Thanksgiving, here are five classic films about family that you wouldn't exactly call "family films." If you're gearing up for a visit from your own eccentric relatives, this queue will remind you that it could be a lot worse. Thanksgiving's Hybrid Of Cultural Traditions By Virginia Prescott • Nov 27, 2013 Hane C. Lee via flickr Creative Commons This year the overlap of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving introduces a whole new element to what's on this year's Thanksgiving menu. While we've heard plenty about how "Thanksgiv-ukkah" could change our Thanksgiving eating habits, for millions of Americans, a hybrid holiday meal is their tradition. Food writer, chef, and public radio personality, Kathy Gunst has been reaching out to friends, chefs, and food writers from across the country who incorporate foods and habits from their original lands in to the great American Thanksgiving meal. Re-Creating A 19th Century Thanksgiving By Sean Hurley • Nov 27, 2013 Sean Hurley / NHPR On September 28, 1863, Sarah Josepha Hale of Newport, New Hampshire, wrote a letter to President Lincoln. The author of Mary Had A Little Lamb and one of America's first female novelists wrote, "The subject is to have the day of our annual thanksgiving made a national holiday." Lincoln, a great observer of the wisdom of others, quickly agreed and in 1863 Thanksgiving became our third national holiday alongside Washington's birthday and Independence Day. NHPR's Sean Hurley set out to discover what Thanksgiving was really like during Sarah Josepha Hale's time. His tack: participating in a 19th century re-creation at the Remick Country Doctor Museum. How Newport's 'Mother Of Thanksgiving' Got Her Holiday Wish By Todd Bookman • Nov 27, 2013 Oil painting by James R. Lambdin Thanksgiving before 1863 was something of a moveable feast, with states honoring the holiday at various times or not at all. But as the Civil War dragged on, Abraham Lincoln needed a way to unite the country. It was a prominent magazine editor, Sarah Josepha Hale, who finally persuaded him to declare a national holiday. Hale, born 1788 in Newport, New Hampshire, was a prolific writer. She authored biographies, cookbooks, novels, editorials, and volumes of poetry, including the children's rhyme Mary Had a Little Lamb. Norman Rockwell's Less Than Idyllic Life By Virginia Prescott • Nov 27, 2013 via indiebound.org I was once invited to Thanksgiving dinner by a friend who warned me that her family was "Not a Real Norman Rockwell Kinda Bunch". We know that image: brightly scrubbed faces hover in smiling anticipation over sparkling china as Ma sets the turkey in front of the family patriarch ready to be carved. That painting is titled Freedom From Want and it's one of those homespun scenes that only happens in what author Deborah Solomon calls "Rockwell Land" -- a magical reflection of American life as it should be. Solomon's new biography of the illustrator, beloved by the masses and dismissed as corn ball by the art world, reveals a complicated, neurotic, and repressed man who lived very far from the America he invented. Deborah Solomon is author of American Mirror: The Life and Times of Norman Rockwell Classic Thanksgiving Dishes, Right In Your Backyard By Sam Evans-Brown, Emily Corwin & Todd Bookman & Shannon Dooling • Nov 27, 2013 Shannon Dooling for NHPR The traditional thanksgiving feast includes turkey, potatoes, cranberries and of course, pie. Some of the foodies from NHPR's newsroom traveled around the state to find more on the local producers and traditions of holiday fixings. Thanks to Shannon Dooling, Emily Corwin, Sam Evans-Brown and Todd Bookman for these stories, which first aired last November. Traveling For Thanksgiving? With Storm, Timing Is Everything By Amanda Loder • Nov 26, 2013 Moyan Brenn / Flickr Creative Commons Some parts of New Hampshire could see hairy travel conditions beginning Tuesday evening. Depending on where you're going, meteorologist Gary Best encourages travelers to head out later on Wednesday. What Did The First Thanksgiving Menu Include? By Virginia Prescott • Nov 25, 2013 puzzler4879 via flickr Creative Commons Thanksgiving is just a few days away, and every year around this time, our thoughts and stomachs go out to food. Long before deep fried turkeys, gelatinized cranberry sauce, and boxed stuffing there was the inaugural Thanksgiving feast at the Plymouth plantation. So what was on the table that day? Abigail Carroll might have an idea. She's a food historian and author who has studied the Colonial and Native American diet extensively. We spoke with her earlier this month about her new book,Three Squares: The Invention of The American Meal. Wednesday Nor'easter Expected To Bring Rain, Rather Than Snow...For Now By Amanda Loder • Nov 25, 2013 Jennuine Captures / Flickr Creative Commons Meteorologists have been keeping an eye on a storm system that looks like it could bring a nor'easter to the area—just in time for Thanksgiving travel. Newport Dedicates Monument To "Mother Of Thanksgiving" By Associated Press • Nov 23, 2013 A century and a half after President Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national holiday, a public monument is being dedicated to the New Hampshire woman often credited with influencing his decision. Sarah Josepha Hale was born in Newport, where a bronze memorial is being dedicated Saturday. A magazine editor, abolitionist and champion of women's causes, Hale also devoted years of her life to lobbying for Thanksgiving. Her letter writing campaign paid off in 1863, when Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for a national day of Thanksgiving each fourth Thursday in November. "Giving Thanks: a Celebration of Fall, Food and Gratitude" By Keith Shields • Nov 22, 2012 Join us for a Holiday Special, called "Giving Thanks: a Celebration of Fall, Food and Gratitude", from American Public Media. 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Book promotionPosted: October 16, 2015 Filed under: IMRS Leave a comment
My book "The International Mars Research Station" will be free on Amazon Kindle store from Oct 17-21. Check it out!
You can also download a PDF version from the website. But Kindle is better (because you can read it on your phone or tablet), and getting a printed copy from CreateSpace is even better! (Because, you know, physical books are still cool.)
My book "The International Mars Research Station" hit reddit today. Check it out. Got some great feedback!
The new book "Becoming Multiplanetary – Ideas and Strategies for Human Settlement of Mars" is starting to come together, although I know from experience it will be many months (easily 6-12) before it hits the virtual shelves.
My TEDx talkPosted: October 5, 2015 Filed under: Architecture, IMRS, Video Leave a comment
Last year I presented my ideas about my Mars mission architecture (called "Blue Dragon") and the International Mars Research Station, at TEDx Noosa. Here's the video!
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LocationPosted: February 25, 2014 Filed under: IMRS 1 Comment
Because we're sending three missions to a single location in order to establish the first permanent human settlement on Mars, it's especially important that the location choice be a good one. The intention in this section is not to identify one specific optimal location for the IMRS, which would require a more involved analysis, but to highlight the salient characteristics such a location would have, and to outline a general approach to analysis.
There are several drivers in selecting an optimal location, which must be balanced:
- Availability of key resources. This includes sunlight, heat and water and (secondarily) areothermal energy. Atmospheric resources such as carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and atmospheric water are not location-dependent. Other location-dependent resources that will become more important in the future include wind energy, certain minerals and metals, caves and lava tubes, tourist attractions, and infrastructure.
- Terrain characteristics. For safety in landing, and ease and safety of surface mobility both in marssuits and surface vehicles, we require a location that is reasonably flat, level, and not overly dusty. Low dust is indicated by high thermal inertia, which will also be advantageous for reducing energy storage requirements. In addition, we desire loose regolith to pile on the Hab for radiation and thermal protection.
- Scientific interest. Naturally the best location will be close to sites that can help to answer scientific questions about Mars. Most importantly, has Mars ever hosted, or does it currently host, life as we know it? Other questions relate to the presence of liquid water, Mars' geologic history, etc.
Previous Mars missions and the DRA have primarily favoured scientifically interesting locations, in line with their intent to continue exploiting the scientific goldmine that is Mars. However, the goal for Blue Dragon and the IMRS is to establish a permanent human presence on Mars as a base from where further and extensive scientific exploration of Mars can occur more cheaply and conveniently. With this in mind (and the general principle that all of Mars is scientifically interesting, especially to humans on the ground), selecting a site of maximum scientific value is considered less important than selecting a site with maximum potential for supporting habitation.
Solar energy
Our preference for a power system based on solar energy (discussed later) is our strongest driver for location selection. Generally speaking, as on Earth, the availability of sunlight reduces with increased latitude. However, due to the eccentricity of Mars' orbit northern latitudes receive more solar energy than southern, which is fortuitous as there are other reasons for favouring the northern hemisphere. It has been shown that the latitude of 31° north has the highest minimum solar incidence for a single sol over a Martian year (Cooper et al., 2010). Because the minimum solar energy a site receives in a single sol determines the maximum required mass of the energy storage subsystem, this is a good reason for locating the base near this latitude. The ideal location might be within approximately 5-10° of this optimal latitude, as long as it also satisfies other conditions.
In addition, we must not select a location deep in a crater or chasm, as this would increase the amount of time the PV cells are in shadow each day. Rather, we must choose a location out in the open that receives as much sunlight as possible each day. This is harmonious with our need to land somewhere flat.
One of the primary energy requirements of a habitat on Mars is thermal control. The surface temperature on Mars varies between 130K and 308K, with an average of about 218K; temperatures that are, on average, comparable with Antarctica.
The desired temperature inside the Hab, however, is a comfortable 295K (22°C) ± ~5K. Therefore the ECLSS must maintain the interior temperature of the Hab around 80K warmer than the external environment, on average. This is a significant temperature gradient, and one that must be maintained all day, every day, throughout the entire 1.5-year surface stay.
The amount of energy necessary for heating is mitigated to some extent due to warming of the Hab's atmosphere by human metabolism and operation of electrical and electronic equipment. During warmer days the Hab will need cooling. Further analysis is required to determine the actual energy requirements for thermal control, however, the warmer the location, the lower they will be.
The amount of thermal energy available from the natural environment is partly a function of solar incidence. As we're already selecting for high solar incidence, this automatically selects for warmth as well.
Thermal inertia of the terrain is also important, as a higher thermal inertia will keep the base warmer for longer after nightfall, reducing energy storage needs. Selecting for higher thermal inertia means choosing a less dusty site. This is somewhat harmonious with our terrain requirements, as a less dusty site is preferable for surface mobility.
Seasonal advantages
For a long surface stay mission architecture (~540 days), the crew is be on Mars for approximately three-quarters of a Martian year (687 days), or three out of four seasons.
Mars seasons are aligned with the eccentricity of its orbit. At perihelion it's winter in the north and summer in the south. At aphelion it's summer in the north and winter in the south. The southern hemisphere therefore experiences a more extreme climate, with hotter summers and colder winters than the north.
When Alpha Crew departs for Mars in 2031, it will be close to perihelion, which is the reason we choose that particular year to travel. The distance to Mars will be at its minimum in the approximately 16-year cycle of perihelic oppositions. Therefore, it will be winter in the northern hemisphere at time of launch. The crew will arrive approximately at the end of the northern winter and spend the next three seasons on Mars, and leave at approximately the beginning of the next northern winter. Alpha Crew will therefore miss the northern winter, which is optimal for light and heat. This is fortunate, as there are several other reasons to locate the base in the north.
Bravo and Charlie Crews, however, will be at the IMRS during northern winter. The intention is to increase power production at the base by at least 100kW with each mission, thus compensating for degradation of PV cells, developing increasing energy security at the base, and ensuring ample power for surviving suboptimal conditions such as winter and dust storms. Because Alpha Crew will have the least infrastructure and experience, the intention is to make their mission as safe as possible.
Terrain Characteristics
Surface roughness
Choosing an especially flat area (low surface roughness) is important for:
- Safe landings.
- Mobility in marssuits and surface vehicles.
The Blue Dragon architecture requires safely landing the MAV, Hab, and at least two cargo capsules in approximately the same location. However, note that they will not be directly adjacent to each other, because landing any item will kick up a lost of dust and debris; therefore, each item must be landed some distance, perhaps about 100-1000 metres, from the others.
The Rover must be able to negotiate the terrain between these elements, and the surrounding area. In addition, the AWESOM (Autonomous Water Extraction from the Surface Of Mars) robot must be able to traverse the ground around the MAV.
As this is our first landing on Mars with a human crew, we must minimise the probability of landing on a large boulder or a slope, so the flatter and smoother the better. Fortunately this corresponds with our desire to find a location near a potential source of areothermal energy, because it's the locations that have most recently been covered in lava (and therefore have few craters) that are most likely to still be areologically active.
The downside of choosing an especially flat area is that there may not be much of areological interest in the vicinity, which means more exploration will have to be performed using the Rover rather than simply in marssuits. However, safety is a priority. The goal will be to locate the base within, at most, a few hours drive away from areologically interesting regions.
The flattest region of Mars is Vastitas Borealis, the vast low-lying northern region that may have once been the floor of a huge ocean (known as "Oceanus Borealis").
The following map shows surface roughness, with smooth areas appearing dark and rough areas appearing light. Regions of low surface roughness between 26-36N are highlighted. Note that the region west of Olympus Mons is one of the smoothest on Mars:
Low elevation
The Martian atmosphere is warmest at lower elevations, as the atmosphere is thicker and functions as a thermal blanket.
Vastitas Borealis is at a much lower altitude than the southern highlands, which again leads us to favour this region. The following map shows the topography of Mars, based on data returned by the MOLA (Mars Orbiting Laser Altimeter). Low elevation regions between 26°N and 36°N are highlighted:
Because Martian air is warmer at lower elevations, some researchers have proposed Hellas Basin as a good location for a base. However, this choice would not exploit other advantages of the northern hemisphere, it is not very flat, and it's a dust trap. Hellas Basin is one of the regions from where dust storms frequently erupt.
Thermal Inertia
Thermal inertia refers to the ability of the terrain to retain heat. Small particles, such as dust, have low thermal inertia, i.e. they lose heat rapidly. Boulders and exposed bedrock have high thermal inertia, i.e. they retain heat longer. (This is why people use polished concrete indoors, as a thermal mass to reduce heating costs.) Thermal inertia at the location is important for several reasons:
- A very low thermal inertia implies thick dust, which could impede mobility in marssuits and surface vehicles. Dust is also less useful for piling around and on the Hab for thermal and radiation protection.
- A high thermal inertia is advantageous as the ground will serve to keep the base warmer after sunset, reducing energy requirements.
- A very high thermal inertia would imply large boulders or large regions of exposed bedrock.
- A medium thermal inertia implies loose regolith, which we desire for piling around and on the Hab, both for insulation to maintain habitat temperature after nightfall, and for radiation protection.
In other words, when it comes to thermal inertia, it's a case of not too low and not too high.
The following map shows thermal inertia, with areas of intermediate thermal inertia between 26°N and 36°N highlighted:
One of the key goals of Blue Dragon is to make use of locally obtained water, in order to avoid transporting hydrogen from Earth.
The amount of water that could reasonably be obtained from the air would not provide enough hydrogen for ISPP. Therefore, we must look to ground-based sources. Fortunately there's plenty of water on Mars. The following map shows, circled, the wettest areas between 26°N and 36°N:
The ground on Mars is above 20-30% water beyond ~60° north and south, which is attractive. However, at these latitudes the solar incidence is somewhat low. if we seek to remain close to 31°N, we may select a location around 35-45°N as a compromise. The wettest locations in this zone may contain as much as 10% H2O, which would be a useful quantity.
Areothermal energy
Areothermal energy may be available in some areas on Mars, most likely in regions that have been the most recently areologically active (i.e. the Upper Amazonian epoch). Although not a requirement for the first three missions, it is scientifically interesting and will be important to future settlements. If the IMRS is expanded into a larger-scale settlement, being close to areothermal energy will be a huge advantage.
A reliable source of areothermal energy on Mars will be of exceptional value, potentially superior to all other energy options currently under consideration. Areothermal energy could provide a continuous abundant supply of energy, without the environmental issues of fission or the need for energy storage subsystems as for solar or wind, and can be used directly for settlement heating, water supply, and electricity generation. If it is shown that areothermal energy is only available in a few places on Mars, these places may well be settled first, or may be more successful.
Areothermal energy combined with large ice deposits, such as we see in Arcadia ad Amazonis Planitias, could be indicative of liquid aquifers. Not only would this be a tremendously valuable resource for a settlement, but also a potential home for extant Martian life.
Regions on Mars that have been recently areologically active (Fogg, 1996) include:
- Cerberus Plains
- Hecates Tholus
- Medusae Fossae Formation
- Northwestern Tharsis
- Valles Marineris
The northern hemisphere of Mars is strongly preferred for a variety of reasons:
- More water, in the form of both ground ice and atmospheric water vapour.
- A higher minimum solar incidence.
- Less extreme climate.
- Lower elevation.
- Flatter, smoother terrain.
- Higher probability of areothermal energy sources and underground aquifers.
- More mineral ores, which are often formed by liquid water.
- More thorium, which may be important for LFTR's (Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor).
Because solar energy is preferred (see Power Systems), the first base should be located close to the optimal latitude of 31°N in order to minimise the mass of the power system. However, by going a little further north more water can be accessed. Somewhere in Vastitas Borealis will be suitable, as this region is low, flat and reasonably smooth. The goal will be to find a location in this region that is not too dusty, and has loose regolith.
A higher-capacity energy storage subsystem would effectively eliminate the motivation to remain close to 31°N, which would therefore open up a wider range of options. However, there are a couple of good candidate locations near this latitude that should perhaps be investigated more closely:
Northern Amazonis Planitia, around 35°N 145°W
This may be the sweet spot in this region just northwest of Tharsis. There's abundant water at relatively low latitudes, with good solar incidence, and it's low and flat. This is one of the smoothest regions of Mars, and one of the most recently areologically active at only 100 million years old, making it likely to have areothermal energy. Arcadia Planitia is just to the north, which shows signs of near-surface ground water. From Wikipedia:
In a lot of the low areas of Arcadia, one finds grooves and sub-parallel ridges. These indicate movement of near surface materials and are similar to features on earth where near surface materials flow together very slowly as helped by the freezing and thawing of water located between ground layers. This supports the proposition of ground ice in the near surface of Mars in this area. This area represents an area of interest for scientists to investigate further.
Areothermal energy in combination with underground ice could be indicative of aquifers, which would be tremendously valuable resource both materially and scientifically, as they may potentially harbour extant life. This location is close to Olympus Mons, one of the most famous and impressive features in the Solar System, which is both scientifically and aesthetically interesting. The thermal inertia is a bit low, which may make this region overly dusty; however, less dusty sites may be discovered on closer inspection.
Utopia Planitia, just north of Hecates Tholus, around ~40-45°N 150°E
This area may in fact be slightly superior due to a moderate level of thermal inertia. It's flat and smooth and has about 7-10% H2O, good solar incidence, and low elevation. The area is areologically very young and considered a candidate for areothermal energy. It's also within striking distance of Phlegra Montes, where radar probing has indicated large volumes of water ice below the surface.
Dragon capsulesPosted: February 3, 2014 Filed under: Architecture Leave a comment
The current version of the SpaceX Dragon capsules, including the one that historically became the first commercial spacecraft to dock with the ISS, are designed to splash down in water, like those used in NASA's Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs and like NASA's new Orion capsule.
The next generation of Dragon capsules are designed to land on solid ground. Currently in development at SpaceX, they are fitted with eight "SuperDraco" engines, which are a powerful new variation of the Draco engines used by the Dragon RCS (Reaction Control System). Like the Dracos, they use non-cryogenic propellant: monomethyl hydrazine fuel and nitrogen tetroxide oxidiser. However, they're much more powerful, each capable of delivering about 67 kilonewtons of axial thrust, for a total of about 534kN. These engines will enable the Dragon to land propulsively on solid ground, usually back at the original launchpad, thereby saving the time and expense of water recovery and opening up the possibility for Dragon capsules to land on the Moon, Mars and other worlds with solid surfaces. This is in alignment with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's stated purpose of establishing settlements on Mars.
SpaceX offer two basic configurations for the Dragon capsules: cargo and crew. The crewed version is known as a "DragonRider", and can accommodate up to seven astronauts. These may be used for transporting crew between Earth and the ISS in the near future.
In the Blue Dragon architecture, which is designed for a crew of six, the seventh seat is removed and the volume that it (and a seventh person) would normally occupy is reserved for cargo. This may be last minute personal items from Earth, or samples from Mars. All three DragonRiders in the architecture will be modified to accommodate six people plus storage.
Red Dragon
"Red Dragon" is a proposed variant of the SpaceX Dragon capsule currently being investigated by NASA as a low cost alternative for delivering payloads to Mars (Karcz et al., 2012).
Red Dragon will presumably be similarly configured with SuperDraco engines. Alternatively, they may utilise new methane-fuelled "Raptor" engines being developed at SpaceX, which would have the advantage that they could be refuelled on Mars. In addition, Red Dragon will incorporate several modifications necessary for EDL on Mars, including:
- Removal of systems unique to LEO missions, such as berthing hardware.
- Addition of deep space communications.
- Modifications to SuperDraco (or Raptor) engines to suit the Martian atmosphere.
- Reduction of heat shield thickness, since the atmosphere is far less dense.
- Algorithms and avionics for pinpoint landing on Mars.
The gravity on Mars is lower, which reduces the acceleration of the capsule towards Mars; however, in the case of direct entry the capsule will be approaching from interplanetary space at a much higher velocity than if it were descending from orbit. Also, Mars' atmosphere is much thinner (less than 1%) than Earth's, so it will play less of a role in reducing spacecraft velocity during EDL. However, for the same reason, there is less heating due to atmospheric friction, and therefore less or, perhaps, different heat shield material may be used. The different conditions will affect the forces experienced by the spacecraft, which may require changes to thrusters, heat shield, avionics and other aspects.
NASA have calculated that a Red Dragon capsule will be capable of delivering payloads of up to 1.9 metric tonnes to the surface of Mars. This delivery mechanism has been receiving increasing attention from NASA, being considerably simpler and cheaper than, for example, the sky crane method used to deliver Curiosity. Not only will it be cheaper per kilogram of payload mass, but much cheaper overall.
Another clear advantage is that a landed capsule can be repurposed as a storage unit, shelter or habitat.
Once the Red Dragon technology has been proven as a reliable mechanism for delivery of cargo, this approach may be used to deliver up to seven crew members to Mars surface, simply by using a DragonRider modified in the same way.
Red Dragon represents a near term technology that can enable comparatively inexpensive and functional Mars missions. It's a fundamental element of the Blue Dragon architecture (hence the name), being utilised for delivery of both crew and cargo to Mars surface.
The Dragon capsules are being designed to land with a high degree of accuracy. From the SpaceX website:
"SuperDraco engines will power a revolutionary launch escape system that will make Dragon the safest spacecraft in history and enable it to land propulsively on Earth or another planet with pinpoint accuracy."
This ability to land "with pinpoint accuracy" is supported by the Dragon's GNC (Guidance, Navigation and Control) system. Due to the lack of GPS (Global Positioning System) on Mars, high-accuracy landings must be achieved using alternate methods. However, this problem has effectively been solved. For example, ESA (European Space Agency) have been developing a system known as "LION" (Landing with Inertial and Optical Navigation) that will enable pinpoint landing on the Moon, Mars and asteroids using image recognition of major landmarks (Delaune et al., 2012). Another important development is the Fuel Optimal Large Divert Guidance (G-FOLD) algorithm (Acikmese et al., 2012), able to autonomously calculate landing trajectories in real-time. This was recently tested successfully with Masten Space System's Xombie VTOL experimental rocket, with the vehicle making a 750 metre course correction in real time. Considering these developments it's reasonably safe to assume that the Red Dragon will be capable of pinpoint landings on Mars by the time we begin sending them. Because the position of landed base components can be known with precision, a neat, safe and optimised layout of the base can be designed beforehand.
Red Dragon potentially represents a mechanism for delivering cargo or crew to the surface of Mars that is not only repeatable, but affordable. SpaceX currently charge $135M for a Falcon Heavy launch including the Dragon capsule. Making use of COTS and other pre-developed hardware it may be possible to develop and deliver a payload to Mars for under $250M. This is a mere one tenth of the $2.5B Curiosity rover.
Once SpaceX have developed their RLS (Reusable Launch System) for the Falcon Heavy – a goal likely to be achieved within a few years, considering the recent Grasshopper tests, and thus well before the first H2M mission – this price will come down even further.
5-metre capsules
Dragon capsules have a diameter of 3.7 metres. However, the architecture for the Mars One mission, which proposes to send 24-40 astronauts on a one-way mission to Mars, proposes to rely on a larger, 5-metre-diameter Dragon capsule for habitat modules. Although these are yet be to be built or demonstrated, their plan is to land the first two of these on Mars in 2020, which is only seven years from the time of writing.
It could perhaps be inferred that plans exist at SpaceX to have these larger Dragon capsules operational and available within seven years. This is well within the timeline of Blue Dragon. However, SpaceX and Mars One do not have a formal association so there is no real evidence of this yet, and as no information about these larger capsules is currently available, the Blue Dragon architecture does not presently include them. This may change if more information becomes available.
Ice Dragon
NASA have commenced studies of a mission to Mars based on the Red Dragon landing system, which may be flown as early as 2018. Known as "Ice Dragon" (Stoker et al., 2012), it's being developed in collaboration with SpaceX, and will deliver a science package to Mars including a drill that will penetrate up to two metres into the permafrost to investigate environmental conditions suitable for past or extant life.
There are six objectives currently envisaged for Ice Dragon:
- Determine if life ever arose on Mars.
- Assess subsurface habitability.
- Establish the origin, vertical distribution and composition of ground ice.
- Assess potential human hazards in dust, regolith and ground ice, and cosmic radiation.
- Demonstrate ISRU for propellant production on Mars.
- Conduct human relevant EDL demonstration.
Besides the scientific outcomes of the mission, which will certainly be of tremendous value to human missions, one of the most important contributions of Ice Dragon will be demonstration of the EDL capabilities of the Red Dragon capsule.
B. Acikmese, J. Casoliva, and J. M. Carson III, "G-FOLD: A Real-Time Implementable Fuel Optimal Large Divert Guidance Algorithm for Planetary Pinpoint Landing," Concepts and Approaches for Mars Exploration, 2012.
J. Delaune, G. Le Besnerais, M. Sanfourche, T. Voirin, C. Bourdarias, and J. Farges, "Optical Terrain Navigation for Pinpoint Landing: Image Scale and Position-Guided Landmark Matching," Proceedings of the 35th Annual Guidance and Control Conference, 2012.
J. S. Karcz, S. M. Davis, M. J. Aftosmis, G. A. Allen, N. M. Bakhtian, A. A. Dyakonov, K. T. Edquist, B. J. Glass, A. A. Gonzales, J. L. Heldmann, L. G. Lemke, M. M. Marinova, C. P. Mckay, C. R. Stoker, P. D. Wooster, and K. A. Zarchi, "Red Dragon: Low-Cost Access to the Surface of Mars Using Commercial Capabilities," Concepts and Approaches for Mars Exploration, 2012.
C. R. Stoker, A. Davila, S. Davis, B. Glass, A. Gonzales, J. Heldmann, J. Karcz, L. Lemke, and G. Sanders, "Ice Dragon: A Mission to Address Science and Human Exploration Objectives on Mars," Concepts and Approaches for Mars Exploration, 2012.
Logo for IMRSPosted: February 3, 2014 Filed under: IMRS Leave a comment
New logo for the International Mars Research Station. It shows the flags for the top 10 space agencies in the world, who I hope will participate in building the IMRS. It also shows the flag of Mars at the top, and the flag of Earth at the bottom representing all of Earth. From the top and going clockwise around, the flags are: Mars, Russia, China, Europe, Brazil, Iran, Earth, South Korea, India, Japan, Canada and USA.


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Strange questions in ICET 2012 exam paper
ICET 2012 exam held by Kakatiya University on Friday across various centers in the state of andhra pradesh. Students found strange questions in the exam paper and totally felt difficult. Read the article to know the details of the strange questions in ICET 2012
The most popular Integrated Common Entrance Examination (ICET) for admission to MBA and MCA courses in various collges across Andhra Pradesh state held on Friday 18-May-2012 in around 250 centres in 27 districts. The ICET 2012 exam was conducted by Kakatiya University, Warangal.
The students who took the examination were shocked while attempting unfamiliar questions in the ICET 2012 examination.
Many students said, Analytical ability section got few questions which were never asked in any of the previous ICET exams. The mathematics section contain few questions which were drawn in combination of two or more concepts which usually take long time to solve. Experts said, The paper has over three errors and one question was from out of syllabus.
However, ICET 2012 paper was similar to the prescribed manner in terms of its pattern and marks allotment to various sections. Just to recall the same, total duration of the exam will be 150 minutes to answer 200 multiple choice questions. The distribution of these 200 questions will be as follows. 75 questions from analytical and mathematics, 50 questions from communication ability.
Many students while walking out of the examination hall opinioned, both analytical ability and English sections were easy , but the mathematics paper disappointed us with couple of complaints mentioned above.
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Since, the ranks in the ICET 2012 will be announced on the basis on relative marking system, students might not be affected with the difficulty in the exam paper, as the difficulty level would be almost the same for each students.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Strange-questions-in-Integrated-Common-Entrance-Examination-floor-experts/articleshow/13280288.cms


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Release Date: September 28th, 2012
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A writer (Peter Hertsgaard) meets a mysterious woman (Georgiana Avram) who brings to life the characters in his latest story -- but one of the characters (Takumi Mitobe) is willing to resort to murder to be left alone.
Cast: Peter Hertsgaard, Georgiana Avram, Takumi Mitobe, Ikuko Ikari, Jennifer Lynn Malloy, Caroline Luft,
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The UPEI Panthers shot 26 per cent Saturday in losing 77-63 to the host Cape Breton Capers in Atlantic University Sport men's basketball action.Kenny Jean-Louis led the Capers with 21 points. Tyler Scott had 16 points for UPEI but shot 5-for-23. Brad States added 13 points on 3-for-11 shooting. Amin Suleman scored 10 off the bench. Cape Breton held quarter leads of 20-13, 40-31 and 64-46. Cape Breton improved to 7-5 while UPEI falls to 9-4. The teams play Sunday at 4 p.m.


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Politicians are in a tizzy over the SC ruling that jailbirds cannot fight elections, and convicted MPs and MLAs can be disqualified
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I enjoyed reading 'Is two too much?' (Society, October 20) and would like to point out that having two kids is a pretty good idea. In such families these two children will provide each other good company all through childhood, and in itself and as they grow, the older one will, quite naturally, teach well the various skills of life to an approving younger one. The second child will also naturally prefer the company of his brother or her sister to the mother, as there is quite obviously the generation gap to consider. The latest trend may be to have only one child for many couples, but two offspring are certainly a good option for such couples to exercise if they can.
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Regarding 'Bhajji Boom' (October 20), I must ask, has anyone ever tried making and eating pakoras of ridge gourd/tori/jhingee flowers? They fall in abundance during the fruiting season and make for the most delicious pakoras with an attractive, rounded shape, unlike most pakoras we are used to. This is quite a bonus, as these pakoras can even be had stir fried with spring onions and with just a dash of olive oil. And if I may mention another delight, even if a bit unconventional by Indian standards, another pleasant experience is diced aloe vera cooked with channa dal. Both vegetables help with the digestion and aloe vera also eases pain.
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Travel information is available on this page to help you get to the Princess Royal Hospital:
Princess Royal Hospital,
Grainger Drive, Apley Castle, Telford, TF1 6TF
Useful Link: Hospital Site Map
A new leaflet which provides details of how to get to the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford is now available. The leaflet also includes details of the opening of the Shropshire Women and Children's Centre on 29 and 30 September 2014. You can view the leaflet here.
The Hospital is approximately 1 mile from Wellington and 4 miles from Telford Town Centre. It is adjacent to the Silkin Way walking and cycling route from Bratton to Ironbridge. A leaflet and route map is available from the Telford and Wrekin Council website.
The Princess Royal Hospital has a bus station near to the main entrance and mainly receives buses from Telford Town Centre, Wellington and Leegomery.
There are Bus Stations situated in the centre of both Telford & Wellington. Arriva Bus No 44 provides a frequent service to the Princess Royal Hospital and calls at Wellington Bus Station and Telford Bus and Train Stations. Other services (although less frequent) are provided by numbers 25, 55 and 822.
Buses from Shrewsbury Bus Station to Telford Town Centre Bus Station can take approximately 50 minutes.
More information and timetables are available from the Telford & Wrekin Council website.
Train stations are situated in Wellington and Telford.
Wellington station is the closest to the Hospital. Wellington Bus Station is within walking distance of the train station. Alternatively, the Hospital is approximately a 10 minute drive from Wellington Station and taxis are available outside the station.
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Crisis simulation tests City continuity plan
The simulated failure of the Chaps wholesale payment system after a weekend upgrade was just the first headache to face the 80 financial firms and institutions taking part last week in the City of London's largest disaster exercise.
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The exercise, which involved 1,000 people from 14 regions in the UK, was designed to test the resilience of the financial system to operate as a whole in the event of a major terrorist attack.
But more than half of the firms taking part used the opportunity to test their own business continuity plans, providing a valuable insight into how prepared they are for a real attack.
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y doesnt my contacts pictures change when they change their facebook pic???? on my incredible it chages?! am i doing something wrong. i have my contacts linked with facebook. i know this is not a huge issue but i have been trying to figure this out!
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That's how the system work... I guess - you can always get rid of Facebook contacts by either long press on a contact, or delete your Facebook account from friend stream(deleting this won't affect your Facebook account in anyway). You can always have a widget, or the Facebook app on any one of your page.
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Consortial N2 fixation: a strategy for meeting nitrogen requirements of marine and terrestrial cyanobacterial mats
Four microbial mat-forming, non-axenic, strains of the non-heterocystous, filamentous, cyanobacterial genus Microcoleus were maintained in culture and examined for the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen (N2). Each was tested for nitrogenase activity using the acetylene reduction assay (ARA) and for the presence of the dinitrogenase reductase gene (nifH), an essential gene for N2 fixation, using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The Microcoleus spp. cultures were incapable of growth without an exogenous nitrogen source and never exhibited nitrogenase activity. Attempts to amplify a 360-bp segment of the nifH gene using DNA purified from the cyanobacterial cultures did not produce any cyanobacteria-specific nifH sequences. However, several non-cyanobacterial homologous nifH sequences were obtained. Phylogenetic analysis showed these sequences to be most similar to sequences from heterotrophic bacteria isolated from a marine microbial mat in Tomales Bay (California, USA), and bulk DNA extracted from a cryptobiotic soil crust in Moab (Utah, USA). Microcoleus spp. dominated the biomass of both systems. Cyanobacteria-specific 16S rDNA sequences obtained from the cultured cyanobacterial strains demonstrate that the lack of cyanobacteria-specific nifH sequences was not due to inefficiency of extracting Microcoleus DNA. Hence, both the growth and genetic data indicate that, contrary to earlier reports, Microcoleus spp. appear incapable of fixing N2 because they lack at least one of the requisite genes for this process. Furthermore, our study suggests epiphytic N2-fixing bacteria form a diazotrophic consortium with these Microcoleus spp. and are likely key sources of fixed N2 generated within soil crusts and marine microbial mats.
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We rarely if ever overpay on a contract extension yet this is somehow a "downfall" for Ozzie?
Ever think the delay might be coming from Joe's camp?
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We rarely if ever overpay on a contract extension yet this is somehow a "downfall" for Ozzie?
Ever think the delay might be coming from Joe's camp?
Hopefully, Joe is aware that too much of a cap hit will limit the pieces they can put around him that allows him to be so successful. I know its all about how much money you can grab as quickly as you can grab it, but he's a quarterback. They can play at high levels for a long time. Take a bit less, have a good team and continue to be elite, and you'll make that money back and then some through endorsements, easily.
"Pay the man!" Harbaugh said of Flacco, who could get a lot more expensive for the Ravens if they don't extend his contract soon
I think everyone is going to be shocked at what Flacco gets.
Schaub's deal is telling for a guy who cant stay healthy and has really done jack shit compared to Flacco. Add in the age/durability factor and there us going to be a portion of tje fanbase screaming we overpaid if it gets done soon.
I read somewhere Ravens have a 100 million contract on the table, I will try to find the link, but it said they are waiting to hear back from Flacco's camp.
FOUND THE LINK: http://www.ydr.com/sports/ci_2150839...ce=most_viewed
The Ravens know that there is risk on their side as well, and owner Steve Bisciotti has expressed interest in getting a deal done before the season. Ravens officials feel that they've made a generous offer, believed to be in the range of five years for $100 million.
And for those that defend Ozzie with this SPOILED fan BULLSHIT is just that. BS.
Ozzie tends to goto to the extreame in some cases. NOBODY is perfect and neither is Ozzie. This is where we have paid MORE when would could have PAID less. Pretty simple.
If you cant see that drink some more OzzieAID. :eyes:
So lets examine the contract that was signed 8 YEARS AGO ....
In 2004, Cmac signed a 7 year $55 Million deal. He was the best CB in the league at the time of the signing and got a contract $8 Million LESS than Champ Bailey. The signing also took his cap number that year from $7.1 Million under the tag to right around $5 Million.
So lets assume this was a "bad deal due to waiting". The net result was still cap savings. And again, this was 8 YEARS AGO.
So how can ONE highly debatable signing translate into late signings being Ozzies downfall exactly? Maybe you can give an answer grounded in facts and not kool aide insults?
But if this is true, it supports my theory that this is not about the Ravens "waiting" too long and costing themselves money, this is about Joe wanting a massive number all along, that we had a choice of paying before he proved it or after he proved it.
There is simply no chance the free market would offer Joe a contract more than $20M per year, I am sorry. I mean I guess if he throws for near-5k yards, 35+TDs, with mid-90's rating+ and wins a SB it might be possible, but even then it would be around the $20M per number.


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UNESCO publishes handbook on RTI and investigative journalism
The UNESCO Office in Kathmandu has published a handbook on Right to Information (RTI) and Investigative journalism intended for journalists. Nepal adopted the act on RTI in 2007 with the expectation of improving the transparency and accountability of the government of Nepal. Whereas the RTI is legally guaranteed, the country is facing many challenges in the implementation of the Act. The book comes at the time when Nepalese journalists face severe shortage of such materials in the Nepali language.
Journalists are regarded as the crucial part of the implementation process of RTI. However, many of them do not refer to the RTI when on duty because of the lack of knowledge and awareness on the issues. Furthermore, knowledge of RTI is very important for investigative journalism as it helps to bring out the hidden issues to the public eye and plays the role of a 'watchdog' so as to make the state power holders accountable.
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The competency of a cleric means his right to proper sustenance. When a parochial church has been incorporated with a collegiate institution or monastery and a vicar has been appointed to the cure of souls in the parish, the possessors of the benefice are obliged to give him the needful salary. Nor can the right to this competency be done away with by agreement. If a private contract be made by which a less sum is to be accepted, it will not bind the successor of the contracting vicar. Even if the contract be approved by public authority, it is not binding unless an amount sufficient for the proper support of the pastor be stipulated. The right to competency also has place when several simple benefices are united with a parish church. If the endowment is not sufficient for the necessary number of pastors, then recourse is to be had to firstfruits, tithes, and collections among the parishioners (Council of Trent, Sess. XXIV, c. xiii, de Ref.). It is the duty of the bishop to see that those who have the care of souls be provided with proper support. By the privilege of competency, the goods of a cleric, burdened with debt, cannot be attached or sold without leaving him sufficient means of support (Cap. 3, x., III, 23). A cleric loses this privilege, however, if he fraudulently contracts unnecessary debts, in abuse of the privilege. The civil law in some countries recognizes this right of competency. In Austria, while the property of a benefice cannot be attached, the revenues can, but only to such an extent that at least 300 or 210 florins, according to the rank of the benefice, must remain intact. In Germany, whatever is necessary for exercising the ministry is free from attachment. The civil laws of the United States and Great Britain make no exception for clerics.
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