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2010 Porsche Panamera preview
Earlier this summer Porsche's board of management has announced that they have taken the decision to build a four-door coupe, called "Panamera" at the Company's Leipzig Plant. To fourth model line using a front mounted engine and rear/all wheel drive is currently under development and is scheduled to enter the market in 2009. The investments for the production of the new model are estimated at around 150 million $.
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Although not yet officially announced, it is rumored that Porsche will use the new Panamera platform to build another new model, a GT Coupe replacing the '90s 944/928 models. The two front engined cars will share at least 60 per cent of all parts including the platform, the engines (as the most costly autonomous part), transmissions (the second most costly) and suspension corner modules (the third most costly individual single part of a vehicle), amid others. A specific fine-tuning of the common components, a different electronic mapping and different suspension spring and damping values will ensure that the Panamera and the GT Coupe will be two distinct vehicles with characters appropriated for their destinations. At a broader level, parts will also be shared with the equally front engined Cayenne range. Therefore all three models - Cayenne, Panamera and the GT Coupe – are expected to be offered with a range of normally aspirated and turbocharged V8 (already in use on the Cayenne) and V10 engines (derived from the extreme Carrera GT) ranging between 4 and 6 liters of displacement and producing power values amid 300 and 650 bhp. It is unlikely that the Panamera and the GT Coupe will use Cayenne's four-wheel drive system. A traditional rear-wheel drive with optimized weight distribution due to transaxle-setup of the gearboxes is expected to provide the desired level of performance and handling.
Wearing the D1 Project Code-name the new four-door coupe will feature a tall roof for easy entry and exit, and enough luggage room in the rear for a vacation. The Panamera is anticipated to carry a price tag ranging between $125,000 and $175,000
Despite the practical proportions and oversized dimensions, the Panamera will be instantly recognizable as a Porsche. Porsche trademark styling elements will include the round headlamps, large front air intakes resembling those from the 911 Turbo, a wide and sporty tailgate, and a four-light boomerang greenhouse to avoid that slouchy fastback look.
It is a sure thing that, Porsche is watching Mercedes-Benz's CLS sales carefully, as that is the car the new Panamera will be coming after. Although, Porsche's sales target figures are set for a more modest 20,000 vehicles a year.
The Panamera is normally well thought-out to be the production version of the Porsche 989 concept from the late 1980s. Others argue that it could also be an appropriate successor to the 2-door GT of the 90s the 928. A certain thing is that it will be marketed as a straight challenger to vehicles such as the Mercedes-Benz CLS Class and Maserati Quattroporte and even as a cheaper alternative to automobiles such as the Bentley Continental GT, Ferrari 612 Scaglietti and Aston Martin Rapide. The Panamera will be the first V8-engined sports car to be built by Porsche since the 1995, discontinuation of the 928.
The name of the new model is derived, like the Porsche Carrera model, from the Carrera Panamericana race. The first official sketch of the car distributed by Porsche shows a low profile, four-door sports car with thin side windows and fluid lines.
Porsche were previously criticized for launching cars that didn't fit the company's ethos. The Boxster was said by many to be underpowered or the Cayenne was told not to be a true high-performance car. The market has contradicted all of those critics as both of those models have become big sellers and loved by enthusiasts all over the world. Ferrari was very successful with the 456GT, the 550 Maranello, and the new Scaglietti. There's no reason for Porsche no to try to emulate that recipe. People with families can still aim at possessing a sports car, and a Porsche could be more affordable than a Ferrari.
In order to sustain the production of the new Panamera model line, Porsche will be significantly expanding their Leipzig Plant. The plans for the new plant involve the construction of a new 269,000 square feet Production Hall and, at the same time, the extension of the existing Assembly Hall. Subjected to authorities' approval, the construction is planned to start this September.
The power units of the Panamera are known to be built in Porsche's main plant in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. The painted bodies will be supplied by Volkswagen's Hanover Plant. The Hanover Plant has been chosen because it is one of the most modern plants within the entire Volkswagen Group and is in a position to build the body of the car with the premium quality required by Porsche. Another pro is that the Paintshop in Hanover allows a wider range of colours than at other VW plants.
15 per cent of the Panamera will be built in Porsche's own plants is, six per cent will be covered by VW Hanover Plant and the rest by the usual Porsche suppliers. However, since the Company cooperates mostly with German suppliers, over 70 per cent of the car's creation value will be German. Like the rest of the Porsche models, the Panamera will be therefore a genuine Porsche product "Made in Germany".
As the Panamera will be a sports car it will have more in common with the 911 and Boxster/Cayman models, but it will share the engine layout with the Cayenne. A front mounted engine has not been seen in a Porsche sports car the since the 924 model that and gradually evolved into the 928.
Porsche is acknowledged one of the most intensely triumphant businesses in the motor industry, and the company likes to underline that the 1 billion EURO cost of bringing the Panamera to market will be supported entirely out of its individual funds.
The success of Porsche's 928 model during the '80s encouraged Porsche management to consider adding another big, sporty touring vehicle to the model range, this time a four door that could serve as a more practical but evenly powerful and exciting substitute to the 928. Porsche engineers were given instructions that the vehicle should be both luxurious and comfortable and offer in the same time a sporting nature superior to what could be attained in large sedans from Mercedes Benz and BMW.
They designed a new front-engine, rear-drive platform with an extended wheelbase and power coming from a new water-cooled V8 engine with a power peak of around 300 bhp. The exact engine displacement is not known, but it reported to be between 3.6 and 4.2 liters.
The prototype vehicle was called the 989, was styled by Harm Lagaay and that design has influenced models that followed after. It held many design similarities to the 911 despite the different drive train. Notable design influences to later Porsches are the control-arm suspension and 959 headlamps, which were later used on the 993 as well as the overall shape and taillight design, which were adapted for the 996 generation 911.
After the sales of the 928 have severely dropped, executives had second thoughts about the viability of the idea. Low overall profits during the 1989 to 1991 model years also made the new model a possible risk for the company. In January 1992, the development of the 989 saloon was halted completely. Although Porsche officials have initially stated that the only prototype of the car was destroyed, it is now believed that it still remains in storage.
The Porsche Panamera, due out in 2009, is considered the successor to the 989 project.
989 Specs
Engine Type: 80 degree, water-cooled V8, weighing 419 pounds.
Displacement: 4219 cc
Power: 344 hp @ 7000 rpm
Torque: 273 lb. ft. @ 4000 rpm
Top Speed: 168 mph
One of the main competitors of the new Porsche Panamera is the well-known sports-saloon, the Maserati Quattroporte. The Quattroporte has reached its fifth generation, each generation being separated by a period of about five years.
In the early 60s, Maserati's status was at a high. In order to expand their business Maserati has created in 1963 their first Quattroporte. The 1963 'Tipo 107' Quattroporte (Italian for 'four doors') was designed by Petro Frua and joined two other prominent grand tourers, the Facel Vega and the Lagonda Rapide, both capable of 150 mph on the new motorways of Europe. However, the Quattroporte is said to have been the first vehicle exclusively designed for this purpose.
In 2004, Maserati started production of the fifth generation of Quattroporte, currently in production. This model was designed by Pininfarina and is equipped with the same 4.2 L engine as the Coupe and Spyder but upgraded to produce 400 bhp. Due to the significant bigger weight than the Coupe and Spyder, the Quattroporte sprints from 0-60 mph in 5.2 seconds. The fifth Quattroporte was unveiled at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show and made its US debut at the 2003 Pebble Beach Concours d'Élégance. It continues the long tradition of Maserati Quattroporte luxury sedans.
The Quattroporte displays an unprecedented weight distribution, never achieved in this kind of a vehicle with 47% front and to the rear 53% allowing for very agile handling. This excellent weight distribution by using the Transaxle transmission layout, which sets the gearbox rear-mounted in unit with the differential. The type of architecture is normally reserved for high performance sports cars and is applied to a luxury sedan for the very first time.
Another vehicle the Porsche Panamera will have to "hunt down" is the world's first dedicated luxury four-door coupe, the Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class. This model uses the Mercedes-Benz W219 designation, and shares the platform of the contemporary E-Class sedan. The CLS was intended to fit between the E-Class and the S-Class, and compete with granturismos such as the BMW 6-series or with sports sedans like the Cadillac STS and Lexus GS.
While still in development, the CLS was nicknamed by Mercedes the "Jag fighter", as it was suppose to be the kind of car that Jaguar customers would be concerned to, although Jaguar never produced such a vehicle themselves.
According to a Mercedes-Benz's press release, the CLS-class was designed to mix the "strong, emotive charisma" of a coupe with the "comfort and practicality" of a sedan. Due to the fame of the CLS-Class, other German car manufacturers intend to produce such vehicles. Audi has planned to release a 4-door coupe, which might be called the A5 and BMW seems to also be interested in this segment.
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Welcome to Natur Cymru – Nature of Wales
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TEPCO plans to start removing spent fuel from the Unit 4 reactor building starting in November of this year, and has already started bringing in cranes and heavy equipment for the removal work. With over 1,500 spent fuel assemblies resting in a building visibly decimated by the hydrogen explosion, more spent fuel is stored at the Unit 4 reactor than at any other reactor building on-site.
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Programming Assignment 6 Instructions
Adapted from Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic 2012, 9/E, David I. Schneider.
The figures below show the output of a Visual Basic program that displays information about Bachelor degrees conferred in 1981 and 2006, the percentage of change, and a histogram for the 2006 data. Create this program using arrays. The program should allow a user to display any of these tables as an option and to quit as a fourth option. The first table is ordered alphabetically by field of study. The second table is ordered by decreasing percentages, and the last table is ordered by increasing number of degrees.
1. Write a Visual Basic program that displays the information below.
2. Do not prompt the user to enter the degree information.
3. Use the information below to populate your arrays.
4. Use a DataGridView control to display the data.
5. Order the data as described above.
6. Use appropriate software development guidelines, such as clearing the grid before populating it with new data when a button is clicked and including a title on the form.
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Creating Resilient Workplaces
Tuesday, January 27, at 3 PM EST
A productive workplace is an inclusive workplace, one in which employees feel supported and safe to disclose a disability, without fear or worry. To help employers learn strategies for fostering such an environment, ODEP's National Employer Policy, Research and Technical Assistance Center for Employers on the Employment of People with Disabilities (Employer TA Center), in coordination with the Federal Partners Committee on Women and Trauma, will host a webinar titled Creating Resilient Workplaces: Safe Space Leads to Engaged, Productive Workers on Jan. 27, 2015 from 3-4:30 pm EST. Legal Momentum's Vice President for Government Relations, Lisalyn Jacobs, will be a presenter. Lisalyn provided technical assistance to federal agencies to help create their workplace violence policies and has also worked with large employers in the private sector on implementing workplace violence policies.
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Stalking is a crime that is often co-perpetrated with other crimes, such as domestic violence and sexual assault. Research supports a connection between stalking and sexual assault—both pre- and post-assault. Sadly, this link is often overlooked. Legal Momentum's National Judicial Education Program will present a webinar on The Intersection of Stalking and Sexual Assault that will explore the nature and dynamics of stalking, focusing on its intersection with sexual assault. We will also discuss ways in which this information impacts our responses to and services for victims. This session will provide useful information and strategies for a wide variety of professionals, including prosecutors and other lawyers, law enforcement, medical professionals, judges, victim advocates, journalists and communications professionals, and others who interact with and write about sexual assault victims. Michelle M. Garcia, Director, Stalking Resource Center, National Center for Victims of Crime, will be the presenter.


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- The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume s1-22, Issue 6, 1 Nov 1942, p. 609 - 612
The Components of the B2 Complex in the Cohn Liver Extract in Relation to Sprue
It is generally recognized that in addition to the corpuscle maturing factor (E.M.F.) the Cohn fraction, which in various stages of purification forms the basis of all commercial liver extracts, also contains a factor which restores the ability of the intestine to absorb fats and other foods; an ability which is lost in sprue and which is responsible for most of its symptomatology (1). It is highly desirable to identify this factor.
In order to obtain experimental evidence concerning this latter factor it was determined to feed rats a diet adequate except for thiamine and the B2 complex but with the addition of the Cohn fraction of liver extract, and subsequently adding synthetic vitamins of the B2 complex as they were required to ensure growth. Any of these vitamins that were not required would presumably be present in the liver extract.
EXPERIMENT The diet used was as follows:
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By Catherine Foster and Brian Brown
Certain images from the ancient past stand out in popular imagination: the "Hanging Gardens of Babylon," Moses, David, Goliath and other characters from the Hebrew bible, and the Persian conflict with the Greeks, to name just a few. But as any specialist knows, there is much more to the history and cultures of the ancient Near East. For example, our modern judicial system—with judges, witnesses, and court records—is based on similar practices from Iraq in the second millennium BCE, while most existing alphabets derived from the Phoenicians, seafaring merchants who sailed from Lebanon thousands of years ago. Unfortunately, the wider public does not know that this region—home to some of the earliest developments in the arts and sciences, religion, and political organization—continues to exert an influence on contemporary societies around the world. Part of the mission of the Ancient Middle East Education and Research Institute (AMEERI) is to remedy this situation by making study of the ancient past a normal part of public education and mainstream media.
One way to meet this goal is to start young at the K-12 level. While concerted efforts in this regard have already been made (see, for example, the ArcSmart program), more needs to be done considering the magnitude and urgency in connecting with the next generation not just of archaeologists and art historians, but also lawyers and policy makers. It is no secret that the perceived usefulness of archaeology and ancient history has declined in mainstream culture over the past decades as more people question the relevancy of civilizations thousands of years old to their contemporary lives. The result has been consequent declines in funding and support for research into our common human history as it developed in the Middle East in the pre-Classical periods. By reaching young people specifically, we educate them at an early age on the importance of studying the ancient world and get them thinking about why things in our society are the way they are, rather than taking them as unexamined givens or part of the natural order of things. This kind of critical, self-aware viewpoint will make them better students in general, no matter what subject they gravitate to later in their studies.
Directly reaching a younger audience is only half the picture though: K-12 teachers also deserve our attention. Teachers work hard to know a little something about everything, but most have precious little time outside of the classroom to learn more. AMEERI would like to give instructors, at all levels, the training and resources to confidently and effectively teach about the art, history, and cultures of the ancient Middle East in ways that are accurate, engaging, and memorable. Resources would be based on assessed needs and range from lesson plans to a digital image library, supplies, and course workbooks. We envision teacher retreats and workshops where instructors can brainstorm ideas together or simply absorb new material through lectures and local museum tours. Programs like the UC Berkeley Office of Resources for International and Area Studies (ORIAS) Summer Institute are good models that AMEERI and other scholars of the ancient Near East can follow.
Apart from traditional workshops and teaching seminars, we need to think creatively about how students best learn. We need to seek methods that actively engage the students beyond facts, names and dates, no matter how interesting these are (at least to us). In particular, we need to offer people a means to get to know, on a more personal level, the figures that populated the ancient world, and interactively experience the kinds of situations that ancient people would have faced. In this respect the fields of archaeology and cultural heritage management have the ability to better leverage interactive media and sequential art, like video games and graphic novels, to achieve educational goals in the classroom and to reach a wider audience.
Games especially have the ability to go beyond simple entertainment to be truly multifaceted learning tools. Initiatives like MinecraftEdu and GameDesk are leading the charge to fully integrate gaming into curricula, thus revolutionizing the way instructors teach and students learn. Educational gaming has even been noticed at the highest levels of government. Earlier this year the Obama administration brought on board an expert in video games and education from the University of Wisconsin to shape policy around games. Since 2005 the National Science Foundation has been funding research into the potential of video and computer games, and providing direct support for educational game development through its Cyberlearning: Transforming Education program and Education Application topic (EA3), among others.
And these games need not be "serious." Though there have been entertaining "historical" games before (like Civilization, for example), what actually happened in ancient history is usually even more interesting than the scenarios of such games. There are plenty of historical records of intrigue, of strategy, of economic competition and networks from the ancient Near East. There is nothing that should prevent students, the public, or even your colleagues from learning about the economy or politics of the ancient world while also getting in their game-playing time too! Games focused on the ancient Near East like Discover Babylon and Gates of Horus are just the beginning—we plan to take it further and hope others will follow.
This is just one potential avenue for raising the profile of the ancient Near East among K-12 students. Hopefully many of these young people will join us as tomorrow's archaeologists, historians, anthropologists and art historians, but they will definitely be part of tomorrow's general public, upon whom study of the ancient world depends. AMEERI is working to make sure they will be knowledgeable about the need for ongoing research into our shared human history and the ongoing influence it exerts on us thousands of years later.
Dr. Catherine Foster is co-Executive Director of AMEERI and a Cultural Property Analyst at U.S. Department of State.
Dr. Brian Brown is a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley and co-Executive Director of AMEERI.
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|The Nightingale Society
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Dear Nightingale Society member
Report from Lynn McDonald, 26 May 2014
Nightingale Society meeting at the RSS in London
The Nightingale Society met at the Royal Statistical Society on 15 May 2014, hosted by Dr Eileen Magnello. Attending were Mark Bostridge, Wendy Mathews, Alex Whitehead and myself.
Two main subjects were discussed:
- Review of the Seacole campaign to date.
- Our efforts at correcting misinformation
- Future initiatives. A major point here is misinformation taught in schools and available in children's books.
- Early plans for the Nightingale Bicentennial 2020.
- first letters sent to institutions
- list for future letters to go formation of a Nightingale Bicentennial Committee (to include us and other major players).
- LM reported on meetings with MPs held May 14: Caroline Nokes, MP for Romsey, and Chris Williamson, MP for Derby South, with the attendance of the researcher for the Rt Hon Dame Margaret Beckett, MP for Derby North. It was good to see all keen on early planning for the bicentenary, and concerned about the Seacole misinformation campaign.
Derby Cathedral Service and Plaque
Derby Cathedral holds an annual Nightingale service in Nurses' Week. This year's was special with the blessing of a fine Nightingale plaque recently installed in the cathedral. It says:
To commemorate the life of
Florence Nightingale
Born into a Derbyshire Family
Heroine of the Crimean War
Founder of the nursing profession
Pioneer of public health care
Reformer of army medical services
Guided by her faith in God.
Congratulations to John Rivers, CBE, and to the dean of the cathedral, Dr John Davies, for making this happen.
About 150 nurses processed to the cathedral. The Royal Derbyshire Hospital choir sang. It was a joyous event, with excellent participation led by the lieutenant governor of the county. (I gave the address and had an excellent opportunity to have a few words about preparation for the bicentenary with the dean, and the bishop of Derby, Dr Alastair Redfern.)
Mary Seacole: The Making of the Myth is now available as an ebook (epub or kindle) and as print-on-demand through Amazon. A description — with links for each of the various formats — is available on this website. Tell your library!


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5 ways to keep your bread fresh
The truth is that baked goods – bread in particular – are at their prime the moment they come out of the oven. And, as soon as your loaf of bread begins to cool, the quality begins to diminish. If you plan on baking homemade bread, be sure to time it so it can be enjoyed as soon as it comes out of the oven. Whether your bread is homemade, from the grocery store or your local bakery, there are several ways to preserve the life of your bread.
Why does bread go stale?
There are two main culprits. The first is a chemical change with a particularly fancy name: starch retrogradation. As soon as bread is removed from the oven, the structure of the starch molecules change, and begin to crystallize. This crystallization forces water out of the bread and the result is staling. The second contributor is the loss of moisture due to exposure to air.
Storing bread in the fridge
Starch retrogradation occurs most rapidly at refrigerator temperatures. Therefore the fridge is your enemy when it comes to bread as it goes stale fastest in that environment. For those who swear by fridge storage, it does have one benefit – it delays the development of mold.
Storing bread in the freezer
Storing your bread in the freezer is a great solution. It prevents staling as freezer temperatures arrest starch retrogradation, holding the bread in a stable state. To get the most out of your frozen bread, freeze it as soon as possible after baking and cooling, and consume it equally as fast after thawing. Bread needs to be properly wrapped in plastic and it's also a good idea to slice your bread into portions prior to freezing.
Storing bread at room temperature
Room temperature is the ideal environment for bread storage to maintain the proper crumb and crust texture. However, in addition to proper temperature, you also need to manage your bread's exposure to air and this is done by properly wrapping your bread. The plastic bag is often criticized for trapping in moisture, which can speed up mold development, but it truly depends on the type of bread you are storing. For common store-bought loaves, or any other bread with a similarly tender crust, using a plastic bag stored at room temperature seems to work best. Hard-crusted breads however should be kept in a paper bag – hence how it is sold to you at the bakery. As a loaf of crusty bread dries, the moisture that is pushed out of the bread is absorbed by the hard crusts, turning them tough and rubbery.
Refreshing your loaf
The best way to refresh partially stale bread is to heat it in the oven. If you insist on storing your bread in the fridge, toast it prior to assembling your sandwich to reverse some of the the damage. Similarly, if you have a loaf of crusty bread that has begun to go slightly rubbery, heating it in the oven for a few minutes will help to draw the moisture out of the crust and enhance the quality of the bread. (Breads that are reheated this way should be consumed immediately.)
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ESMO call for proposals for new student teams
The ESA Education Office is currently looking for student teams to fill the following vacancies in phase B1 (preliminary design) of the European Student Moon Orbiter (ESMO) project, which is expected to last until February 2009.
The call is open to students who are from universities in ESA Member or Cooperating States. Furthermore, the university shall have the necessary experience in the related field, and an experienced professor shall be able to supervise and give support to the team.
Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS)
It is anticipated that the ADCS team will be comprised of at least 5 individual students with responsibility for the subsystem level aspects of the attitude determination and control for the ESMO spacecraft. In addition, the team will be responsible for certain units within the subsystem such as sun sensors and Inertial Measurement Units.
Based on the design developed in the Phase A study, the team will perform the following tasks:
- Definition of subsystem requirements, and unit requirements and interfaces for the sun sensors/IMUs
- Definition of, in conjunction with the reaction wheel, attitude control thruster and star tracker teams, the preliminary design of the attitude determination and control subsystem
- Assess whether to develop or procure the sun sensors/IMUs through university partnerships
- Performing necessary analysis to support and justify the preliminary design of the subsystem
- Developing the models of attitude control laws for the ESMO spacecraft
- Developing MatLab/Simulink codes of the models to be integrated into the ESMO mission simulator
- Completion of all required documentation for the ADCS contribution to the ESMO mission simulator
- Participation in weekly on-line meetings and posting bi-weekly progress reports
- Participation in regular project workshops at ESA/ESTEC
If selected for the later phases of the project, the team would perform the following tasks.
- Development of the ADCS on-board software incorporating the defined and simulated attitude control laws in order to process inputs from sensors and control outputs to actuators in real-time to maintain the commanded attitude profile provided by the flight dynamics team during the operations.
- Development, or procurement, and testing of the sun sensor/IMU breadboard and engineering models, including participation in an avionics test bench activity at ESA/ESTEC.
- Manufacture (or procurement) and testing of sun sensor/IMU flight models and delivery to ESA/ESTEC for spacecraft integration and verification.
- Delivering the final ADCS on-board software for loading into the spacecraft OBC, in conjunction with the on-board data handling subsystem team.
Assembly, Integration and Verification (AIV) and Operations teams (OPS)
It is anticipated that the AIV team will eventually transition into the OPS team to maximize the benefit of the chosen team and their gathered knowledge with respect to the spacecraft flight model performance.
The team should be comprised of at least 5 students and has the responsibility for the following during phase B1.
- Define the spacecraft Assembly, Integration and Verification (AIV) plan.
- Define the Ground Support Equipment (GSE) requirements and specifications for spacecraft assembly, integration and verification.
- Define the verification requirements and test plans for spacecraft test models and flight model.
If selected for the later phases of the project, the team would perform the following tasks.
- Define the spacecraft user manual and flight operations plan.
- Design, manufacture and test the GSE (mechanical and electrical) prior to the AIV campaigns.
- Actually perform the AIV of the spacecraft test and flight models under expert supervision, at ESA/ESTEC or other facility, including the operation of the GSE.
- Participate in the launch campaign, if required, under close expert supervision, including functional/interface testing of the spacecraft flight model.
- Based on knowledge of spacecraft assembly and testing, transition into a spacecraft operations role in the mission control centre, and actually operate the spacecraft during the mission according to the flight operations plan.
Space Environment & Effects Analysis (SPEN)
It is anticipated that the SPEN team will be comprised of at least 5 individual students with responsibility for space environment & effects analysis relating to the ESMO mission profile.
The SPEN team shall perform the following tasks.
- Perform analyses of the space environment that would be encountered by the ESMO spacecraft throughout its mission, using mission analysis data on orbits and trajectories provided by the mission analysis team.
- Perform analyses and simulations on the effects of the encountered space environment on the ESMO spacecraft and its subsystems and payload.
- Propose effective measures to mitigate these effects through design, should they present a significant risk to the success of the mission.
- Document their analyses as required by the project.
Space environments shall include the natural environments (radiation, micro-meteoroids, atomic oxygen, vacuum) and the induced environments (man-made debris, electromagnetic interference, contamination).
The team shall use standard environment models, and suitable simulation and analysis software tools (e.g. ESABASE, FASTRAD, GEANT4) to perform the necessary environment and effects predictions, particularly radiation shielding analyses taking into account the specific spacecraft configuration provided by the Structures team.
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This is really neat! You will love it as much as the kids do! The bars are flexible so the kids can easily get things in and out by themselves! A really genious solution! Click the closeup picture to see an animated demo!
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This portal will provide electronic money order (eMO), instant money order (iMO), sale of philatelic stamps, postal information, tracking of express and international shipments, PIN code search and registeration of feedback and complaints online.
"A user can use his debit or credit card to send eMO or iMO online. This will enable one to send money to person at home anywhere in the country," said Radhika Doraiswamy, secretary, Department of Post during the launch.
Through this portal, DoP will also sell products, handicrafts and other products made by small-scale industries."Earlier consumers used to go to service providers but now services providers are going to consumers. This is the future of the 21st century.
We have now taken post offices to every citizen of the country through internet," Kapil Sibal, the union minister for communications and information technology (MoCIT) said at the event.
"This portal will also be e-commerce portal for the Department of Post. Products of small-scale sector and handicrafts will also be sold through this portal," Sibal added.
The content of the portal is in English. Sachin Pilot, state MoCIT asked DoP to develop this content in other local languages to expand reach of the portal.
"This initiative will make every netbook, computer a post office. I will urge Department of Post to make this site accessible in various languages," Pilot said.
The next version of the portal is expected to be launched in Bangla and Kannada language. This is the first phase of services that have been launched.DoP has plans to bring other services also online in next phase of e-post office project, informed Doraiswamy.


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If you are chasing success as a business, you have to make sure everything runs smoothly. The key to success is to be as productive as possible. The business and the staff need to come up with ways to make the company more productive. The good news is that there is plenty you can do to achieve this. It's such a competitive market out there, and you need to illustrate that you are the best choice.
To do this, you're going to need to make sure that your efficiency and productivity are excellent. So, you need to take a look at ways you can increase and sustain productivity in the business. Take a look at these suggestions and ideas, and try to make sure you use them to increase productivity in your company.
1. Better Working Conditions
Have a look at the working conditions in the business, and consider how you can improve them. No one is suggesting you're running a sweatshop or anything! But, you need to try to make sure that you provide better working conditions for staff. This is a key part of improving and increasing productivity. People need to be able to carry out their jobs effectively and efficiently. You need to make sure there are no health and safety risks for people trying to do their jobs. Assess the condition of the work environment and take a look at how you can improve it. There is bound to be something you can do to make things better.
2. Use the Right Equipment
Another key part of making your business more productive is ensuring you have the right equipment all the time. You need to have equipment that's going to make people's jobs much simpler. For instance, consider the role of an HDI PCB in your business. This means a high density interconnect (HDI) printed circuit board (PCB). These play a big role in making your machinery and equipment faster and more productive. Their technology allows you to reduce production lead times and make the company even more productive and efficient. You need this competitive advantage to keep your customers satisfied and help you secure repeat business.
3. Do Everything Digital
The world has changed a lot over the past decade, and everything seems to be digital now. If you want to run a twenty-first century business, you need to embrace the digital age. That means making changes within the business to change everything to a digital platform. It's going to make it a lot easier for people to do their jobs and complete tasks quickly. This makes everything more productive and ensures you can undertake more projects as a company.
Productivity is one of the key areas of running any business. You need the company to be as productive as possible as often as possible. The good news is that there are a lot of things you can do that will help you achieve this. If you can keep productivity high, you'll be in a great position to boost your reputation and success rate.


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In love with Switzerland
Anyone who visits Switzerland leaves with a very special connection to the country. This is the starting principle of Switzerland Tourism's new advertising campaign, which puts the focus squarely back on the guests by showcasing their impressions of Switzerland, with a special emphasis on its incomparable natural landscape. Working from this fresh perspective, Havas Zürich developed a range of cross-media marketing measures.
With the headline 'In love with Switzerland, since…', all the rational and emotional reasons that tourists discover during their stay are translated into images. To help kick off the upcoming winter season, a TV ad features an internationally famous man who knows a thing or two about unique landscapes. In fact, he's seen the most extraordinary landscape there is – the moon. Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 astronaut and with Neil Armstrong one of the first men to walk on the moon, heads out on a hike across an untouched, snowy landscape in the Swiss Alps. Equipped with moonboots and leaving his iconic moonboot prints behind him (just like the original ones on the moon), Aldrin, too, falls in love with Switzerland.
The print subjects also capture the moments in which our guests fell in love with Switzerland; for example, night skiing or a walk through the snow. The #INLOVEWITHSWITZERLAND hashtag is an integral part of the headline and at the same time reminds the reader that the campaign continues online.


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Our dogs are rescue dogs who may not have had the best start in life. We take great care to ensure that their next home is loving, life-long and secure.
All our dogs have spent a period of time in foster care where they have been assessed in terms of both health and personality. This means we are able to give prospective owners an honest and invaluable insight into the characteristics of each individual dog.
A lot of the dogs we rescue are ex breeding adults from puppy farms. They have never seen the outside world and will have had minimum human contact. They are unaccustomed to receiving care or attention. When we take them in they are usually terrified of everything and everybody and it takes careful nurturing to prepare them for their forever homes. We always seek a calm and quiet environment, usually shared with another friendly and confident dog and almost always no small children. Part of our work in rehabilitating these dogs is house-training, however we cannot guarantee 100% success and would expect their new families to be prepared to work gently with them while they learn their new routine.
We do our utmost to ensure dogs are well-matched to their new homes and will not place any dog in a home we feel is not appropriate for them as individuals.
Prospective owners should be committed to working with their new family member to overcome any hurdles or issues which may arise.
We carry out home checks for all potential new homes.
Please be aware we are unlikely to place one of our dogs in a home with young children under the age of 5.
What we look for in a potential new home for our dogs
• That someone is home part of the day and dogs are not left alone for long periods
• All potential new homes must have a secure garden
• Patience and understanding is shown to our dogs while they adjust and settle in their new home
An adoption donation is applicable for all Forest of Dean Dog Rescue dogs.
To help us assess the suitability of your home and lifestyle for adopting one of our dogs, please complete the following questionnaire. Information that you provide will remain confidential to the Rescue and will not be released to any other parties. Please answer the questions as completely and honestly as possible, this will assist us in finding the right dog for you.
Dogs that enter Rescue often have developed problems which we try and address prior to rehoming, however you need to understand that there may be some initial teething problems and ongoing training, which we will support you with. Expect a settling-in period. We highly recommend that there is someone in the house most of the day for the first couple of weeks.
Filling in this application form does not guarantee that you will be offered the first dog that becomes available as it is essential to match the dog to the home as closely as possible. All dogs offered for rehoming are vaccinated, wormed and neutered.
Our rehoming donation, currently £225, is to contribute to the costs of fostering and medical care the dog has received.
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Besides the $130 inMotion iMmini, which works only with the now-discontinued iPod mini, the $150 inMotion iM5 is the least expensive of Altec Lansing's iPod-dock portable speaker systems. And it has the potential to be an appealing "lower-end" entry in the inMotion line, thanks to a compact, sturdy design; good battery life; and decent sound for its size. Unfortunately, the iM5 is too expensive given the superior performance of Logitech's similarly priced mm50, which gives you better sound quality and a wireless remote (but half the battery life). Unless you need the iM5's video output--an admittedly nifty feature for watching movies on vacation or showing photo slideshows to the relatives--I recommend the mm50 or saving up the extra $30 for the inMotion iM3.
(See our full review at the link below; note that since this review was written, Altec Lansing has introduced the $100 inMotion iM11, also reviewed by Playlist.)--Dan Frakes
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6. Find all positive integers n such that is a perfect square.
We use the fact that between square of two consecutive numbers there exist no perfect square. That is between and there is no square.
Note that and are two consecutive perfect square and is always a number between them for n > 2 (easily proved by induction).
Hence the only solution is n = 2.


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A 15% hotel promo code is available at Orbitz for all hotel reservations made until January 5, 2013 (stays until April 15, 2013).
Click the banner below to take advantage of the deal and obtain the discount code:
To apply the discount, type in the code on the payment page, in the field "Promotion code", just above the credit card information (see print-screen below):
We tested the deal with the NH Luxembourg, where the code gives a discount of 25$ to arrive at a final total price of 146$ for a 2 night stay over the St Valentine's week-end of 15-17 February 2013 (free breakfast and free mini-bar). The same room costs 171 USD on booking.com, but without the free minibar.


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Rachna Sethi is Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi. She is currently the Vice President of FORTELL and was previously the Secretary from 2009-14. She has edited several issues of the FORTELL journal.
She won the Katha award for translation from Hindi to English in 2004. She has been selected as an Associate at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla from 2013-15. Her areas of interest and research are post colonial literature, oral culture, translation studies and urban studies. She has presented papers and published at various national and international fora in these areas. Apart from academics, she is an avid traveller, trekker and photographer.


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Patty Loveless leaves crowd happy
Skagit Valley Casino, Bow, Wash., Oct. 22, 2004
By Brian Wahlert
BOW, WA - Patty Loveless was one of the most popular female country singers of the late Eighties and early Nineties with great hits like "Chains," "Timber, I'm Falling in Love" and "I'm That Kind of Girl."
But then in 1997, the gush of top 10 hits stopped just as quickly as it had started. Loveless was still recording and releasing the same type of music she always had, but country radio had turned away and started playing newer artists like Lee Ann Womack and Jo Dee Messina.
Loveless hasn't had a top 10 country hit in 8 years. So what do you do? Play the Grand Ole Opry once in a while and grow old with your husband Emory Gordy Jr., who also happens to be your producer and a famous bass player? Move to Branson and open a theater there? Have your management organize a tribute album, where you can sing alongside today's hot new country singers who count you among their influences?
Loveless didn't do any of these things. She took a few years off from recording new music, and then in 2001, at the height of the "O Brother Where Art Thou" phenomenon, she released a bluegrass album, "Mountain Soul." And then in 2003 she followed up with "On Your Way Home," where she followed the path she always has, of selecting and giving heartfelt performances of standout traditional country songs from Nashville's top writers.
Along with her musical return to her roots, Loveless is also touring some smaller venues than she used to play. On this evening, she was performing two shows at the intimate Pacific Showroom at the Skagit Valley Casino between Seattle and Vancouver.
Loveless came onstage looking and sounding great before a sold-out crowd of 460 people. She played a mix of old favorites and quite a few of her newer songs. Her warm, rich voice is as strong as ever, as evidenced on songs that require a lot of range and vocal power like "Halfway Down."
But she also does a great job with soft and sweet songs like "Lonely Too Long," whose warm vocal and pretty mandolin strumming made it one of the night's highlights.
Another highlight didn't involve Loveless at all - it was an electric guitar number by her lead guitarist, Guthrie Trapp. Loveless "discovered" Trapp when he played Robert's, a small club in Nashville, and she invited him to join her on tour. Trapp accepted, and now in addition to doing an outstanding job of backing up Loveless, he gets his own solo spot during her show. Just 25 years old, Trapp clearly has a bright future ahead of him.
"Trouble With the Truth" makes an interesting live performance because it manages to combine a relatively slow tempo with a driving bass-and-drums beat. The three-part backup vocals from band members Garry Murray, Marcia Ramirez and Deanie Richardson and Loveless' powerful a capella finish garnered it one of the strongest crowd reactions of the night.
Richardson is another fantastic instrumentalist who has played in Loveless' band for nearly a decade. She plays very good mandolin, but even better fiddle. She opened "Nothin' Like the Lonely" with a fantastic fiddle solo. Then Loveless joined in, humming along, and Murray came in on banjo. It was the strongest bluegrass song of the night, and a perfect vehicle to show off both Loveless' vocal talent and Richardson's great fiddle playing.
"On Your Way Home" was yet another highlight, with a gorgeous slow fiddle solo to open it up.
The sound was perfect - the audience could easily understand every line of Loveless' songs, and the mix of instruments, both electric and acoustic, was very good.
But Loveless is a better singer than speaker - some of her banter with the crowd fell flat. When she asked the casino crowd, "Have we got any winners here yet?" nobody answered. "Have we got any hopeful winners?" Again, nothing. Finally someone yelled out, "We're here to see you!"
Another minor criticism of the show was that it was too short - only 75 minutes long. Loveless had the crowd stand up for the closer, "Blame It on Your Heart," and then she came back out to do "On Down the Line" as the encore.
She certainly left the crowd happy, though, if not completely satisfied.
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Grilled Pork Chops with Savory Fruit Compote Recipe
4 servings
For compote:
- 2 tsp. olive oil
- 1 shallot, sliced into thin rounds
- 2 cups peeled, sliced peaches (fresh or frozen)
- 1 cup pitted cherries (fresh or frozen)
- 2 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
- 1 tsp. Ancho Chile Powder
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme, plus more for garnish
- Salt & pepper to taste
For pork chops:
- 4 (1-inch thick) pork chops, brined*
- 2 to 3 Tbsp. Georgia Peach Spice
- Salt & pepper to taste
- 4 cups arugula or mixed greens
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 to 2 Tbsp. olive oil
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*See our Quick-Brined Pork Chops recipe for an easy method for brining pork chops before grilling them.
This recipe is featured in Spice Club, Savory's spice of the month club. Here are substitution suggestions for adapting the recipe to different palates:
- Vegetarian/Vegan: See our recipe for Grilled Eggplant with Savory Fruit Compote. It's the same method only using eggplant slices instead of pork chops.
- Gluten-Free: No substitutions necessary, this recipe is already gluten-free.
For compote: Heat oil over medium heat in a small saucepan. Add shallots and cook until soft, about 5 min. Add remaining ingredients and simmer over low heat until fruit has softened and sauce thickens slightly, about 15 min. Remove thyme stems and set aside to cool. (Cover and refrigerate if not using right away; will keep for up to a week.)
For pork chops: Follow Spice Club Bonus Recipe instructions to brine pork chops for 30 min. to 1 hour. Preheat a well-oiled grill to mediumhigh. Pat chops dry and rub generously with Georgia Peach Spice. Grill about 4 min. per side or until internal temperature of chops reaches 140 degrees. Remove chops from grill and sprinkle each lightly with salt & pepper. Cover with foil and let rest for 5 min. Meanwhile, toss greens with lemon juice, olive oil, and salt & pepper to taste. Divide dressed greens among 4 plates. Top greens with a pork chop and a generous helping of compote. Garnish with fresh thyme leaves.
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Remove skin from the chicken drumsticks. Place them into hot oil in a frying pan and quickly roast them at high heat on all sides until golden.
Take the pan off the heat, let the excess oil drip off and put aside the chicken drumsticks. Add the crushed garlic and tomato paste to the oil and mingle well. Beware! If the oil is too hot, both garlic and tomato paste may get burnt. This is why, you'd better wait for the oil cooling down a bit and add the garlic and tomato paste afterwards. Dust some flour on it, put the fryer back on the heat and resume roasting this base for 2-3 minutes. Add the soup, while stirring, and let it boil for 1-2 minutes. Its texture is perfect if it somewhat thickens like a thin sauce.
Next, filter the sauce and add the pre-roasted chicken drumsticks. Put the lid on and cook on low heat for about 40 minutes or until tender. Meanwhile, stir it every once in a while. Lastly, enrich it with cooking cream.
While the chicken drumsticks are cooking, you can prepare the Viennese dumplings. Soak 4 buns in cold water, and cut two more ones in 1 cm wide cubes. Dice the bacon and render the lard while stirring. Scoop out the cracklings with a skimmer and roast the croutons in the lard. Wring out the buns and add the croutons, the lard as well as the cracklings to them. Next, work sour cream, egg yolks and flour in it to get a dough-like mass.
Sprinkle salt, grated nutmeg and chopped chives on it and add the egg whites whisked. Make 20 small dumplings from the dough and cook them in lightly salted, boiling water in about 10-15 minutes. Filter and let the water drip off when ready-cooked.
Lay the chicken drumsticks on a plate, pour the sauce on them. Serve with Viennese dumplings.


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Moto 13"
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Fair Trade, handmade basket from Uganda. Beautiful coloring that will add interest to any space. Hang on the wall as art, display on a shelf, or use as a functional basket.
Measures approximately 13" Diameter, 3"-4" Tall.
Each basket is handmade, so slight variance in color + design will occur- that's part of the beauty!
These baskets are hand woven by wrapping colorfully dyed palm raffia around a coil of banana leaf stalks. The large banana leaf stalks are pulled apart into long, thin strips, then dried, and finally bundled into coils and wrapped with the raffia.
The designs, materials, and weaving techniques are traditional. However, the creative weavers use color, pattern and complexity to give the baskets a modern feel.


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Happy Halloween!!! This is my favorite season in the West Village, because all of the big fancy brownstones compete with each other over who has the most ostentatious, over-the-top decorations! I went for a lovely weekend stroll with my friend Gracie and her visiting friend Angela. Below are a few of my favorite houses!
For our downtown walking tour, I wore my new favorite edgy buckle boots and a new oversized Rebecca Minkoff double breasted peacoat.
Which decorated house is your favorite? I think I like the one with all of the white pumpkins and cats! This house does the same decoration every year, it's their thing!
Rebecca Minkoff "Santo" double-breasted coat
Black Maje sweatshirt dress
Forever21 edgy buckle boots
Longchamp "Large Le Pliage" tote


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We support our customers by providing safe and efficient services to over four million aircraft movements that carry more than 152 million passengers annually.
To ensure we continue to deliver these services in a way that continues to create value for our customers while maintaining and enhancing aviation safety, we monitor changes in our operating environment on an ongoing basis to inform our short and long-term planning.
Airservices plays a critical role in safely and efficiently managing the flow of air traffic in the aviation industry, which contributes around $7 billion annually and employs approximately 58,900 people 1.
Key indicators of future demand
Domestic and international economic trends impact the volume of aviation travel and freight. Internationally, the ongoing European debt crisis, Brexit, and persistently low economic growth, along with ongoing economic reform in China, will continue to affect our business outlook. Domestically, there are counterbalancing forces at work. On the one hand, the fall in commodity prices and end of the mining boom have affected Australia's economic conditions with flow on effects to the aviation industry. On the other hand, the fall of the Australian dollar is likely to encourage growth in international visitors and promote greater domestic travel.
Leisure travel is the main driver behind growth in international air transport demand. Tourism Research Australia anticipates inbound markets will increase by 5.3 per cent per year to 2020–21 with Asian markets, led by China, driving growth. It is anticipated that by 2019–20, there will be a net 20.8 million short-term visitors in Australia including international arrivals and resident returns 2. Capacity will need to grow to meet this increased demand.
Projected population growth will also spur increased demand for air transport services, with Australia's population set to grow from 24.1 million in 2016 to
30.5 million in 2031, an increase of 1.56 per cent a year. 3
Airport growth
Western Sydney Airport will be the city's secondary airport and is expected to be operational by 2026. Initially the airport will operate from one runway with approximately five million passengers using it annually, growing to 10 million by the early 2030s. 5 It is anticipated that a second parallel runway will be required by 2050.
Australia's second largest airport by passenger movements, Melbourne Airport, is expected to increase its passenger movements by 3.9 per cent per year to
60.4 million in 2030–31. The airport is investing in significant infrastructure upgrades. By 2024, parallel runways will be in operation and the airport is expected to be operating at or close to capacity during the peak morning and evening periods.
Brisbane Airport passenger movements are projected to increase by 4.2 per cent every year to 45.1 million in 2030–31. By this time, parallel runways will be operating at Brisbane with the airport expected to be operating at or close to capacity during the peak morning and evening periods. Its neighbour, Gold Coast Airport, is projecting 4.4 per cent annual growth to 13.1 million movements in 2030–31.
In the west, Perth Airport is forecast to handle over 25.7 million passengers a year by 2030–31 with projected annual growth of 4.4 per cent. 6 The airport's third runway is due to be finished within the next decade.
- The Internet of Things—The ever increasing pervasiveness of technology into our everyday lives, through the inter-networking of devices, vehicles, and infrastructure, has enabled companies to collect and exchange data, accessible anytime and anywhere, on a scale not previously seen.
- Big data, machine learning and real-time analytics—Air traffic management is being transformed by the accelerated progression from directive and instruction-based service provision to collaborative, system-wide information-based services. The increasing ability to analyse large data sources in real-time, coupled with machine learning, is driving new capabilities that have the potential to revolutionise the way we interact with our customers.
- New business ecosystems—The combination of emerging technologies and non-traditional providers has created new entrants in the aviation environment, with companies challenging conventional business models. This could extend to remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) as well as other players in the air transportation value chain.
- Cyber security threats—A greater reliance on computer systems has resulted in a continuous increase in the frequency and sophistication of cyber attacks, requiring increased vigilance. In operating environments highly reliant on information access and sharing, constant monitoring and rapid response is needed to ensure we maintain integrity and reliability.
Reduced emissions
In 2010 the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) adopted the following goals for aviation:
- A global annual average fuel efficiency improvement of two per cent until 2020, and an aspirational global fuel efficiency improvement rate of two per cent a year from 2021 to 2050
- A collective medium-term global aspirational goal to keep the global net carbon emissions from international aviation at the same level from 2020.
Realising these goals requires a whole-of-industry approach to improve and leverage aircraft technology and aviation infrastructure, as well as to deliver more efficient aircraft operations.


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How to cook
Soak the chickpeas overnight in water. Pour out the water the next day and boil the chickpeas for about an hour.
Let them drain for half an hour. Mash them. Cut the apricots and walnuts finely, combine them with the chickpeas.
Add the honey, the orange and lemon juice and form balls. Sprinkle them with cocoa, sesame and coconut flakes. Leave them in the fridge for 2 hours.


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HEALTH experts are stepping up their efforts to tell people about the healthy food message.
Eating five portions of fruit and vegetables a day will help to keep a stroke at bay, they say.
Dieticians will hand out advice at an information stand in St Luke's Hospital, Crosland Moor, from 1.30pm to 4pm on Monday.
It is one of the activities being held by the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust during Stroke Awareness Week.
According to figures, there are about 60,000 stroke deaths each year in England and Wales each year.
Nearly 10,000 people of working age have strokes.
Helen Berry, senior dietician at the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust, said food played a vital role in determining health.
"Increasing evidence shows that eating at least five portions of fruit and vegetables help to protect against chronic diseases such as stroke," she said.
So what's a portion?
* Three heaped tablespoons of cooked vegetables, eg carrots, sweetcorn, broccoli, cabbage
* Cereal bowl of mixed salad
* Seven cherry tomatoes
* Beans and pulses count, too, but only once a day, however much you eat
* An apple, orange, pear or banana
* Half a grapefruit
* A slice of melon or pineapple
* A handful of grapes
* A tablespoon of dried fruit, eg sultanas and raisins
* A glass of pure fruit juice; it only counts as one portion, however much you drink
* Two satsumas, two plums and two tablespoons of stewed fruit or fruit salad.


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Can You Tolerate This? by Ashleigh Young will be released on 11 August. Ashleigh's essays are already well known from her popular blog, eyelashroaming. She works as an editor at VUP and teaches creative non-fiction at the International Institute of Modern Letters. Ashleigh's book of poetry, Magnificent Moon, was published in 2012.
|Ashleigh Young (photo credit: Russell Kleyn)
This book has been a long time in the making – from when you won the Adam Prize in 2009 with a portfolio of essays, to now, 2016. How does it feel to finally be publishing your essays in a book form? How much has the work evolved in the time between your MA portfolio and the published book?
That's a long time! I feel glad and a bit nervous, but mostly tired because I've been so busy avoiding this book for seven years. I know all the avoidance tricks now. I could probably organise a special conference on avoidance, or a festival. My favourite trick for avoiding this book – because it was full of problems that I didn't want to think about yet – was to write things that weren't this book. So I finished writing a book of poetry and started writing a blog. The blog allowed me to write my way into things I probably wouldn't have written otherwise – cycling, odd encounters, mental health, phrases and gestures, friendships, members of my family, inner voice … Sometimes the posts were intensely personal and sometimes detached. Nothing I wrote would be out of place, because it was the place. Also, publishing work on a blog feels more tentative – to me – than having it appear in a proper publication. You can say, 'I'm just mucking around.' What happened was I tricked myself into writing pieces that ended up in this book (in slightly different forms). So ultimately the only way I was able to pick up this book again was to tell myself I wasn't writing it. And sooner or later, when I figured out that trick, I was able to look back at those earlier pieces from my MA year and work on them again. I think I'd loosened up a bit, as a writer. Maybe I was just taking my writing less seriously.
Can you explain what an 'essay' is, in the context of your own work in Can You Tolerate This?
I would describe many of the essays in this book as existential meditations. If that's not too grandiose. It's just that sometimes, not much actively happen in them. Or, all that happens is I examine a problem, like the problem of trying to do your work when somebody is distracting you, or the problem of being on a long walk that you don't want to be on anymore and it's too late to turn back. Or I try to see why things happened in the way they did and why they felt like they did. I have this hope that this book has a kind of vibrational field and that readers will come out of it and say, 'What the hell was that?' Some writers who made me feel it might be possible to try things this way were Natalia Ginzburg, Vivian Gornick, Lauren Slater, Helen Garner, Anna Sanderson, Martin Edmond, and Lydia Davis.
For ages I understood an essay to be an attempt, a trial or test, a stab at something. That's what I was always taught. When I was starting out in nonfiction I read a lot of this guy called Phillip Lopate, who I got a bit of a crush on because of the way he wrote so freely about himself. For instance there was an essay just called 'Portrait of My Body' and it was all about Lopate's body and had lines like 'I have a commanding stare' and 'Often, I give off a sort of psychic stench to myself'. Lopate has written a lot about the 16th-century writer Michel de Montaigne, so it was through him that I came to Montainge's Essais. They are held up as the first example of a writer exploring his subject – usually some aspect of himself – in a freeform, spontaneous way, turning them restlessly this way and that, trying to take some measure of them, and I liked that definition of an essay because it gave me permission to meander. But then I kept coming across essays that didn't seem to work like that at all, like Eliot Weinberger's. His famous piece about naked mole rats – so systematically, ruthlessly described – showed me that an essay could be something utterly else. (I recently read someone describe Weinberger's essays as vortexes – when you read a Weinberger essay, the vortex opens up inside your head and ideas rush in.) I realized the essay is very slippery at heart.
John Jeremiah Sullivan has an essay called 'The Ill-Defined Plot' where he makes the point that the sense of 'essay' as 'an attempt' is only one layer within many other layers of meaning in that word. Some other possible meanings are: a swarm, a flourish, a preamble, a masterpiece, an amateur work … But maybe all essays – whether formal or familiar, literary or journalistic, academic or creative – enact the way that somebody's mind can shape thought. The shape can be ever-shifting and ever-changing, because thought never quite settles into just one thing; it has to stay in motion, like a shark.
That was a long answer, sorry.
Two long, deeply personal essays are what I think of as the backbone for this book, 'Big Red,' about your brothers JP, and Neil, and 'Bikram's Knee,' about your struggles with your own body image. Both essays are in their own way deeply sad, kind of hopeful and fascinating in a 'watching a car crash' kind of way. Can you describe how it was to write these? It seems to me that while these are non-fiction pieces, the experience of reading them is the same as reading fiction – we want to know what's going to happen to these characters.
I was wary of those pieces seeming like straight confession, as if I were trying to absolve myself or ask forgiveness of the reader. I love all those 'It really happened to me!' stories, in the same way that I love advice columns, but that wasn't what I was trying to do. I wanted to try to describe quite chaotic experiences in a way that might help people to understand why things can feel the way they feel, and I wanted to admit where I came up against the limitations of myself and the limitations you meet when writing about other living people. After the piece is written you still have to be a human being in the world.
It was strange to realise that neither experience had a clear 'arc' or a moment where things resolved themselves and all was well. It wouldn't have worked to impose that shape on either piece but I still had to resist the urge to try. I guess, through the stories we tell each other all our lives, we're conditioned to want really meaningful endings or moments of revelation. I think everyday life can be quite stingy with those.
Sometimes writing feels like a second chance, to me – I often can't articulate myself very well in person, or speak about things at length without trailing off, which is frustrating because I really want to connect with people, but if I'm writing I get a chance to try again. That feels exhilarating.
Awkwardness, oddness, shame – I'm going to make a call and say these are your themes – you go back and back to them in the essays. Which isn't to say that the book isn't funny – you're a good comic writer. Why do you think these are your big concerns? Or perhaps you disagree that they even are!
Those are my concerns because they're my concerns in life – or, those feelings have always shaped my experience, at times much more than was strictly necessary. I wonder whether those feelings serve any evolutionary purpose. They make you a ruthless observer of yourself and others, so maybe it's a hunting thing. I'm not sure whether, if I were more at ease, I would have been able to write any of these pieces. I also think that sometimes our self-contortions can be hugely funny. I would like my next book to be much funnier, actually. I wish this one were funnier. I'm in awe of anyone who can make people laugh. (That's one reason why I wanted to write about my brother, JP – I just find him very funny.)
I have to ask this – what's it like being the editor at VUP and having a book published by VUP? Be honest!
Well, it's a bit weird. Is this even allowed? The most dangerous thing was that I was able to access the raw files of the book. I resisted going into them as often as I could, but a few times I went in there and start twitching around. It immediately felt wrong, like a dog stealing food. On the whole, though, being an editor here has given me really useful perspective as a writer. I can see that my book is just one of many in the pipeline, so I feel less precious about it, and I know how the process goes, and I'm extremely grateful for the book community we have here, who show up again and again to celebrate other people's books. I also value my workmates' judgement a huge deal and so it was good to have them on tap. I think if I wrote something like 'Often, I give off a sort of psychic stench to myself' they would say, 'Maybe take that bit out'.
Can You Tolerate This? Personal Essays by Ashleigh Young.
Release date: 11 August. Paperback, $30.
Available at the best bookshops and through our online bookstore.


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Nursing Community Monthly Roundup - January 2019
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January 2019
Welcome Letter to the 116th Congress:
The Nursing Community Coalition sent a welcome letter to all members of the 116th Congress. This letter highlighted the coalition's work, core principles, and commitment to improve care delivery models that support a long-term sustainable health care system and includes strong nursing education, research, and practice programs.
- Read the welcome letter to Representatives of the 116thCongress here.
- Read the welcome letter to Senators of the 116thCongress here.
Statement on the Introduction of Title VIII Reauthorization in the House:
The Nursing Community Coalition released a statement on the introduction of the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019 (H.R. 728), a first step in the legislative process. This statement also reiterated that passage of Title VIII Reauthorization is a top priority of the coalition as it supports the Nursing Workforce Development Programs and secures future investments for America's health.
Thank You Letter for Introducing Title VIII Reauthorization in the House:
Forty-One member organizations signed onto a letter thanking Representatives David Joyce (R-OH), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), David McKinley (R-WV), and Lauren Underwood (D-IL), for introducing Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019 (H.R.728). Forty-one member organizations also signed on as supporters of Title VIII Reauthorization on the House fact sheet.
Events & Meetings:
The Nursing Community Coalition held their monthly meeting on January 8, 2019.
External Presence
Nursing Community Website: Site Visits: 2,700! Top Page Visited: News
Twitter: @RN_Community New Followers: 39 Total Followers: 872
Profile Visits: 399 Tweet Impressions: 15.6K!


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Staff Shortage at Assisted Living Facility
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities are very expensive. When you are paying a lot of money to have someone taken care of, you expect that they will be taken care of correctly and all of their needs will be met. An assisted living facility, Prairie Ridge, located in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin is facing allegations of poor care for their residents and staff shortages.
The Prairie Ridge Assisted Living Facility has been cited several times for violations of the care of residents at the facility. The violations that have been reported out of the facility include medication errors, malfunctioning call buttons, and even a resident in a wheelchair who was left unsupervised and rolled into a ditch.
The state also reports that residents at the facility were yelled and laughed at and even residents have been left in the bathroom for hours. There was also a report of a worker falling asleep during their shift. Contributing factors to these huge mistakes in care is that the facility is understaffed and many of the workers have not received much training.
On a night in March, law enforcement officials were called to Prairie Ridge because of the staff shortage. One worker says that she was the only one to come to work for the night shift the night law enforcement officials were called. Prairie Ridge denies these allegations.
Our elderly deserve to be treated with dignity and respect when they are being cared for at nursing homes. If you believe that your loved one may be being mistreated at a nursing home, there are options to remedy the situation.
How can we stop nursing home abuse and neglect?


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30 Apr What to know about hiking shoes for the Alps
As we mentioned in our last blog, when hiking in the mountains we now often see people in shoes that resemble running shoes rather than in hiking shoes for the Alps. This is causing a lot of discussion in the hiking industry today and there is good reason for that.
Consider the sole
Unlike running shoes, the sole of hiking shoes for the Alps is less flexible than a normal fitness shoe. If the soles are flexible, the shoes will bend while walking with crampons on uneven terrain, and the crampons will not stay on. This is very annoying when you are tired and have a three-hour hike across a glacier, not to mention unsafe. This is a very important and relevant consideration because your guide will not allow you to undertake the hike wearing shoes that are not adapted to the conditions. If he doesn't question it, then change your guide!
Hiking shoes for the Alps should have a rigid or semi-rigid sole but be aware that this will change your gait, meaning, you will walk differently. This can then cause pain in the knees and the hips. The ideal shoe should have the perfect balance between being crampon-compatible and being slightly flexible so as to offer you enough comfort.
Take your time when buying your hiking shoes
Don't be embarrassed to spend a lot of time in the shop walking around up and down, or taking the stairs to try out your shoes. If you have even the slightest doubt, leave them and come back again when you have had time to think. And if you have the time, try on many pairs in many different shops as salespeople have different levels of knowledge on this subject.
In the past, we have suggested to our clients that they get their friendly shop assistant from REI to give us a call so that we can brief them on the terrain that you will be trekking on.
Here's my personal advice (as I have terribly flat feet). Not all of the mountain guides agree with this, but as a woman, my experience has led me to some differing viewpoints on gear for both winter and summer. When I pack, I am prepared to carry the extra weight of a light pair of running shoes that I can change into at the end or before the technical parts of the trek. During these more technical sections, a less flexible shoe is necessary for safety, but before and after those sections, a lighter, more comfortable shoe can be used because it can help you economise your energy. This has helped me many times, and can definitely make the exit of a tough day just that little bit more enjoyable. After all, you want to enjoy the amazing view of the Alps without having to think of how much your feet are aching!
We would love any comments, questions or suggestions on how to choose your footwear and how to find those perfect hiking shoes for the Alps.
Please feel free to drop us a line.
Warm regards from the mountains,