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Manchester City centre-back Aymeric Laporte is looking to leave the club this summer, 90min understands, with Barcelona keen to land the Spain international.
Laporte returned from knee surgery earlier this season but has struggled to force his way into Pep Guardiola’s team. He has featured in just seven Premier League games since returning in October, with the boss favouring the likes of Ruben Dias, Manuel Akanji and Nathan Ake in defence. John Stones, who is also high in the pecking order, is just returning from a hamstring injury.
Sources have informed 90min that Laporte has spoken to Guardiola about his situation and, having had it confirmed that he is no longer first choice, the 28-year-old is looking to move on from the club this summer.
Guardiola has publicly stressed that he will not keep any unsettled players at the Etihad against their well and he is prepared to sanction Laporte’s departure as a result, particularly as selling the Spaniard would help City in their pursuit of RB Leipzig’s Josko Gvardiol – their top defensive target for the summer.
In terms of suitors, Barcelona have registered their interest in Laporte and 90min understands the player would be keen to make the move to Camp Nou, although Barça’s well-documented financial woes would make a deal incredibly complicated.
Barcelona president Joan Laporta has confirmed that the club want to sign a new centre-back and someone of Laporte’s profile – experienced, left-footed and comparatively affordable – would be their desired addition.
The two clubs have already spoken over the future of City midfielder Bernardo Silva – another deal which has been complicated by Barcelona’s financial situation – and now Laporte has emerged as another target.
With Laporte approaching the final two years of his contract, City are open to cashing in while they can still demand a significant fee, not least because of Ake’s emergence as a genuine first-team option.
Only Akanji has played more minutes than Ake this season when it comes to City’s defenders, with club officials keen to reward the Dutchman with a new contract to reflect his new-found importance to the team.
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How do different social networking websites stack up when it comes to news? How many people engage with news across multiple social sites? And what are their news consumption habits on traditional platforms?
We asked our Facebook and Twitter followers how they interact with news on the social media platforms. Here is what they had to say.
The eight percent of U.S. adults who consume news on Twitter tend to be younger, wealthier and more highly educated than Facebook users and the population overall, according to a new analysis of Twitter users.
Kathryn Zickuhr discussed Pew Research's data on reading, writing, and research in the digital age at the edUi 2013 plenary talk.
On Facebook, the largest social media platform, news is a common but incidental experience, according to an initiative of Pew Research Center in collaboration with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
On Facebook, news is a common but incidental part of the experience, according to a new survey. Roughly two-thirds of U.S. adults use Facebook, and half of those users get news there.
Even at a time of fragmenting media use, television remains the dominant way that Americans get news at home, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of Nielsen data. And while the largest audiences tune into local and network broadcast news, it is national cable news that commands the most attention from its viewers.
The crisis in Syria is the first mega-story to break since Al Jazeera America debuted on August 20. A new report on coverage of the evolving Syria story examines how the newest cable channel stacked up with such competitors as CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and BBC America.
Professional journalists have long faced the risks of working in harm's way, but now conflicts like the one in Syria are claiming the lives of a new part of the media -- citizen journalists.
Public evaluations of news organizations’ performance on key measures such as accuracy, fairness and independence remain mired near all-time lows. But there is a bright spot among these otherwise gloomy ratings.


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Voice in the Eagle Rock wilderness
THE STUDY OF WILD FOODS Seeking the Path of Practical Ecology
|July 21, 2012 - THE STUDY OF WILD FOODS Seeking the Path of Practical Ecology|
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|During nearly every weekend for the past 30+ years, I have been out on the trail, teaching students of all ages how to identity edible wild plants and how to use them for food. I have led outings in fields and even vacant lots in Eagle Rock, as well as throughout the nearby Arroyo Seco. On a recent Saturday, we were exploring a section of Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco. Our class carefully collected bits of lamb’s quarter, wild radish, chickweed, and hedge mustard which we turned into a salad. We also mixed the flower heads of wild buckwheat with wheat flour and made biscuits. From the oak trees, we collected and processed the acorns, and eventually made acorn pancakes.|
I was only a teenager when I was wondering what I should be doing with my life, and wondering how local indigenous cultures lived. So I studied botany in high school and college, and understudied with Dr. Leonid Enari at the L.A. County Arboretum. I actively studied mycology with the Los Angeles Mycological Association for years.
I always felt that the knowledge of ethnobotany was a major key to understanding how native cultures survived, and it’s also a key to understanding what we should all be doing today. This is why I am not a proponent of front lawns. I prefer to grow fruit trees, vegetables, and wild plants in the front lawn area, so that little patch of green is productive and healthful. I share the details of what we did with our front lawn (and other ways of “living lightly in the city”) in the book that Dolores and I authored, “Extreme Simplicity: Homesteading in the City.” [You can get it on Amazon]
LEARNING ABOUT WILD FOODS
The best way to learn about wild plants is to see them first-hand, in the field, with an expert. Never eat a wild plant that you haven’t positively identified, and remember that there are no shortcuts.
So what wild foods are available in our yards and fields?
Recently, during our Wild Food walks, we have been collecting the following for their salads and cooked dishes: Curly dock, watercress, lamb’s quarter, mustard, wild radish, nettle, nasturtium, and mallow. Soon we’ll be collecting purslane. Most of these can be prepared raw or cooked, and many are now finding their way into local farmers markets.
One of my favorite wild foods is the fruit of the carob tree. There are tens of thousands of carob trees in the Southland, and the ripe brown fruits can be simply wiped clean and eaten. This is the perfect survival food. It is rich in calcium and B vitamins, it tastes good, you don’t have to cook it, and it lasts for years.
The Department of Agriculture tells us that some of the most nutritious plants are wild ones. Dandelion is richer in beta-carotene than carrots. Purslane is the richest plant source of Omega-3 fatty acids. Curly dock is one of the richest sources of vitamin A. Lambs quarter, so common in the urban areas, is a spinach relative that is arguably nature’s best mineral tablet. Using wild food is not only a way to prepare for the emergencies, but it’s also a way to create free and nutritious meals.
Recent WILD FOOD COOKING WORKSHOP Menu
SALAD “Wood Stump Salad”
Salad consisted of equal parts chickweed, wild radish, hedge mustard, and one tomato. Trader Joe’s Italian dressing
SOUP “Screaming at the Dawn”
Finely chopped greens of wild radish, hedge mustard, mallow, with quinoa seed, were cooked in miso broth.
GREENS “Viking Wake-Me-Up”
Only tender tops of nettles were collected, and they were boiled with no seasoning. They were delicious, like buttered greens.
EGG DISH “Return to Childhood”
In a cast iron skillet, we cooked wild radish and lambs quarter greens until they were nearly done. Then we added eggs, and cooked like an omelette.
ACORN: “Tongva Memories”
Processed acorn flour (with tannic acid removed), mixed half and half with wheat flour. The flour was then formed into small loaves and cooked on soapstone slab.
Christopher Nyerges is the author of How To Survive Anywhere and co-author of Extreme Simplicity: Homesteading in the City. Since 1974, Nyerges has led Wild Food Outings, Survival Skills outings, and Urban Homesteading classes in California. He is also the author of Guide to Wild Foods, Self-Sufficient Home, and Testing Your Outdoor Survival Skills. For more information about his classes and books, contact School of Self-reliance, Box 41834, Eagle Rock, CA 90041, or www.ChristopherNyerges.com

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The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Frome) (14:59): My question is to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure. Minister, can you update or advise the house about any audit, costings or designs done on the Horrocks Highway, as this was mentioned as a high priority during the recent state election?
The Hon. S.K. KNOLL (Schubert—Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government, Minister for Planning) (15:00): I would like to thank the member for Frome for his question. He and I share the Horrocks Highway. It’s a road that needs a lot of love. We are lucky that in this last financial year the Marshall Liberal government has committed about $2½ million dollars to start fixing the Horrocks Highway.
We have committed money to resurface about seven kilometres of the Horrocks Highway between the Wasleys turn-off and Roseworthy. That work is actually underway at the moment. It is quite a difficult patch—there are a lot of Bay of Biscay soils underneath there that create a lot of volatility in that patch of road—but we are well underway to having that resurfacing work completed.
There are also two sections of shoulder sealing and, essentially, road maintenance being undertaken around Yacka and some fixing up of the road there.
There is a lot more work that needs to be done on the Horrocks Highway. I don’t have a figure in front of me about what total works would be needed, but it is an example of a road that in various sections takes about 4,000 cars a day. Up north, more towards your patch, member for Frome, it’s around 3,000 to 3,500 cars a day. It’s a very important part of our road network. It does need more love and attention.
As a government, when we brought down our budget last year, we made good on our commitment to put $315 million into regional road funding. There is more to come, and we know that we need to do a lot more. We will continue to find more money to put into regional roads, such as the Horrocks Highway, to make sure that people are safer on our roads. Horrocks Highway is a stretch of road that, off the top of my head, saw two road fatalities last year, which is absolutely awful. Again, it is a road that is a very high priority for this government to get on and fix, amongst a whole heap of other roads.
I don’t want to just talk about the member for Frome’s electorate and my electorate. There is a whole host of other roads. We have seen the RAA, in the last few days, come out and talk about the Dukes and the Augusta. We have seen them previously talk also about the Horrocks and the Victor Harbor Road—these were their picks for the state election that they wanted to see fixed. The truth is that we have had a huge backlog in road maintenance in regional roads in South Australia—fixing up regional roads and doing simple things like sealing shoulders, providing tactile line marking and safety barriers and trying to separate road medians. These are expensive but practical measures that we have to put in place if we want to see the road toll reduced in regional communities.


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September 28, 2016
Kelsey Creek Shade
One advantage of a poem appearing in a locally-published journal such as Windfall: A Journal of Poetry of Place
, is that you recognize most of the names listed along with yours in the table of contents and have listened to many of them read at area events.
In fact, I've appeared at the same podium with two of the other writers who have poems in the Fall 2016 issue. Windfall: A Journal of Poetry of Place
features poetry which captures the spirit of place as part of the essence of the poem. "We particularly emphasize poetry which is written in the Pacific Northwest and which is attentive to the relationships between people and the landscapes in which we live."
On page 26 of that issue you will find my tanka, "Kelsey Creek Shade
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Tregaron’s first decade of landscape preservation and rehabilitation work was recently featured in the newsletter of The Cultural Landscape Foundation: “Tregaron Estate: Update on a Former ‘Landslide’ [i.e., Threatened] Site.” Read it here. We hope you’ll visit Tregaron and take a look at what we’ve accomplished in our first decade of work, including our… read more
A huge thank-you to everyone who joined us this fall for our history tour sponsored by WalkingTown DC, 2nd Annual Leashed Dog Social, “Natural History of Tregaron” tours with geologist Tony Fleming (co-hosted with Cleveland Park Historical Society), 2nd Annual Pumpkin Decorating Party, and Daffodil Bulb-Planting. Send photos of your favorite scenes (and yourself!) at… read more
In 2016, we celebrated our 10th anniversary by launching several major new initiatives, including a multi-year Native Grass and Wildflower Meadows Project. In November 2016, we began seeding the meadows and we eagerly await spring growth. With the support of our donors and volunteers, native wildflowers will be planted in fall 2017. If you’d like… read more
We are delighted to share the news that after a highly competitive selection process, the National Trust for Historic Preservation recently awarded the Conservancy a $5,000 grant from the Dorothea De Schweinitz Fund to plan our second decade of landscape rehabilitation. With this grant, we will create a vision and implementation plan for the “Urban… read more
Sarah is a senior at American University and joined us recently as a part-time assistant. She is passionate about environmental education and excited to work on programming and grant applications, while also engaging directly with the community through events. Welcome Sarah!
Tregaron’s flowers and trees have had a colorful spring—our great friend and supporter, Sarah Taber, recently captured this series of blooming flowers, just in time to welcome summer.
Meet Natalia and Jacob, students at Georgetown Day School who are with us this summer working on communications and on-site landscape projects. We’re also excited to welcome Maya, a rising junior at Maret, to our intern team. She’ll be working on communications, photography, and grant research this summer and fall. As the daughter of a… read more
Many thanks to all who joined us for our Spring Clean-Up and Volunteer Appreciation Event. Our tireless volunteers removed invasives, helping to stabilize the Macomb Stream Trail hillside and preventing degradation of the sledding field. Volunteers also enjoyed 10th anniversary cupcakes as a thank-you for their service.
On April 30th, Tregaron and Casey Trees co-hosted another successful day of tree planting. Over fifty dedicated volunteers planted thirty new trees along our Macomb side trails, adding to our canopy and stabilizing the slopes along our main trail. Many thanks to our enthusiastic, energetic volunteers and to Casey Trees for their generosity in donating… read more
We had a wonderful morning searching for eggs at our Annual Easter Egg Hunt. It was a beautiful day for hundreds of people to hunt for thousands of candy-filled eggs, enjoy the spring weather and explore Tregaron’s trails. Many thanks to everyone who joined us and to our dedicated volunteers who helped out!


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Every so often, we will hear a song we swear was sung by a Black person. That is until you see the white singer blowing their heart out on Youtube. And all you can do is smile. The late Bobby Caldwell is the perfect example but there are many more.
Here are great songs we thought Black people sang.


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On the Issues by Mary Hope Schwoebel
April 4, 2011
Amid the upheavals in Yemen, USIP's Mary Hope Schwoebel discusses the role of women in the political protests and how it is likely to affect their future status.
What has been the traditional role of women in Yemeni politics?
Yemeni women are active participants in their country's political movement, yet they suffer great disadvantages relative to men. The "Global Gender Gap Report" measures the disparity in opportunities available for men and women for 130 countries in four critical areas: economic participation and opportunity, health and survival, educational attainment, and political empowerment. Yemen ranks 130th out of 130. There are only two women serving as the heads of government commissions, and there is only one female member of Parliament, out of a total of 301 members. Nevertheless, thanks to the current protests, women's roles in Yemeni society may be changing.
What roles are women playing in the current political protests?
Tawakkol Karman -- a female journalist, human rights activist, and a leader in the political movement -- is widely considered to have started the movement in Yemen. She was arrested in January after she took part in a student demonstration of solidarity with the protests in Tunisia and calling on Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down.
Initially, only a handful of women students from Sana'a University participated in the protests. The students soon began bringing their sisters, cousins, and friends. Day by day, the numbers have increased, and they now include women from all walks of life and all segments of the society.
Although traditionally women in Yemen were to be neither seen nor heard in the public arena, they are among the most energetic participants in the political protests, sometimes front and center, shouting slogans and carrying signs. Others are supporting the demonstrators by bringing food and shelter and other necessities. Thus, although the protest movement is not explicitly about women's rights, it is creating space for women's participation in the public sphere. Through their participation they are also gaining civic education, advocacy experience, and confidence in their ability to affect change.
How will women's roles likely to be affected by the current political upheavals?
There are reasons for cautious optimism. The women's movement has been growing steadily in Yemen over the past decade and a half. The 1997 women's protest around the family law, which brought together women from all classes and from all parts of the country, was a key event in building the movement. There are a growing number of civil society organizations, some of them headed by women. There are more social services targeting women's needs, including a number of shelters.
Halima Gellman, an expert on gender issues in Yemen, says that "there are also traditional spaces where women get together to study the Quran, called nadwas, which are one of the few places women have been able to go to get a religious education. And while some of these are alleged to be used by Islamist extremists to recruit women, others are fostering an Islamic feminist consciousness. This has been happening in other Muslim countries for some time, but it has been slow to come to Yemen."
There is a steadily growing consciousness among Yemeni women that they have an essential role to play in contributing to peace, development and democracy in their country. Afrah Nasser, a journalist at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, writes, "We are all coming to an awareness that we have to be a part of building this country. We are gaining in confidence and beginning to realize that we have a voice, a place in this new society -- something that has never happened before. It's a revolution not just against a political leader but also against a generation that long felt it was acceptable to repress women."
What kind of support would Yemeni women like to have from the international community?
Some women are concerned that Yemen might enter into a period of prolonged violent conflict if it is unable to address the anger and resentment among young people. Nadia Abdulaziz Al-Sakkaf, editor of the Yemen Times, told the NewsHour's Judy Woodruff that the most effective way to prevent this is through supporting civil society and the media, and by getting young people involved in building their country.
The international community has learned that in situations of prolonged insecurity -- such as in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia and Afghanistan -- women are not only the primary victims of violence, they also lose ground in the public arena, as society becomes more militarized and less democratic. Therefore, it is in the interest of Yemeni women that the transition address both the political and economic causes of conflict in the country.
It is important that the international community support Yemeni women during the transition process. "We must avoid what occurred in Egypt, where although women were part of the revolution, they have been absent from the table during the constitutional and institutional reform processes," says Gellman.
Of course, not all women want the same things. Thus, while some support a quota system for parliamentary seats, others oppose it, saying that in light of women's present status in Yemen, such a system would merely give too much power to the political parties. Yemeni women will have to reach an agreement among themselves about this and many other legislative and policy issues. However, there are some issues on which there is broad-based agreement. One is the need for strong support to civil society, since women will likely continue to exercise most of their leadership in the nongovernmental sector for the foreseeable future.
At a United States Institute of Peace workshop in October 2010 with 34 Yemeni female activists, the most frequently made recommendation regarding the international community was that it provide sustained support for women's networks and coalitions. Workshop participants said that women are much more likely than men to be effective in building bridges across the cleavages that plague Yemen. The international community is well positioned to ensure that linkages are built and strengthened between women from all segments of society and from all geographical regions, urban and rural. This can best be done by supporting networks and coalitions that are truly inclusive and by creating the space for them to identify common goals and develop national, regional, and local strategies to achieve them. This will increase participation and enhance representation in the public arena for all Yemeni women, not just for the urban elite.

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On Saturday, November 10, 2018, 1:33:54 PM PST, Glenn <glennp@...> wrote:
Jerry, for what it's worth i did a small pcb for Si5351 buffering in an old post:- buffer board
It was designed to fit on the uBITX board adjacent to the "Raduino1" socket. Cut the 3 tracks from Si5351 and connect to the pads on the pcb. Then the outputs of the board are linked to adjacent points, now buffered.

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The Royland Railroad's classic oil-powered passenger ship will take you on a grand squashed-circle tour through the jungles surrounding Disneyland. After stops in eight locations, the passenger ship will take you to explore the amazing Functional Canyon and Primieval Branch displays, in which you can view preserved animals and unfeathered animatronic creatures from hundreds of bad dinosaur movies in the past.
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A giant “new” Swiss ski area, the largest in Central Switzerland, has officially “opened” this winter after 10 years of design and construction and an investment of CHF130 million (about £103 million at time of writing).
Of course creating an entirely new ski area in Switzerland where every bit of land is already owned and development strictly controlled isn’t going to happen, and the historic resorts of Andermatt and Sedrun are, well, already famous.
Andermatt, in particular, is famous for its great skiing and deep powder snow (at the time of writing in February 2019 it is lying up to 20 feet/6 metres deep – the deepest in the world at present). At an elevation of 1,444 meters it’s easily accessible by car or train and with just 1,500 inhabitants, it has the enchanting atmosphere of a romantic little mountain village.
The great Swiss skier Bernhard Russi, a Winter Olympic gold medallist who has gone on to design the downhill courses at most of the Olympics for the past 30 years, was born here. In fact, he is now a director of the company that has transformed the ski area around his old village.
So what has actually happened is that the two ski areas have had their lifts and runs almost entirely renewed, extensive snowmaking added and a new connection between them over the Oberalp completed. In other words, the ski area has been almost entirely redeveloped, taken back to the drawing board and started from scratch.
Planning lasted from 2009 to 2014, and construction has been going on since 2015. The result is a ski area of 120km, the largest in central Switzerland, served by 22 lifts including state-of-the-art high-speed chair and gondola lifts to whisk you up the slopes.
The ski area has something for everyone with terrain ranging from the nearly 3,000m-high Gemsstock all the way to Sedrun in the canton of Grisons. The new area also links two Swiss cantons and two cultures.
And although the new area officially opened just before Christmas with the opening of the last key lift in the connection, the Schneehüenerstock-Express gondola, work is now underway on a second connection to another neighbouring ski area, Disentis. Due for completion next winter, 2019/20, this will enlarge the area further to 160km.
BEGINNINGS OF THE EVOLUTION
The transformation began a decade ago when Andermatt’s fortunes were, to put it kindly, a little bit on the slide.
Although beloved by hardcore powder hounds for decades, they only made up about 15% of its turn over. The village’s main business had been supplying the Swiss military that had made it their mountain head-quarters for the best part of a century. A military base adjoined the resort and in the surrounding mountains more facilities were dug in to the rocks. There are reputed to be several fully functioning military hospitals inside the mountain, although you wouldn’t know it as they look like any other mountains.
But in the early ‘noughties’ a big cut in funding and downsizing of military operations was announced. The number of soldiers who used to stay in the hotels, eat in the restaurants and ski on the slopes used to be around 1500 at any one time, but dropped dramatically with the cutbacks. The reinvention of Andermatt was proposed to save the village from dangerous depopulation and keep it sustainable.
The big driving force behind this entire project (at one point described as “the biggest building site in Switzerland”) has been Egyptian billionaire Samih Sawiris (pictured above, now also Chairman of the Board of lift company Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG), who has also been developing a new year-round resort base, the Andermatt Swiss Alps destination. Originally brought in as a consultant on the project, he fell in love with Andermatt and ‘the plan’ so much he began to bankroll it.
In the resort itself a selection of properties and accommodation have been built, ranging right up to the luxurious 5 stars Chedi Hotel which opened five years ago and has rapidly gained a reputation as one of the world’s great ski hotels. A new Radisson Blu hotel is the latest to open there this winter and more 4 and 5 star hotels are planned in the future as the resort grows.
To make the project viable Andermatt’s developers have been granted property sales rights pretty much unique in Switzerland – allowing foreign buyers to purchase apartments in their new ski property developments. Such sales are normally limited to Swiss buyers only elsewhere in the country.
Here’s a story we wrote on the developing project in spring 2018 and one from October 2017.
THE SKI AREA
Andermatt and Sedrun are now connected by a chain of fast gondolas and high-speed chairlifts and ski runs stretching across the mountains and a canton border between them to create an area of some 120km of slopes.
The new gondola to Schneehüenerstock highlights the significance of this new central hub to the whole area. Two ski lifts meet here between the two parts of the ski area at an elevation of 2,500m, and it is here too that the three-way link to the Disentis ski area will be completed in time for next winter (2019/20).
“With this ski region we now have the type of first-class winter attraction we need for successful international marketing of the destination,” Mr Sawiris said at the official inauguration of the ski area in December 2018.
Fortunately, it’s a stunning spot worthy of such an important location at the heart of the new area. There are breathtaking views of the Ursern Valley, and a new mountain restaurant also opened there in December, complete with a huge terrace, so it’s a great place to take a break and take it all in.
The newly developed (and in some parts re-developed) slopes are perfect for families and casual skiers and boarders looking for wide, fast, safe slopes served by fast, comfortable lifts.
There are steep and challenging areas here as well though. The run from the Schneehuenerstock station on the Oberalppass is one of Russi’s favourites.
Freestylers will find the 600-metre long AVE terrain park over on the Sedrun side to enjoy, with a wide selection of terrain features to hit offr and a 1.4km long boarder/ski-X course. There’s also a smaller Valtgeva snowpark, complete with tubing runs, located close to the station in Sedrun and several other areas especially designed for families.
In a particularly genius idea, Mr Sawiris suggested that the train line which has always connected the two villages offer an ‘apres ski train’ back to Andermatt at the end of the ski day for the 40-minute journey. The locals thought it wouldn’t work but it proved a huge success and now a second apres ski service has been added.
But not all of Andermatt’s skiing has changed, whilst extensive snowmaking, new or re-shaped runs and fast comfortable lifts have been added on the mostly blue and red graded gentler sunny slopes over towards Sedrun, the separate area at the other end of the village, Gemsstock, has changed little.
Accessed by a 50-year-old cable car and famous for its north facing, steep freeriding terrain this remains the ski area of choice for many of Andermatt’s long term fans.
Andermatt has a reputation for its good, deep snow cover, usually one of the deepest in the Alps all season.
As a result, the ski season at SkiArena Andermatt-Sedrun lasts seven months from November to May. Besides that natural snow, there’s been the heavy investment in snowmaking mentioned as well as snow farming equipment.
In order to enable an early season start on the Gemsstock, snow is stockpiled on the Gemsstock Glacier and St Anna Glacier. Thanks to constant snow farming, around 25,000m3 of top-quality snow can be protected from melting at both locations, with around 10,000m2 of fleece being used for this purpose at the two locations.
GREAT MOUNTAIN DINING
Food is seen as a big factor in the success of the newly revamped ski area, which boasts eight mountain restaurants overseen by restauranteur Marco Però and his team, who place great importance on using local and regional products. The cheese, fruits, sausages and herbs from the Andermatt region help make the cuisine authentic and special. With great attention to detail, specialities from Uri and Grisons are served in a traditional style while also being freshly reinterpreted.
One nice feature is that the spring water from the Gotthard Massif is of especially high quality, and so the restaurants offer still and sparkling mountain water for free. To ensure an environmentally friendly resort, plastic bottles are not used in the SkiArena.
THE NEW RADISSON BLU
The very swish new Radisson Blu (pictured right, above) opened in Andermatt in December, located a short shuttle bus ride or a few hundred metres walk from the ski lifts. It’s part of a new base area development that also includes several restaurants, a bakery and a ski shop as well as residential property.
Rated four-star, the 244-room hotel has a great restaurant and spa as well as very stylish, spacious and well-appointed rooms that would give it a five-star grading in some resorts and countries.
Designed in the style typical of Swiss chalets, inside the hotel, generous use of natural materials elevates the feel-good factor and creates a warm ambience, while the guest rooms, suites and apartments feature free high-speed internet, LED televisions and 24-hour room service.
The open lobby lounge with a bar and fireplace is the ideal space for relaxing after a busy day. Guests eating at the Spun restaurant can enjoy market-fresh local and Italian-inspired creations. The modern health and wellness area pampers visitors with a 25-meter pool featuring a panorama view, a sauna and steam bath – as well as customized treatments.
“We’re honored to open the first Radisson Blu hotel in the heart of the Swiss Alps and the highest Radisson Blu property above sea level in the world,” said Andreas Meier, the hotel’s General Manager.
Franz-Xaver Simmen, CEO Andermatt Swiss Alps, added, “The opening of the Radisson Blu Hotel is a key element in significantly increasing the bed capacity of Andermatt, showing that its development as a destination is flourishing.
Andermatt-Sedrun is situated halfway between Zurich and Milan and 30 minutes away from Lucerne. It’s just 90 minutes from Zurich Airport by road, and rail passengers can make the journey in two hours. Milan is also two hours away coming from the Italian side. The resort has been designed so that Andermatt’s rail station is both close to the Andermatt Swiss Alps destination and has a new gondola up to the slopes departing just across the road from the station itself.
Andermatt’s famous epic snowfalls can sometimes cause problems for road access a few times each season, with the road into the resort closed if the avalanche danger is high, but it does have the unique option of the famous 19th century Gotthard rail tunnel which bypasses any avalanche danger. Skiers simply park up at the station on the Zurich side of the tunnel and hop on the train for the 10-minute journey through the tunnel and into Andermatt, brilliant.


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Malaysian asset manager Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) and The Employees Provident Fund of Malaysia (EPF) have acquired the commercial assets in the Battersea Power Station regeneration project through a joint venture, the companies announced in a statement yesterday.
The reorganisation of the ownership of commercial assets within the Grade II-listed Power Station has completed with PNB gaining 65 percent of the commercial assets and the retirement savings fund owning 35 percent.
PNB and EPF already own 70 percent of the entire Battersea Power Station development through their holdings in the original developers. In December, Malaysian development firms SP Setia Bhd and Sime Darby Property Bhd sold their stakes in the second phase of the project to PNB and EPF for GBP1.583 billion (USD1.98 billion).
The transaction does not affect the shareholdings in Battersea Project Holding Company Limited, which remain unchanged between S P Setia (40 percent), Sime Darby Property (40 percent) and EPF (20 percent).
UK-based Battersea Power Station Development Company (BPSDC) and its subsidiaries will continue as the development, estate and asset manager for all phases of the overall development.
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Built in 1941, Battersea Power Station is being restored to house hundreds of shops, F&B establishments, event spaces, and offices, including Apple’s future London campus and business members’ club No18.
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Given the significance that Everton's meeting with Manchester City on Wednesday night could have on the Premier League title race, many would have been forgiven for simply assuming it would be screened live by Sky or BT. In actual fact, this isn't the case, with neither broadcaster showing the game at Goodison Park - much to the bemusement of many on social media.
The match, moved from Saturday February 23 due to City progressing to the final of the Carabao Cup, was originally due to be shown by BT before it was rearranged. Instead, they will now screen Leicester's home game with Crystal Palace that day to fill the gap in their schedule.
Along with Sky, BT had made their television picks for February in December, before the fixture list had to be altered, and so it wasn't possible to screen the game on its rescheduled date.
The return of the Champions League - where City will play Schalke in the last 16 stage - meant that finding a date for the game at Goodison was complicated. Special dispensation to play Premier League games on a Champions League night is required, meaning radio commentary is the only available live coverage of the match.
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- • Electric vehicles revolutionizing the world’s transportation system
- • EV concepts and its type
- • Challenges in the adoption of EVs
- • Battery developments and charging infrastructure
- • Strategies for a faster adoption of EVs at a global leve
- • Recent trends in the EV industry
Electric vehicles revolutionizing the world’s transportation system
The electric vehicles first came into existence since 1800s, but it is in the last decade that the demand for electric vehicles has tremendously grown all around the world. In the coming years, the trend is expected to extend further as the electric vehicles are considered the best alternative for cleantransportation system across the globe. Additionally, the efficiency of electric vehicles is much higher than the traditional ICE vehicles, thus making electric vehicles as a sustainable transport system
We are at the cusp of revolution in the automotive industry and it is believed that these growing trends and advancements in the e-mobility industry will make a huge impact on the global sales of electric vehicles. According to the International Energy Agency’s Global EV outlook 2021 report, around 3 million electric cars were sold globally and Europe took the position of largest electric vehicle market in the world. There were 10 million electric cars on the world’s roads in 2020 despite the fact that Covid-19 pandemic has negatively affected the overall automobile industry. There are a number of factors which contributes to this boom in the electric vehicle market and some of them are as follows:
Zero emission vehicles
Electric vehicles are eco-friendly as they don’t emit toxic gases and noise pollution in the atmosphere like internal combustion engine vehicles
Subsides and incentives for manufacturers as well as drivers allow a faster adoption of electric vehicles and improve the growth rate in the sale of EVs globally
Batteries in EVs are the most expensive part of electric vehicles. Therefore, when these batteries are produced at a mass scale and latest battery swapping technology s employed, a significant reduction could result in the overall price of EVs.
Latest technological advancement
The development in technology plays a significant role in manufacturing electric vehicles with advanced features which provide a convenient driving experience to the consumer
Electric vehicles are highly efficient and require less maintenance as compared to traditional ICE vehicles
Reduced health hazards
The electric vehicles makes use of electricity and negligibly impacts our health whereas traditional ICE vehicles are a major source of gaseous emissions which badly impacts our health and causes serious illness.
EV concepts & its types
The major components of electric vehicle are controller, battery and electric motor. The source of power for electric vehicles is electricity. Electric vehicle uses a large traction battery pack to power electric motor and it must be plugged into a charging station for charging purpose.
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Battery electric vehicles (BEV)
- BEVs are also known as All Electric Vehicle (AEV) because in these vehicles only motor and battery is the source of actuatione solution to replace the entire traditional vehicle fleet.
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- It takes maximum 8 hours for full battery charging
- The maximum range of BEVs are upto 500 kms
- The range of electric vehicles depend on battery capacity and the motor
Hybrid electric vehicles (HEV)
- HEVs has ICE and an electric motor both
- It supports regenerative braking where car’s electric battery gets a little recharge every time the driver touches the brakes and the heat produced by brakes is converted into electrical energy
- The ICE gets energy from fuel while motor gets electricity from batteries. The wheels start running once the engine and the electric motor simultaneously rotate the transmission.
- HEVs ensure better fuel economy
Plug-in Hybrid Electric vehicles (PHEV)
- These type of electric vehicles are powered by internal combustion engine and a battery powered electric motor
- The battery can be charged up with electricity by plugging into an electric vehicle charging station (EVSE)
- PHEVs offer time and money saving because of reduced gas usage at the gas pump.
Fuel Cell electric vehicles (FCEV)
- FCEVs employ fuel cell technology to generate the electricity. This electricity is used to run the electric vehicle. Here, the chemical energy of fuel is converted into electric energy
- The fuel used is compressed liquid hydrogen
- FCEVs have no emissions and are noise free
|Source of energy||Battery||Battery and ICE||Battery and ICE||Fuel cells|
|Emissions||No Emissions||Less than ICE vehicle||Less than HEV||No harmful emissions|
|Efficeiency||Equivalent to PHEV||High as compared to ICE vehicle||High as compared to HEV||High as compared to ICE vehicle|
|Range||Short||Long as compared to BEV||Long as compared to HEV||Long as compared to HEV|
|Fueling facility||Charging stations||Gas stations||Gas stations, chargers||Fuel stations|
|Concerns||Limited charging stations||Complex structure||Complex structure||Limited fuelling facility|
Challenges in the adoption of EVs
While electric vehicles are getting more popular every year, there are still certain barriers that the industry faces in its mass adoption by individual and enterprise customers. A few of these challenges include:
- The production of electric vehicles is still limited n scale as compared to ICE vehicles. Hence the manufacturing cost of electric vehicles are more than internal combustion engine vehicles.
- Range anxiety is still a major concern for electric vehicle drivers. Range of an electric vehicle is defined as the distance that it can cover on a single charge. EV consumers always have a concern for the limited driving range of electric vehicles.
- The pricing of an electric vehicle is not only limited with the ownership cost of the vehicle but it also includes other factors such as the cost associated with charging the electric vehicles, advanced features and technology employed to improve driver experience, expensive battery manufacturing methods, etc. All these factors contribute to inconsistent pricing of electric vehicles and make the purchasing decision difficult for consumers.
- An electric vehicle can be charged at home garage using a special charger arrangement but it takes long charging time and the driving range is limited. On the other hand, any public charging infrastructure requires larger space and higher installation costs. In addition, for long distance trips, there is lack of charging infrastructure facilities that creates a range anxiety for EV owners. Therefore, range and charging facilities need to be sufficiently provided for the fast uptake of EVs in the global market.
- Nowadays, a variety of charging options ranging from a slow charger to a fast charger are available for electric vehicles. With the latest developments in the EV industry, a wide variety of connector range is also available. While these advanced equipment help reduce charging time, they are quite expensive and make the cost of ownership higher. Therefore, it requires a good balance between the installation costs with the comfort of EV drivers.
Battery developments and charging infrastructure
The journey of electric vehicle batteries started with the nickel –metal hybrid batteries but because of their tendency to self-discharge in heat, they are considered outdated. With continuous research in the EV battery space, it was found that lithium ion batteries offer higher energy density, longer life-span and higher power density as compared to other battery options. Therefore, Lithium-ion batteries are mostly preferred for use in electric vehicles and its price is also coming down with the latest technology developments.
In addition, more efficient batteries are getting developed that are allowing vehicles to have higher range. To improve battery features such as longevity and density, alternative materials are getting identified for cathodes. Cobalt or nickel based material are most popular and useful alternatives for cathode in electrical vehicles today. Further many researches are being undertaken on newer battery technologies which include solid state batteries and alternate technologies for high performance operations.
The charging infrastructure for EVs is available in diverse range depending on the charging requirement, application and location. Further, the specifications and standards for EV chargers, known as Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment, also vary from one country to another, based on the type of EVs availability in that location and the characteristics of electricity grid. For a faster adoption of electric vehicles all across the globe, a systematic approach for planning, authorizing and executing of EV charging infrastructure is required.
This approach is essential for public as well as private stakeholders such as electricity distribution companies, charge point solution providers and operators, etc. that are involved in the implementation of EV charging infrastructure in different countries. These initiatives at the country level will help in promoting a consistent, reliable consumer charging and payment experience.
As electric vehicles keep becoming the way of life for millions of consumers globally, the innovation in the areas of different battery material and charging infrastructure will continue. This will keep pushing the boundaries, bringing newer and advanced technology in battery manufacturing and charging infrastructure system to accommodate consumer demands and provide a positive driving experience
Strategies for a faster adoption of EVs at a global level
Despite significant challenges, the EV trend is here to stay and there are multiple initiatives being undertaken by private and public enterprises, government, policymakers and consumers that can lead to faster adoption of electric vehicles.
Need for awareness
Electric vehicle offers a lot of benefits for a sustainable living on earth for human beings, therefore awareness should be created among the consumers. This awareness about the green vehicles will encourage more and more consumers to adopt electric vehicles.
New and advanced charging stations
The governments in many countries are providing subsidies and tax rebates for setting up charging stations for a faster adoption of electric vehicles. It is predicted that in the coming few years, a robust charging infrastructure will be made available to facilitate ease of charging. The development initiatives are also encouraged in the EV industry to implement latest technology in electric vehicles
More efficient and lighter batteries
Batteries with higher density and lighter in weight are preferred for electric vehicles. To achieve high performance from electric vehicles different materials and anode cathode combinations are being explored to get reliable and safe operation from an electric vehicle battery
OEMs focus on electric vehicles
Many OEMs today plan to streamline their production and sales targeting only electric vehicles. The companies such as Volvo, General Motors, Volkswagen, etc. have made announcements of expansion in electric vehicles and these initiatives will lead to increase in sales of electric vehicles in the next 5-6 years. The world’s top vehicle manufacturers have made announcements to rapidly scale up the production of light electric vehicles. In the category of heavy electric vehicles, major truck manufacturers have also indicated an all-electric mobility in the coming decade
Recent trends in the EV industry
Battery swapping is an alternative to battery charging and allows easy adoption of electric vehicles in the global market by enabling fast battery replacement within no time. All electric vehicles have the battery pack which contributes to high upfront cost of electric vehicles. In battery swapping, these battery packs are owned by energy operators and these can be separated from the vehicle. Because of its enormous advantages, battery swapping technology is receiving global attention and is tried out for various EV segments including two wheelers, three wheelers, electric cars and electric buses in different parts of the World.
- The last year sales in the segment of electric buses have shown signs of growth of e-mobility industry. China and European Union countries have shown their commitment to electrification of mobility by procuring large number of electric buses. These electric buses offers the benefits of reduced noise and pollution as compared to internal combustion engine buses, thus attracting more and more public transportation authorities for purchasing electric vehicles from a heavy electric vehicle category.
- Indian Government and industry stakeholders are taking initiatives in adopting battery swapping ecosystem and ensures that battery swapping will emerge as a distinct part of EV charging networks in the future. In addition, various policies are formed and revised to make electric vehicles more affordable to the consumers. The faster adoption of EVs in India has also attracted a number of leading players in the e-mobility business and is resulting in investments in infrastructure around electric vehicles.
The technological advancements in the field of electric vehicles are expected to create a bright future for the electric vehicles. The factors such as fast reduction in the battery prices, longer range offering, increasing number of charging stations, negligible gaseous emissions and reduced oil import expenses are expected to boost sales in the coming years.
Therefore, it is believed that EVs are reshaping the transportation system across the globe. According to International Energy Agency’s EV Market Outlook 2021 report, it is predicted that the global sales of electric vehicles (excluding two and three wheelers) would reach 43 million by 2030. The global transportation industry is undergoing a paradigm shift with the developments in the electric vehicle industry and the trend is here to stay.
EV – Electric Vehicle
ICE – Internal Combustion Engine
IEA – International Energy Agency
BEV – Battery Electric Vehicle
AEV – All Electric Vehicle
HEV – Hybrid Electric Vehicle
PHEV – Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
FCEV – Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle
EVSE – Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment