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Icebergs at Bondi Beach
"The Bondi Icebergs is the only licensed Winter Swimming Club in the world."
Location, location, location! Like the piece of prime real estate that it is at Notts Ave, Bondi Beach Icebergs is a gleaming star of a pool. Steeped in history dating back to 1929 with a long tradition of iced water swimming in winter. This is a multi purpose facility including a bistro, café, gym, yoga on the deck,and massage. At this pool there is great merchandise and other facilities as well as a Twitter feed and pool camera to keep you updated on changing conditions hourly- how clever!
This is a place to be seen and the cool Mrs G's enjoy the fun of gasbagging with the great old blokes who hang out during the week in their saggy speedos and make us feel like eye candy to basking in the sun with the gorgeous poseurs of the weekend crowd. Like chameleons we fit in everywhere particularly if wearing our new wetsuits which are not just for warmth but also controlling wobbly bits and also a great disguise. Not surprisingly in such a chic environment we often find there are French speakers hanging about, we even caught 2 young French girls copying our swimming stroke – the bralk. Maybe it will take off as an olympic sport.
White is everywhere, we assume replicating icebergs – the building, the rocks, the pool and of course the teeth of the beautiful people! We did not spot any celebs but we feel this is the place to find them and the website attests to a long association with visiting sporting teams so we will be on the lookout on future visits.
There are 2 pools – one for laps and a shallow one for children and walkers. The smaller pool is also handy for Mrs G's exercise regime following a hip injury and faciiltates some " rehab and talking time" thus allowing her to tell her physio truthful tales of " hard slog in the pool".
As a swim, we find its best in the slow lane of the Olympic sized pool where, you can swim and of course talk We have perfected the art of chatting to each other as we swim thereby taking up most of the lane. Probably not good form but so far, we have avoided any real pool rage from the others. On our many visits pool is usually clean and a lovely swim giving us the opportunity for some ocean swimming practice without being out in the open.
On a more practical note, the cost is $5.50 for casual swimmer and importantly be aware that the pool is closed on a Thursday for cleaning. Lockers are available and good to use too. Mrs G has perfected the art of hiding her key in tampon container and we did see someone who had ingeniously attached it to the strap of her speedos. You do learn something everyday! The showers are just the right temperature with no costs for a decent flow of hot water. There is a small shaded area near the kid's pool and on the deck and most swimmers hung out on the steps and sunbaked there. There are steps and ramp to access the main complex and the pool so there is some help for those with mobility challenges.
The café has a limited menu however great coffee, baguettes on the deck and a great view of Bondi and beyond makes for a stunning finish to the swim.


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"Don't Do It For Money" – Angel Dei on Campaigning for a Deserving Candidate
The election is right in the corner and we voters should also be prepared not tomorrow but now. Campaigns of the running candidates are also rounding the social media and for the love of our country, let us all be meticulous and careful in choosing who to support.
Being a concerned citizen of the Philippines who wants nothing but to make her country better, Angel Dei shared her thoughts about campaigning for a deserving candidate.
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"Ayan na naglalabasan na yung mga offer na magcampaign para sa mga politician. Para sa mga kagaya ko na may following sa kahit anong social media platform, sana wag tayong magpapadala sa salapi," tweeted Angel last January 17.
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She emphasized not to get fooled by the amount of these politicians promise in exchange of promoting them especially if you are an influencer who has a large number of followers.
She also added, "kung sa tingin niyo karapat-dapat ang isang kandidato, go campaign for them. But don't do it for money."
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As said by Angel Dei, have the courage to stand on what you believe and not because of the compensation that waits. Promote those who you think are deserving. Campaign for those who have a bright plan for the country. Because the future of the Philippines does not lie on the running candidates but on us who will make the choice on who's going to lead the country.


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A junior in high school was filling out an application for her first choice school - a small, private and prestigious college - when she came across a unique question: Are you a leader?
She considered the question carefully and then decided to be radically honest. Her answer was "No." She was afraid that because of that answer, the college would reject her application. After a few weeks, she received unusually rapid feedback in the form of a letter from the school that read:
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We would like to inform you that this year we have already reviewed more than 800 applications. So far, there will be some 432 new leaders attending our program next year. We are happy to inform you that we have accepted your application because we feel it is important that these new leaders have at least one follower."
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Ecuador Essential 8d/7n
Day 1: Quito – International Flight – Welcome to Ecuador
After the arrival, our guide will welcome and transfer you from the airport to the hotel. Overnight in Quito. -/-/-
Day 2: Quito City tour – Middle of the world
At 2,800m above sea level, Quito is extended along the foot of the Pichincha Volcano. The journey begins with a visit to Guápulo lookout, the twentieth-century buildings, castles, the building of the Constituent Assembly, with its stone wall where by pulse it has been carved, the vast history of Ecuador.
The route continues towards down town Quito, visiting the colonial churches, monasteries, cloisters, chapels, streets; full of stories and legends that allow us to closely observe the structures that lush rose in the heyday of the Baroque, and inside many different samples stored in painting and sculpture that took shape in the hands of artists of the ''Escuela Quiteña''. Then, you will go to the ''Panecillo'', a small hill with magnificent view which provides access to the four cardinal points of the city.
Ecuador, geographically positioned in the center of the globe, crossed by the equator, allows the visitor the experience of putting one foot in the northern hemisphere and the other in the southern hemisphere, so the country is considered the land in permanent spring. Visit the Intiñan Museum where it shows in a precise and a practical way the wisdom that Andean Native peoples had in relation to the Sun King.
At a short distance from Middle of the World City you can observe the Pululahua Crater, a dormant volcano with changing vegetation in cultivated fields and inhabited at the crater.
Return to the hotel. B/-/-
Day 3: Quito – Cayambe- San Pablo – Peguche – Otavalo - Cotacachi
Leaving Quito, in the north direction and along the Panamerican Highway we will see overlapping mountains, a green countryside, and on clear days when the sky is blue, the Cayambe snow peak will be our constant companion during the entire trip.
At the foot of Imbabura volcano, there is San Pablo Lake, the largest Lake in the province… then we will visit the town of Peguche and its waterfalls. In town we will see how the indigenous create their weavings then we continue to Otavalo Indian Market, their work in cotton and wool fabric has traveled across the world, thanks to the extraordinary commercial ability and adaptation of the artisans, textile tireless workers, imaginative, who show their crafts in the popular fair of Poncho (warm coat) at the square of the same name. After lunch we will visit Cotacachi, where its residents have structured family workshops specialized in the production of quality leather goods, and where the art of music goes together with the course of everyday. Return to Quito. B/-/-
Day 4: Quito – Cotopaxi - Quilotoa
From Quito, early in the morning our guide will pick you up from your hotel and begin our trip to south Andes, In this amazing route we will see the most authentic colorful Andean breathtaking landscape.
After this great experience, we are ready to visit a beautiful rose's farm. Here, we will learn about harvesting, post harvesting and packing, and learn about this wonderful natural product, so sublime, so perfect, full of beauty and exquisite aromas. We will get the knowledge to understand why these roses can only be produced in the Middle of the World.
Through the ''Panamericana'' route, 70 km from Quito, you will observe the Cotopaxi Volcano, the highest active volcano in the world (5.897meters high altitude). Cotopaxi National Park with its magnificent perspective landscape, contains a unique flora and fauna, and also an incredible display of the magnitude of volcanic eruptions. Pita River with the beautiful waterfall of the same name and the Tambo River, are originated from the melting of the volcano. The small lagoon of Limpiopungo reflects in their water the blue sky heaven's color. Then we continue to Quilotoa lake. Overnight. B/-/-
Day 5: Quilotoa - Riobamba
After breakfast we go to Quilotoa Lagoon, on the route, we will see an agricultural and pastoral land of enchanting green landscapes, of cold moorlands then a magnificent snow covered mountains, reveals the population of Zumbahua, located in the heart of the Andes, whose main square and surrounding areas are invaded by traders of the area and others who come from far away to the fair, where it is exchanged in a traditional and a native way the animals and products of the region. Within walking distance there is the Quilotoa Lake that is in a crater of 2 km in diameter and whose beautiful emerald waters are related to the presence of sulfur. Thanks to the natural sound, the echo is unique and will accompany visitors on a quiet walk.
We will stop for a well-deserved lunch in the area. During our trip we might have the possibility to see a naïf artist. Naïf art is a strong characteristic of this region and it is well known throughout the world. If the artist stand is open, you could have the opportunity to purchase one of these unique paintings.
Continue to Riobamba, beautiful city near to the highest volcano Chimborazo (6310 masl). City Tour. Accommodation. B/-/-
Day 6: Riobamba – Devil's Nose – Ingapirca – Cuenca
Breakfast. Early in the morning depart to Alausi, arrival to train station. At 8am you will start a magnificent trip.
The Devil´s Nose route is, without a doubt, the most impressive section of Ecuador´s railway: a hair-raising trip down the rocky slopes of the Andes departing from the Alausi town to Sibambe town on the way down to the Coastal Region. Afterwards, we will continue to Cuenca. On the way we will stop at the famous Ingapirca ruins ("wall rocks of the Inca") which are the most important and well preserved of Ecuador's Inca ruins situated to the north of Cuenca. We can take a nice walk around the beautiful site and imagine the scenes prior to the Spanish conquest.
A visit to the museum will reveal further details of how life was at the end of the 15th century. After the visit we will have time for lunch and then we will continue for about 2 hours down to the city of Cuenca. The beauty and atmosphere of colonial Cuenca is best experienced on foot.
Our walking tour of the Old Town takes you through magnificent churches, beautiful old buildings with wrought iron balconies and carved wooden doors, flower and handicrafts markets, art galleries, workshops and all the wonders that Cuenca offers its visitors. Admire magnificent historic houses perched on cliffs high above the rushing Tomebamba River, which separates Old and New Towns.
Depending on personal preferences, your tour will conclude with a visit to a ceramic art gallery, a Panama hat factory or an artist's workshop. Overnight in Cuenca B/-/-
Day 7: Cuenca – Cajas National Park - Guayaquil
From Cuenca we will drive to the Cajas National Park which is located to the west. In the park there are about 200 lakes, which are the remains of the last ice age. Small rivers, whose crystal-clear waters flow into the Pacific, connect the lakes. We will take a short hike through the highlands of the park.
After, we will continue to the west to the city of Guayaquil. It is Ecuador´s largest city situated at sea level and its port "Puerto Maritimo" is the main sea port of the country. It is the commercial and industrial center of Ecuador and lies on the west bank of the river Guayas about 60 km from its outflow in the Gulf of Guayaquil. B /- /-
Day 8: Guayaquil – Farewell – International Flight
After breakfast we start our sightseeing tour where we can make short stops at the Iguanas Park (Parque Seminario), The Crystal Palace, the Integration Square, Bellavista Outlook point, pass by the Malecon 2000 or go to one of the many cultural and entertainment areas Guayaquil has to offer. Transfer Out International Flight B /- /-
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8D/7NDAY 1 Quito – International Flight – Welcome to Ecuador DAY 2 Quito City tour – Middle of the world DAY 3 Quito – Cayambe- San Pablo – Peguche – Otavalo - Cotacachi DAY 4 Quito – Cotopaxi - Quilotoa DAY 5 Quilotoa - Riobamba DAY 6 Riobamba – Devil's Nose – Ingapirca – Cuenca DAY 7 Cuenca – Cajas National Park - Guayaquil DAY 8 Guayaquil – Farewell – International Flight
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The 4th International Conference on Homeland Security and Cyber1, held in Tel Aviv 14 – 17 November, was attended by government security agencies and enterprises from around the world, attracted by the Israeli military and security sector. Catalonia is no exception. Over recent months the Agency for Business Competitiveness of the Government of Catalonia, ACCIÓ, prepared a trade mission to promote Catalan participation in this conference2, with the aim of creating business and institutional cooperation in this field. According to ACCIÓ3 this trade mission is aligned with the strategic policy of the Government to boost the Catalan cybersecurity sector "as a dynamic economic sector with a very positive outlook". Each of the eight Catalan companies and technology centres participating in this mission will receive or have already received financial support of €760.28 towards travel expenses. The Government of Israel is the main promoter of this conference, since this sector is key to the country's economy. There are approximately 250 cybersecurity companies operating in Israel4, capturing $500 million during 2015 and over $200 million in the first two months of 20165. In 2014 worldwide sales of Israeli cyber companies amounted to $6 billion dollars. This figure represents approximately 10% of worldwide sales in the sector. It is estimated that there are 16,000 cybernetics professionals in Israel (entrepreneurs and staff), both in the defence sector and in the private sector. One of the keys to this international success is capacity for innovation, a comparative advantage based on the close relationship that exists between the military and technological security sector and Israeli armed forces. This system is fueled and justified by the maintenance of the occupation of Palestine and tensions with Lebanon, Syria and other Arab countries, together with the proliferation of nonstate armed groups in the region. The Occupied Palestinian Territories are a real laboratory for private corporations and research centres, including universities, for the army to try out new weapons and security technology systems and then launch them on the global market. The "Made in Israel" brand frequently boasts of this "tested in combat" experience, passing over the negative impact on civil society and systematic violations of human rights of Palestinian inhabitants. This document aims to identify the risks and potential violations of international law and human rights involved in investing in Israel through analysis of: 1) new global security policies; 2) European research in homeland security and Israeli participation; 3) relations between the
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2d. Chronic Care: Prices, Affordability and Financing of Medicines for Chronic Diseases in LMIC
Availability, Price, and Affordability of Cardiovascular Medicines: A Comparison across 36 Countries Using WHO/HAI Data
1Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; 2University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.; 3Health Action International - Global, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Problem statement: In developing countries, the burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is growing rapidly, and many countries are already in, or will soon enter, the stage of the epidemiological transition in which cardiovascular diseases are the most important cause of death. Successful treatment of CVD requires adequate pharmaceutical management; however, research has shown that the accessibility of medicines for CVD may be limited in developing countries.
Objective: To examine the availability, pricing, and affordability of cardiovascular medicines in developing countries
Design: Data on medicine prices, availability, and affordability were obtained through facility-based surveys conducted using a standard methodology developed by the World Health Organization and Health Action International (WHO/HAI). A total of 45 surveys conducted in 36 countries between 2001 and 2006 were included. Five medicines were investigated: atenolol, captopril, hydrochlorothiazide, losartan, and nifedipine. Outcome measures were percentage availability, price ratios to international reference prices, and number of day's wages needed by the lowest paid government worker to purchase one month of treatment. Patient prices were adjusted for inflation and purchasing power, procurement prices for inflation only.
Results: For all measures, there was great variability across surveys. Average availability of cardiovascular medicines was poor (26.3% and 57.3% in public and private sectors, respectively). Procurement prices were competitive in some countries (i.e., comparable to international reference prices), whereas others consistently paid high prices. In general, patient prices were substantially higher than international references prices, but some countries performed well. Generic products were usually sold at lower prices than originator brands. The private sector consistently had higher prices than the public sector. Chronic treatment with anti-hypertensive medication cost more than one day's wages in many cases. When monotherapy was not sufficient to achieve treatment goals, treatment costs became even less affordable.
Conclusion: The results of this study emphasize the need of focusing attention and financing on making chronic disease medicines accessible, in particular in the public sector. Policy options include improving availability in the public sector by focusing resources on generic essential medicines, and exempting medicines from taxes and duties, which could make medicines less expensive. Regulating mark-ups in a way that does not encourage dispensing more expensive products can help promote the use of generic formulations. Other options for promoting generic uptake include preferential registration procedures; ensuring product quality; and increasing the confidence of physicians, pharmacists, and patients in generic products.
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Prices of Antihypertensive Medicines in Sub-Saharan Africa and Alignment to World Health Organization's Model List Of Essential Medicines
1Heymans Institute of Pharmacology and Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Ghent University, Belgium; 2Center for Health Economics, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Belgium; 3Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, Ghent University, Belgium; 4Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Rwanda and PhD Fellow - Department of Pharmacology Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; 5Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, Ghent University, Belgium
Problem Statement: Based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Model List of Essential Medicines (EML), most sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries have nowadays elaborated a National List of Essential Medicines. Those national lists standardizes hypertension management and aims to increase accessibility of care in most of sub-Saharan African countries, where drugs are not subsidized through social insurance.
Objective: To investigate compliance of existing (15th edition, March 2007) National EML with the WHO/EML and to compare prices of antihypertensive drugs in and between 13 SSA countries.
Methodology: All hypertension medicines advocated by the WHO/EML 15th edition 26 were surveyed: amlodipine, atenolol, enalapril, hydralazine, hydrochlorothiazide, and methyldopa. In addition, this survey included also advocated use of captopril and nifedipine—drugs from previous editions (12th-14th WHO/EML) which were still used in more than half of the sampled countries. Data on NEMLs and drug prices were collected from the Ministry of Health or National Pharmaceutical Office of 13 SSAs: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, DRC, Kenya, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Niger, and Mozambique. Prices were compared with the International Drug Price Indicator Guide (IDPIG, 2007). The cost of drug treatment within a country was calculated using defined daily doses (DDD) and between countries using DDD prices adjusted for purchasing power parity-based gross domestic product per capita.
Results: The WHO/EML advises four antihypertensive drugs from a different class: hydrochlorothiazide, atenolol, enalapril, and amlodipine. However, no one has the 4 advocated drugs, but 11/13 have a drug in all 4 drug classes. All surveyed countries had a national EML. However, none of these lists was in complete alignment with the 2007 WHO/EML, and 38% had not been updated in the last 5 years. Surveyed medicines were cheaper when on the national EMLs; they were also cheaper in public than in private pharmacies. Prices varied greatly per medicine. A large majority of the public prices were higher than those indicated by the IDPIG. Overall, hydrochlorothiazide is the cheapest drug.
Conclusion: There are substantial differences in national EML composition between the 13 SSA countries. The proportion of national EMLs not regularly updated was double the global UN estimates. Prices of WHO/EML advised drugs differ largely between drugs and for each drug within and between countries. In general, the use of drugs on the national EML improves financial accessibility and these drugs should be prescribed preferentially. Since hydrochlorothiazide is the cheapest drug, it should be the first drug to be considered.
Funding Source: This study was sponsored by (1) the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR-Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad) through Own Initiative Project; (2) Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology (of the faculty of pharmaceutical sciences at Ghent University; and (3) the Heymans institute of pharmacology, Ghent University.
Irrational Use of Diabetes Medicines in Resource-Poor Settings
International Insulin Foundation, United Kingdom
Problem statement: Access to diabetes care is problematic in many resource-poor settings
Objectives: To clearly identify the barriers to access to diabetes care in resource-poor settings
Design: The Rapid Assessment Protocol for Insulin Access (RAPIA) is a practical field guide composed of a series of data collection tools and structured as a multilevel assessment of the different elements that influence the access to diabetes care. Its aim is to get a picture of the health system and to provide different stakeholders involved in diabetes with recommendations for action. RAPIA provides information about (1) health service structure and functioning; (2) diabetes policies written and enacted; (3) reported and observed practice for diabetes management; (4) availability of insulin, syringes, medicines, and monitoring equipment; (5) other problems hampering access to diabetes care.
Setting: At least 3 different areas of the following countries: Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Vietnam, and Zambia
Study population: Convenience sample of the following stakeholders in each country: ministerial levels, private sector, National Diabetes Association, Central Medical Store, educators, provincial health officers, health care settings (e.g., hospitals, clinics, health centres), pharmacies and dispensaries, caregivers (i.e., health care workers and traditional healers), and people with diabetes
Outcome measures: Barriers to diabetes care at different levels of the health system in these countries were identified.
Results: RAPIA has identified a variety of issues that are responsible for poor access to diabetes care. One major contributor to the difficulties is a failure to use the least costly but effective treatments. The purchase of insulin can consume as much as 10% of government expenditure on drugs. Selection of the type of insulin and oral medicines can have a huge impact on cost, with the newer analogue insulin formulations costing between 3 and 13 times more than biosynthetic human insulin. Similar considerations apply to most of the newer treatments for people with Type 2 diabetes, which may cost up to 40 times more than metformin and sulphonylureas. Availability in the public sector and generic substitution also have a large impact on cost to the individual.
Conclusions: A variety of barriers to diabetes care exist in the countries studied. One of these is the irrational purchase and use of insulin and medicines not adapted to the health and economic situation of the given country. What is clear from this research is that multiple health system, economic, and social factors affect diabetes care, and these cannot be considered in isolation from each other.
World Diabetes Foundation, Diabetes Foundation (UK based Charity), Diabetes UK, the World Health Organisation, the Barnett & Sylvia Shine No 2 Charitable Trust, other donations from organisations and individuals and administrative support from University College London.
Variation in Service-Providers' Prescribing Behaviour and Policy Implications for Women with Genitourinary Tract Infections in Ramallah, Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt)
Institute of Community and Public Health-Birzeit University, Palestine
Problem statement: Worldwide, infections of the reproductive and urinary tracts are reasons women most often seek health care. These infections are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes and negatively affect the quality of life. Resistance to antibiotics that are active against uropathogens has been noted worldwide, but few data for microbial resistance patterns in Ramallah, West Bank, oPt, are available. Although some treatment guidelines for infections of the reproductive and urinary tracts might have been available in clinics in 2010 when the study was undertaken, practitioners were generally not aware of the existence of such guidelines. The aim in this study was to assess variations in service-providers' prescribing behaviours for infections of the genitourinary tract in selected women's health clinics in Ramallah and to provide evidence needed to inform improvements in policy and practice.
Methods: Women and service providers in 11 clinics that provide women's health services in Ramallah were interviewed in a survey. Ministry of Health, UN Relief and Works Agency, and nongovernmental clinics in urban, rural, and refugee camps also took part in the survey. Data for 100–120 cases per clinic were gathered during 4 months. Women were interviewed by use of a pretested structured questionnaire, and physicians completed a pretested form. Appropriateness of treatment was determined by the drugs selected, dose regimens, and duration of treatment,
assuming that the diagnosis was correct.
Findings: 162 (15%) of 1052 women were diagnosed with any urinary or reproductive tract infection; their mean age was 31 years (SD 9); 156 (96%) women were married and in the low and middle socioeconomic groups (67 [43%] and 75 [48%], respectively). The drugs prescribed to 132 (81%) of 162 women at the time of diagnosis were not in accord with treatment guidelines. Inappropriate drugs were prescribed to 62 (70%) of 89 women with reproductive tract infections, 56 (95%) of 59 with urinary tract infections, and all 14 with both infections (women with both infections were not included in the other two categories); 65 (40%) of 162 women were prescribed drugs that were inappropriate for their indications, 22 (14%) for dose regimen, and 81 (50%) for duration of treatment.
Interpretation: Written treatment protocols informed by results of studies of local microbial resistance patterns, with mechanisms to ensure implementation, are needed to guide practitioners in providing the correct treatment and avoiding the emergence of resistant bacterial strains. Provision of continued education for physicians, with feedback and supervision, especially about rational antibiotic use, is essential.
Addendum: Published in The Lancet Online, July 2011; available from:
Funding source: Ford Foundation, as part of a larger study of women's health services in Ramallah


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Ok, so we've discussed a little about what's inside of a cable/interconnect and we've discussed a couple of the protection methods for a connector. In our upcoming posts we'll dive into IEC 60601, MOPP and MOOP, how to protect your device from being used too many times, being counterfeited, or just being limited, so come back to read those posts.
STOP... Coaxial, triaxial, stationary, DC Dielectric withstanding voltage, thermocouple—what does it all mean?
Before we go too deep we want to lay some groundwork. Let's use this week to provide a little clarification on/definition of the terminology associated with connectors, interconnect solutions and cables.
Every industry has their vernacular, their terminology, and their acronyms. The Connector, Interconnect, and cable market is no different. We have to decide between Coaxial and Triaxial cable and Stationary and Compliant contacts, along with about 20 other items before we can even begin to design the interconnect solution. So what do all of these things mean?
Contact Terminology:
Stationary Contact
- The non-moving contact, typically a round pin or a flat blade. Often the male contact but female in some systems (i.e. "banana plugs" where the female is a solid wall tube).
Compliant Contact
- The contact which moves (deflects) to provide the contact force. Often the female contact but male in some systems (i.e. "banana plugs" where the male has deflecting beams).
- Male: Connector half that contains the male pins (even if the outer shell appears to be a socket).
- Female: Connector half that contains the female (socket) style contacts (regardless of the outer shell).
Mating Terminology:
- A connector that has a positive lock to prevent accidental disconnect.
- A connector that "snaps in" and is resistant to accidental disconnect.
Friction Mate
- A connector that has no detent or latching (your toaster plug).
Insertion Force (aka, Mating Force, Engagement Force or Coupling Force)
- The peak force required to fully engage two mating connector halves.
Extraction Force (aka, De-mating Force, Disengagement Force or Decoupling Force)
- The peak force required to fully disengage two mating connector halves.
Live mating (aka, hot swapping)
- Connectors that will be mated and de-mated with power applied. Okay in low voltage circuits but arcing and contact erosion make this something to avoid in higher voltage applications (> 12V peak voltage).
Non-live mating
- Connectors that are mated and de-mated in the absence of power.
Environmental Terminology:
Operating Temperature
- The full temperature range over which the connector/cable can operate within specification.
Storage Temperature
- The full temperature range experienced in shipping and storage (prior to installation) which the system can withstand without damage once the temperature is restored to within the Operating Range.
- When connectors are in a high-vibration environment, the customer will likely have a vibration resistance requirement (and if they do not, then we should discuss and establish one). Types and magnitudes of vibration vary greatly and each requirement must be assessed independently.
- Drop or other sources of impact. Same comments as "vibration" apply.
Environmental Sealing
- There are many levels of sealing to protect both the connector and the surrounding environment (See IP ratings).
Ozone Resistance
- A common requirement for outdoor applications. Satisfied by selection of appropriate connector plastics and insulation materials of cables.
UV Resistance
- A common requirement for outdoor applications. Satisfied by selection of appropriate connector plastics and insulation materials of cables.
Chemical Resistance
- Application specific and can impact plastics, contact materials, plating selection, cable jacket materials.
Sterilization compatibility
- Sterilization can be one or more of a variety of available methods, the most common of which are: EtO (Ethylene Oxide; also known as gas sterilization), E-Beam (Electron Beam) and Gamma which are radiation based, and Autoclave (high heat, pressurized steam). Compatibility is achieved by understanding the relevant method(s) and the total number of cycles required then selecting materials known to perform adequately under each method's conditions.
Sanitation compatibility
- A specific form of chemical resistance (and sometimes a combination of chemical and heat resistance) to dozens of common chemicals and methods. Some of the more common are IPA (isopropyl alcohol), CIDEX® solutions (peracetic acid, phthalaldehyde and glutaraldehyde), Povidone (Iodine), hydrogen peroxide and the Sterrad® and Steris® processes (vaporized hydrogen peroxide).
Electrical Terminology:
Cycle Life
- One cycle is the sum of one mating and one de-mating operation. Cycle life is the number of cycles the connector can withstand without failure. NOTE! "Failure" can be defined in many ways such as a) open circuits, b) shorts, c) mechanical failure (broken), d) an increase in contact resistance of a certain percentage or an increase beyond a specified threshold. The customer's definition of "failure" MUST be clearly understood before a cycle life can be specified.
Contact Resistance
- The resistance typically reported in milliohms, measured at the interface between each mated contact pair (each female and male contact).
Current Rating
- The maximum current the connector is rated to carry without exceeding performance limits. Typically, this is determined by a maximum allowable heat rise in the contacts under continuous current or final temperature of external surfaces.
Voltage Rating
- The maximum voltage a connector can carry without exceeding performance limits. Typically determined by conductor spacing in consideration of DWV (Hipot) requirements.
DC Dielectric Withstanding Voltage (DC Hipot or DC DWV)
- A specified voltage potential is applied to a conductor or contact while other conductors and contacts are at ground potential. The test is to quantify the insulation value between adjacent conductors or conductors to connector shell (if metal). Failure modes include Breakdown (a short), arcing and leakage (low-level current flow through a high impedance short).
AC Dielectric Withstanding Voltage (AC Hipot or AC DWV)
- A specified AC voltage and frequency (hertz) value applied to a conductor or contact while other conductors and contacts are at ground potential. This test will specify a maximum current leakage value. In an AC Hipot test, some current flows due to capacitive coupling between adjacent conductors.
Insulation Resistance
- A measurement of the insulation properties of a connector body or wire insulation and cable jackets. Usually tested with a 500VDC potential with a requirement of a minimum resistance value that is typically in the Megaohm range.
- A set of safety specifications for medical devices. Relative to connectors and cables it involves air gaps, creepage distance, touch-proofing, scoop proofing, latching requirements, AC and DC DWV and a host of other requirements.
Basic Cable-Specific Terminology (in no particular order):
- A wire, often copper but can be other alloys as well. Conductors can be solid or stranded. Stranded conductors are made up of small strands of wire twisted together to make a larger conductor
Conductor Size
- Either specified as AWG (American Wire Gauge) with increasingly larger numbers equating to decreasingly smaller wires or specified as mm2; the actual cross-sectional area of the conductor (common standard outside of the USA). AWG is also known as "Brown & Sharp" wire gauge.
- The dielectric material covering an individual conductor. Common materials include polyvinyl chloride (PVC), TPE (Thermoplastic Elastomer), Polyethylenes (LDPE, LLDPE, HDPE), Polyimide (Kapton®), PU (polyurethane) and both PTFE (Teflon®) and MFA (which are Fluoropolymers).
- The outer covering of a multi-conductor cable. Common materials include PVC, TPE, Silicone rubber and PU.
Standard or "tight" jacket extrusion
- The jacket material is extruded directly over the insulated conductor bundle filling gaps (little air space remaining) and the jacket wall thickness varies depending upon the cable bundle construction inside.
"Tube Over" or loose jacket extrusion
- The jacket is extruded as a distinct tube with consistent wall thickness, leaving air space inside around the insulated conductors. The jacket is not bonded to the insulated conductors
- A conductive wrap around one or more conductors within the jacket of a cable. Shields are typically composed of metal braid "tubing" or foil wrap. Foil shielded cables often include a "drain wire" as a method to conveniently terminate the shield. Shields in cable assemblies can be terminated to ground at both ends (continuous) or one end (floating). Coverage %, flexibility and cost are deciding factors.
Twisted pair
- When two wires twisted together, common construction in data cables to minimize cross-talk and external interference. In multi-conductor cables, each individual pair is often separately shielded (shielded twisted pair)
Tinsel wire
- A high flex-life conductor; essentially a metal ribbon (like Christmas tree tinsel) is wrapped around a filler to make an expensive and difficult to terminate conductor.
Coaxial cable (coax)
- A cable with a single insulated conductor surrounded by a second conductor constructed like a shield both thus with a common axis.
Triaxial cable (triax)
- Similar to coax but with an additional insulation and "shield" layer creating three conductors with a common axis.
- Two wires of differing metallurgy joined at each end (the "junctions"). When the distal ends of the wires (each junction) are at different temperatures, the dissimilar metals produce a voltage proportional to the temperature difference. The voltage is monitored and used as an indirect measurement of temperature. Thermocouples are constructed from many different metal alloys pairs with Alumel/Chromel (type K), Chromel/Constantan (type E) and copper/Constantan (type T) being some of the more common pairings.
- Cotton yarn or plastic strands used to occupy space in a multi-conductor cable when needed to achieve roundness (used for cosmetic reasons).
Strength member
- A high tensile strength strand or bundle with low stretch (Kevlar® is commonly used). When properly anchored at each end in a cable assembly, this protects fragile small sized conductors from tensile damage (breakage).
Flex life
- The number of times a cable can be bent back and forth before conductors fatigue and break.
Well, now that we are all subject terminology experts, let's continue on this magical mystery tour to becoming well-informed buyers of interconnect. But first, let's contain our excitement and take a quick recess and gather our thoughts. If you have questions about how your team can work together with the team at ATL to create a fully-customized, high-performance interconnect system for your application—or maybe you just want to connect with one of our interconnect experts for a consultation or quote—either way, let's talk.
How can ATL Technology help with your next connector or interconnect project?
ATL Technology in an interconnect solutions company, we specialize in design, development, and production of devices that are connector based. We succeed by incorporating our partners engineering teams with our engineering teams, their project management with ours, and so on. We use our experience and expertise to benefit our partners by commercializing innovative devices that are accessing and treating previously untreated conditions in the human body.


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Wow. Just started playing this. Fantastic job
Roguelegends: Dark Realms 0.2.0
A downloadable game for Windows
Roguelegends: Dark Realms, is a dark fantasy, cosmic horror roguelike game with an extreme amount of procedural elements in which all intelligent life in the world will be wiped out in 1 year, unless the demon is vanquished.
It is inspired by the concepts behind the brilliant game : Ultima Ratio Regum, and Dwarf Fortress, with the dark fantasy nature inspired directly by the humorous dark fantasy game Overlord, also inspired by the works of HP lovecraft and the table top game "Silent Legions".
It is written in c++ with help from libtcod and is still in development!
The focus of the game is on procedural mechanics and providing procedural exposition to go with it.
You can get in development up-to-date builds of this by supporting me on patreon
Project Roadmap and screenshots can be found here
(Icon by Blingley From the Roguelike discord, thank you so much for that wonderful art)
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|ascii, cosmichorror, Horror, indie, Lovecraftian Horror, rldr, roguelegends, roguelegendsdark-realms, Roguelike
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Development log
- RLDR Version 0.2.0 finally fully released!Nov 10, 2019
- RLDR version 0.2.0 Release Candidate 3Oct 19, 2019
- RLDR Version 0.2.0 Release Candidate 2Oct 06, 2019
- RLDR Version 0.2.0 Release Candidate 1Oct 02, 2019
- Released Version 0.1.9 Of RLDROct 20, 2018
- Patreon Launched! And development on the next version going smoothly!Aug 30, 2018
- Version 0.1.86 of Roguelegends: Dark Realms released! Lots of changes!Aug 14, 2018
- Version 0.1.85.1 of Roguelegends: Dark Realms released! All the hotfixes.Aug 11, 2018
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This game is amazing you should be proud of this amazing creation!
Really nice rogue-like. The random enemies really add to it.
Dont be afraid to give feedback! I want lots of feedback :)
A great lets player named Everyonelovespirates also played it (Though his play through is 0.1.80 )
I had alot of fun playing this game and I like tabletop games, so this got an extra point for me. I really wanna see this continue.
Thanks for playing it! I appreciate that. Though it looks like you didn't get the controls very well, im glad you enjoyed it. (Perhaps i need to make them clearer :P).
It's refreshing to play a classic rogue-like game. Here you get the ASCII-like graphics, and you also get the different ways to control the character on each turn and slight humour in the log messages. The enemies I encountered were actually surprisingly easy for what I expected, but then again it's good that you can explore without having to fret too much. I wonder if there's a way to change the size of the window, now it was very low by default.
I'd like to invite this game to take part in our game-making contest!
Can i have more details about this contest?
It's a yearly contest open for all independent developers and their games released in this year. You can register and enter here: www.thegdwc.com. A jury will pick winners in several categories after the entries close at the end of September.


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CSTAR folks,
We wanted to post a review of several HSLC cases that had some significant operational utility here at FFC to garner further insight, comments, or discussion you may have (included some discussion points at the end). Both happen to be November events, with the first (23 Nov. 2014) providing a unique outlier to some previous local research, and the second more recent case (18 Nov. 2015) lending to a situation where the SHERBS3 may have been the heaviest hitter of the available predictive severe parameters.
23 Nov. 2014 QLCS Tornadic Event: Persistent Regeneration of Weak Tornadoes with Pronounced Tornado Debris Signatures
- Poster presentation at 2016 AMS Annual Meeting
- Coordinated topics/previous research with Jason Deese (FFC), John Banghoff (Ohio State Univ.), Steve Nelson (FFC), and Dr. Gary Lackmann (NC State Univ.)
The tornadic development across central Georgia on the afternoon of 23 Nov. 2014 was not the typical case one would expect in the Southeast U.S. for two reasons:
- Persistent northern bowing segment or "broken-S" QLCS convective mode resulting in six separate tornadoes
- Pronounced tornadic debris signatures (TDS) seen with five of the six tornadoes, some of which lofted debris to a significant height above the ground more than previously documented with weak tornadoes (Banghoff and Nelson, 2014)
The synoptic setup consisted of a negatively titled upper shortwave trough tracking northeastward across the southeast CONUS (Fig. 2) with an attendant low pressure system drawing strong low level Gulf moisture advection (Fig. 3).
A parent surface high pressure system situated off the mid-Atlantic coast had previously resulted in hybrid cold-air damming (CAD) along the eastern slopes of the Appalachians, and allowed for the periphery of the wedge of cold air or "wedge front" to be present across central Georgia (Fig. 4).
The combination of these influencing features provided a HSLC environment for convective development (Fig. 5). A special 18z upper air release also came out of TAE and indicated HSLC parameters even away from the wedge influence (Fig. 6).
Tornadogenesis was observed to consistently occur along the wedge front as it rapidly retreated northeastward across central Georgia ahead of the aforementioned system.
Dual-polarization radar data were analyzed for each of the tornadic cells to assess strength of rotation (Vr and NROT) and max TDS heights (used GR2Analyst).
Much of this data were also analyzed during the event in real-time to assist in enhanced wording of the tornado warnings (prior to implementation of Impact-Based Warning (IBW) wording).
The analyzed TDS heights primarily stayed in a 6-11 kft range, which is more common to the significant EF2 category observed with previous research (Fig. 12). While the surveyed tornadoes in this event mainly fit in the weak EF0-EF1 categories, it is proposed that such anomalously high TDS heights were due to the presence of abundant fall foliage and lofted leaf debris combined with subsequent tornadic updraft regeneration.
It is also proposed that the wedge front provided a nearly steady source of low level streamwise vorticity available for tilting into the vertical within the convective updraft as subsequent downdrafts instigated persistent tornadogenesis by bringing vorticity to the surface. Presence of the front thus compensated for the lack of surface based instability in the HSLC environment and helped focus tornadic development. This serves as an extension to previous research on wedge front influence in conversely low shear high CAPE environments (Fig. 13).
Trends in observed radar data and associated near-storm environment from this particular case provide unique utility in operations. The findings not only extend the proposed effect of wedge front influence on convection in HSLC environments, but also present an upper bound of TDS height correlation to tornado strength during the fall season. This provides aid to awareness and enhanced wording in warning decisions. Warning operators could justify a seasonal adjustment to the threshold for tornado damage threat tags with the newly implemented IBW structure (Fig. 14).
Since the 2016 AMS Annual Meeting, Keith Sherburn provided some archived SHERBS3 and SHERBE plots near the time of initial tornadogenesis for the case (Fig. 15).
Interestingly, the SHERBS3 parameter captured the threat better than the SHERBE as critical values nosed farther north and east near the storm locations. The SHERBE actually had an opposite trend in central Georgia as it weakened and diminished in spatial coverage. While SHERBE calculations set the effective shear magnitude to zero where CAPE is absent, it is noted this could miss events where CAPE is under-forecast/diagnosed. In a rapidly retreating wedge situation, this is more likely to occur, especially if guidance struggles to resolve the strength, timing, and extent of the wedge to begin with. It's hypothesized the SHERBS3 has potential to more likely illustrate the favorable environment interacting with the wedge periphery in an HSLC environment.
18 Nov. 2015 QLCS Tornadic Event
A strong upper low pressure system and associated surface front brought a squall line of storms across north and central Georgia during the late afternoon and evening hours of 18 Nov. 2015. Three tornadoes formed in the northern part of a pronounced bowing segment along the squall line as it tracked across portions of Coweta, Fulton, and DeKalb counties (Fig. 2). The first two tornadoes resulted in EF-1 rated damage, with one near Palmetto and another near Fairburn. The final tornado was a very brief EF-0 in DeKalb County near Tucker (specifics listed below). Some observed TDSs in radar imagery allowed for enhanced wording of the warnings.
There were also indications of a lingering wedge front/retreating warm front near the northern notch of the bowing segment, where there were still some ageostrophic roots to a 1030+mb parent high off the NE coast, and perhaps some in-situ reinforcement occurring from upstream solar sheltering seen in the 2000z obs plot below (Fig. 3). This boundary could have been interacting with the near-storm environment, providing a more steady source of low level streamwise vorticity necessary for tornadogenesis and subsequent regenerations.
First tornado (Coweta Co. 448 PM EST):
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Second tornado (Fulton Co. 459 PM EST):
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Third tornado (DeKalb Co. 547 PM EST):
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The environmental parameters also fit the bill for HSLC. Below are reanalysis plots for 0-6 km bulk shear, 0-1km SRH, SBCAPE, SHERBE, and SHERBS3 compared to the SPC storm reports at times near the initial tornado occurrence (2000z and 2100z in Fig. 10 and 11 respectively).
Again, both SHERBE and SHERBS3 have critical threshold values north of the instability axis near the areas of tornadogenesis, and the SHERBS3 had better coverage than the SHERBE. This still is in support of the SHERBS3 parameter potentially being a greater predictive parameter in retreating wedge front situations with limited CAPE.
Initial discussion thoughts from both case analyses…
- Did any other office have some notable observations or analysis from either of these past two events (more likely from 23 Nov. 2014 since 18 Nov. 2015 was quite localized)? Perhaps another event with a similar setup or outcome?
- Any further insight into the following proposed operational applications:
- Raising the Fall seasonal threshold for TDS height and enhanced wording correlation for Impact-Based Warnings
- Influence of wedge front given HSLC environments
- Potential for SHERBS3 to capture severe threat better than SHERBE in rapidly retreating wedge cases


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Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp accused Manchester City match-winner Mario Balotelli of deliberately kicking Scott Parker in the head during Sunday's Premier League clash.
Italian striker Balotelli came off the bench in the second half to provide both controversy and heroics, as his late penalty secured a 3-2 home win for the league front-runners.
Redknapp accepted Ledley King had fouled Balotelli in the penalty area in stoppage time, to give away the decisive spot-kick.
But Redknapp also insisted the City man should not have been on the pitch to decide the game.
Balotelli, already on a yellow card, appeared lucky to escape at least the same punishment again before his goal when his boot made contact with the head of Parker, who had thrown himself in front of the Italian's shot.
Redknapp told Sky Sports 1: "It looked like a penalty, I've not seen a replay - but the boy who scored the penalty shouldn't have been on the pitch.
"He kicked Scott Parker in the head. He does it a lot, he backheeled him in the face and cut his head. No-one can make excuses that he didn't do it, anyone can see he did do it."
Redknapp was delighted with his team's performance in defeat - and, indeed, was frustrated they had not won the game late on themselves when Bale's cross was met by the sliding Defoe, who poked the ball wide.
"We had a great chance when Gareth laid it across to Jermain, we were all up on our seats thinking it was 3-2," he said.
"It proves we're as good as anyone, they weren't better than us today but they nicked it in the 94th minute.
"We had a bad two or three minutes and conceded the two goals but we showed great character to come back and I could see us winning from there."
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IOsonoDonatella 2013 Brunello di Montalcino D.O.C.G.
IOsonoDonatella is a selection of only 1.000 bottles created by Donatella Cinelli Colombini for wine lovers who, like her, love a Brunello of great harmony and elegance.
The Brunello 2013 vintage started off with a low profile judged a 4 star vintage, but after the ageing in barrel has proven to be extraordinary in its complexity and finesse. In the IOsonoDonatella this characters show in its extraordinary elegance. This is in fact an exclusive "fine wine" apt for important occasion and as a gift, this wine is produced only during the best harvests and comes entirely from the Ardita vineyard. This is a plot of Sangiovese of about two hectares where the soil gives the grapes and wines an extraordinary finesse.
The IOsonoDonatella selection was created for the first time with the Brunello 2010 when Donatella Cinelli Colombini understood that her dream of making an exceptional Brunello had come true. A project that began in 1998 when she received from her mother Francesca, Casato Prime Donne on the Montalcino hill and began to renovate the winery. An impassioned grape grower's dream that year after year has brought Donatella to obtain awards from all over the world
The IOsonoDonatella bottles tell Cinelli Colombini's story. On the bottle front the shape of a ring made out of glitter, with her crest in real gold.
This symbolizes a medieval ring with a seal, these we subjects that Donatella studied when young and when she dedicate all her time to history of art and especially goldsmiths' work from the 15th century. The pattern of "Pienza cloth" on the fan shaped box where very bottles is packaged also recalls her past as an art historian. A wine that has been studied in every detail, even in the packaging so as to talk at about the producer and a grape grower's dream of success coming true.
Type: dry red.
Production area: Tuscany, Montalcino, Casato Prime Donne.
Vintage characteristics: Very rainy and snowy winter. In the spring the rain disturbed flowering reducing the number and size of the clusters. Veraison was very slow. "Old style" vintage with slow ripening, this makes complex, deep and long lasting wines.
Grape type: 100% Sangiovese. The grapes come from the Ardita vineyard planted in 2002 with 5,500 vines where we used the spurred cordon training system.
Grape harvest: The grapes were handpicked with a careful selection of the clusters in the vineyard and carefully choosing of the best berries in the cellar. The grape clusters were small, loose, with small berries and perfectly lignified grape seeds.
Vinification: in truncated cone temperature controlled vats, open on top, with a plunger for punching the cap. We used select yeasts from Casato Prime Donne. After the alcoholic fermentation followed the maceration with the must remained always in contact with the skins for another ten days.
Ageing: two and a half years in 5-7 hl French tonneaux made by small artisan workshops that cut the staves following the natural line of the wood. Some of these tonneaux are bent with steam others with fire but they are all made with oak left outside to season for more than two years. Before bottling the wine stayed six months in and egg shaped nude concrete vat.
Quantity produced: 1,000 bottles.
Colour: bright ruby red, the richness of the wine is evident in the slowness with which it rotates in the glass.
Aroma: of great finesse, deep and complex. The characteristic of Montalcino's Sangiovese is clearly evident and recalls ripe red fruits and spices.
Taste: extraordinarily pleasant, harmonic and elegant. This wine spreads sweetly all over the mouth hiding its solid tannic and acidic structure in the richness of fruit and in the perfect balance of its components. The persistency is long and pleasant.
Matching dishes: important meat dishes and aged cheeses.
Way of serving: Room temperature (18°C). Use balloon shaped crystal wine goblets. Best to open at least one hour before serving, better still using a decanter. When it will have reached its 20 years of age than the Brunello IOsonoDonatella will need opening sooner, and to be served at a slightly higher temperature.
Home ageing: 30-40 years and more. Keep the bottles lying down in a dark and cool place. Have the corks changed in Donatella Cinelli Colombini's winery, where the procedure is certified, 20 years after bottling


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Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.Tags: Human, Revolution, Spirit
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Source: Francois Payard's Chocolate Epiphany about 2008
If you love walnuts, chocolate, and sugar, then I think this Flourless Chocolate Walnut Cookie is the cookie for you! The highlights of this cookie are that it's flour-less, butter-less and loaded with ooey-gooey chocolatey flavor. It's a cookie that takes a bit of patience, and understanding that your not working with flour so you have less binding properties. Thus leads to the likely hood of the cookie falling a part-but the key is waiting for the cookie to cool completely. I just take it out of the oven after 12 minutes of baking, and let the entire batch sit and cool on the cookie sheet. It usually takes about 20 minutes to cool, and obviously the biggest challenge there is keeping everyone's hands out of the cookies! However, it's well worth working out the kinks.
I do not work with cooking sprays, but perhaps you might give it a try. You can serve the cookies on individual squares of baking paper, cut out's if you will. It gives the cookie a nice presentation, and less of a chance of getting your fingers full of the chocolate. Another great serving idea is to serve a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream in between 2 cookies, on a plate. I hope you enjoy this recipe, as it brings back fond memories for me.
Flourless chocolate walnut cookies
- 2 3/4 cups walnuts halved
- 3 cups confectioners sugar (very fine)
- 1/2 cups cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 4 . egg whites from large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 TBS vanilla extract pure
- First step: turn on oven to 350 Fahrenheit, and bake your walnuts for 9 minutes until golden
- when golden in color, take out and cool
- when cooled, chop coarsely and set aside
- this is also the time when I'll prepare my home-made confectioners' sugar in my vitamix-
- Now, the first 2 steps are finished for me, measure out the cocoa powder
- and combine rest of dry ingredients in a metal bowl, whisk to combine
- Add the walnuts, and egg whites, and whisk
- mix for a minute or two until well combines
- take a large spoon, and on a baking lined sheet, spoon on the dough. I work with 3 rows of 3, seems enough room for them to grow and expand in the baking process.
- Bake @ 320 degrees, for about 12 minutes.
- take out, and let cool completely before removing.