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Boeing plans new spaceplane to launch satellites by 2020
Fast and affordable access to space has long been a sci-fi fantasy.
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By Christian Davenport / The Washington Post
After decades of building commercial airliners, Boeing is now developing something that looks like a plane and sometimes acts like a plane — but is not a plane.
The company's latest invention is instead a spaceplane. The Phantom Express, as it is known, would perform like one of the many jets in Boeing's vast fleet, landing on a runway with a 737-like wingspan, able to take off quickly on demand — just fuel up and go. But instead of carrying passengers, it would launch satellites into orbit. And if all goes to plan, soon it would be able to fly to the stratosphere 10 times in 10 days under a test program funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Fast and affordable access to space has long been a sci-fi fantasy, but now it is also the goal of the Pentagon, the intelligence community and an increasing number of businesses, particularly when it comes to delivering a new generation of satellites over the Earth.
Several firms are working on flying on a weekly, if not daily basis, making a once-rarefied event as routine as commercial air travel. Some are even allowing customers to order a launch online — just enter the number and mass of your satellites, and the orbital inclination, as if choosing toppings on a pizza delivery.
"We're trying to bring the know-how from our Boeing commercial aircraft folks on turning around large, complex machines in a very short amount of time," said Steven Johnston, the director of launch for Boeing's Phantom Works division.
The market for these new launches is being driven by a revolution in satellite technology that is dramatically reducing their size. Just as computers have gone from massive mainframes to handheld devices, satellites have shrunk from the size of garbage trucks to that of shoe boxes. To meet the potential demand, there are more than 40 small launch vehicles in development around the world, said Phil Smith, a space analyst at Bryce Space and Technology, a consulting firm. But given the cost and risk of space travel, he warned that not all of them will endure.
"There is a rush to address this perceived demand, and only a handful will survive," he said.
One company that spotted the early potential for frequent flight is SpaceX, the rocketmaker founded by tech billionaire Elon Musk. SpaceX has launched 16 times this year, more than many space-going nations, and Musk has said SpaceX's goal is to launch more and faster in the coming years.
It's a goal shared by several other firms, and one that has captured the attention of the White House. Over the summer, Vice President Mike Pence visited Stratolaunch, a firm started by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. In a hangar in Mojave, California, Stratolaunch is building what would be the world's largest plane, with a wingspan even greater than that of the World War II-era wooden giant Spruce Goose, to ferry as many as three small rockets to cruising altitude. Once aloft, the rockets would drop and then "air launch" to orbit. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson also visited the company.
While in Mojave, Pence also stopped by Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company whose sister company, Virgin Orbit, is also developing a small launch vehicle, LauncherOne. While much of the attention has been on flying humans to suborbital space, Branson has already signed several satellite companies as customers in an effort to "help us understand our home planet, keep us safe, grow the world's economies, and expand the limits of human knowledge," the company said.
And Branson is finding investors ready to open their wallets. He recently announced that Saudi Arabia intends to invest about $1 billion in his space ventures.
The new satellites have many potential uses. Companies such as OneWeb and SpaceX want to put up hundreds, if not thousands, of small satellites that would beam the internet to every corner of the Earth.
Others see possibilities for new weather satellites and eyes-in-the-sky to monitor the health of the planet. That's what got Peter Beck to start Rocket Lab. His company is developing a small rocket called Electron that had a test launch earlier this year in New Zealand.
Instead of relying on a couple dozen weather satellites, "what would happen if we replaced them with 300 state-of-the-art technology satellites to take the true pulse of the planet?" Beck said. "You'd leapfrog an order of magnitude in your understanding of the planet."
Planet, a San Francisco-based company, has already launched 190 small satellites for Earth monitoring, and it has 10 more scheduled to go soon.
U.S. national security officials, meanwhile, have long been dependent on space for the GPS signals that guide precision weapons, communication for soldiers on the battlefield and spying on the enemy.
Under the DARPA program, Boeing's Phantom Express "is intended to really revolutionize space access by making recurring reusable launch operations aircraftlike," Boeing's Johnston said.
The company's spaceplane would launch vertically, while carrying another rocket, space-shuttle-like, on its back. Once aloft, the piggybacking rocket would detach and then shoot off into orbit, and the spaceplane would land on a runway, ready to fly again. The company hopes to demonstrate that it can fly to as high as 150,000 feet repeatedly — 10 times in 10 days — by 2020.
Companies such as Vector and Rocket Lab, which have already had test launches of their vehicles that are designed for even smaller payloads, seem closer to operation. Rocket Lab, which uses a 3-D printer to make a large portion of its engines, has another test flight scheduled later this year and already has enough customers to launch once a month for nearly two years, Beck said.
His company would charge $5 million a launch, which it heralds as "a drastic cost reduction" compared to competitors.
Vector recently announced a deal for three launches out of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops, Va. Ultimately the goal is to "become a lot more like an airline business than a rocket business," said Jim Cantrell, a SpaceX veteran who founded Vector. "We're shooting for the idea of multiple launches per day."
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sorry for reviving this thread as it is also the reason I signed in. Got pulled over crossing Michigan to Ontario because of my radar detector. The OPP apparently has a RDD and even if I was just at speed limit, he confiscated my V1 and gave me cad$ 170.00. I plan to choose option 3 appear in court and have officer appear in court. I'm US citizen from arkansas. I get free use of the 407etr as Canada has no agreement with AR.
evois wrote: sorry for reviving this thread as it is also the reason I signed in. Got pulled over crossing Michigan to Ontario because of my radar detector. The OPP apparently has a RDD and even if I was just at speed limit, he confiscated my V1 and gave me cad$ 170.00. I plan to choose option 3 appear in court and have officer appear in court.
I gave you your own thread since the other one was a couple years old.
I understand you're pleading not guilty, but what's exactly is your defense? Radar detectors are illegal in Ontario. They can't be anywhere in your vehicle. You're not going to get your detector back.
evois wrote: I'm US citizen from arkansas. I get free use of the 407etr as Canada has no agreement with AR.
That doesn't mean it's "free".
You need to plead not guilty and request a trial with the officer present. Once you get you Notice of Trial you can request disclosure (officers notes). Once you get the notes, post them here.
jsherk wrote: You need to plead not guilty and request a trial with the officer present. Once you get you Notice of Trial you can request disclosure (officers notes). Once you get the notes, post them here.
Can you add a little more to the discussion rather than copy and pasting the same response everywhere?
this is actually true. I have used 407 a few times but never got a toll fee letter in the mail considering I'm in the US. So, I called the customer service number of 407etr and she said that there is no way I can pay it since I'm from the state of AR(arkansas). I gave her my tag(plate number) and she searched and it did not show anything. The only way I can pay it is if I want to pay it and order a transponder. true story.
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thanks for the thread. I searched ALL ontario laws and YES it is illegal. My defense is or can be that it is hardwired and I cannot remove it in a prudent safe time(?) since I just crossed the border of MI which detectors are free to use? First time offender? I drive a new 2015 escalade with adaptive cruise control and maybe it can trigger the same falsies in their RDD? I read the law and it's cut and dry except it says it is up to the judge to decide and/or whether it can be returned. thanks for all the replies. But to ask the question, nobody actually fought this ticket in this website?
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I mailed the ticket with option 3 checked requesting for a court date.
evois wrote: thanks for the thread. I searched ALL ontario laws and YES it is illegal. My defense is or can be that it is hardwired and I cannot remove it in a prudent safe time(?) since I just crossed the border of MI which detectors are free to use?
It wont matter. Doesn't matter if it's glued to the dash, under the seat, in the trunk, in a box, taking it to the post office, on, off, etc. They cannot be in your car, period. Whether or not you came from somewhere it's legal isn't going to matter. There's signs once you enter Canada warning drivers of this very scenario. Not that they are required (it's your responsibility to know), but it doesn't exactly help your cause.
evois wrote: First time offender?
It wont get you your device back.
evois wrote: I drive a new 2015 escalade with adaptive cruise control and maybe it can trigger the same falsies in their RDD?
I'm not sure I follow. Are you suggesting they possibly didn't have the right to pull you over?
evois wrote: I read the law and it's cut and dry except it says it is up to the judge to decide and/or whether it can be returned. thanks for all the replies. But to ask the question, nobody actually fought this ticket in this website?
They wont give you your detector back.
Because you're from Arkansas, you're never going to see this on your driving record and your insurance company isn't going to care.
All you're really fighting is the fine. I don't know how you'd be able to ever defend this one. They received a signal from a device and ended up pulling a detector from your car. You can't put the genie back in the bottle. So unless the officer moves to Florida or some other gift from upstairs falls in your lap, you're not going to win any trial. Even then, I don't believe you'd get your detector back anyways. Detector is usually worth more than the fine.
As for the 407, you're totally correct. Not all states will have an agreement in place (usually it's just the surrounding states in close proximity). If not, your state would never release the information of the plate owner. You'll certainly have a section of out of province and U.S. drivers who will never receive a bill. Technically it's not free because anyone using it is responsible for the fees, but if they can't follow up, there isn't much they can do. Whether or not it would be possible to keep a running tally for when agreements expand and would have access to who owned what plates and when... I guess it would be possible but I doubt it. Sounds like they're not keeping any of that info anyways.
yes, the new escalades have the adaptive cruise control that uses radar and that give a false beep and technically they cannot assume that a RD was in the vehicle?
The RDD does not pick up radar signals or any of these vehicles sensors.
hwybear wrote: The RDD does not pick up radar signals or any of these vehicles sensors.
if the RDD was manufactured/purchased 12/15 then maybe. it mentions distronic(R) is not detected in the spectre IV(elite) website which is what MB uses but not the other manufacturers. That is why all RD companies are adding all the junk filters, etc.
To answer that particular question, the requirement for a police officer to stop and search a vehicle for a speed measuring warning device is only reasonable grounds. So even if there was the possibility of a false positive signal, that doesn't mean the grounds are suddenly negated. Remember, reasonable grounds is not the same as absolute certainty. And the grounds are subjective and can be based on the individual officer's training and experience.
Is the vehicle from a State or Province where radar detectors are legal?
Was the subject's vehicle observed slowing down when a radar device was activated?
Does the officer frequently experience false positives from other vehicles that are of the same make/model?
I'm actually curious though if cruise control/crash avoidance radars would actually trigger the police detectors. I've read that certain radar detectors can get false positives from other vehicles, but I was under the impression that detector detectors were looking for a different signal then the radar itself.
Stanton wrote: I'm actually curious though if cruise control/crash avoidance radars would actually trigger the police detectors. I've read that certain radar detectors can get false positives from other vehicles, but I was under the impression that detector detectors were looking for a different signal then the radar itself.
Exactly...the RDD is not looking for a radar signal.
Just curious, do all police vehicles come equipped with RDD? The reason why I'm asking is from April - September, the same woman, driving the same convertible Porsche with the plate "Hate 2 Wait" keeps driving erratically down Birchmount everyday. I always look over, and I always see a Radar Detector mounted on her dashboard. Its in clear visible sight if you look in the car. I'm trying to figure out how she hasn't been caught yet.


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There is no need to worry about the support if you are planning to sign up for the Google Compute Engine, a Google Cloud platform. Google recently announced that, "you no longer need an invitation or a conversation with sales to get access".
Google Compute Engine now offers a signing up option. And with the Gold account, the developers will also be able to access the Google Computing Infrastructure. This means that you no more have to go through the pain of looking for an invitation from someone. The Gold account starts from $400 per month.
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Google Compute Engine is a Google cloud platform. It is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), which offers services similar to Amazon's EC2. Google Compute Engine uses Linux virtual machine's hosted on Google infrastructure as it uses KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) as its hyper-visor.
Google Compute Engine competes directly with Amazon's cloud platform called EC2. Google Compute Engine was released about a year ago and it is only in its Preview mode, and has yet to offer a lot of services that Amazon does. However, Google Compute Engine comparatively offers a simple and easy to use API but is still in its evolving stage.
There are 4 packages available; Bronze, which is a Free package offers only Documentation, White Papers, Best Practices Guides, Community forums, and Billing Support. Silver package starts from $150 per month which offers Architecture Support (Best Practice), a Target Initial Response Time of 4 business hours (subject to their T&C) for Priority 1 issues, Login access for 2 people to Support Portal and Break/Fix Tickets, these services along with the one offered in Bronze Package.
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The first College Football Playoff rankings of the season will be unveiled Tuesday, Nov. 1. The show will be live streamed on fuboTV (free trial).
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Q: There is a number $x$ such that $n\lt x\lt n+1$? and where can I find more exercises like this one? I'm trying to prove that given $n\in \mathbb N$, there isn't a natural number such that $n\lt x\lt n+1$, using the axioms of the natural numbers and the definition of $\lt$ ($m\lt n$ iff $n=m+p$, $p\in \mathbb N$). I've already proved associativity, commutativity and cancellation law of the natural numbers. So we can use this to prove this question, I need help here.
By the way, anyone knows where can I find more exercises like this one in order to train the axioms and first definitions of numbers?
Thanks a lot

A: The key is to prove that there are no natural numbers between $0$ and $1$. You will then also need the following lemmas:
Lemma 1: If $a < b$ and $c \leq a$, $a-c < b-c$.
Lemma 2: If $a < b$ then $a^2 < b^2$.
Lemma 3: If $a < b$ and $c>0$, then $ac < bc.$
Let $S= \{a\in \mathbb{N} \vert 0 < a < 1\}$ and assume, for contradiction, that $S$ is nonempty. Since $\mathbb{N}$ is well-ordered, $S$ has a least element $b$. By Lemma 2,
$$0 < b^2 < 1,$$
so $b^2 \in S$. Moreover, by Lemma 3, $b^2 < b$, a contradiction, since $b$ is the least element of $S$. Therefore $S$ is empty and there are no natural numbers between $0$ and $1$.

A: Edited to reflect new information.
Since $x > n$, if we assume $x \in \mathbb{N}$ then we can write $x = n + a$ for some $a \in \mathbb{N}$. Then $n < n + a < n + 1$.
Proceed by cases on $a$ to reach a contradiction for any $a \in \mathbb{N}$.

A: Hint: Try by contradiction and use cancellation.

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There is nothing new about trying to prevent sizeable mixed migration flows from entering Western Europe. Visa checks prior to the departure of planes and ships were introduced with the same aim in mind. However, perfecting such barriers to migration becomes inhumane if victims of persecution have no alternatives to pursue. Dutch and European policy must therefore include support for other forms of reception for refugees. If necessary, it must remain possible to travel to the EU without being in possession of a visa. Those who arrive in the European Union as asylum seekers may not under any circumstances be returned to countries in which they will be persecuted or face other grave dangers. This requirement is one of the foundations of our rule of law and is enshrined not only in the Geneva Convention on Refugees but also in the ECHR, the EU Conventions, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The AIV is of the opinion that better arrangements for processing asylum applications would constitute an important measure alongside developing a system of 'green cards' for (temporary) residence permits for the purpose of employment.
Combating abuses of the asylum procedure improves the prospects of those who are in need of asylum. The management of the external borders of the Schengen area should play an important role here. The EU's policy seeks to suppress the illegal crossing of borders and the activities of people smugglers in combination with setting up registration centres for asylum seekers from outside the EU. Under the terms of article 12, paragraph 2 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and article 2 of the Fourth Protocol to the ECHR, no state may prevent someone from leaving its territory.
Applying for asylum at the external border of the EU or the Schengen area, as the case may be, is not illegal migration. However, if a person has already applied for asylum, or could have done so, in a safe third country from which he or she wishes to enter, and in which he or she will not be subjected to degrading treatment, this person may be denied entry at the border.
The 'closure' of the internal borders between the Schengen countries is not a workable option; not only because it would require a change to the EU Treaties, but also because it would cause disproportionately severe economic and social damage, besides incurring huge costs for fences, checkpoints and border police, to the extent that this would even be practicable. Selective controls along the internal borders, based on intelligence concerning heightened risks, may be useful, helping to combat forms of abuse. Another change too is to be recommended: it would not inconvenience bona fide passengers too greatly to require all persons boarding a plane or a ferry across the Ionian Sea, for instance, to show a valid travel document. This would also prevent at a stroke the use – undesirable from a counterterrorism perspective – of plane tickets by persons other than those to whom they were issued.
The current European Asylum System (EAS) is inadequate and will remain so for the foreseeable future, because the differences between the 28 member states, in all sorts of respects, are too great. Because of this, a small number of states, and in particular Germany, feel obliged to provide protection to refugees from what are currently the worst crisis areas.
The only route to a remotely adequate capacity for processing asylum applications and for the reception of refugees is through the participation of enough countries. The AIV therefore advises establishing closer cooperation within the meaning of the EU Treaty (on the basis of article 20 TEU) between those member states that are able and willing to implement Schengen within the framework of an effective common asylum and migration policy: strict where necessary, but at the same time humane, including in relation to family members who have remained behind. The AIV would refer here to its advisory report on differentiated integration.2 This closer cooperation will need to embrace a fully operational common asylum system, including similar forms of reception and integration, the acceptance of distribution formulas, exchanges of intelligence on abuses in order to combat them, coordination with the UNHCR in relation to resettlement, and agreements about return and readmission with safe countries outside the EU. In other words, a truly common policy must be based – unlike the current noncommittal Reception Directive – on mutual solidarity among the member states concerned and should also, for instance, prescribe reception centres of comparable quality.
This closer cooperation should be set up with as many as possible of the member states that participate in Schengen. In terms of objectives, it should be in keeping with the common 'area of freedom, security and justice' (article 67 et seq., TFEU). To prevent the undesirable effects of 'free-riding', the non-participating states should be required to at least share the costs. This must be enforced, if necessary, by revising the allocation of resources from the structural funds.
The AIV would prefer not to describe this closer cooperation as a 'mini-Schengen'. After all, it would not end the Schengen system as such. It would, however, abandon the notion of an all-or-nothing approach to internal border controls, and steps would be taken, with those countries that are able and willing to take part, to achieve a fairer and more even distribution of benefits and tasks. Other member states can continue to take part in the 'basics' of the Schengen system (open internal borders in normal circumstances, shared responsibility for the external borders, and a common policy on visas), providing they cooperate in the common management of the external borders and in selective controls at the internal borders (such as verifying travel documents at airports and crucial sea ports).
This must be a two-phase procedure: first establishing, in a secure facility at the border, who can and therefore must immediately return to the country of origin or transit, and who is eligible to have their asylum application processed by a member state to be determined in accordance with a set formula. This formula can rely on a quota proportional to capacity, based on objective factors such as GDP, surface area and population size. It must also take account of the number of refugees who have already been received. It is inherent to this issue, however, that when the numbers exceed a certain figure, a new formula will need to be adopted.
However fervently one may wish that all 28 member states would take part in this second phase, some are incapable of doing so, in some cases because they are already experiencing the full pressure of the increased numbers in the first phase, and in others – including the Visegrad group of states – because political and social factors have given rise to an impasse. One may deplore and condemn this, but such reactions will not lead to a situation in which refugees may be expected to obtain real protection. The states that do enter into closer cooperation will therefore have to take on this task. Those that do not do so must be compelled – as already noted – to share in the costs.
The fact that the AIV recommends striving to achieve these far-reaching changes does not mean that it expects this approach to resolve the situation entirely. The effects will remain limited in the absence of any willingness to intervene effectively in the situations that are driving many people to seek asylum in the EU. As long as people living in a situation of hopelessness in the Mediterranean region see no alternative other than to seek a new future in certain EU member states, the need to respond to this humanitarian emergency will clash with internal tensions in those member states. The political consequences for the political climate in the EU are already extremely grave. The AIV wishes to emphasise that Turkey cannot resolve the refugee problem on Europe's behalf, even if it is given far greater financial support than has been mooted thus far. Nor can Germany be left to take on the lion's share of the response to this humanitarian emergency, since – despite its robust economy and its own need for a form of immigration – it cannot bear this burden alone.
This situation, in which millions of people are seeking to escape life-threatening emergencies in regions afflicted by today's (or indeed tomorrow's) humanitarian crises, has built up over a long period. It is rooted in many years characterised by a lack of good governance, repression involving human rights violations and the neglect of prospects for socioeconomic development, as well as the appalling brutality of movements such as Da'esh. Those leading the governments or movements concerned bear full responsibility for this. It must however also be acknowledged that, for far too long now, other countries have remained aloof or have intervened only with a view to safeguarding their own interests. No effort has been made to provide security in certain parts of Syria, by military means if necessary, during the civil war that has raged since 2011. At the moment it appears unlikely that the European countries, together with the US and in consultation with Turkey on the one hand and Russia on the other, could at this late stage succeed in creating 'safe areas' in Syria, given the sharp divisions that exist between these powers. New developments cannot be ruled out, however. In addition, whatever happens, the UNHCR must play a key role and must continue to advise on the possible onward migration of people for whom a meaningful future in their country of origin is no longer possible. The EU member states must contribute, each according to its ability to do so, and must help Syria's neighbours – particularly Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey – with the enormous burden and responsibility they are shouldering for the reception of millions of Syrians.
The AIV further recommends setting up a study in the short term, within an international framework, to devise forms of prevention and management in humanitarian crisis situations, not only those resulting from wars but also those caused by the economic, demographic and climatological conditions that may arise in the coming decades. After all, the European Union is no better prepared for such eventualities than are other countries where people may seek refuge.
1 Advisory Committee on Migration Affairs, 'The strategic country approach to migration: Between ambition and reality', 25 November 2015.
2 AIV advisory report, no. 98, 'Differentiated integration: Different routes to EU cooperation', The Hague, October 2015.
3 See the ACZV advisory report 'Sharing responsibility: A proposal for a European asylum system based on solidarity' (2016), see: <http://acvz.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Sharing-responsibility.pdf>.
How the European Commission's recent proposals for a European border and coast guard relate to the future of Schengen and the alternatives for EU border control.
How Schengen relates to the principle of the free movement of persons and goods within the European Union, and an overview of the fallback options for safeguarding this principle if Schengen's continued existence is threatened.
The consequences of a 'mini-Schengen', i.e. what the detailed elaboration of this concept would mean in practice.
In light of a limited timeframe, the advice could take the form of a short advisory letter.


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Date sent: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 13:54:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Benny J Peiser B.J.PEISER@livjm.ac.uk
Subject: CC DIGEST, 12/01/98
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CAMBRIDGE-CONFERENCE DIGEST, 12 January 1998
"Only a threat from beyond the Earth can
unify the quarrelsome human species"
(Sir Arthur C Clarke)
New grounds for optimism? Are we on our way from Space-Race to
planetary defense co-operartion? Let's hope that Russia's new
democracy is stable enough and that China will also eventually
open up & join the free world. That would be even better than the
British-American-Chinese co-operation in the last James Bond movie
- and we could still use the same title: "Tomorrow never dies".
Benny J Peiser
(1) RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS ASSESS PLANETARY DEFENSE: EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR
EXPLOSION ON ASTEROIDS
(2) AMERICAN SCIENTISTS ASSESS PLANETARY DEFENSE: OPTIMAL LOW-THRUST
INTERCEPTION OF EARTH-CROSSING ASTEROIDS
(3) WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO DISPERSE AN ASTEROID?
(4) WHAT WAS THE QAQORTOQ EVENT?
(5) NEW ASTEROID ENCOUNTER STATISTICS
(6) IS THERE EVIDENCE FOR ASTEROIDS FROM THE OORT CLOUD?
(7) MARIA'S FAMILY: STRUCTURE & IMPLICATIONS FOR GIANT NEOS
(8) DISCOVERY & PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF 1998 JA (1)
(1) RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS ASSESS PLANETRAY DEFENSE: EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR
V. Fortov*), V. Kondaurov & I. Lomov: Investigation of the nuclear
explosion effect on asteroids. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMPACT
ENGINEERING, 1997, Vol.20, No.1-5, pp.265-269
*) RUSSIAN ACADADEMY OF SCIENCE, HIGH ENERGY DENS RES CTR,
13-19 IZHORSKAYA, MOSCOW 127412, RUSSIA
Impact of an asteroid on the Earth could be catastrophic. Deflection
and fragmentation of such asteroids by surface and underground nuclear
explosives has been proposed. The aim of this investigation is the
optimization of explosive effects by varying of the explosive depth and
charge. The study is based on nonlinear thermomechanics of an
elastoviscoplastic damaged medium. For numerical simulation Godunov's type
scheme on unstructured grid is used. The deflecting impulse depends on the
power and depth of the charge, and the physical and strength properties of
asteroid material. The process of dynamical vaporization and disintegration
of asteroid material around the burst point as well as the generation of
intensive jet is also investigated.
(2) OPTIMAL LOW-THRUST INTERCEPTION OF EARTH-CROSSING ASTEROIDS
B. A. Conway: Optimal low-thrust interception of earth-crossing
asteroids. JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS, 1997, Vol.20,
No.5, pp. 995-1002
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, DEPT AERONAUT & ASTRONAUT ENGN, URBANA,IL,61801
The spectacular collision of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 asteroid with Jupiter in
July 1994 was a dramatic reminder of the inevitability of such catastrophes
in the Earth's future unless steps are taken to develop methods far
Earth-approaching object detection and possible interdiction. In this work,
optimal (minimum-time) trajectories are determined for the interception of
asteroids that pose a threat of collision with the Earth. An
impulsive-thrust escape from the Earth is used initially to reduce flight
time but is followed with continuous low-thrust propulsion using values of
thrust and specific impulse representative of electric motors. The
continuous optimization problem is formulated as a nonlinear programming
problem using the collocation method in which the differential equations of
motion are included as nonlinear constraint equations.. The use of
low-thrust propulsion after Earth escape is shown to dramatically decrease
the mass of the interceptor vehicle at launch.
H. J. Melosh*) & E. V. Ryan: Asteroids: Shattered but not dispersed
ICARUS, 1997, Vol.129, No.2, pp.562-564
*) UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, LUNAR & PLANETARY LAB, TUCSON, AZ, 85721
We use a combination of scaling laws and direct hydrocode computations that
include material strength to show that the impact energy needed to disperse
an asteroid is greater than that to thoroughly shatter it for asteroids
larger than about 400 m in radius. Thus, asteroids larger than this size
should probably be considered to be gravitationally bound, but otherwise
strengthless, rubble piles.
from: Jonathan TATE fr77@dial.pipex.com
WHAT WAS THE QAQORTOQ EVENT?
J.R. Tate, Spaceguard UK
There is no doubt that at 08:11 UT on Tuesday 9th December 1997
something unusual happened about 50 kilometres north east of Narsarsuaq
airport in southern Greenland. Word began to filter out to the world on the
11th and 12th of December that it was likely that there had been a
substantial meteorite fall in the region, but, since then, controversy has
surrounded the whole affair. Indeed, echoes of the Tunguska event in 1908
are already very much in evidence.
Interest was first kindled by numerous eyewitness accounts of a bright
fireball, which was seen by a number of individuals, including the crews of
at least four trawlers, police officers and a storekeeper. In addition, a
bright flash lasting for about two seconds, and the bolide itself appear on
a videotape taken in a Nuuk car park by a surveillance camera, though only
reflected in a car bonnet!
The skipper of the Danish trawler Timmarut reported that his position
was 60d 30' N, 46d 43' W, and his heading was 290-300 degrees when he
observed a bright fireball to port. The fireball crossed his heading
and disappeared at the horizon to his front, and starboard. The
first mate on the same vessel reported a bright fireball that crossed
the sky at high altitude from roughly 270-290 degrees to 90 degrees.
The path was curved, and there was no terminal flash. The event
lasted for about five seconds, and the colour of the fireball was
observed to be reddish.
The captain of the trawler Halten Traal, located at 62.05N, 41.10W was
travelling north east at about 0810 UT when he observed a large fireball
travelling in a south-westerly direction until it disappeared over the
horizon at a bearing of 230-240 degrees. He described the colour as bluish,
and there was a bright flash as the bolide disappeared. The whole event took
place in silence, and there was no electrical disturbance.
At about 08:10 UT the trawler Nicoline C was off Fiskenaesset in south
Greenland (62.55N, 51.35W) under a clear sky. Although he did not observe
the fireball directly his wheelhouse and the mountains ashore were strongly
illuminated by a yellow-red light. Shadow movement indicated that the
phenomenon was moving in a southerly direction, and it seemed to brighten as
it passed. Again the whole event was silent, and no electrical disturbances
were observed.
The trawler Regina C was, at about 08:10 UT, positioned at 60.55N,
42.15W. The first mate saw a large fireball coming from the north.
It passed approximately 10 degrees above the horizon before
disappearing behind mountains at about 320-330 degrees. The
mountains were silhouetted b the light, and then there was a powerful
flash. He described the colour as being pale green at the centre of
the fireball, and pieces fell onto the mountains from the glowing
trail. There was no sound from the event, and no disturbance of
electronic instruments. From this description it has been calculated
that the end of the track lies behind and between the mountains of
Kap Olfert Fischer og Nuk.
The captain of the cutter Tasiilaq was sailing on a southerly course,
and at approximately 08:10 UT was at 62.01N, 41.13W when he noticed a
bright white flash on the horizon. The cutter and its surroundings
were lit up "like daylight" by the event, and the captain observed a
jagged column of fire, or tail stretching about 10 degrees above a
point in the mountains. He obtained an accurate bearing of 285 degrees true
to the column, which persisted for a few seconds.
Two police officers on patrol in Nuussuaq observed a fireball "about
the size of the moon" at between 08:10 and 08:15 UT. They estimated
that it passed to the west of them at an elevation of about 70-75
degrees. The colour of the fireball was described as orange-yellow,
and there was no sound.
A. DellOro*) & P. Paolicchi: A new way to estimate the distribution of
encounter velocity among the asteroids. PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE, 1997,
Vol.45, No.7, pp.779-784
*)UNIVERSITY OF PISA, DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, PIAZZA TORRICELLI 2,
I-56127 PISA,ITALY
The statistics of asteroid mutual encounters has been studied by
several authors, mainly with the purpose of estimating collisional
rates (and thus mean collisional lifetimes) and the distribution of
encounter velocities. A new approach to this problem, very simple and
fast in terms of computer time is presented. Not-withstanding these
properties, and in spite of its heuristic nature, the method proved to give
results similar to those obtained by means of more sophisticated and
time-consuming techniques. Moreover, the method is particularly suitable for
undertaking more detailed analyses, including the distribution of impact
directions for a given target, and an evaluation of the quantitative
relevance of a number of possible effects, not taken into account in
previous studies.
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IS THERE EVIDENCE FOR ASTEROIDS FROM THE OORT CLOUD?
P. R. Weissman*) & H. F. Levison: Origin and evolution of the unusual
object 1996 PW: Asteroids from the Oort cloud? ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL,
1997, Vol.488, No.2 Pt2, pp.L133-L136
*)CALTECH,JET PROP LAB,DIV EARTH & SPACE SCI,MAIL STOP 183-601,4800 OAK
GROVE DR,PASADENA,CA,91109
The unusual object 1996 PW was discovered on 1996 August 9 by the
Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking automated search camera operating from
Haleakala in Hawaii. Although asteroidal in appearance, it was soon
determined that the object is in a near-parabolic orbit similar to that of a
long-period comet. No object that was not an active comet has ever been
discovered on such an eccentric orbit. The discovery of 1996 PW prompted us
to examine and evaluate its possible origins, including the intriguing
possibility that it is an asteroid from the Oort cloud. Current models for
the formation of the Oort cloud argue that most of the material there should
be from the Uranus-Neptune region and thus cometary, not asteroidal, in
composition. We better quantify these models and show that similar to 1% of
the Oort cloud population should be asteroids. We find that 1996 PW has
almost certainly been a resident of the Oort cloud. However we find it
equally likely that 1996 PW is an extinct comet or an asteroid. Although not
conclusive, our results represent a significant change in our understanding
of the Oort cloud, because they suggest that the ejection process sampled
(1) material from as close to the Sun as the asteroid belt in the primordial
solar nebula and hence (2) much warmer formation temperatures than
previously thought. This diverse sample is preserved in the Oort cloud.
V. Zappala*), A. Cellino, M. DiMartino, F. Migliorini, P. Paolicchi:
Maria's family: Physical structure and possible implications
for the origin of giant NEAs. ICARUS, 1997, Vol.129, No.1, pp.1-20
*)OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO TORINO,I-10025 PINO TORINESE,TO,ITALY
An extensive analysis of the Maria family is presented. A
reconstruction of the original ejection velocity field of the fragments
suggests that a substantial number of relatively large fragments may have
been injected into the neighboring 3/1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.
This also agrees with an analysis of the size distribution of the family,
suggesting that about 10 objects in the size range 15-30 km have probably
been lost. As a consequence, Maria's family can be seen as one of the most
promising candidates for the source of the 'giant' near-Earth asteroids 433
Eros and 1036 Ganymed. This is also supported by an extensive spectroscopic
survey of the family members in the spectral range 5000-10000 Angstrom. The
spectra obtained are very similar and are consistent with the known spectra
of Eros and Ganymed.
T.B. Spahr*), C.W. Hergenrother, S.M. Larson, M. Hicks, B.G. Marsden,
G.V.Williams, D.J. Tholen, R.J. Whiteley & D.J. Osip: The discovery and
physical characteristics of 1998 JA(1). ICARUS, 1997, Vol.129, No.2,
pp.415-420
*) UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, DEPT ASTRON, GAINESVILLE, FL, 32611
1996 JA(1), which approached to 0.003 AU of the Earth on 1996 May 19.7 UT,
was discovered on films exposed 5 days earlier during the course of the
high-ecliptic-latitude Bigelow Sky Survey. The utility of high-latitude
surveying for near-Earth objects is demonstrated by the fact that 1996 JA(1)
traveled through the usual ecliptic survey region at a rate of 5 degrees
hr(-1), and would likely have escaped detection even at V = 11. Rapid
astrometry and communication through the Minor Planet Center and the World
Wide Web facilitated follow-up observations that indicate 1996 JA(1) has a
mean diameter of 170 m, a rotational period of 5.23 hr, and an albedo of
0.30, With a spectrum consistent with the V class, it is possible that 1996
JA(1) shares the same source as the HED meteorites.
CCCMENU CCC for 1998


"Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are."
Dis-moi ce que tu manges et je te dirai ce que tu es.
- what we eat and drink when we celebrate the Eucharist.
tell us about who we are?
Christ is present at Mass in several ways in the liturgy.
He's present in our very gathering, our coming together to pray.


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About Cedefop
Finland: Polytechnics reform focuses on performance-based funding
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The polytechnics reform aims to strengthen polytechnics' role as independent and responsible educators of experts, reformers of working life and builders of regional competitiveness. The reform is being implemented via changes in legislation and renewal of operating permits.
The Finnish higher education system consists of two complementary sectors: universities and polytechnics. Universities are responsible for free scientific research and education based on that research. Polytechnics (universities of applied sciences) are more business-oriented as they are expected to serve the labour market and regional development and take into account the local economic structure through applied and consultative research activities.
The polytechnic system is still fairly new. The first polytechnics started operating on a trial basis in 1991/92 and the first were made permanent in 1996. By 2000, all polytechnics were working on a permanent basis. Today 25 polytechnic institutions operate in Finland, most of which are multifield institutions serving several locations.
Announced in the government programme, the polytechnic reform started in September 2011. At the end of 2013, a proposal for a new Polytechnics Act was sent to stakeholders for comments. Currently, parliament is discussing the proposal and the new act is expected to enter into force shortly.
According to the government programme, responsibility for funding polytechnics will be transferred to the government, and polytechnics will be made independent legal bodies. The licence to provide polytechnic education will be revised, with emphasis on quality and impact. Polytechnic financing will be overhauled to support current objectives better, such as speedy transition to the labour market. Polytechnic units will be combined into larger and innovative high-standard competence environments. There will be one or more polytechnics in every province.
Criteria emphasised in the new funding model will be proportion of completed qualifications and credits as well as R&D (research and development) intensity serving local and regional needs. Funding will be based on education and training activities (85 % share) as well as applied R&D (15 % share). In future R&D will have a stronger weighting.
Criteria for education and training comprise performance elements such as completed qualifications, number of students who complete more than 55 ECTS points, student feedback, student mobility and employment after graduation. R&D criteria are publications, number of master degrees, international mobility and external funding.
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Guilty. There…she said it. Guilty for living, when he was dead and buried, and guilty because…because she couldn't admit to anyone how she truly felt.
Cheryl stared at her reflection in the full-length mirror. Despite her long red hair, or maybe because of it, black suited her. The sombre tone of her dress contrasted with her blue eyes and almost-translucent pale skin. She raised her eyebrows as she opened her eyes wide. As a mature woman, she ought to have known better, but really, she felt exhausted after the last few months, and she quoted Rhett Butler's well-known phrase to herself, 'Quite frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.' But even that was a lie, because deep down, she did.
She grabbed the last of Daniel's best shirts and stuffed them into a sturdy carrier bag. The local charity shop would do well out of her this week. Half of them had only been worn once or twice, and they were all designer labelled. He always bought far too many new garments at once. She felt something firmer than cloth beneath her hand and, poking her long fingers into the breast pocket of a dark-blue polo shirt, grasped something which turned out to be a photograph folded in half.
Cheryl stared at the much creased snapshot, recalling the day it had been taken. She saw a sky so blue it made her eyes ache; tall eucalyptus trees were etched into the background, and she and Daniel stood in front. Happy days, in some ways. Her first trip to Australia had been bittersweet. She remembered how she wanted everything to be so perfect, filled with hope, and that the holiday would help get their marriage back on track. God only knew how much it needed something back then.
Daniel Taylor, the man she married years ago and had now lost. After his death, she didn't go to pieces or let everything slip through her fingers. She had others to consider. The burden had been immense as she overcame dark thoughts and fought to get everything back on an even keel. That was the key. Time healed, and she smiled and nodded at everyone who told her so.
They said she was traumatised by Daniel's death and had been left bewildered and numb. Well, that was partly true, but as for her true feelings and what had happened, some things were best left unsaid.
She blinked, as tears pricked at her eyelashes. She loved him once.
She thought back to those dreadful weeks: him dying a little bit more each day. She hated watching his face grow so pale and thin on the pillow. His words—those alarming words, desperate and pleading—had shocked her to the core.
She had whispered her promise never to leave him…and she didn't. She stayed to the end, watching him sleep until his chest no longer rose and fell with each sighing breath. When it finally happened, she thought the world had stopped. Everything was so still. So still that she imagined she could hear the house breathing.
Finally, she had kissed his cheek, tucked his hands under the cotton covers and stood up to move away. "I'm sorry," she whispered, her mind numb with pain and wracked with guilt. "Rest in peace."
Chapter One: The Present
Inside the restaurant, there was a sudden portentous silence. The waiter paused before whisking Cheryl's dessert plate away and glanced towards the tall window overlooking the London square. Other chic diners turned their heads and listened.
Outside, the night sky exploded. Everyone in the restaurant glanced at their fellow diners as they heard the rockets swish overhead, followed by spectators' frantic shrieks, culminating in a frenzied peal of church bells.
Daniel looked across the festive table into his wife's sapphire-blue eyes, double-fringed with thick black lashes. He gave a perfunctory smile while sliding a small box across the table towards her. "Happy New Year, darling."
Surprised, Cheryl paused as she lifted her champagne glass for a toast and widened her eyes in question. Their dining companions, Ollie and Cordelia, seated between Cheryl and Daniel, stopped conversation mid-sentence as they watched her.
"Oh! For me?" Prettily startled, Cheryl smiled at her husband. Daniel had already been generous that Christmas, and Cheryl could only wonder what the pair of emerald earrings signified. "Daniel, they're beautiful. I don't know what to say."
"Thank you is enough, my darling. I thought you could wear them when we visit the Thorns next month. You know how well-turned-out Felicity always is. She'll be green with envy."
Cordelia laughed, her green eyes dancing with more than a little malice. "I can't wait to see her face. Daniel, you're so lavish with your presents. Cheryl's in danger of becoming as spoilt as Felicity."
Cheryl blinked at her words. If she could have named one woman who was over-indulged, it was Cordelia. Unlike the other three seated at the table, she came from old money and had spent a lifetime of idleness apart from sitting on the boards of a handful of charities. She had spent the evening flirting with Daniel while Cheryl watched surreptitiously as she shook her flaxen curls over Daniel's shoulder, twirling her empty wine glass between her well-manicured hands. Daniel responded with old-fashioned charm as benefitted the wife of a good and wealthy client. Cheryl couldn't really complain. She was used to women flirting with her handsome husband. All too often they were fascinated by his grey eyes, set in a lean, sharply featured face. Daniel carried himself as taut as a greyhound, and they were attracted by his good looks and a sensitivity that nestled at the core of his don't-mess-with-me macho charm.
Cheryl was a landscape painter, Daniel her agent. He discovered her when she was bouncing along the bottom of the art world, barely keeping her head above water. Once he recognised Cheryl's full potential in what had become a buoyant art market, he declared he would make her a household name—but only if she let him have complete control. Cheryl, already suffering rejection in the art world, where the parameters were firmly set, and struggling to make ends meet, had no choice but to go along with his plans. And to be fair, true to his word, Daniel soon succeeded in establishing Cheryl as an up-and coming artist, whose pieces were now highly desirable and fetched good prices. As an agent, Daniel was wealthy, knew the risks to take, which paintings to put up as collateral and which would sell well. He knew his market and his clients.
Ollie was one of those clients. Well-heeled, he specialised in designing and building shopping malls and had met Daniel at a party in London. Ollie invested in other property, race horses and art. He knew the property market and horse flesh but little of art and entrusted Daniel to find him those canvases which would turn into blue-chip art. The arrangement worked well. Daniel sought pieces he knew Ollie liked, thereby placing Ollie in the European art world and earning Daniel a handsome commission.
Cheryl laughed good-naturedly and switched her gaze to the dark good looks of the wide-shouldered ex-rugby player. Ollie cossetted his wife far too much and openly admitted it. Cheryl knew he had been watching Cordelia like a hawk throughout the evening; he was no fool. Although beaming at Cordelia's flirtation benevolently, Ollie was competitive and known to flatten anyone who got in his way. Cheryl was sure Daniel was aware of this and, treasuring Ollie's patronage, would have done nothing to seriously jeopardise their business relationship.
Daniel had explained to Cheryl more than once how he saw Cordelia and Ollie as the über-successful couple. "There's no point in standing still in life. You go up or you slide down. And you and I, my darling, are going up. With your talent and my knowledge of the art world, the world's our oyster. Your paintings sell before the canvas is even dry. What can go wrong if you follow my advice?"
At times like these, Cheryl wanted to voice her own opinions and reservations, but when she saw Daniel's face, she knew he would brush aside her unease. Daniel excelled at control, and whenever she questioned any of his decisions, he reminded her of the promise she had made him all those years ago. All the same, Cheryl always maintained happiness had a price, and on most occasions, it was always high. Things were going fairly well in the Taylor household at this stage, but ever the pessimist, Cheryl wondered what might be around the corner.
Chapter Two Twenty-Two Years Earlier
After art college, Cheryl had to take a part-time job to feed herself. Despite her parents' offers of help, she wanted to be an artist first and stand on her own two feet. After a year of scratching out a living, selling the odd painting, Daniel entered her life. It happened quickly and from an unexpected corner.
Cheryl and a couple of arty friends, Sally and Bernice, were exhibiting in a small, tucked-away gallery off St Martin's Place. Bernice came from a stable background, and Sally was the product of an unhappy childhood. With a mother and father who argued constantly, her father usually ended the spat by shouting at her mother and then storming out of the house. Sally's mother was similar to so many other women of her generation. She pretended there was nothing wrong with the marriage and persuaded her daughter that everything was normal. Sally soon learnt it was better to hide her shame…and fear. She spent the rest of her life living a lie.
Over the years, Cheryl and Bernice watched their friend as she went from one miserable relationship to another. No man lasted more than a few dates.
"What's wrong with her?" Cheryl mused when Sally had rung yet again to say that she had been dumped and that although she would still join them later, she would be sans man.
Bernice, who had an old head on young shoulders, put it in a nutshell. "It's all her father's fault. He drank far too much. Sally witnessed too many domestic rows, and she ended up feeling frightened and vulnerable. Not only that, his behaviour guaranteed she finds all men unpredictable and unreliable. I think she's made a vow never to feel that way again and subsequently won't let a man get close enough, but paradoxically longing for just that. It's sad, but Sal's never learnt to trust anyone. I suspect sex plays a huge role. She won't trust her sexual partner and, fearing her vulnerability, won't let herself go sexually."
Cheryl blinked and registered surprise at Bernice's candid explanation. "Quite the philosopher, aren't you? I suppose you're saying she's never had an orgasm?"
"Oh, definitely not. She's insecure and would be scared witless to depend on a man and then lose him. He'd feel trapped and make his escape. So the whole darn thing turns full circle."
"Poor Sally. I hope she's not too upset when she gets here. I need to stay focused tonight."
The girls turned their attention back to the exhibition on hand. The Hopper Gallery was slightly damp and smelt of wet dog and dubious-quality white wine. The walls and ceiling were painted a deep violet, and the floor tiles were pale mauve and white. Spotlights were directed onto the paintings. Bernice scanned through the guest list. "I don't recognise many names," she complained. "Oh well, you never know. One of us might be discovered." She tucked the list into her bag and glanced round the room; the place was filling up. Sally finally joined them, and the three women studied each visitor as a potential buyer. Sally gasped and grabbed Cheryl's arm. "Oh my god! Look. By your favourite picture…the blond eye candy."
"Hmm. Nice," Cheryl agreed. "Who is he? Painter or buyer?"
Bernice widened her eyes. "You're kidding me? You really don't know? That is Daniel Taylor. You've heard of the Taylor Gallery, haven't you? Wow! I added him at the last minute. See! I told you something might happen. Oh lord, he's seen us. Scatter, girls—it won't do to let him think we're falling over ourselves to get noticed."
The tall slim blond appeared to be on his own, and as Sally and Bernice slunk reluctantly away towards the drinks table, Cheryl saw that Daniel Taylor was smiling at her and blocking her escape. More used to students and other meagrely paid artists, Cheryl thought she had never seen a more well-groomed or smarter-dressed man. He oozed money. She stared into his confident eyes—slate grey under this light—and at his wide mouth and high cheekbones. Anglo-Saxon? Hmm. Maybe…possibly Slavic somewhere in those genes. He leant forward, and she caught a whiff of expensive cologne: citrus, sandalwood. Her mind became confused, she couldn't believe he had singled her out. Not only that, to her utter amazement, she realised he was talking business to her. Goodness, was he truly interested in her work?
"This is good—remarkable, really," he said, pointing at one of her favourite canvases. "Your work is strong and has impact. Not too abstract nor wholly realist. On the whole, I believe it will be extremely marketable. But what are you doing exhibiting here in this miserable little gallery? These should be hung in the right places, seen on the right walls. Why don't I know your name?" The last question was directed solely at Cheryl, and she felt the full impact of his intense gaze.
"I finished art school and needed to support myself. I haven't had time to do a lot else except paint so that I don't starve," Cheryl heard herself murmuring shyly.
Daniel Taylor looked surprised. "Even so, I'd have expected to have heard something about you. Word of mouth is the key thing here. Everyone from artists, dealers and critics, passes on information. So, Cheryl, where can I find you? Do your skimpy funds run to a phone?"
Bowled over and almost fainting with shyness and joy, Cheryl scribbled her name and number on his catalogue.
"I'll be in touch," he said with a lingering smile and warm handshake.
By the time her friends returned, she was so thrilled she could hardly speak; Sally and Bernice were excited by the amount of public attention Dan Taylor's interest in her displayed work was causing. Six weeks later, she had sold all her paintings and discovered she had enough money to put down a deposit for a small house.
But there was one small disappointment. Daniel Taylor hadn't been in touch.
Three months passed, and Cheryl held her first one-man exhibition in the Hopper Gallery. She managed to persuade the owner, Bailey, to get rid of the purple-and-mauve overtones and paint the gallery a stark white. The floorboards were sanded and left in their natural state, and after much hectoring, Bailey agreed to invest in twice as many spotlights.
Cheryl had her hair trimmed and styled for the occasion. She splashed out on a new dress from a small boutique tucked away off The Strand and, early that evening, stood in the freezing gallery, shivering nervously and feeling more than slightly sick.
Bailey approached her with two glasses of red wine in his hands and pressed one into hers. "You look ravishing, darling. I didn't tell you earlier, as I wanted it to be a surprise, but we've already sold four pictures. Imagine…four pre-sold!" He struck a pose and waved a hand languidly in the direction of the main door. Cheryl thought she could just make out the 'red star' sold stickers on the paintings.
She gasped. "How wonderful! But who?"
"Ah. Wouldn't you like to know? I'm afraid I'm sworn to secrecy, but, my lovely, all will be revealed when you go to dine with him later tonight."
"Him? Bailey, what are you on about?" She smiled, her stomach doing a tiny flutter in anticipation.
"The purchaser who would like to buy you dinner after the show. Don't look so worried. It's all above board. You'll be quite safe, my sweet."
She laughed. "And what if I don't want to be wined and dined?"
Bailey studied Cheryl with a serious expression. "If you don't go, you'll never know what might have been. But look at it this way, my girl, you'll be a fool if you don't. Understand this, Cheryl…it isn't entirely in my interests, but, well, you'll see when you get there. Go and enjoy."
As soon as Cheryl gave her name to the head waiter at The Wolseley, she was escorted to a table set discreetly to one side of the restaurant. As she followed, her heart began to race in expectation and then thumped painfully against her chest as she recognised her lean blond patron. Daniel Taylor moved with fluid grace, rising from his chair and seating her immediately.
"Delighted you could come. Waiter, please open the champagne now. It's time for celebration." He turned to face Cheryl with a broad smile. "I took the liberty of ordering earlier, as I'm familiar with the menu here. I'm certain you'll enjoy my choice."
After their meal, Daniel drove Cheryl home. The sleek soft-top Aston Martin purred to a stop outside the door to her tiny house. Daniel glanced around; a row of modernised terraced houses with minuscule front gardens inside black-painted railings. "Nice. Small but attractive. May I come in? I'd like to see what you've been working on since we last met. We also need to discuss what you're going to do next."
Cheryl's heart tap-danced as she led him inside. "It's small but perfect for me. My studio's in here." She flicked on the overhead light, and Daniel stepped past her to prowl round the room. Canvases were stacked against two walls, sketches pinned to the wall on cork boards. He peered at each sketch and canvas, then stood back and scrutinised each one without uttering a word. After he had gone through her collection, he turned and looked at Cheryl.
She tucked a stray curl behind her ear, blushing furiously at his examination. "Well?" She asked with a nervous tremor in her voice. "Is it my paintings or me you're interested in?"
"Both," he replied. "I know you have the ability, but are you material worth fostering? How resolute are you? Do you give in easily to stress and publicity?"
"Who said I was looking to be promoted? What if I don't want you to handle me?" She bristled at his presumptions.
Daniel's eyes seemed to caress her face, resting on her mouth. "Ah, but we both know you do."
He moved towards her and took Cheryl in his arms. His breath was soft and warm against her neck and ear. "Are you as fragile as you look?"
As she felt his hand move against the silk covering her body, she began to shake. His long fingers gently explored her breasts with infinite patience. Trembling, Cheryl yearned to feel his body against hers. She unbuttoned his jacket and slid her hands across his chest and around his back. The linen felt fine beneath her hands as she tugged at the shirt, pulling it away from his warm muscular flesh.
Daniel bent his head, forcing her lips apart, and pressed his body hard against hers. He took her hand gently and guided it down between them; there was no doubting his excitement. He caught hold of her dress and pulled it upwards. He grasped her buttocks and pulled her closer to him, breathing heavily.
He lifted her with ease, taking a few steps forward and pressing Cheryl against the wall. He tugged at her dress, pulling it over her head; her naked breasts tingled with his caress. Cheryl closed her eyes and felt him move away. She could barely breathe as she heard him ripping off his clothes.
Then, she felt his body align with hers, his lips dry and firm. His hands explored her body, and she thought she would pass out with excitement. His hand found its way between her legs, and she groaned as he rubbed her gently. Her body responded with a passion more intense and rapid than she had ever known. Before she climaxed, he eased her thighs apart gently and entered. Cheryl was pressed against the cold brick wall, but she felt as if she were on fire.
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Q: How can I deal with the state updating asynchronously? I have a login page where if a user enters the wrong credentials or submits blank fields, an error will be displayed on the page. Currently, when a user fails to signin with the right credentials, the error will only be displayed on the second click. I'm aware that my current problem is due to the state updating asynchronously, but I'm not sure how to resolve the problem in my code:
onst Login: React.FC<Props> = () => {
    const user = useAppSelector(selectUser);
    const auth = useAppSelector(selectAuth);
    const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
    ...
    const [signInError, setSignInError] = useState<boolean>(false);

    const handleSignInError = () => {
        if (auth.error?.status === 401 && auth.error.message === Constants.Errors.WRONG_CREDENTIALS) {
            setSignInError(true);
        }
    }

    const renderSigninError = () => {
        if (signInError) {
            return (
                <Box paddingTop={2.5}>
                <Alert variant="outlined" severity="error">
                    {Constants.Auth.FAILED_SIGN_IN}
                </Alert>
            </Box>
            );
        } else {
            return (

            );
        }
    }

    const handleSubmit = async (event: React.FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>) => {
        event.preventDefault();
        const formData: any = new FormData(event.currentTarget);
        const loginData: LoginData = {
            email: formData.get("email"),
            password: formData.get("password"),
        }
        try {
            const res: any = await dispatch(login(loginData));
            const resType: string = res.type;
            if (resType === "auth/login/fulfilled") {
                const userPayload: UserLogin = res.payload;
                const loginUser: UserInterface = {
                    ...
                }
                setSignInError(false);
                dispatch(setUser(loginUser))
                navigate("/");
            }
            else {
                console.log("Failed to login");
                handleSignInError();
            }

        }
        catch (error: any) {
            console.log(error.message);
        }
    }

    return (
        <Box
            ...code omitted...

            {renderSigninError()}

            ...
    )
}

What can I do to make sure that when the app loads and the user fails to login on the first click, the state for signInError should be true and the error displays?

A: You have at least 2 options.

*

*add a conditional component.

*Add a useEffect listenning for signInError and handle there as you want. It will trigger everytime signInError state changes
 import React from 'react';
   const [signInError, setError] = useState(false)

  import React from 'react';
 const [signInError, setError] = useState(false)

 useEffect(() => {
   console.log('new signInError value >', signInError)
 // do whatever you want
 }, [signInError])

 export function App(props) {
     return (

           {
             signInError ? (
something happened
) : null
           }

     );
 }

There might be better approaches. Hope this can help you

A: I found a work around by changing handleSignInError() to update the state directly through setSignInError(true) as in:
const handleSubmit = async (event: React.FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>) => {
        event.preventDefault();
        const formData: any = new FormData(event.currentTarget);
        const loginData: LoginData = {
            email: formData.get("email"),
            password: formData.get("password"),
        }
        try {
            const res: any = await dispatch(login(loginData));
            const resType: string = res.type;
            if (resType === "auth/login/fulfilled") {
                const userPayload: UserLogin = res.payload;
                const loginUser: UserInterface = {
                    ...
                }
                setSignInError(false);
                dispatch(setUser(loginUser))
                navigate("/");
            }
            else {
                console.log("Failed to login");
                setSignInError(true); //changed here
            }

        }
        catch (error: any) {
            console.log(error.message);
        }
    }

Could someone help me understand why using another function initially didnt work?