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CANADA: Ice wine ready to break new ground abroad - study

2013-01-28 13:42:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

Rocketing demand from East Asia and a vintage harvest has left Canada's ice wine industry poised for growth, a new report claims.

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Tehachapi Breaks Ground on $56M Replacement Hospital

2013-01-28 04:49:00| National Real Estate Investor

The facility will replace the existing hospital, which does not meet the current California Seismic Safety Standards.

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Ground Stations Site Infrastructure Engineer ESTRACK mf

2013-01-25 15:37:27| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

With a 35year track record, Terma is among the most experienced European providers of missioncritical products, software, and services for space missions. Terma excels in stateoftheart niche technology and robust operational systems for the space industry. Working in close collaboration with customers and leading industry bodies, we develop advanced, missionspecific solutions. More than 150 employees are operating in all phases of space program development, Termas unique systems, software, and products are depended upon all over the world by astronauts, spacecraft, and organizations for mission success. Our solutions include customized systems for space science, earth observation, navigation, and telecommunication programs. They are based at Terma premises in Denmark, Germany and The Netherlands as well as numerous customer sites around Europe. The Mission Our customer, ESAESOC builds, operates and maintains satellite ground stations, which belong to its ESTRACK network for spacecraft operations, at various sites around the world. Sites typically include the following infrastructure Buildings operations, power plant, antenna tower, storage Auxiliary installations access control system, CCTV, fire detection, water distribution and other site installations Grounding and lightning systems Lighting systems Building monitoring systems Firefighting systems. ESA requires engineers to define the specifications for the infrastructure, assist procurement, and to review, supervise, monitor, control and validate all related activities. The Challenge We are looking for an experienced Systems Engineer to provide support to ESAESOC in the following aspects of site infrastructure engineering Antenna Site Infrastructure Systems Power Systems Cooling Systems Buildings and Civil Infrastructure. The tasks of the Site Infrastructure Engineer comprise, but are not limited to, the following Support in the definition of requirements for site infrastructure, power and cooling systems Monitoring and guide, for ESA and under ESA responsibility, the development and procurement activities contracted to external industries this includes the definition of tasks, the engineering analysis review, the production, the acceptance and the handover for use for spacecraft operations Onsite supervision of enhancement and maintenance of site infrastructure activities buildings, power, cooling Participation in the definition, execution and evaluation of pre development studies by Industrial Contractors, related to site infrastructure, power and cooling systems Engineering support to adhoc corrective maintenance and operation tasks, during problem finding and rectification, requiring specific technical background in site infrastructure, power and cooling. The work will be performed primarily at the ESOC premises in Darmstadt, Germany, and will involve frequent and sometimes long duration travelling to locations worldwide. This is a fulltime position as a Terma employee for an placement at ESOC of 3 years, with a possible extension of 2 years. Your Qualifications Suitable candidates will hold a university degree MSc in Systems Engineering or similar, and have knowledge and experience in the following Power and emergency power systems, including detailed knowledge of the related subsystems like diesel generators, batteries, transformers, UPS, MV and LV switchgear, monitoring and control Advanced equipment cooling systems, design, production and acceptance Air conditioning systems, design, production and acceptance Civil infrastructure and building monitoring systems Grounding and lightning protection systems Firefighting systems Security systems Infrastructure standards, local and international Education as a site safety coordinator can be obtained later. Candidates should have 5 years experience in a similar position. Other specific requirements are The successful candidate must be eligible and willing to obtain a security clearance of a country of the European Union with the start of the contract Languages English, German andor Spanish Knowledge of MSOffice including MSProject and simulation tools for power and cooling. Terma offers At Terma, we consider skilled employees, enthusiasm and job satisfaction as the very foundation of our success and as a prerequisite for the development of the bestinclass solutions that Terma provides. We lead the way in applying new technology, offering a wide range of growth opportunities for each individual and emphasizing mutual respect across the board in our workplace. Terma offers you a pleasant working environment at the customer site, where you will be able to take on challenging tasks and responsibilities in a highly professional company. Great opportunities for training and personal development Challenges in advanced technical environment International and cosmopolitan working atmosphere An employment contract with an attractive package with extra legal benefits Highly competitive salary Recruitment is depending on successful selection by the customer. Further information For further information, please contact Mr. Kevin Davies by telephone 49 6151 860050 or by email terma.determa.com. To ensure that your application will reach us and is properly processed we would prefer that you apply through the link below with a Cover Letter explaining your background and expertise, as well as your earliest date of availability, and an uptodate Curriculum Vitae. Closing date February 13th, 2013 Please note that applicants must hold all appropriate documentation and permits to work in Europe. Terma AS is a hightech, internationally recognized supplier of advanced and customized systems, products, and services within defense systems, surveillance, radar systems, and space.

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Ground Breaks on Restoration of Loew's Kings Theatre in Flatbush

2013-01-24 13:47:00| National Real Estate Investor

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz broke ground on the restoration of the historic Loews Kings Theatre in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

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CONSULTANCY SUPPORT ON GROUND STATION SYSTEM ENGINEERING

2013-01-23 15:38:16| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

WHO ARE WE? GMV www.gmv.com is a privately owned technological enterprise group with an international presence employing more than 1.100 staff. Founded in 1984, GMV mainly operates in eight large sectors for both public and private organizations Aeronautics, Space, Defense, Health, Security, Transportation, Telecommunications and Information Technologies. GMV currently runs eight work centers in Spain Tres Cantos Madrid headquarters, Boecillo Valladolid, Seville, Barcelona, Valencia, Tenerife, Len, Zaragoza and also work centers in Lisbon Portugal, Rockville Maryland, USA, Darmstadt Germany, Warsaw Poland, Bucharest Romania, Malaysia, Toulouse France and New Delhi India. We recruit and hire excellent engineers, and encourage innovation, technical excellence and continuing education. Our engineers regularly present papers at technical conferences, continue their education more than 85 have a masters degree, and we reinvest more than 12 of budget in IRD projects. This striving for excellence, innovation and flexibility is a major part of our culture. We provide very competitive compensation, attractive benefits, and a great work environment with lots of opportunities for professional growth. JOB DESCRIPTION Responsibilities Duties Tasks The consultant shall support the activities of ground segment developments in the areas of Ground Stations, RF and Telecommunications. In doing this, the consultant shall support Engineering activities of Phase B of future ground segments in the areas of Ground Stations, RF and Telecommunications The follow up of the detailed design and development activities of Phase CD of the future ground segments in the areas of Ground Stations, RF and Telecommunications The maintenance and evolution in phase E to the other programmes within EUMETSAT MSG, MTG, EPS, Jason2, ,.. in the areas of Telecommunications, RF and Ground Stations, Participation in the daytoday activities of the STC Lab managed within EUMETSAT small Telecommunications and RF laboratory supporting system simulations and analysis as well as small applications developments based mainly on MathLab and Labview e.g. tailored Remote Spectrum Analyser MMIs. The consultant will be a member of a multidisciplinary system engineering team and will report directly to the SEP Ground Stations Engineering Team Leader, however when working in a given programme, the consultant shall report also within the established programme structure. In the performance of these tasks, the consultant shall apply the relevant organisational and programmatic quality management procedures as well as the relevant ground stations system engineering standards. Qualifications The Consultant shall have a university degree or equivalent in an engineering discipline relevant to the job profile together with the experience and capability to fulfil the assigned tasks with a minimum of supervision. Required knowledge Heshe shall have, as a prerequisite, a demonstrated experience in a similar function for at least 5 years. This experience shall include in particular Ground stations system and subsystem design and development for TTC, mission specific andor satellite communications ground stations TTC baseband equipment and SLE compliant implementations Technical background in the specification and VV of ground stations and large antennas and tracking systems for LEO and GEO satellites ACU and receivers inclusive Knowledge of modulationdemodulation schemes applied by Ground to Space ICD for TTC and payload data transmission e.g. ECSS and CCSDS Standards. In addition, the knowledge and experience of the following processesareas is considered as an asset Design and requirements engineering of large and complex Earth Observation related ground stations e.g. MSG PGS or EPS CDAs Usage of High Data Rate Demodulators System experience with Link budget analysis and tools in S, X and Ka Band. Standard RF and microwave tools and SW package for generation of signal processing related simulations andor semiautomated measurement procedures for complementing the capabilities of the STC Lab. The Consultant shall be in possession of sound management and interpersonal skills to conduct the responsibilities described above autonomously and with a minimum level of supervision, exhibiting good oral and written communications skills, analytical capabilities, and motivation. The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore the consultant must be able to work effectively in this language and have knowledge of the other. Occasionally tasks may require shift or weekend work. Requests for such work will always be minimised where possible, and will always be agreed in advance between both parties. WHAT DO WE OFFER? As soon as they join the organization our professionals are given the chance to tackle technological challenges in an innovative environment, to work in multidisciplinary teams and deal directly with clients. This helps them to mature quickly as professionals. We provide continual topup training to keep our career professionals perfectly abreast of all technologies used. We offer a permanent contract and attractive package including a highly competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package. If you would like to work in an interesting, fun, fastpaced, challenging, diverse and global company which is growing rapidly, please send us your resume to jobsgmv.com For more information about GMV, please visit our website at www.gmv.com

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