This is the most comprehensive survey into mooring equipment yet undertaken & the results are essential information for surveyors, inspectors & ship operators concerned with proper use & maintenance. The book demonstrates, with the use of photographs, appropriate & inappropriate use of mooring equipment. The author draws on his picture library from over 1, 000 ship visits to show how lack of awareness & knowledge can lead to unsafe practices. Different components of mooring systems are described & the consequences of correct & incorrect use shown. ...

This well-researched book sets out to explain the principles involved when ships use lines & anchors to hold them in place. The particular value of this book lies in the illustrations & the seamanlike text, which is based on theoretical principles but explained in a practical way. The Foreword is written by the former Secretary General of the IMO, Efthimios Mitropoulos, & the book is supported by the major international associations concerned with ship operations. ...

Mooring Equipment Guidelines is an industry publication for the safe mooring of tankers & gas carriers at terminals. The publication provides clear & concise guidance for ship & terminal designers, ship operators & mooring line manufacturers on safe mooring system design, with an emphasis on the safety of ship & terminal personnel. This fourth edition has been extensively updated & addresses:* Lessons learned from incidents, most notably from failures of HMSF mooring lines;* Human centred mooring designs & human factors in mooring operations;* New & in-development regulations & guidance from the IMO on the safety of mooring;* Alternative mooring technologies & how they can be incorporated safely into the design of mooring systems both for ships & terminals. Mooring a ship to a berth is a common function for the maritime industry, however incidents that harm ship & terminal personnel still occur. This publication establishes recommended minimum requirement that will help ship designers, terminal designers, ship operators & mooring line manufacturers improve the design, performance & safety of mooring systems. ...

Greg & Lucy Malouf have compiled this collection of mouth-watering recipes inspired by the exciting flavours of North Africa, Spain, the Eastern Mediterranean & the Middle East
- regions united by a common thread that winds its way back to Arabia. Moorish begins with recipes for spice blends, dressings, relishes, pickles & preserves that best define the cuisine. With these basics in your pantry & refrigerator, you'll be able to transform the most mundane ingredients into deliciously different Moorish snacks & soups; meat, vegetable & poultry dishes; & irresistible cakes & desserts. Toss preserved lemon through risotto, or spice up a Sunday lamb roast with a baharat spice mix. Transform humble chicken schnitzel with savoury cumin butter, or try Atlantic salmon grilled with fennel, lime & sumac. For dessert, make a delectable mango tart flavoured with orange-blossom water, or liven up weekend breakfast with hot lemon fritters & cinnamon sugar. Moorish is, above all, a passionate celebration of flavour that will inspire & delight the adventurous home cook.
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' We want you to be able to use chermoula as readily as pesto, to be as comfortable with tagines as with casseroles. We want spices such as sumac & saffron to become as much a part of your repertoire as basil & rosemary.' Greg & Lucy Malouf have compiled this collection of mouth-watering recipes inspired by the exciting flavours of North Africa, Spain, the Eastern Mediterranean & the Middle East
- regions united by a common thread that winds its way back to Arabia. Moorish begins with recipes for spice blends, dressings, relishes, pickles & preserves that best define the cuisine. With these basics in your pantry & refrigerator, you'll be able to transform the most mundane ingredients into deliciously different Moorish snacks & soups; meat, vegetable & poultry dishes; & irresistible cakes & desserts. Toss preserved lemon through risotto, or spice up a Sunday lamb roast with a baharat spice mix. For dessert, make a delectable mango tart flavoured with orange-blossom water or liven up weekend breakfast with hot lemon fritters & cinnamon sugar. Beautifully illustrated & written in Lucy's engaging style, Moorish is, above all, a passionate celebration of flavour that will inspire & delight the adventurous home cook.
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What do we do when the world`s walls
- its family structures, its value-systems, it political forms
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Moosburg a.d. Isar in a series of GPS compatible recreational editions of the Bavarian topographic survey at 1:25, 000, with waymarked hiking trails & cycling routes, campsites & youth hostels, etc. Coverage

Includes:: Wartenberg, Langenpreising, Taufkirchen (Vils), Berglern, Fraunberg, Buch a. Erlbach. Contours used in this map vary between 5 to 20m according to the terrain, with 20m interval predominantly used for hilly areas. Varied colouring show different types of landscape: woods, vineyards, fields etc. Maps in this series feature extensive overprint highlighting local & long-distance footpaths & cycle routes, including King Ludwig Way or different variants of the Way of St James, indicating their waymarking. Symbols highlight different types of accommodation (campsites, youth hostels, refuges, etc), sport & recreational facilities, various places of interest, etc. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend & all the text are in German only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Mopoke the owl loves peace & quiet, but the bush is full of many, many annoying disturbances. Poor Mopoke is about to find out that you can`t always get what you want. Visually brilliant, & hysterically funny, this debut picture book by Philip Bunting is destined to become a classic. Perfect for all fans of Jon Klassen & Chris Haughton. ...

One of the titles in a series of maps of the administrative departments of Peru, with topography shown by altitude colouring & spot heights. Most maps also indicate cultivated areas. Scales vary considerably, given different sizes of the departments. Railways & four different types of roads & dirt tracks are shown, as well as local airports & aerodromes. The maps also show the subdivisions of the departments into provinces & districts, indicating administrative capital of each unit. Most sheets also include a panel with general information about the state (e.g. population distribution, climate, etc.). Latitude & longitude grid is drawn at 1º intervals, making this series very useful for identifying the locations of small places on the 1:100, 000 topographic survey of the country. Map legend is in Spanish only. Publication dates vary from mid-1980s to mid-1990s, with a handful of titles revised later. Each map shows one department only & no detail of any kind is given for the adjacent departments, beyond their names. ...

Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico do Exército, the country’s military survey organisation. The maps have contours at 20m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of terrain or vegetation (s&, terraces, rocks, woodlands, vineyards, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 32 x 20km (20 x 12.5 miles approx). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude coordinates for the map corners. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English.EDITION DATES: most titles in this series date from 1990s or later. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...