This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page © 2025 EmCan Media - Hosted By canaryfone A major search operation is currently underway in the Masca area of Tenerife as authorities continue efforts to locate a 68-year-old man who has been missing since last Monday Jesús was last seen in La Matanza de Acentejo but the focus of the search shifted to Masca in the municipality of Buenavista del Norte after his vehicle was discovered in the area have been deployed to comb the surrounding landscape The missing persons’ organisation SOS Desaparecidos continues to maintain an active alert for Jesús emergency teams have been working intensively to try to locate him with operations concentrated in the rugged terrain of the Masca region known for its steep ravines and dense vegetation This area is renowned for being difficult to locate people especially following the Jay Slater case last June when the 19-year-old British holidaymaker was found at the bottom of the valley after being missing for several weeks Authorities are urging anyone who may have seen Jesús or who has any information that could assist the search to come forward SOS Desaparecidos has provided contact numbers for the public to share information: 649 952 957 and 644 712 806 Select board member-elect Bob Mascali celebrates his electoral victory in his Teaticket home on Tuesday night with friends and supporters (from left) Courtney Bird Dugan tallies votes for the select board race and finds he did not win Catherine Zylinski supports him through the moment Select board member-elect Bob Mascali and his wife Gina celebrate after election results came in Tuesday night Tom Walrath gets his “I Voted” sticker from election worker Bob Butcher after submitting his ballot Tuesday in the Falmouth high school gym Mascali walked into his Teaticket living room on Tuesday night family and supporters: the seat on the select board he had campaigned for since February was now his The unofficial results of the election show Mr Taylor kept her seat with 39 percent of the vote Dugan—a third contender for the two open seats—lost with 27 percent of the vote “I congratulate both Bob [Dugan] and Nancy,” Mr Dugan was at his own party at Liam Maguire’s pub on Main Street Supporters and friends sat at tables near the back watching election coverage on local television Dugan the final counts from all nine precincts Dugan then began sharing the disappointing news with each of the partygoers Dugan said this was his first political campaign as he heard only positive feedback from the public “I’m extremely proud of the campaign I ran,” Mr Taylor said in a phone call on Tuesday night She was celebrating her win privately with her family I felt I would have worked well with both candidates I’m turning my sights on working with Mascali.” said it will be good to have a lawyer on the board again Mascali is an “of counsel” attorney with his own practice meaning he works alongside other law firms Town clerk Michael Palmer said turnout for local elections is typically in the 15 to 20 percent range 85 percent of voters go to the Falmouth polls Bayer of Precinct 6 said he moved to town last year and this was the second local election he had taken part in Some voters made a point to go to the polls in appreciation of the right to vote Carol and Lloyd Outram said they always vote in town elections “We’re not going to have that freedom much longer.” Voters generally agreed that the select board and school committee races were the most important races as those bodies set policy and their members are tone-setting leaders who guide and protect the town was more interested in choosing her representatives at Town Meeting “We are all responsible for getting people in who will do things right,” Ms Eaton was more concerned about the lone ballot question: a $950,000 tax override to fully staff the fire department and the million dollar price tag “is cheap.” The override passed by a margin of two to one turnout for Sandwich’s May town election was 8.3 percent far below the typical range of 10 to 15 percent Tuesday’s election in the Outer Cape town of Orleans brought out 27 percent of voters; there were 27 questions on the ballot Roughly two-thirds of Falmouth voters voted early Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Account processing issue - the email address may already exist A look back at what was making headlines years ago An e-newsletter with Bourne news sent each Wednesday Receive notices of breaking news for the Upper Cape An e-newsletter with Falmouth news sent each Tuesday A Monday morning e-newsletter with stories that readers might have overlooked in Friday's editions and a roundup of the stories that attracted the most attention on the Enterprise's website during the past week An e-newsletter with Mashpee news sent each Wednesday An e-newsletter with Sandwich news sent each Wednesday An e-newsletter sent on Thursdays highlighting local entertainment for the coming week A good news e-newsletter delivered every Saturday morning.   A Friday e-newsletter with headlines from all four Upper Cape towns Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account “Arnie is recognized by our industry as a thought leader who has truly changed how complex claims are prepared and presented I look forward to working together with him and our outstanding team to provide unique solutions for our clients.” Mascali was the founder and principal of a leading risk management consulting firm Mascali was often selected as an appraiser and served on the appraisal panel for one of the largest Hurricane Sandy disputes Mascali was the managing director of a global broker’s property consultants group Before entering the risk management community Mascali was an attorney in New York and New Jersey focusing on insurance law Mascali earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Bucknell University and a law degree from St. John’s University School of Law. Mascali is based in New York, NY, and can be reached at 917-594-7525 or at Arnold.Mascali@imperiumcg.com © Copyright 2012 - 2023 | citybiz | All Rights Reserved Three Garnet golfers finished in the top 20 at the Boys’ Sectional Tournament: Ryan Mascali concluded day two with an individual score of 75 low enough to earn an invitation to compete at the 2024 Boys Golf Championship for New York State Public High Schools He will tee off next on June 2 and 3 at the Mark Twain Golf Course in Elmira Mascali and Bisceglia managed to earn their honors despite being in eighth and ninth grades Eighth grader Graham Erickson was another underclassmen who shined against older competition just missing the top 20 cutline with his solid score of 84 on both Monday and Thursday of last week “We have not had a player qualify for States in quite a few years,” Rye Boys Varsity Golf Coach Pat Romano told MyRye.com hopefully that will open up a string of future players making it Eddie has worked hard on his game & he deserves it.” With so much success among underclassmen at the sectional tournament it is not hard to see why Romano is optimistic about the future of his team and Erickson provide a very strong pipeline for the next three or four years and Molloy is set to return for his senior year in 2024-25 as well he will look to keep the birdies flowing in Elmira next week Charlie Morris is a Staff Writer at MyRye.com He is a Rye resident and an undergraduate at Notre Dame Rye Girls Varsity Track & Field hit many performance markers across two days of league… Rye Varsity Volleyball kicked off their early week back-to-back with a strong victory over the… edited by Matt Capaldi Rye Boys Varsity Lacrosse battled back from… Rye Girls Varsity Tennis placed Pelham in the hutch on Thursday Rye Girls Soccer traveled to Glover field on Tuesday evening to take on Pelham Rye Varsity Skiing Co-Head Coach David Gray has chosen his MVP for the 2025 season:… and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" (Food Trucks Subject to Change) April 10-June 19 Down by the basketball courts at Rye Rec 4/17 - Arthur.. 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May 22nd from 6:30pm - 9:00pmAges: 21+Create "Monet’s garden" inspired by impressionist artwork Paint your own interpretation of water lilies in a summer garden in.. 7:00 am Marshlands Conservancy with Saw Mill River Audubon are hosting the Fifth Annual Pride Month Celebrations on May 31st The School District of Lee County currently has received $11.44 million from FEMA for emergency work Christopher Bernier said this week the district has been blessed to have received an avenue to have FEMA on the phone with them during conversations regarding recovery updates from Hurricane Ian “It does help us to be in the position to talk directly to FEMA leadership,” he said adding that it has been very valuable to the district The current projection of funding for the district is $5.2 million for flood insurance coverage $75 million for property insurance coverage FEMA Public Assistance Cost Share of $116.8 million state public assistance cost share of $12 million Lee County shelter claim reimbursement for $1.2 million and legislature – capital appropriation of $17.5 million The district’s estimated out of pocket expense is $48.4 million which includes tax revenue losses and estimated cost of Hector A Cafferata Elementary School transitioning to a K-8 school FEMA requires the school to be put back in place as it originally was and eighth grade is aligned with their capital plan “We want to be transparent that building a K-8 that we will get a lot of money to rebuild but won’t get it all,” Bernier said adding that there is an out-of-pocket expense to add middle school grades to the school “We want to note that you are getting a K-8 when only lost an elementary school.” Cafferata Elementary School has not been taken down yet because they are waiting for full approval from FEMA “If we take it down without their final approval we run the risk of them saying we would like to look at one more thing,” Bernier said Imperium Consulting Group Director Joseph Mascali said although the district did have campuses impacted by flooding the majority of the damage was wind and rain driven damage The NFIP flood insurance coverage was for Fort Myers Beach Elementary School Total payments so far include 81 checks for $5.2 million He said the FEMA public assistance is the payer of last resort which typically is 75 cents on the dollar has increased to 90 cents on the dollar It helps yield some additional funding quicker through FEMA through the state,” Mascali said He said normally the state will pay half of the remaining cost share they would normally pick up 5%,” Mascali said With a piece of legislation passing for a waiver program it allows the opportunity for the remaining 5% to be paid for by the state Mascali said this effectively makes the district whole for eligible expenses made through the FEMA pipeline Mascali said the district has issued $110 million for purchase orders “The district has made some significant payments of approximately $20 million to workers out in the field,” he said “This has created a bit of a deficit Currently based on receipts of funds there is a $5.85 million shortfall.” “The state has everything it needs from the district — how to distribute the funds and dot some I’s and cross T’s We are hoping in short order back in the black,” he said with some windfall funding Mascali said they are working with the federal delegation on a few issues pertaining to FEMA claims He said they have reviewed their calculations one of which is the project that pertains to remediation to contracts that came in immediately after the hurricane “FEMA was not taking into account the district’s deductible,” Mascali said which equates to $3 million of additional funding for the project Imperium Consulting Group Managing Director Kipp Nelson said there were more than 1,000 damage elements at different locations that were initially identified Florida Department of Emergency Management and the district have agreed upon “We have gone through 94 site inspections,” Nelson said He said $11.44 million has been received in emergency work which includes such areas as cleaning debris and temporary work to stabilize buildings To reach MEGHAN BRADBURY, please email news@breezenewspapers.com Copyright © Cape Coral Breeze | Contact | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy Mascali of Oxbow Road in Teaticket is one of three candidates running for two seats on the Select Board in this May's town election All candidates were given the same questions to answer in writing My commitment to public service in Falmouth is evidenced by the number of town positions I have held—as a member of the Commission on Disabilities the Falmouth Housing Authority and currently as Falmouth’s representative on the Cape Cod Commission In my public service and as an attorney with over 45 years in the private I have lived the Rotarian motto of “Service Above Self” and have been able to bring consensus among many varied interests I believe all of these qualities would make me a valuable and productive member of the Select Board The town needs to consider less restrictive zoning and the possible re-use of existing underutilized buildings that may be appropriate for housing The town should consider revising its current zoning related to residential parking as people transition from automobiles to other modes of transportation The proposal for the Royal Nursing Home project on Main Street is an excellent example of such innovative thinking While the Accessory Dwelling Bylaw has been generally successful in adding some housing we need to continue to make progress on proposals like this that make Falmouth affordable for our young people and seniors the board should consider a Real Estate Transfer Tax on high-end sales if state action permits it and dedicate the funds to affordable housing if enacted Some years ago I found myself in a very similar situation as our incoming town manager I was appointed to a high level position in state government and was unfamiliar with the workings or culture of that agency I established myself as an integral part of the administration by forging relationships with people throughout the organization to the custodians in our schools and buildings have a stake in delivering high quality service to our residents and taxpayers and in seeing that our new town manager is successful I will work with the new town manager to forge relationships across all departments and help him develop deep connections with our town and the people that make it a community I would agree that the board’s time could be better spent if some administrative tasks special events and sign variances could be delegated to the town manager Creating a Licensing Board is a consideration I would continue to have the Select Board involved in applications dealing with docks because of the potential impact to the town environment While I am strong proponent for the need to transition from fossil burning fuels to safe and reliable alternate sources of generation for electricity and the obligation on the part of coastal towns to investigate and evaluate possible landing sites I feel that the disingenuous manner and lack of cooperation and transparency by the applicant up to the point of that December decision supported the Select Board’s decision to deny access Important issues like this require trust and collaboration I will work with the board to find partners that will actually work with the town Renewable energy is an integral part of our future The impact of climate change and the resulting sea level rise threatens the very existence of the town as we know it today A report issued just last week highlights the threefold increase in ice melt at the top and bottom of our planet over the past 25 years The Town understood this problem years ago and the Coastal Resiliency Action Committee issued its report in 2021 and recommended a number of actions and policies; almost none of them have been implemented A survey of all our coastal neighborhoods is needed using the Surf Drive study in the report as a guide I will be a leader in moving these initiatives forward Next week the Enterprise will present Q&As with the seven school committee candidates vying for four school committee seats Three candidates have their hats in the ring for two seats on the select board access to the popular Masca Valley in Buenavista del Norte will be restricted to visitors arriving by official shuttle bus only as part of a new mobility and conservation plan introduced by the Tenerife Cabildo The initiative is designed to reduce traffic congestion on the narrow access road and enhance the safety and sustainability of tourism in the Teno Rural Park The announcement was made by Island President Rosa Dávila who outlined a series of measures aimed at easing pressure on the gorge and surrounding areas and efforts to preserve the area’s fragile ecosystem Under the new system, only visitors holding a stamped ticket purchased through the official website www.caminobarrancodemasca.com and using the designated shuttle service will be permitted to enter the gorge Tickets include both entry to the hiking trail and the shuttle journey Access will be denied to anyone without a valid ticket and private vehicles or unauthorised buses will no longer be allowed entry The shuttle service will operate on Fridays with four 18-seater minibuses departing every twenty minutes from a stop in Santiago del Teide Visitors are advised to park in the town centre and walk approximately five to eight minutes to the bus stop Ticket pricing is tiered: Tenerife residents may access the gorge for free while non-residents are charged €38 for adults and €19 for children Those who do not complete the round-trip hike may exit the gorge by boat to Los Gigantes from where taxis or a reinforced Titsa bus service will be available to facilitate their return the Cabildo is working with traffic authorities to establish a one-way system for authorised buses entering from Buenavista del Norte and exiting toward Santiago del Teide Discussions are also underway regarding infrastructure improvements the creation of new lay-bys along the road and potential land expropriations if needed Dávila highlighted the importance of maintaining the character of Masca as a real community and not a "theme park," insisting that locals deserve peace and protection from the pressures of mass tourism She described the management plan as a pioneering model for Tenerife with potential applications in other sensitive areas such as Anaga and Teide National Park daily access to the gorge has been limited to 275 visitors a dramatic reduction from previous figures that exceeded 100,000 annually The site will continue to offer guided descents The 21st Anniversary of the Heroes' Hat Game was played on Saturday This year's game marked the 17th time the Bobcats and Bulldogs battled for the award with Quinnipiac winning 11 straight Heroes Hats The Heroes Hat is presented to the winner of the last regular-season game on Quinnipiac's home ice with the game at Yale's Ingalls Rink serving as the tie-breaker the winner of the previous year retains the Heroes Hat The award was established in honor of those who risked or lost their lives following the terrorist attacks on Sept It remembers Joseph Mascali (FDNY/Staten Island 5) The "Heroes Hat" is be presented to the winning team by Mrs while he was attempting to save lives on September 11 Joseph was the father of Quinnipiac freshman golfer Jennifer Mascali '02 and Katie Mascali '14 The UConn Hockey Family also was touched personally in the wake of the September 11 terrorists' attacks Former Husky letterwinner Matt Jarret's (1996-2000) older sister Amy was a member of the United Flight Crew 175 that struck the second tower of the World Trade Center created by Quinnipiac Director of Athletics & Recreation Jack McDonald was originally presented to the winner of the Quinnipiac and UConn season series during its first four years from 2001-02 to 2004-05 The award was not presented during the 2005-06 season after Quinnipiac moved from Atlantic Hockey to ECAC Hockey The Heroes Hat was revived the following year after bringing together new ECAC Hockey rivals "It is our hope that the Heroes Hat be a Connecticut sports tribute to the many heroes and their families involved in the September 11th tragedy." members of the Mascali family will be on hand to present the award to the winning team 2002 -- Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold and UConn head coach Bruce Marshall announce the inception of the Heroes Hat award presented annually to the winner of the season series between the two schools 2002 -- Quinnipiac wins the first-ever Heroes Hat award following a 6-2 victory over UConn Head coach Rand Pecknold passes Jim Armstrong on the same night to become the university's all-time wins leader 2003 -- The Bobcats claim the second Heroes Hat award after beating the Huskies 2004 -- Quinnipiac makes it three Heroes Hat awards in a row after winning the season series with UConn 1-0-2 The Bobcats won the first game of the year 2005 -- The Bobcats hit two milestones in one evening in a 4-2 victory over UConn Quinnipiac claims its fourth consecutive Heroes Hat championship and clinches the Atlantic Hockey regular-season title 2007 -- After a one-year hiatus from the award following Quinnipiac's move to ECAC Hockey the Bobcats remain the only keepers of the Heroes Hat after defeating Yale The award is now given to the winner of the last regular-season meeting between the two schools 2008 -- Quinnipiac wins the Heroes Hat for the sixth time after defeating Yale in front of a record crowd of 4,213 fans at the TD Bank Sports Center Dan Travis and Brandon Wong each register a goal and an assist in the game 2009 -- The third tie in the history of th e Heroes' Hat lands Quinnipiac it's seventh consecutive Hereos Hat after Bobcats' also defeated the Bulldogs earlier in the season at Yale's home rink Spencer Heichman and Greg Holt all score in the game 2010 -- Jean-Marc Beaudoin scores twice and Brandon Wong assists on three Quinnipiac goals as the Bobcats' tip nationally-ranked Yale for its eighth straight Heroes Hat championship 2011 -- First-year Bobcat Kellen Jones scores Quinnipiac's only goal in a 6-1 loss to nationally-ranked Yale It is the first loss in Heroes Hat history for the Bobcats 2012 -- The third tie in the Heroes Hat's 10-year history fell on Feb 2012 when Quinnipiac and Yale skated to a 2-2 draw Connor Jones had a goal and an assist while Loren Barron accounted for Quinnipiac's second goal Matthew Peca assisted on both goals in the win in front of a capacity crowd at High Point Solutions Arena denying Yale of winning a third straight Heroes hat Connor Jones had a goal and two assists while Sam Anas Thanks for visiting ! 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Volume 9 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2022.949920 This article is part of the Research TopicNuclear Physics and Astrophysics in Plasma TrapsView all 11 articles the possibility to use a superconducting trap confining a hot and dense plasma as a tool to investigate radioactivity in astrophysical scenarios has been proposed Making possible these kind of unprecedented measurements is the main aim of the PANDORA (Plasmas for Astrophysics Nuclear Decays Observation and Radiation for Archaeometry) project it is planned to build a compact and flexible magnetic plasma trap where plasma reaches an electron density ne ∼ 1011–1013 cm−3 The setup is conceived to be able to measure nuclear β-decay rates in stellar-like conditions in terms of ionization states the design study of a mm-wave polarimeter for the PANDORA plasma line-integrated electron density measurement is presented The paper highlights the method of this type of measurements for the first time proposed for a magneto-plasma trap which represents an “intermediate” case between the ultra-compact plasma ion sources and the large-size thermonuclear fusion devices Preliminary measurements at scaled microwave frequencies have carried out both on a “free-space” setup by using a wire-grid polarizer and a rotable Ka-band OMT + horn antennas system and on a compact trap (called Flexible Plasma Trap) installed at INFN-LNS and used as PANDORA down-sized testbench are described The polarimeter technique will support β-decay investigation by simultaneous measurements of the total plasma density which is crucial to carefully evaluate the decay-constant and to extrapolate the laboratory observed data to the astrophysical scenarios this work proposes to adopt an electromagnetic inverse-scattering-based technique-based method to retrieve the electron density profile along the probing antennas line-of-sight Numerical results of this so-called “inverse profilometry” are also shown Interferometers and Polarimeters are well-assessed tools, developed for plasma diagnostics in thermonuclear fusion machines (Zhang et al., 2012; Tudisco et al., 2013; Creely et al., 2020) to measure both line-averaged density and magnetic field also in the so called “InterPol” combined setups In compact electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion sources (ECRIS) this is a challenging task due to the extremely tenuous plasma (if compared to densities of thermonuclear fusion reactor plasmas) and to their compact size Due to the typical density range of ECR plasmas (1011–1012 cm−3) the probing beam wavelength λp ∼ cm is comparable to the plasma (LP) and chamber (LC) size: λp ∼LP ∼ LC in ECRIS the measurement is greatly complicated by the mechanical constraints which limit considerably the ratio L/λp The main problem consists in the multipaths given by probing signal reflections at the chamber walls (acting as reflecting surfaces) new tools and analysis techniques have been developed by INFN-LNS ion source group allowing the direct measurement of the absolute plasma density by using an interfero-polarimetric system • the interferometric measurement is based on a “frequency swept method”, which moves from the one described in (Scime et al., 2001; Howard et al., 2018), and it has been specifically developed for the special ECRIS-like scenario (Torrisi et al., 2017; Mascali et al., 2022a) the main challenges are due to the limited accesses for the probing horn antennas which need to be tilted to illuminate plasma center a large range of electron density (varying with the microwave power magnetic field confinement) and eventual multipaths which have been mitigated by a proper sizing of the setup as shown in the following sections The paper is organized as follows: In Section 2 the dimensioning and choice of the operating probing frequency/wavelength is described the following two super-heterodyne schemes are presented and compared: Detection of Lissajous figure: direct RF signals detection which allow the real-time reconstruction of the State of Polarization (SOP) curve described by the electric field vector This result can be obtained by using the Lissajous picture from a two channels scope in an x-y representation Stokes Parameters detection based on phase-switches processing In Section 4 polarimetric measurements performed in a free-space setup by using a rotating wire-grid polarizer and Ka-band OMT + horn antennas system and on a compact trap installed at INFN-LNS and used as PANDORA down-sized testbench the preliminary design of a profilometer is presented In the frame of the PANDORA (Plasmas for Astrophysics Nuclear Decays Observation and Radiation for Archaeometry) project (Naselli et al., 2022) a new experimental approach aims at measure in-plasma β-decays lifetimes of isotopes of nuclear astrophysical interest as a function of thermodynamical conditions of the environment namely a laboratory magnetized plasma able to mimic some stellar-like conditions The experimental approach consists in a direct correlation of the plasma environment and nuclear activity and this can be done by simultaneously identifying and discriminating - through an innovative multi-diagnostic system which will work synergically with a γ-rays detection system - the photons emitted by the plasma (from microwave to hard X-ray) and γ-rays emitted after the isotope β-decay A high-performance electron-cyclotron-resonance plasma trap with a fully superconducting magnetic system where the radionuclides can be maintained in a dynamical equilibrium for weeks Setup and tools typically at the service of particle accelerators physics and applications have been thus redesigned on purpose by means of innovative upgrade and improvements for realizing new experimental system for fundamental and multidisciplinary studies of nuclear physics and astrophysical interest The overall structure of PANDORA project can be structured on three main pillars: View of the magnetic system configuration with its fundamental simulated dimensions Green element represents the iron yoke (1/3 symmetry) (A) 2D (histogram) plot of the magnetic field module |B| inside the plasma chamber Values ranges from 1 (violet) to 3.5 (magenta) and are expressed in [T] (B) Pictorial sketch of the integrated set of PANDORA diagnostics highlighting the detectors for X-ray spectroscopy and imaging optical emission spectroscopy and polarimetry 2) Array of 14 HPGe detectors for γ-ray spectroscopy: The array will be used to tag the in-plasma nuclear decays via the γ-rays emitted from the excited states of the daughter nuclei (Hartfuss and Geist, 2013) 3) Advanced plasma diagnostics system, made of tens of non-invasive diagnostics tools: For the non-intrusive inspection of the plasma environment proprieties and the measurement of plasma parameters to be correlated with the nuclear decays (Naselli et al., 2019) • Plasma density and temperature of the cold Silicon Drift Detector (SDD) and a High-purity Germanium (HPGe) detector; dynamics of losses and confinement by two (axial and radial) advanced X-ray pin-hole cameras for 2D space resolved spectroscopy; • Line-integrated total electron density measurement by polarimetric system; • Plasma emitted EM wave in GHz ranges by means of a two-pins RF probe installed inside the plasma chamber connected to a Spectrum Analyzer (SA) in order to monitor and master plasma stability; all diagnostics tools can operate simultaneously with the Faraday cup in order to measure the ion charge state distribution (CSD) It has been possible to correlate all the detected plasma parameters with the characteristics of the beam extracted on-line A sketch of the integrated set of PANDORA diagnostics and of the γ-ray HPGe array the polarimetric system is the only tool able to perform total line-integrated plasma density measurement and both its dimensioning for the PANDORA scenario and preliminary benchmark measurements will be presented in this paper Since the design of the advanced PANDORA plasma trap is ongoing the benchmark experimental measurements were carried out in a down-sized compact traps used as PANDORA test-bench Lower density values lower are not expected in PANDORA because it will be needed to operate at high density and temperature domain as much as possible in order to improve the effect of the physical processes (beta-decay lifetime variation in-plasma) that PANDORA aims at measuring (A) Magnetic field (blue) and electron density (red) profiles on the longitudinal z-axis of the PANDORA plasma chamber considered for the Faraday rotation angle estimation (B) Faraday rotation angle θFaraday vs probing frequency f considering a Gaussian density profile having a maximum value n0 = 4 ⋅ 1018 m−3 (C) The same of (B) at a maximum value n0 = 1018 m−3 (D) The same of (B) at a maximum value n0 = 1019 m−3 The Faraday rotation angle θFaraday has been evaluated for two different approximations of the Faraday law: 1) the so-called “λ-square” law (blue curve in Figure 3B): That is valid in case ω ≫ ωpand ω ≫ ωg, and 2) the 4th order truncated Faraday law (red curve in Figure 3B) (Naselli et al., 2018)): vs. the probing frequency f. Figures 3B–D shows that in the mm-wavelength range corresponding to a frequency range of 90–110 GHz the Faraday angle is large enough to be detected and constrained to avoid ambiguity of ± nπ as an optimal compromise between sensitivity bandwidth (and costs) required by the components which will form the InterPol setup the operating frequency range has been fixed between 90 and 100 GHz An envisaged mechanical scheme of the two antennas mounted respectively in the injection and extraction flange of the PANDORA plasma chamber is shown in Figure 4. The position/orientation of the two antennas has been chosen in order to direct the probing wave through the plasma center and avoid any mechanical interferences with the other components (pumping microwave injection line, oven, bias disk, other diagnostics access (Hartfuss and Geist, 2013)) The maximum allowed antenna aperture diameter is 30 mm which allow to obtain good performances (|S11| directivity) in the operating mm-wave frequency range of 90–100 GHz and at same time to avoid mechanical interference with other components Special dielectric lens will be used with the double function to focus and provide the vacuum tightness and separation between the UHV (Ultra High Vacuum) inside the plasma chamber and the atmospheric pressure outside Cross-sectional view of the PANDORA plasma chamber (1) which will be installed inside the visible bore of the cryostat (2): the two horn antennas (3) and (4) are placed co-aligned and directed towards the plasmoid center Plasma is heated through 5 kW microwave coming from rectangular waveguides Morever in the view it is shown: the bias disk (6) electrode negatively biased with respect to the source potential for ion beam current increase; the gas injection tube (7) for gaseous element production; the oven (8) for producing ions of metallic elements The mm-waves radiated by the polarimeter horn antenna in the PANDORA plasma chamber has been simulated by using the “Wave Optics”® module of the COMSOL Multiphysic®package It exploits the “Beam Envelope” approximation - based on the assumption that the electric field can be factored into a slowly varying amplitude factor and a prescribed rapidly varying phase factor - for solving problem which extends over domains that are a large number of wavelengths long without requiring the use of large amounts of memory The PANDORA plasma chamber domain is in fact much larger than the polarimeter operating wavelengths (L ∼ 200λp In order to check the wave behaviour a 2D rectangular geometry (L × R) has been employed in place of the 3D cylinder The source antenna has been modeled as an incident Gaussian beam electric field of beam radius w0 = 20 mm and distance to focal plane p0 equal to 0 mm a direction of wave propagation k has been imposed by setting θ = 22° in the following conditions kx = k0 cos θ and ky = k0 sin θ in order to resemble the mechanical tilt angle on the antennas to be in reciprocal visibility and let the wave passing through the plasma center 1) All “Perfect Electric Conductor” (PEC) boundary conditions (see Figure 5A) 2) In correspondence of the receiving horn antenna a “Scattering” boundary makes the boundary transparent for the incoming wave (see Figure 5B) Simulated Electric field y component (top) and intensity (bottom) for the all ”Perfect Electric Conductor” case (A) and in presence of the receiving horn antenna modeled as ”Scattering” absorbing boundary (B) These two boundary conditions represent the worst case where the receiving antenna is modelled as a reflector since all the surfaces surrounding the antenna are PEC resulting in an increase of multireflection and the best scenario where the receiving antenna is approximately modeled as a prefect absorber with an Absorbing Bundary Condition (ABC) In both cases it can be seen that the chosen position for the two antennas allows a line-of-sight propagation; this direct path from the Tx to Rx antenna: 1) illuminates the plasma center; 2) minimizes interference/multipaths The adding of a dielectric lens will allow decreasing the mechanical size of horns (considering the reduced space that we have on the injection flange) by keeping a reasonable high gain (up to ∼ 20 dB) This lens shall have a permittivity value chosen as a compromise between beam shaping and the undesired internal reflections also considering the vacuum-tightness role of the lens and the high temperature plasma possible material will be alumina or quartz The polarimeter system employs a 90–100 GHz Gunn diode oscillator which generates ∼20 dBm of microwave power Gunn output power is coupled to the transmitting horn antenna Both schemes consist of two W-band horn antennas where the main characteristic should be a very low cross-polarization value (better than − 30 dB) The receiving one is connected to an orthomode transducer (OMT) two low-noise amplifiers (LNA) and two filter The two output signals components of the wave received by the antenna are delivered to two subharmonic mixers which convert the mm-wave to intermediate frequency with conversion losses of around 15 dB and a wide IF bandwidth from 0.1 to 15 GHz The bandpass waveguide filter in front of the mixer defines the system bandwidth The use a sub-harmonic mixer minimizes the W-band hardware thus making the hardware design easier and enables the usage of a 20 GHz 80 GS/s (40 Gs/s if operating with two channels simultaneously) scope to measure the Lissajous’s figure An adjustable phase shifter is inserted for initial calibration in absence of plasma The last part of the receiver block diagram depends on what scheme we are considering. The scheme based on the Detection of Lissajous figure (see Figure 6A) consists of direct RF signals detection through a scope This allows the real-time reconstruction of the State of Polarization (SOP) curve described by the electric field vector This result can be obtained by using the two channels scope in an x-y representation (A) Lissajous scheme: simplified block-diagram of the mm-wave polarimeter for PANDORA (B) Stokes Parameters detection scheme: simplified block-diagram of the mm-wave polarimeter for PANDORA On the other hand, Figure 6B shows the scheme for the Stokes Parameters detection based on phase-switches processing The OMT separates the left-hand and right-hand components of the incoming signal providing the required signals for the Stokes parameters calculation are combined in order to allow the detection with a Schottky diode detector In this case the polarimeter measures the Stokes parameters (I Q and U) in order to characterize the polarization Each element of the Stokes vector represents a measurable intensity which can be detected by a power meter without the need of expensive high-frequency high sample rate scope These parameters are obtained after combining measurable output signals in the receiver based on electronic phase switching which provides different combinations Since there are two different phase switches the polarimeter will have four possible states the Stokes parameters required to measure the input signal polarization can be obtained following by covering all the states of the phase switches cycle the proposed scheme needs four times more time to collect the information Scheme of the free-space setup for measuring the Lissajous’s figures Photographs of the Free-space testbench showing the two Ka-band conical horn antennas the wire-grid polarizer and the 20 GHz 80 GS/s (40 Gs/s in this case since the detection is performed on the two channels The objective of the measure is to find the angle between the x- axis and the major semiaxis which is imposed by the orientation of the wiregrid polarizer with respect to the linearly polarized (horizonal axis) electric field emitted by the Tx antenna but in PANDORA we expect to be able to reduce the corresponding uncertainties due to the larger size of the chamber and the consequent lower presence of spurious events than ECRIS case the main source of noise affecting the signal-over-background ratio Experimental Lissajous figures produced from an elliptical fit of the Lissajous pattern X-Y scope detection at different angular position of the wire-grid polarizer measured angles of the wire grid polarizer orientation The option of making full and direct reconstruction of Lissajous patterns was attempted also considering a real plasma test-bench. Hence, further preliminary polarimetric measurements have been carried out by connecting the two horn antennas to the cylindrical vacuum chamber of the Flexible-Plasma-Trap (FPT) (Di Donato et al., 2019a) which is a compact plasma trap installed at INFN-LNS and used as down-sized test-bench of PANDORA In Figure 10, a photograph pf the plasma-testbench is shown. The plasma is heated thanks to a 500 W maximum RF TWT amplifier with a working frequency range 4–6 GHz. The simple-mirror confinement magnetic field profile along the longitudinal axis of the plasma chamber is shown in Figure 11 Pictures of the Flexible Plasma Trap (FPT) testbench showing the two Ka-band conical horn antennas and the two ports of the OMT connected to the 20 GHz 80 GS/s (40 Gs/s in this case since the detection is performed on the two channels Simple-mirror confinement magnetic field profile of FTP mixers are needed for an accurate reconstruction of the 18 GHz signal operating with a sampling rate of (40 GS/s) preliminary and qualitative measurements were done in order to verify the sensitivity of the polarimetric system in detecting the plasma using the tool only as “signature” of plasma ignition and not for quantitative estimations The measurements vs. the RF pumping power (from 0 to 70 W) have been performed and are shown in Figure 12 It can be seen that the polarization ellipse detected after the plasma ignition (at 10 W) is well distinguishable from that of the switched off plasma it is possible to observe a variation in the angle between the semi-major axis and the horizontal by varying the RF power from 0 to 70 W Experimental Lissajous figures produced from an elliptical fit of the Lissajous pattern X-Y scope detection at different heating powers Although the under-sampling and the phase difference due to cables different length do not allow a quantitative analysis these results represent a fundamental demonstration of the instrument sensitivity to the plasma presence and to the power variation This is an important “signature” of the capability of the polarimeter system and method to detect both the plasma ignition and the variation of the heating power (and the correlated electron density) A rotation of almost 90° was observed and it seems to be in agreement to the gradually increasing of the optical emission vs. the pumping power observed by a simple visual inspection (pictures taken by the webcam shown in Figure 13) Visual inspection of the optical emission observed by a webcam thought a quartz window (on the right of each picture) in function of the pumping power On the left of each picture is shown the screen of the scope and the corresponding Lissajous figure Figure 13 shows that we are very sensitive to plasma ignition already at very low power 10W (see top left vs it shows the increase of the optical emission in a purely qualitative way (via a webcam) which is important preliminary feedback for this phase of the benchmark-test the multi-diagnostic system (described in Section 2) will allow to quantitatively characterize this emitted radiation (from visible to gamma) to obtain the overall thermodynamical plasma properties by analyzing the experimental detected spectra We do not report the spectra here because they are out of scope for the purpose of this paper These preliminary tests represent a preliminary and necessary test before the next Faraday angle (and density) measurements that will be carried out thanks to a future setup upgrade (mixer for downshift the frequency and phase shifter to compensate the different lengths between the two channels) the retrieved profile allows to roughly appraise the shape of plasma and its peak value although a constant step-wise nature of the plasma profile is retrieved due to the assumption (not fully verified herein) about sparsity of the unknown Typical numerical benchmark reconstruction of the electron density along the plasma chamber axis the reconstruction is shown only in the core region of the chamber where the plasma density assumes largest values The preliminary simulations are encouraging (as confirmed in Figure 14); however the actual implementation of the experimental setup at high frequency and the required sensitivity the preliminary design study of a mm-wave polarimeter for the PANDORA experiment allowing plasma line-integrated electron density measurements two possible mm-wave schemes and a possible technical implementation are proposed 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as more people are now becoming gamers through mobile emerge to the forefront for millennial Gen Z cohorts That's been one of the big things that I've been driving over the past three-and-a-half years: Thinking how our brands can move out of that transactional window to be omnipresent and talk to the gaming audience year-round MASCALI: We don't technically have a gaming strategy We have brand strategies that gaming can support It really is dependent on the particular brands what their objectives are and who their consumers are before we can build out a unique individual playbook for them there are five major partners we evaluate: video game publishers We've been actively trying to get smarter around measurement and capability-building internally we did a Nielsen study for Mtn Dew Game Fuel measuring how these different partnerships move the needle for different brand metrics we can be more tactical as we roll it out across the broader portfolio MASCALI: There's always been apprehension from a publisher standpoint around in-game advertising out of fear of consumer backlash I definitely do not want to be served pre-roll and mid-roll ads that would feel like a very poor user experience which is why publishers in the past have strayed away from those opportunities it is definitely one of the tools within our playbook We've been doing in-game integrations for the past 15 years or so specifically around Gatorade with games like Madden Integrating a brand like Gatorade actually adds value back to the experience because it makes the game more realistic People are used to seeing Gatorade coolers on the sidelines of major sporting events we had three brands integrated within NBA 2K: Gatorade We had various game modes providing boosts for players who interact with the brands It's all rooted in adding value back to the experience MASCALI: It varies from brand team to brand team Doritos and Rockstar understand where their consumers are and it's in that core and hardcore gaming experience I'd still say there's a good amount of education to do it's trying to communicate to them that their consumers are gamers They may not be the traditional Call of Duty gamer playing 20 to 30 hours a week Maybe they're playing on various mobile titles a lot more marketers understand that this is a major part of their consumers' habits It's definitely a much easier sell than it used to be they're part of the broader Omnicom network and they manage the work that we do for Mtn Dew gaming We work with several different agencies that specialize in gaming across various brands I like to operate like a conduit to the brand team make sure that I'm helping them drive creative strategic work or the criteria for picking various partners I also like being in the weeds talking directly to the stakeholders and external partners It's important for us to show we have that direct connection back to the community and broader industry But I'd say it is very much a hybrid approach of relying on agencies to help move the ball forward and make sure things are operating on time while still owning that broader internal strategy here MASCALI: We put so much focus dialing in on that core and hardcore gaming audience on our legacy brands What I'm very excited about and actively trying to carve out more resources for is how we can expand to that casual gaming audience there are over 227 million gamers in the United States Most of them are playing mobile games like the Candy Crushes That is a great opportunity for some of the brands in our portfolio that we wouldn't necessarily think of as a gaming brand it's much more of an even male-female split It opens up the aperture for our brands to connect with different types of consumers that we wouldn't necessarily consider "gamers." 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A memorial service will take place Thursday at 3 p.m The Coordination Centre for Insular Operations Against Forest Fires (CECOPIN) mobilised two aerial units following the outbreak of a fire yesterday (Saturday) in a challenging terrain for ground resources in Buenavista del Norte in Tenerife According to the Emergency Services Coordination Centre (CECOES) the fire was located on the Ladera del Morro in the Masca area not far from where the search for Jay Slater is taking place These two helicopters managed to control the fire and stop it from spreading by dropping water on it from the air until crews on the ground could get close enough and help extinguish as quickly as possible CECOES has reminded the public that the Canary Islands are still at pre-alert status for the risk of forest fires activated by the Government at the beginning of June due to the temperatures The large-scale search operation organised by the Guardia Civil began yesterday morning in the Masca area to locate the missing Brit The search operation which included volunteers with mountain experience started at 9:00am until daylight disappeared The starting point was the Mirador de la Cruz de Hilda from where they systematically combed through the numerous paths Around 30 volunteers joined police resources all working in a coordinated effort to find any trace of the young Brit The challenging terrain and the recent fire incident have added to the complexity of the search efforts The authorities have urged the public to be cautious and report any information that might assist in locating Jay Slater The community remains hopeful as the search progresses despite the hurdles presented by the rugged landscape The Tenerife Cabildo has implemented the new access fees for visiting the Masca ravine a popular destination located in the Teno Natural Park are aimed at enhancing visitor safety and reducing the frequency of emergency evacuations and rescues in the area The daily limit of visitors is set at just 275 people allowed to visit Masca which must be booked in advance at certain time slots in limited group sizes This means visitor numbers will be restricted to 100,375 people a year The rates were also shared by the president of the Cabildo on X (formerly Twitter) as follows: Residents of Tenerife: Free access (0€) These prices are applicable by booking online or through licenced active tourism companies and do not include IGIC (equivalent to VAT) The introduction of this "eco-tax" is part of the Cabildo's strategy to manage the environmental impact and improve the safety infrastructure for visitors at Masca Dávila emphasised that the funds collected will be used to enhance security measures ensuring a safer experience for all visitors and minimising the need for emergency interventions known for its stunning natural beauty and challenging hiking trails The new fees aim to balance tourism with sustainability ensuring that the area remains preserved and safe for future generations .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Staten Island AdvanceArnold Mascali (2000)STATEN ISLAND died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital he graduated from New Utrecht High School there He lived in Bensonhurst for many years until moving to Annadale in 1986 where he was an infantryman and machine gunner he started a contracting business in Brooklyn and owned and operated the business until retiring in 1991 He was a member of the Kiwanis Club in Brooklyn Mascali was a parishioner of Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C the former Catherine Militano; two daughters Donna Russo and Cathy Anne Sprenger; his son The funeral will be Saturday from the John Vincent Scalia Home for Funerals Sie haben erfolgreich Ihre Einwilligung in die Nutzung von Transfermarkt mit Tracking und Cookies widerrufen Sie können sich jetzt zwischen dem Contentpass-Abo und der Nutzung mit personalisierter Werbung announced today (Wednesday) the launch of a pilot project to charge tourists for accessing certain natural areas in Tenerife to regulate the number of visitors to the area In a press conference detailing the Cabildo’s decisions Dávila explained that a three-way agreement will be established between the Buenavista Council which will lead to the reopening of the Masca dock access to Masca Valley will be limited to 275 visitors per day with an estimated capacity of 100,000 visitors a year Tourists can either visit independently or with excursion companies and a bus service will be introduced to manage and control the number of vehicles going to the site though the exact fee has not yet been determined This initiative is part of a broader plan to implement entrance fees to all natural areas in Tenerife from January 1st Dávila emphasised that this new model will reduce the environmental pressure on the valley and reduce the number of accidents and rescues that occur every year the reopening of the dock will allow for the anchoring of up to four boats which included building a 46 concrete block breakwater and a boarding platform that can also serve as a helipad The Cabildo and the Buenavista Council have also agreed to extend the working hours of environmental staff from 8:00am to 8:00pm during the summer months This project represents a significant step towards sustainable tourism on the island balancing tourist access with the preservation of natural resources The presentation of the volume will be held on Friday 17 July in Piazza Duomo in Mascali (CT). “Etna 1928-2018 90 years after the eruption and the reconstruction of Mascali” The event will take place in the presence of the President of the Sicilian Region of the Director of the Etna Observatory of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (OE-INGV) and the Mayor of the Municipality of Mascali the Sicilian Region and the Municipality of Mascali traces the multidisciplinary presentations of the conferences organized in 2018 on the occasion of the celebrations of the 90th anniversary of the eruption #ingv #observatoryetneo #mascali #etna #eruption Download the event flyer here The contents published on these pages by theNational Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology are distributed under license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.  Residents of Masca have spoken with the British press over the last couple of days which is still closely following the progress of the investigation into the disappearance of Jay Slater who was last seen on the morning of June 17th after leaving the Airbnb rented holiday home that two men The 19-year-old left a party at Papagayo nightclub in Playa de Las Americas with these two men where he had gone with two friends that he was sharing an apartment with in Los Cristianos The family have ruled out rumours that their son lost the key to the apartment as has been speculated over the last few days Slater was last seen leaving the property in Masca in the early hours of the morning on June 17th and his last known location was Teno Rural Park saying that he would try to walk back to Los Cristianos British media such as the Manchester Evening News have been in the area where Jay’s trail goes missing who expressed their surprise and concern about the decision to return on foot to Los Cristianos saying: “We believe that something strange has happened here.” Manolo believes that Jay Slater is no longer there in the Masca area the crows would have seen him and given away his location The Guardia Civil is keeping all lines of investigation open A body was found in the area where Jay Slater went missing 29 days ago His possessions and clothes were found alongside the body Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player After a three-month trial period against inkjet printing technology Macsa ID (www.macsa.co.uk) – a manufacturer of advanced coding and marking equipment – has installed 17 SPA C10 laser marking systems with beam expanders at Belgium-based global parts and accessories supplier TVH’s new logistics centre They are applying two-dimensional (2D) codes to some 192,000 cardboard boxes per day Proven to significantly reduce production line stoppages and downtime the laser solution was chosen for its state-of-the-art reliability and lower lifetime cost of ownership TVH is a global supplier of parts and accessories for material handling industrial and agricultural equipment with customers in more than 170 countries and has been split up into two business units: TVH Parts and TVH Equipment The company continually invests in automation and optimisation of its logistical processes to improve its service TVH contacted Macsa’s exclusive distributor Codipack when it required an up-to-date coding solution for its new logistics centre With previous experience of print and apply technology TVH originally planned to use a similar system to apply a unique 2D code on two sides of each cardboard box measure approximately 12mm x 12mm in size with the purpose of identifying the box at each stage of the logistics process Once a box is identified by a reader / scanner it continues to the picking department where the same unique code is scanned again and it is filled with the designated products The shipping list is added once the code is scanned at the next step the scanned code identifies which cover needs to be added the unchanged code indicates which shipping label needs to be applied to the box Given its importance at every part of the process the quality and readability of the 2D codes is vital Rather than opting for another print and apply system TVH chose to install an inkjet printer and Macsa laser unit on a test line over a three-month period the Macsa SPA C10 laser solution was proven to be more reliable and offered a better total cost of ownership The Macsa SPA C10 laser model offered a number of advantages over inkjet It does not require consumables which represented a potential saving of 140,000,000 labels per year there are no stoppages on the production line due to label roll replacements or more unplanned production stoppages or losses Macsa also won this project due to the technical back up and the laser’s state of the art modular design which allows the tube or head to be changed with minimal fuss A total of 16 Macsa SPA C10 lasers were installed across eight production lines with a spare included as part of the solution in case of any emergencies The installation runs 24/7 and marks some 192,000 cartons per day or 1,344,000 cartons per week The fast and powerful Macsa SPA C10 laser utilises CO2 technology and is designed to meet the most demanding coding requirements It is ideal for industrial and packaging manufacturers as it can be used on paper With a range of optional features and speeds A spokesperson for TVH comments: “We made a total cost of ownership calculation and it became clear that the laser was the best solution “The choice of Macsa’s laser was made because when using labels we had a lot of stoppages on the line to change labels and the position was not always accurate “The inkjet printer gave problems with print quality due to ink drying out of the nozzles we have no more production losses or stops.” Tweet Logistics Business © 2025 All Rights Reserved. | Privacy | Terms | Site Map Subscribe to our quarterly magazine and weekly newsletter to stay updated with the logistics industry By submitting this form you agree that the personal data you provided will be transferred to Logistics Business for processing in accordance with our Privacy Policy A 14-year-old teenage boy had to be rescued yesterday afternoon (Saturday) after suffering a fall in the Masca Vally in the Tenerife municipality of Buenavista del Norte as reported by the Emergency Services Coordination Centre (CECOES) They received an alert at 12.45pm informing them that medical assistance was needed as he had a leg injury and couldn’t walk so they dispatched a GES helicopter to the location given because it was difficult to access by road or on foot After lowering medically trained crew to the ground who stabilised the injured bot and strapped him to a stretcher they airlifted him to the helicopter and flew him to the La Guancha helipad where an ambulance was waiting to take him to the Hospital del Norte for further treatment A GES Emergency and Rescue helicopter was needed yesterday afternoon (Monday) to airlift a hiker who felt unwell while walking in the Masca Valley in Tenerife to the point that they couldn’t continue and needed help The Emergency Services Coordination Centre (CECOES) reported that they received a call for help at 3:25pm from the 55-year-old Polish hiker herself explaining her condition saying that she was too ill to carry on or make it back to the start point of the walk They immediately activated the necessary emergency resources firemen carried her on a stretcher by land to the air evacuation point for her to be airlifted to safety The GES helicopter then transferred her to the La Guancha helipad where she received medical assistance from SUC personnel was taken to the Hospital del Norte for further treatment A 44-year-old man had to be rescued yesterday morning (Saturday) after injuring himself while hiking in the Masca valley on the west coast of Tenerife The incident occurred just before 10 o’clock yesterday morning when the 1-1-2 call centre received an alert requesting medical assistance for a hiker who had suffered a fall in the aforementioned area and a GES helicopter to Masca to attend to him as he was in an area difficult to access by land vehicle Firemen were the first on the scene and managed to reach the man who couldn’t walk due to a multiple leg injury and carried him to an agreed extraction point for the helicopter which flew him to the La Guancha helipad near Los Realejos an ambulance met them to take him to the Hospital del Norte for further treatment The Emergency Services Coordination Centre (CECOES) have reported that a TITSA bus has burned out on the TF-436 road that leads to Masca in the municipality of Buenavista n Tenerife CECOES received an emergency alert informing them of the fire at 2.15 this afternoon (Tuesday) which blocked the Masca road but also that the passengers had all got off the bus safely The Tenerife Fire Department were dispatched to the area and managed to extinguish the blaze but the vehicle was completely burnt out CECOES have confirmed that no one has been in the incident and at the moment the cause of the fire is unknown pending an investigation from the fire service and TITSA themselves had to be rescued yesterday afternoon (Sunday) from the Masca Valley CECOES received a call for help at around 3:20pm requesting medical assistance for a young hiker who had injured a leg after suffering a fall on the Masca trail and couldn’t continue walking The fire brigade managed to reach the woman on foot the crew from the GES helicopter hoisted her onto the aircraft and airlifted her to the La Guancha helipad in Santa Cruz SUC personnel assisted her and then took her to the Hospital del Norte by ambulance for further treatment The Tenerife Cabildo has introduced an eco-tax for the Masca Canyon Trail to manage the growing demand for this popular spot in Teno Rural Park Canary Islands residents will pay 3 euros for adults and 1.50 euros for children while non-residents will pay 28 euros for adults and 14 euros for children The daily visitor limit is set at 275 people Cabildo President Rosa Dávila emphasized that this is Tenerife's first eco-tax aimed at regulating and controlling visits to the Masca Canyon Trail This initiative was implemented in just two months thanks to the coordinated efforts of the Natural Environment area The collected funds will be used for the conservation of Masca Canyon improving visitor safety and preventing overcrowding which will help restore the natural beauty of the area Vice President Lope Afonso highlighted that 95% of Masca Gorge visitors are tourists who will now contribute to its maintenance He also praised the quick implementation of this measure achieved through the teamwork of various departments Counselor Blanca Pérez mentioned collaboration with Masca residents to ensure solutions like the regulation of the trail and the introduction of shuttle buses to prevent traffic congestion and enhance safety Masca residents will have free access to the trail explained that the eco-tax will help manage access and safety will now offer a better experience for visitors and help preserve the landscape the service may expand to daily operations and support from the Masca Visitors Center to the jetty or vice versa.Security personnel along the trail.Accident insurance.Helmet Book tickets and find out more details on the dedicated website https://www.caminobarrancodemasca.com/ a 19-year-old British national who went missing last Monday in Tenerife has been redirected to the initial starting point at Teno Rural Park This change in strategy came after a lead that suggested Jay was “probably” seen between Las Américas and Los Cristianos turned out to be false according to sources from the Guardia Civil reported by EFE decided to halt the land and air search efforts in Teno Rural Park and concentrate instead on the southern tourist area of Tenerife This shift was prompted by the fact that Jay had rented an apartment in that region with his friends had traveled to Tenerife to attend a music festival and spend a few days vacationing on the island with friends has traveled to the island to closely monitor the search efforts and assist in any way possible She shared with the Manchester Evening News that Jay had spoken to a friend before his phone battery died and he went missing he mentioned that he did not know where he was and that he was very thirsty The search for Jay Slater remains a high priority with local authorities and his family hoping for his safe return The story of Masca valley in Tenerife is the perfect mix of mystery making Masca befitting of the title of Tenerife's prettiest village.  Tenerife was the first Canary Islands that we ever visited and we absolutely fell in love with it the day we visited Masca.  We went to Masca on one of our first drives in Tenerife because it was one of the first things that stood out from the research we had done at that time about the island I remember the thrill and the combination of fear and excitement while we were driving up to Masca for the first time we still feel excited and even a bit anxious about the journey The village Masca is situated at a high altitude of around 750 m in the Teno mountains on the western side of Tenerife. Nowadays the village is part of the municipality of Buenavista del Norte and it's home to around 90 people who still choose to live here There are legends that say that a long time ago pirates used to hide in the valley of Masca it's a story that every tour guide loves to tell and this bit of mystery is what makes the village even more attractive to visitors What's all the hype about Masca and what's the village like?  The view from the top of the village is spectacular and by the time you'll get there you'll already be amazed (or incredibly scared) by the road you had to take to get there.  the plants and vegetation (especially if you're visiting in winter after it's been raining) and the atmosphere of the place which is very different from the one in the big resorts especially if you get there before the bus tours.  Although it's a small place with only a few houses there are some bars and restaurants where you can enjoy lunch with a view or even only a coffee and an almond cake.  Restaurante El Guanche is the best-reviewed restaurant in Masca and offers incredible views from the terrace.  Hiking the Masca ravine all the way down to the ocean is now once again possible See in our dedicated article all the info needed to do the hike through Masca Canyon since you will need to go accompanied in a group and then hike back up as it is not possible to return by boat.  You have 3 options to get to Masca village we recommend that you drive to Masca yourself since the journey there is a huge part of the experience The road to Masca is incredible with many hairpin turns and twists so it's not for beginner drivers or for the faint of heart The road is also very narrow and there are a lot of big buses circulating with tourist groups Most visitors will come to Masca from the south of Tenerife so you will come from the direction of Santiago del Teide there are several viewpoints where you can stop to admire the view if you have the room where to leave the car without blocking traffic.  There is public parking when you arrive at Masca but the number of parking places is not sufficient for how many tourists arrive here at the same time during the day Traffic gets really busy when the bus tours start and it will also be more difficult to find a parking place keep in mind that the parking in Masca is limited to a maximum of 2 hours on Saturdays Sundays and public holidays between 8:00 a.m many rental cars have been broken into when tourists stop to take a picture or wander through the village so don't give them a reason to be tempted to break into your car